The name of this series means the period during which it was made. It took me a few months to create some canvases. On the surface of these canvases, black and white squares interchange in different order, forming curious chess fields. This means is filling time, reflexions about the usefulness and uselessness of the artist's work, weighing negative and positive aspects.

The series is made on four canvases,150x150 cm, using liners of different thicknesses.

I began my work of contemporary art by creating boards for imaginary board games. I created a kind of a beautiful garden (like the ancient Greek or oriental one, from the tales of the Arabian Nights), where philosophers and artists amuse themselves by playing a kind of curious chess, where the rules are complex, confusing and incomprehensible. I made a series of drawings that show these strange chess fields.

I live on an island of suffering from which there is no escape. But one day a miracle happened: an empty boat landed to my coast. The boat on which I can cross the ocean and leave this place forever. But instead of sailing, I collect beautiful rocks on the coast. I'm too busy and can't stop doing my work. I'm making different patterns and I'm building towers. The boat stands and disturbs me with its presence, reminding me every day that it's time to go on a trip. Bit by bit years are running out, the boat gets old, and small cracks have already appeared in its sides. And I keep admiring the small stones and waiting for a recognition for my painstaking work. Any minute there could be a hurricane that would scatter my fragile castles and carry away my boat, because the island stands in the middle of a huge ocean. But I continue my work, hoping that there will be no hurricane today.