madyiordache

Thank you everyone for the appreciation and comments!

Dimitris: there are multiple reasons for the expansion of infertility... women postponing having children because of their career (and, when they finally want to, their body doesn't respond the same as when they were in their 20s), the sexual transmitted diseases contracted by teenagers at younger ages, obesity, and even the fact that couples that can't conceive naturally will pass their problem to their children (when infertility is caused by DNA defects).

First image in the Modern Plagues series.

Infertility is set to double in Europe over the next decade.

One in seven couples now has trouble conceiving naturally, but

Professor Bill Ledger from Sheffield University warned this could rise

to one in three.

"Young people of today will become tomorrow's patients in infertility

clinics," said Ledger (quoted by BBC News).

According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine,

infertility affects about 6.1 million people in the U.S., equivalent

to ten percent of the reproductive age population. (Wikipedia)

Thank you everyone for your appreciation <3

Alex: I appreciate your suggestion. Sometimes I too fear that I'm adding too much detail. However, in this work, the details, in my opinion, are necessary both for the symbolism and for the balance of the composition (the "leftovers of civilization", as opposed to the alive inhabitants of the "beautiful world" as seen through the glass)).

Included in the 26th Chronicle at Neosynthesis.net: Beauty

I would love to read your comments. Thank you!

yes, you're right, but when emotions are involved, distances seem much longer...

(it all stated with an assumption that I actually never checked on, and when I realized it wasn't quite exact, I decided to leave it that way anyway...)

Inspired by Anathema's "Pressure" ("A Fine Day to Exit", 2001).

This is a song about remorse, past sins, guilt. They are a crown of

thorns to be worn in repentance, towards an improbable forgiveness.

The Angels are crushed by the weight of this world.

(Note: the words are clippings from newspaper headlines. The Sunday

edition.)

Washing over the edge between reality and imagination.

I appreciate if you share your thoughts!

I love ivy and poppies. I often use them symbolically in my work. To

me they symbolize pure, wild nature, in all its vital force, although

delicate in appearance, overtaking, conquering abandoned places. I

take it all in a symbolic way.

Comments are welcome and appreciated!

The magic of childhood, of fairy tales, of enchanted forests, when you

can get lost in a story and become one of the characters.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

You can see more of my artwork at www.madyiordache.com.

Included in the 23rd Neosynthesis Chronicle: Forces of Nature

(www.neosynthesis.net).

If you divide the picture by its diagonals, each slice represents one

of the four forces of nature of the ancient Greeks: Air, Water,

Earth/Sand, and Fire. They are determined and born from one another in

a perfect circle.

Comments and critique welcome!

The thin line separating fake and reality, the natural and the copy,

what we don't see and what we want to see...

Homage to Magritte.

Thank you for your comments, I appreciate a lot :)

The reason why the arches aren't completely visible is because I wanted to keep the image format square (to sustain the idea of symmetry). If the arches were complete, they would have added too much in length, not only in real size, but especially in the suggestion).

15,000 miles

7 hours

one heartbeat

so far, yet so near

Comments and critique are welcome!