I’ve always been a very lonely person, especially when I was younger. I used to feel comfortable with my own thoughts, drawing, painting and exercising my imagination.
With my first job, I had to deal with lots of boring and stressful people and I started to feel too tired to feed my creative side. As a result I understood the true meaning of being alone.
One day, an involuntary impulse drove me into a pet shop to observe the animals. A huge cage a little aside caught my attention, it was full of white rats.
The lady who worked there explained to me that those rats were usually bought as food for pet snakes. At that moment I decided to adopt one of those rats, rescuing him from being swallowed alive.
I was truly happy. I spent the next few days staring at that beautiful creature, watching its vibrant white fur (exceptionally clean), blazing red eyes and rough tail. She was a girl who liked to spend her time inside her hole/house, visiting me once in a while, so I called her Persephone.
Her strong personality and fearless attitude was the inspiration for this particular design.
Here, we clearly see how the predator becomes the prey. The dreadful snake, in its attempt to feed on the rat, is surprised by the sudden twist. The rat, instead of running away, fights the bigger predator by biting his enemy with all its strength.
This scene represents the Fire within us, the energy that propels the motivation and determination to move towards our goals. Life could be such a “bully” to us, but it’s in our hands to fight back and show the world that we have what it takes.
On the other hand, it could be a realistic portrait of our daily lives, always fighting the “predators”, where faltering is being eaten alive.
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