It changed the future .. and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future .. or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope .. that there can always be new beginnings .. even for people like us
From "Babylon 5" - "Sleeping in Light"

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For , my beloved and dear (always) little sister.. For her 16th birthday.. I hope you like it, sweety.. And she is the model on this

This image is also *little-stock and =Cat-in-the-Stock "New Dawn" competition.

Inspired by the music of Chistopher Franke. He is a very talented composer and his melodies - they really bring me so far, open for me mystical places, vividness my imagination. I just cannot describe the beauty of the music made by that composer. I tried to find you something to listen and I think, maybe one of his best pieces is a melody written for Babylon 5 final episode "Sleeping in Light" and the same theme is used here: [link] So go and listen and you can understand that

The first thing I will say about this piece - it killed me. If not me literally, then my computer, yes.. It has.. over 200 layers and I know there were things I could fix little more but my photoshop was not able to handle it and I was not able to decide which layer to merge.. so.. and to be honest.. after so many hours of work.. (I think over 20.. 25?).. I was so sick of this image. The only thing that keep me going was - I knew Mari birthday is so near and I cannot postpone it. I wanted a perfect image for her, something that she would like and I, as artist, would be happy too. (no more clichee birthday presents, I hope.. )

I wanted to portray the most special dawn at all. The end of Polar night. The length of that beautiful and somehow unbelievable night varies on the latitude, but on some cold and dark places, the first very rare and very feeble light rays peak out on 9th March. It is first just a very gloominess, almost like illusion, like reflection of auroras, the companions of night sky. But the aura of the light is there - the winter has ended. And with that thought, those few and pressures seconds are over and dawn is turned into the sunset - within the length of a thought... and light is gone, again.

But something has broken - the wall of night has surrender and the memory of light, the vision of it grows stronger with every coming day. The circle, the road sun takes over the canopy, the hours sun spends with us - on this side of the Earth, they grow longer and longer.

So.. Imagine the feeling you are having, when you see first sign of spring... and now dream - that for months it has been dark.. there has been not even a ray of sunlight - all you have lived is the frail light of burning candles - your faithful companions. For months you have only had the memory - what it was like - to see those warm colors on the sky behind the mountains and when the sun rises over those silhouettes on the distance - the brightness blinds you. The beauty of that moment, the magic... I would say - this is worth it all - all the darkness, nights filled with depression and sadness. To live for those first sunrays, for that first and so special sunrise...

So, you can now maybe understand more the concept and my idea of this picture - to understand that dreamy atmosphere - somehow it is dark, yes - as the night as not yet gone and it not will be soon, but there is so much light - it is very vivid and visual, it is almost as happy as we that the dawn is here... but candles still burn - keeping away the darkness, not giving darkness change to win. The silence.. as there is no other sound.. there is nothing in the world on that hour - everything is on silence on the honor of the first rays...

So - keep up your head and look in front - even if you are on the darkness at the moment, there is a first dawn waiting. If not tomorrow nor day after it - then later - it is there.. as always, the night ends and the day comes.

And so.. if you have seen Babylon 5.. know the last episode.. and the sunrise there.. what Delenn was seeing in the end all alone.. and understand the special meaning it has there.. you maybe can understand more of my reasons creating this. Sorry.. I feel this is too personal.. too emotional and I am not able to write it all down. But what matters - there is new beginnings - even for people like us.


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