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Broken Wings” by Senay Ramada is a deeply symbolic painting that explores themes of loss, sacrifice, and the hope for rebirth. At the center of the composition stands a female figure enveloped in golden light, rising upward as if suspended between the earthly and the divine. Her body appears light, almost weightless, and her gaze is directed toward the light, suggesting a longing for liberation and transcendence.
On either side of her are detached angel wings — a powerful visual symbol of a broken or interrupted ability to fly. The wings are no longer part of the body but seem to have been left behind, which can be interpreted as a loss of innocence, faith, or protection. Yet they still glow in gold, implying that even what is broken retains its value and inner light.
In the lower part of the canvas, dark human silhouettes with raised arms evoke collective suffering — a crowd seeking salvation, hope, or guidance. The contrast between the darkness below and the light above emphasizes the divide between despair and hope, between earthly pain and spiritual ascension.
Senay Ramada appears to pose a central question: Can one rise even when their wings are broken? The answer offered by the painting is not tragic but quietly optimistic. Ascension does not occur through physical wings, but through inner light, strength of spirit, and the acceptance of pain as part of the journey.
“Broken Wings” functions as a visual metaphor for the human condition in the contemporary world — a world marked by trauma, loss, and fragmentation, yet also by a constant search for meaning, healing, and new beginnings. The painting does not promise easy salvation; instead, it suggests that rebirth often begins precisely where something has been broken.
Senay Ramada 