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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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