Opernball | with Jonathan"This painting was made after the Opernball, an evening built on surface and performance. Wealth staged as culture. Precision without warmth. A structure that appeared refined while feeling internally empty. Later that night, I painted with a friend, Jonathan. Years earlier, he had taken hallucinogens and was violently attacked during the experience. What followed was not understanding but containment: police, hospitalization, diagnosis. What stayed