Axel Specker lives and works in Belgium.

For more than a decade, Pinocchio has crossed his path in unexpected ways, time and again. When he finally opened Carlo Collodi’s original book, it immediately felt like stepping into a world of hidden magic. He has returned to that world many times since.

And so The Power of Pinocchio was born, a work grounded in lived experience without taking on an autobiographical form. It offers a mirror for the reader’s own journey. What will you see?