Flowers-SOFT

by Gela Mikava · T'bilisi, GE

If you show weakness for even a second — they’ll crush you. Here, tenderness is punished. In this system, feelings have no value. The ones who waver — are erased. This painting explores the quiet violence of vulnerability. A suspended shirt, flowered yet empty, suggests the aftermath of someone who dared to feel. Beneath it, fragmented bodies and erased gestures hover in a muted battlefield. Text fragments—handwritten in reverse—invite the viewer to engage physically: to tilt, lean in, or photograph and rotate. In doing so, the act of “reading” becomes an act of exposure. The words resist ease, just as the world resists softness.