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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
Visual ArtAPR 28, 2017

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings

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Depression is not easy thing to deal with, but sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful.
That's exactly what polish artist Dawid Planeta did - to help himself he created an imaginary world where a small man is traveling through long forgotten jungle meeting his weaknesses and fears presented as giant animals with glowing eyes. The vision created by the artist is dark, mysterious, and very beautiful.

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“One challenge at a time, I try to turn into the face of fear and tell it “you are not my master, you are the product of my self and I am your master.” I look into the monster’s eyes until it disappears. Then I am free.” ― Rohvannyn Shaw
151points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, both dark and bright, and they will ensnare your soul.” ― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak
126points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Allow the power to flow through you. Don’t try to capture it. You wish only to borrow it.” ― G.G. Collins
114points

#4

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” ― Floriano Martins
108points

#5

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
92points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Stopping, sitting down and finding time for reflection are considered to be the most essential action related to fulfilling a human’s destination.” ― Sunday Adelaja
85points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.” ― Shannon L. Alder
81points

#8

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“The stiller you are the calmer life is.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
74points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird
70points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso
60points

#11

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra
44points

#12

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Fear is the ghost of ancient. It consumes faithless human.” ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
40points

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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” ― Vincent Van Gogh
36points

#14

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“To be wise means to know when to stay silent.” ― Kamand Kojouri
35points

#15

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Fear is the ghost of ancient. It consumes faithless human.” ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
31points

#16

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.” ― David Archuleta
29points

#17

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” ― Abbie Hoffman
29points

#18

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” ― Pema Chödrön
24points

#19

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” ― John Steinbeck
19points
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