What it is stronger: the need or the want? How do we measure a necessity that we might not even be aware of? How can we make a comparison between the primordial needs versus daily wants? The first ones swim in the waters of our subconscious struggling to keep us alive (as in "feeling alive"), while the others kick us in the head all day long, screaming off the top of their lungs "pick me! pick me!". Can we really decide what is the right thing for us?...
 
The illustration is a very personal translation of what the heart needs, rather than what the eye sees. It never ceases to amaze me how the contact with nature awakens anew all this rush of numb feelings that were lost in living the everyday life, without even noticing it. It's like the story of the frog that is boiled in gradually warmed up water, and ends up... well, you know... dead. Metaphorically or not.

Here are few images with the work in progress:

The inspiration for the piece came literally from the street... A few days ago this cute girl passed by me and I couldn't take my eyes off her stockings, so I decided to make a drawing of her (actually more of her stockings than her). She looked quite "springy" with her little pastel flower skirt and the bunnies on her legs.

Here are a few snapshots of the piece "Bunny stockings girl", while working on it.