This illustration was inspired by an interview in issue 103 of Replika, the LGBTQIA magazine published in Poland. Two men, once a couple, spoke about their past with striking openness — their vulnerabilities, their psychological scars, the painful memories they still carried. What moved me most was an image from their own words: that they had protected each other's emotional wellbeing like two people holding a symbolic umbrella. That metaphor of shelter and care became my illustration.
