Portrait 

This is a drawing by George Bouzianis depicting a somber face, its gaze lowered in contemplation. The averted eyes are a motif echoed through the ages, from classical depictions of melancholic muses to the introspective portraits of the Renaissance. Think of the ancient philosophers, heads bowed as they pondered the mysteries of existence; it's a posture that speaks to a profound interiority, a retreat from the external world into the labyrinth of the self. The shadowed features, rendered with soft strokes, evoke a sense of vulnerability and introspection, a visual language suggesting that the true subject lies not in the physical likeness but in the emotional landscape within. It's a cyclical return to the fundamental questions of human existence, each era reimagining the iconography of introspection, inviting us to recognize our own struggles and epiphanies within the shared experience of being.