Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski

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drawing, charcoal

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drawing

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allegories

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symbol

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pencil sketch

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charcoal drawing

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figuration

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form

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pencil drawing

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abstraction

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charcoal

This is an undated drawing by Zdzislaw Beksinski; here, we see a seated figure, seemingly hewn from stone, gazing away. Notice the figure's hunched posture, a motif echoed across epochs from ancient depictions of melancholia to modern expressions of existential angst. This posture, a universal language of sorrow and introspection, speaks to a shared human experience. The faceless void that serves as its head resonates with the ancient Greek concept of "horror vacui," the fear of emptiness, of the unknown that haunts our subconscious. The linear style here is a network of tangled lines. It reminds me of the way the mind grapples with the inexpressible, with the shadows that lurk in the corners of our collective memory. Such images serve as potent reminders of the cyclical nature of human experience, with symbols and emotions resurfacing and evolving across time.

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