The answer does not lie on the surface. It has been broken into fragments and hidden among the paintings, symbols, memories and secret passages of this website. To read it, you must pass through eight rooms, each revealing a different world within the artist’s creative universe.

The knowledge encrypted here became Marina Stognieva’s inner compass. Her path leads from a Ukrainian village at the very edge of the world — through Radomyshl, the restless streets of Kyiv and journeys across the planet — into the darkest days spent in underground shelters beneath the explosions of war, and eventually to the mists of England.

This knowledge helped her preserve her hunger for life, travel and creation, even in the midst of uncertainty. It taught her to transform every unfamiliar place into a space of beauty and comfort for the soul and the eyes, to create new artistic worlds and to live with curiosity, lightness and inspiration.

To follow the path from the first stroke of the brush to the final revelation, you will need logic, observation and attention. Your central task is to find the Heart of the Labyrinth: a secret room that does not appear in the website’s public menu.

Only there will the final board be revealed. It will show where every discovered tile belongs and allow the broken records to be assembled into the complete text of the Secret Code.