To understand this artwork, read each line of the commentary below and then find the corresponding image in the painting. What isn’t in the commentary below is the date referred to in the title: 18 May which might also be written as 18 5. Look through the surface images in the centre you might see a full top-to-bottom 8, to the left of the 8 a 1, and to the right of the 8 a 5; thus, 185, 18 May. The 2025 is more obvious. The engagement appears bottom-left with Kiran on one knee and Kat standing, holding his hand with hers outstretched. The rest is up to you.

18 May 2025: Kiran Marfatia proposed marriage to Katherine Blanc

18 May 1499: Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela

18 May 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate

18 May 1860: Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency at Republic Convention

18 May 1910: Earth passed through tail of Halley’s Comet – a significant event in astronomical history

18 May 1920: Pope John Paul II born

18 May 1953: Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier

18 May 1969: Apollo 10 is launched

18 May 1974: India exploded its first nuclear bomb—called Smiling Buddha

18 May 1980: Mount Helen in Washington erupts

18 May 2025: Derek Kosbab got the idea for this painting

Not mentioned above in the commentary is Kat and Kirans Labrador, Zina, who also appears.

If you would like to have a unique memory-bank artwork for your home or office, contact me, and I will provide the list of items you will need to provide for the artwork to be created, including photographs, dates/times, and explanations of your adventures/misadventures, events, countries, children, families and so on.appears in the artwork because she was present during the engagement proposal.