Many many years ago in the Romanian village of Maramures, there was a kind couple living a contented life. They were very happy and were celebrating the birth of their first child - a girl they named Banja. The whole town celebrated with a parade of flowers and a feast. Everyone participated except Eugenia the witch; she just stayed by the fire in her dark home seething with jealousy.
Eugenia was very beautiful and had many lovers but if they crossed her she would turn them into air, a breathing ball of kinesthetic energy, not living but not dead. Many a lover fell to this demise. This witch never bothered couples. That’s not to say she wasn’t jealous of them, but this pair was too happy. Eugenia wanted a child herself, but I’m sure the only reason was that she wanted a slave to clean, cook and to lure men to her.
Later that evening when all the festivities were over, Eugenia crept into the couple’s home and put her spell on them. They were sleeping soundly when all of a sudden they felt light, see-through and charged. The couple left their marital bed and discovered that they could only float and hover, but they could not touch Banja for they had become inert. Eugenia took Banja away to her hovel and to this day Banja remains in the care of the witch. Her parents can only look in on her, but no communication is possible. In this painting, they travel quietly by moonlight, a smooth buzz of energy as they slip through the trees. With only a vine to guide their way, they snake and slither around over bracken and branches.
They had always been a couple and so they stayed intertwined in life and now in this transformed state, an opaque mass of see-through soul.
Eugenia was very beautiful and had many lovers but if they crossed her she would turn them into air, a breathing ball of kinesthetic energy, not living but not dead. Many a lover fell to this demise. This witch never bothered couples. That’s not to say she wasn’t jealous of them, but this pair was too happy. Eugenia wanted a child herself, but I’m sure the only reason was that she wanted a slave to clean, cook and to lure men to her.
Later that evening when all the festivities were over, Eugenia crept into the couple’s home and put her spell on them. They were sleeping soundly when all of a sudden they felt light, see-through and charged. The couple left their marital bed and discovered that they could only float and hover, but they could not touch Banja for they had become inert. Eugenia took Banja away to her hovel and to this day Banja remains in the care of the witch. Her parents can only look in on her, but no communication is possible. In this painting, they travel quietly by moonlight, a smooth buzz of energy as they slip through the trees. With only a vine to guide their way, they snake and slither around over bracken and branches.
They had always been a couple and so they stayed intertwined in life and now in this transformed state, an opaque mass of see-through soul.
