In the spectral silence of La Scala, an emblem of Milan’s cultural might, an invisible orchestra held sway. Rows of deserted green seats, ghostly spectators to the spectacle of silence, mirrored the opulence of times past and the grim solitude of the present. From the ruinous ensemble, a statue of a violinist held its ground, locked in an endless composition, its bronze bow sketching a symphony destined to remain unheard.

Suspended from the ceiling, two additional statues of violinists. They seemed in perpetual descent, frozen mid-fall, their instruments silenced. It was a stark portrayal of a world inverted, the very laws of gravity rendered absurd in the face of the apocalypse.

It was the sixth day of the apocalypse; the world beyond the hall was succumbing to pandemonium and devastation. Still, within these sanctified walls, an uncanny tranquility thrived.

A haunting echo of man’s descent from magnificence to desolation. The world was drifting from the dynamic overtures of existence towards a hushed requiem, the vibrant harmony of life temporarily halted, anticipating the conclusive tone to ring out.

At the edge of our existence, the mute statue symbolized mankind’s final defiance—a melancholic tribute to the end of days. For even in despair, one could discern the sublime, embodied in the perpetual motion of a bronze bow etching songs into the silence.