‘ Inner Gardens’ is a sculpture depicting Christ in the throes of painful convulsions, disfigured and distorted, with wounds on his body and thorns piercing his head. The textures of torn skin, the drops of sweat mixed with blood, the wounds—all this constitutes a starting point for meditation on the meaning of the Passion of the Lord not as suffering, but as a gesture of immeasurable love, offered to humanity as a means of Hope and Redemption. The widening fissures and the slits of open wounds allow us to glimpse the blossoming forms and greenery of the garden—a symbol of life, light, and new beginnings. The radiance of Easter dawn overcoming the darkness of Good Friday. Life conquers death: the promise of the Resurrection! The sublime, blooming garden of the Heart of Christ opens before our eyes. The infinite, immeasurable love of Him whose face was disfigured. From the pierced side of Christ flows water and blood – a source of mercy for humanity. The inspiration for the sculpture came during the Eucharist, when a song of thanksgiving in our native tongue allowed us to perceive: "Already now, your gardens bloom within me. Already now, your kingdom is within me." The sculpture combines realism with abstraction: thorns, wounds, and fragments of flesh create a space where light and life emanate. Changing natural light influences the perception of colors and details – the viewer looks at the same crucifixion scene, but experiences it differently, depending on the moment in their life. Just like a passage from the Gospel, which, heard many times, always speaks to us differently depending on the moment in our lives...