Dasha Shishkin's *Survival Takes a Good Memory* is a dynamic composition rendered in acrylic and pastel on translucent mylar, a surface that lends the work an ethereal, layered quality. Shishkin's signature gestural figures intertwine in fluid, expressive mark-making, blurring the boundaries between bodies, emotions, and narrative. The work pulses with raw energy, using bold color and loose draftsmanship to evoke themes of memory, trauma, and human entanglement.