Leaves of longing

The leaf – the symbol of longing The leaf is a fragile, fleeting form. Here, it becomes monumental, a sign that longing - for people, for place, for time - takes on weight and duration. It is not sweet nostalgia, but living memory.

The leaf is composed of joined wooden boards, with visible nails, showing that longing is not a uniform feeling; it is made of pieces of memory, of simple things collected over time. The fact that the joints remain visible tells the truth: nothing is completely smooth. The arrangement of the boards suggests a discreet cross in the center of the leaf. Thus, longing acquires a sacred dimension: assumed suffering, a connection between earth and sky, between those who remain and those who have departed. S

The sculpture rises from the grass, like a thought that cannot stay down, suggesting to the passerby that longing does not keep you grounded; it lifts you up - even if it weighs you down.

Wood bears the marks of time. It changes, breathes, ages. Longing is not preserved; it transforms with you. Leaves of Longing is a sculpture of assumed memory: longing not as an open wound, but as a structure that keeps you whole.

The longing in the center of Ungheni doesn't shout, but it calls you, it waits, like a leaf caught between the seasons. Come...