“The First Light of Mithra”

watercolor painting on 600 gr hot press watercolor paper.
Within a cosmic shell, an infant rests in the embrace of the goddess of Mithra. A radiance of love pours from her body, adorning the world with tenderness; from this love, flowers unfurl, birds and butterflies take flight, and the cosmos draws a renewed breath. The shell opens through this very love, setting life into motion, as colorful fish join the eternal current of existence within a celestial blue river.
Around this luminous core, the lotus emerges from the waters as a sign of awakening and consciousness. Here, water becomes the primordial memory of life itself—an ancient current carrying the fish along the orbit of the cycle of being. Below, a silver blade splits the shell downward, channeling two streams—of meaning and of love—into the depths of the world.
Triads of winged and swimming beings—birds, butterflies, and fish—take on the role of guardians of the cycle. They are not mere ornamentation, but mechanisms of preservation, reminding us that birth without love lacks impact, and without guardianship lacks endurance.
“The First Light of Mithra” envisions a world in which love is not an emotion but a force: the primal mover of existence.