Junge Frau mit kleinem Geist an einem Wahrsagertisch
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Title: How to Tame a Spirit Easily, Quickly and Painlessly.
Subject: A young woman's best friend is a tiny female spirit who is stuck in this plane of existence, unable to cross over to the Bardo to reincarnate. That's why she's nervous and often annoying. The young woman does everything she can to tame her and help her cross over. The picture depicts the moment when they are sitting in front of a fortune teller's table. The father spirit is on the young woman's shoulder. They hope to receive precise instructions on what to do so that the little spirit can pass into the bardo. Meanwhile, the little spirit is terribly bored and plays with the young woman's hair, twisting it, pulling it.
Environment: The interior of a fairground show tent, crammed with all sorts of dazzling props, fake magical tools. Scented candles, incense burners.
Composition: Full-length depiction of the young woman, half-profile, thirty degrees from top to bottom.
Lighting: dim light from candles, just barely breaking through the smoke from the incense burners. The tiny ghost on the young woman's shoulder is given special lighting, which highlights her playfulness and distrust.
Mood: anticipated disappointment and faint hope
Style: film-like surreal creation, the aesthetics of fantasy images, dim, smeared colors counterpointed by the rich detailing,