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"Chirping at Dawn", acrylic on canvas board, Radmila Vasiljevic, 2026

Chirping at Dawn has a quiet courage. It isn’t the song that ends the day, but the one that begins it. The light feels like a promise - cool blues easing into green, with a touch of warmth as morning arrives.  The bird is not looking back; it is simply there, present, trusting. The nest reads as a beginning, the branches as something waking up. There’s an old, steady faith in it: that day will come again, and that even a small sound belongs in it.