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A black and white symbolic illustration. Top: a man and woman cut with scissors. Bottom: a girl and boy pull ropes tied to a heart.

A black and white symbolic illustration. Top: a man and woman cut with scissors. Bottom: a girl and boy pull ropes tied to a heart.

A powerful triptych in black and white. Style: Detailed etching or woodcut, high contrast, dramatic chiaroscuro. **Panel 1 (Left):** A girl straining with all her might, pulling a thick rope to the left. Feet dug into rough ground. Behind her, a translucent, ghostly figure of herself (or a shadowy specter) holds scissors or a blade, attempting to cut the taut rope. Style: dramatic ink drawing. **Panel 2 (Right):** A boy in a mirrored pose, pulling the same rope fiercely to the right. A different, menacing ghostly figure looms over him, also trying to sever the rope with a sharp implement. Style: matches Panel 1. **Panel 3 (Center):** A large, classic symbolic heart (Valentine's shape) in the center, bound and constricted by the same thick rope. The heart is white with intricate black linework, covered in web-like glowing crimson cracks. The rope extends to the left and right off the canvas. The background is pure darkness. No ghosts in this panel. All three are separate vertical panels that form one coherent story. The only color is the faint crimson glow in the heart's cracks. See more