‘In the second decade of the 2000s, Milena produced a series of paintings where for the first time appear words and phrases which encourage even more interaction and provocation of the observer. Phrases from ‘NOT AWARE, SCARE OR TRACE’ are the essence of the artist’s daily thoughts and contemplations. The selection for the ArtWalks exhibition went to LOVE, THINK, and DECIDE. LOVE and THINK are two canvases filled with an abstract mess, while DECIDE is characterised by a more rigorous structure of clear lines on the left part and on the right, they are driven to essence. The words are pointed out by crystals that are there to draw our attention to the meaning of the word at a certain moment. Everything is transient and therefore the meaning as well. The 4th painting from the ‘SCAR OR TRACE’ serial in this cell, does not have any writing. Language is no longer a method of dialogue. Communication switches to alternative channels. Here, the Scar or the Trace, as a record of the irreversible passage of time, is underscored by a long line of tiny crystals. According to some beliefs, crystals are given miraculous and healing power. They have a special anatomic structure that passes on the vibrations and energy that our body can receive and thus self-heal. There are also beliefs that crystals are living beings.’  Nina Vagic