Omalo

This landscape was inspired by a trip across the “road of death” in Tusheti, Georgia. This road is considered one of the most dangerous in the world, and I now understand why. To be honest, I underestimated the danger of these places when I went there, so during five hours of ascent up a steep serpentine road, I felt fear mixed with admiration of the surrounding scenery.
In such places, all the power, majesty and brutality of nature may well be felt. I was struck by the beauty and variability of landscapes, but also feeling the fragility of human existence against the backdrop of incredible natural phenomena.
In the winter, just a few families live in the village of Omalo. And, to be honest, it is tough for someone from the civilized world to understand how they do it. I met a young philosopher there, who had come to study these people. It was immediately clear to me what he was studying, because I had never seen such a level of interest in people, mutual help, and kindness. There was probably no other way to survive in such conditions, and we would not have made it there, because our car broke down and all the people we met helped us cope with the difficulties and overcome this path.