Duality of Life and Decay Shifting Time

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A close-up, highly detailed, realistic oil painting features an elderly man with graying hair and a classic mustache, wearing glasses, and smoking a cigar. His face is split down the middle, revealing a horrifying, visceral interior on the right side, with tendrils and oozing blood-red matter and dark cavities. The left side of his face is visibly aged with wrinkles, and his left eye is a realistic green. The right eye is also green but surrounded by the grotesque internal anatomy. Blood-red liquid drips from his right cheek onto his white shirt and black suit jacket, soaking into his red tie.

The background is a deep, rich red, with flowing dark red tendrils emerging from his head, intertwining with purple and gold elements reminiscent of Venetian masks. On the upper left, an ornate gold wall clock with a white face and roman numerals drips liquid gold. Another more traditional brown and gold wall clock is visible on the upper right, with gold leaf flecks scattered around the background. Three carnival-style masks adorn the background: a purple one with a crown on the upper right, a white and purple one on the lower left, and a white and gold one with a purple crown near the lower right. The masks