Ring “Lake”
Like each of the five rings in the collection, the ring "Lake" symbolizes a part of the author's life journey. This was a period when facing reality was especially painful: a difficult divorce and the fear of separation from a child, a creative and personal crisis dragged him deeper into the abyss of despair and loss of life's meaning.
 
And just when it seemed that this abyss, like Charybdis, would swallow everything, leaving only emptiness behind, suddenly, through the veil of oblivion, the song "Lake" by Haralds Sīmanis played, and a ray of light pierced the darkness… That very ray, like an unseen hand, saved him from destruction. An explosion pulls him from the embrace of the abyss into the light. Opening his eyes, he saw not an abyss but a lake of the purest water, its shore strewn with gemstones shimmering in the rays of the evening sun—a symbol of the unique facets of his own personality.
 
At that moment, the author felt a burning desire to create, to make something new and unique. Now, he knew that his own works could become a spark for someone else, triggering a chain reaction of infinite creativity and continuous energy exchange.
 
The topaz in the center of the ring symbolizes the lake of the soul, the setting represents our roots, which remind us in any situation that we are not alone, that there is support and strength behind us that we should remember. The gemstones are the unique facets of our personality.
 
The ring "Lake" is a brilliant example of how the creativity of one master, channeling something much greater than ourselves, something beyond our understanding, can touch the soul of another master on a sensory level, awakening a thirst for life and a profound inner rebirth.