How does Poland look like? ;)

Some artists imagine countries as people, animals etc. It is called "anthropomorphism". I've found a few examples how people imagine Poland.

Himaruya Hidekazu is an author of manga (a Japanese comic) - "Hetalia Axis Powers". Characters are personifications of countries; the story tells about cultural stereotypes and historical events.

In this comic Poland is a young blonde man named Feliks Łukasiewicz. His name references to the history - Poland is like phoenix, who will never give up, no matter how many wars and partitions it'll experience. Even if the country disappeared, it would rebirth from ash again.
I think it's a beautiful comparison...

Feliks Łukasiewicz. He is also in right side of my blog ;)

There is also a comicweb "Countryballs". It is a group of short, funny stories mainly about nowadays events, sometimes historical. As the name suggests, the characters are "country, who are balls" :P They have colors like their flags. But no one knows, why the colors of Poland are upside down...^^'

For example, one of these comic (about Poland and Ukraine) - CLICK! ;)

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The most known Polish painter, Jan Matejko, painted a work "Polonia - Rok 1863" during the January Uprising. The canvas shows Russian soldiers who are cramming in handcuffs a woman with black hairs - she represents Poland, and blonde woman next to her represents Lithuania.

Jacek Kaczmarski, a famous Polish bard and poet, created an amazing song. He is singing about a young girl, but it's a metaphor of Poland. The title can be translated as "Maiden" or "Lady". 

I love this song - it's sad, but also it is filled with lots of hope. 

If there exists something

That feeds the nightmares with uplift -

Then, in spite of, though and therefore

Such hope can be found in you.