‘Der Gefühlscocktail’ tastes like first kisses mixed with bad decisions, like trembling fear shaken with reckless want. She stands between them—one hand on the glass, one foot in the fire—learning that every love begins with a risk, and every risk begins with a heartbeat that whispers: Go on, feel it all.

Because nobody tells you how chaotic desire can be. How innocence doesn’t disappear—it just gets louder, flapping its white wings while the heat pulls you closer. There’s that split second when you’re still pure and unsure, and then the next, when temptation has already wrapped itself around your ankles like a snake asking, Are you brave enough?

And she is. At least for a moment. She tips the emotional cocktail toward her chest, tasting the mix of longing, fear, thrill, and the slow burn of curiosity. It stings, it sparkles, it scares her—but she keeps drinking. Because love, lust, and everything in-between never come served neat. They come messy, confusing, exciting—
a collision of wings and flames.

In the end, she realizes she doesn’t have to choose.
She can be innocence with a pulse.
Purity with a hunger.
Fragile glass with fire inside it.
This is her initiation into the truth:
that feeling everything is not a weakness, but the most human thing she’ll ever do.

This artwork is part of a Paper Collage series done in collaboration with @genausoanders.

Anna and Crypsybear made their styles collide and came up with this awesome work.

Materials: Paper Collage, Stickers, Acrylics, Gouache, Leaf Metal, Barrier Tape