The Start of Something New
- Karenina Fabrizzi
- 12 minutes ago
- 2 min read
Letting go is one of the most courageous acts we can embrace in life. It requires strength, honesty, and a willingness to face the unknown.
In many ways, it is an act of self-preservation, a way to unburden the soul and release what no longer serves us. This idea is poignantly captured in the painting of a woman's face gently intersected by a pair of antique scissors, slicing through a soft, delicate moth.
The image invites reflection. The moth, often associated with vulnerability and transformation, appears suspended in the moment of its unraveling. It is being split, cut in half by old-style scissors, whose vintage presence speaks of memory, heritage, and perhaps inherited patterns.
The golden touch at the base of the scissors offers a subtle reminder: even in moments of pain or loss, there is value, there is light.
The woman’s expression remains serene, almost distant, as if caught in a quiet reckoning with herself. Her white shirt, timeless in its simplicity, refuses to be anchored in any specific era. This detail emphasizes the universality of the theme. Letting go is not something tied to age, time, or culture, it is a deeply human experience that we all must face, over and over again.
The pale green, dreamlike background lends the composition an ethereal softness, as if we are peering into a private memory or an emotional transition in progress.
There is something profoundly symbolic in the act of cutting a moth. Moths are often drawn to light, even when it leads to their destruction. Likewise, we are sometimes drawn to attachments, ideas, or relationships that once illuminated us, but that we eventually outgrow.
The scissors, while instruments of division, are not violent here, they are careful, almost reverent. It is not destruction; it is liberation.
This painting is not about loss in the negative sense, but about the space that is created once something is released. It reminds us that there is beauty in endings, and even more so in the act of choosing them consciously.
The softness of the colors, the quiet strength in the woman’s face, and the touch of gold suggest that surrender can be graceful, even sacred.
Letting go does not mean forgetting or discarding what has shaped us. It means acknowledging its place in our story, and then, with love and clarity, deciding to move forward.
This work of art becomes both a mirror and a guide: a visual poem about the art of release.
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