Pillars of Birch III

There is energy here—an urgency in the way the light cuts through the trees, an unspoken force in the way the masked figure stands. The wind moves through the long coat, shaping it like a sail. This is not stillness but the edge of transformation.

Birches have long symbolized renewal, standing resilient through the seasons, their white bark peeling and renewing itself. In Slavic mythology, they were trees of passage, marking the threshold between worlds. The figure here, faceless yet full of presence, is caught in that liminal space—between what was and what will be.

“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart,” Goethe reminds us. With its surreal energy and contemplative air, this photograph invites the viewer to see not just a masked figure but themselves, standing at the edge of change.