How icons are created?

It is a mystery.

Mystery that consists of

silence

and emptiness…

…emptiness of heart, which creates space for a Word

Word of God

meeting

prayer

awaiting, walking, wandering

patience and lack of it

cry

joy and disappointment

fascination, misapprehension

and…

linden board covered with canvas and stained with lewkas,

handmade paints, everything according to a traditional recipe,

olifa

… and…

time, undefined, leisurely … slowly.