Weathered Soul
Heaviness
by Marion van den Ende
There are days when everything is heavy. My hand props up my head, a tear finds its way down, and it seems as if the gravity is inside me rather than beneath me.
- TechniqueHahnemühle · Dibond
- Size100 × 75 cm
- EditionEdition of 24
- Price€995
The weight that pulls downward
Heaviness of heart is not grief for something particular; it is a weight that lies on everything, even the good things. All takes more effort — rising, speaking, hoping. Those who know it know it is not weakness, but carrying what has become too heavy.
In this work everything pulls downward: the hand, the gaze, the tears, the vertical drips that run like rain through the plaster. And yet there is that one hand still holding up the head — a small gesture of 'I am still holding myself'. Heaviness is not the end; it is a season to be carried until the light returns.
The fresco treatment gives that leadenness a tangible form, as though the face itself has turned to stone. It is an honest image — not desolate, but compassionate: a recognition of everyone who carries the weight.
