I close out 2025 with this visual allegory of Zvezdara , a place where stars were once studied, and where today people live who continue to fight for them.

Through the four seasons, this mural reflects the year behind us and the unextinguished hope that light will return to where it truly belongs. It is a personal tribute to the neighborhood where I was born and raised, and to the stars that are not only part of the cosmos, they belong to Zvezdara, its history, and its people.

This is the struggle of all of us who stood up to protect our light.

Zvezdara was not named after the stars by chance * they are our identity, and we are their guardians. ✨

✴️ At the end of 2025, we lit 16 stars in the sky.

Marija Šoln Marg