POST SCRIPTUM English__ Feb 2021
POST SCRIPTUM - Independent MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE & ARTS - English version. POST SCRIPTUM - Niezależne pismo artystyczno-literackie tworzone przez polsko-brytyjski zespół entuzjastów, artystów i dziennikarzy. Zapraszamy do lektury.
POST SCRIPTUM - Independent MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE & ARTS - English version.
POST SCRIPTUM - Niezależne pismo artystyczno-literackie tworzone przez polsko-brytyjski zespół entuzjastów, artystów i dziennikarzy. Zapraszamy do lektury.
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You were born in the Ukrainian republic in Soviet<br />
Union. You have Bulgarian parents, you studied in<br />
Russia and now you live in the States. Where do<br />
you feel you belong inside? Where is your home?<br />
I’m cosmopolitan. I feel home everywhere. The most<br />
important is an energy of a particular place (street or<br />
building) I live in, the view from the window, things and<br />
memories I’m surrounded with, and people of course.<br />
My soul mates are from around the world.<br />
So, I feel welcomed anywhere. This is true. However, my<br />
heart is jumping out when I’m landing in St-Petersburg,<br />
Russia. Yes, this my home! This city is everything to me!<br />
The streets and embankments, palaces and channels,<br />
bridges and cathedrals, people, weather, art, theatres<br />
– all this lives inside of me no matter where I am. I’ve<br />
gotten the best artistic education there. I don’t mean<br />
just our art school and traditions but friends and<br />
teaches who have influenced my life! It seems that I<br />
learn something from each person I meet on my way,<br />
even from a yardman. Such an inspiring atmosphere!<br />
I’m infinitely grateful for each moment I spend there!<br />
So, tell us more about your university education. Have<br />
your studies prepared you to be an artist and to live<br />
from art?<br />
I graduated Russian Academy of Arts in St-Petersburg<br />
in 2000, whose halls have been fostering and protecting<br />
the most sacred elements of fine art for almost 300<br />
years. I recall that time as the most saturated era in<br />
my life! Above all, the walls keep memories and spirits<br />
from the past. As a sensitive person I was able to absorb<br />
the spiritual atmosphere there, which was extremely<br />
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