Thinking of a sand castle.

Thinking of a sand castle.

Nine days ago, our city was subjected to a massive rocket attack by Russian occupiers who decided to destroy the critical infrastructure of Ukraine. plunging us into darkness and cold.

Sitting in the dark is unusual, but I decided to take advantage of this and remember that I had not held a ballpoint pen in my hands for a long time and I began to draw by candlelight.

This is probably not the best moment in my life, but it was an occasion to put my thoughts on a piece of paper, and then I thought that those who give criminal orders and those who carry them out, one day, will know what it is like to live in a castle from sand.

This is how the sand castle began to appear.

The waves of the sea are gradually eroding its foundation, and it will surely be destroyed.

Yes, I didn't understand. how to draw sand and surf sea waves, but, I went ahead in my work.

The sunset made my task more difficult and I needed to understand how the shadows would fall.

I hoped that the charge of my ballpoint pen would be enough for this job.

Gradually, my thoughts became like a sand castle on the edge of the surf.

In the twilight it is difficult to understand the tonality of hatching.

I guess I got too carried away with the drawing and went further than planned.

Yes, I ran out of black ballpoint pen ink and had to finish my work using other colors.

This is a message to every Russian who supports the war, your future life is no more solid than this sand castle.

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Photos taken with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 camera.

Author @barski.
Ukraine.