What Comes Next: Looking Ahead to 2026

After silence, comes direction.


WHAT COMES NEXT: LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026

Since the year is coming to its final phase, and there are just three new mandala releases expected before 2025 closes its cycle, it feels like the right time to share what I’m planning for 2026.

If you’ve read my recent reflections (What Happens When Your Art Goes Unnoticed and The Lost Works: Projects That Will Never See the Light of Day) you already know how this year carried introspection and solitude. Several of my 2025 releases didn’t generate any impact whatsoever, neither in numbers nor in sales. But that’s part of the reality of being an independent artist. Still, silence gives birth to new ideas.

For 2026, I’m returning with focus and renewal. The main project ahead is Part V of my ongoing series The Art of Infinity, where twelve new mandalas will be released throughout the year, continuing the sequence from No. 49 to No. 60. As always, each mandala will come with its own story, available in the accompanying PDFs that represent the spiritual and symbolic narrative behind the collection.

Beyond that, I’m also creating a new music project, still untitled, but with a sound that might resonate with classical music lovers and, especially, with those who have a heart for JRPGs and some cinematic soundscapes.

I won’t be chasing numbers or forcing growth. It’s still all about creation… piece by piece, note by note, mandala by mandala.

If 2025 was the year of invisibility, 2026 will be the year of quiet creation.

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Renzy Star

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