Discard Not The Broken

Size: 16" x 20"

Medium: Oil painting

Anaxagoras (HSR) is a tragic, brilliant anti-hero: a philosopher-scholar who sacrifices himself to expose cosmic truth, challenges divine authority, and reveals the cyclical nature of his and other Chrysos Heirs' fate. His sacrificial tendencies is depicted by the cracks and the exposed star-shaped void on his other self's chest. The deliberate choice of highlighting these cracks in gold not only alludes to Anaxa's golden blood as a Chrysos Heir but also alludes to kintsugi, which encourages seeing brokenness as part of a story—not something to be thrown away.