The image was created in meditation, in a state between sleep and wakefulness. It conveys my inner state, my avatar from another reality. For me, the work resonates with D. Kharms' poem "Fire Loves Freedom."

Daria Nazarova (b. 1991, Russia) is a visual artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her practice centers on identity, transformation, and the intricate ties between people, places, and memory. Through immersion in unfamiliar contexts, she documents personal change and collective experience, blending reality and imagination to build new forms of empathy and understanding.