11 essays
Writings
Lyrical essays and short prose — sometimes companion pieces to the visual work, sometimes their own quiet thing.
3 stories about love
We’re on our way to Ukraine, my friend and I, taking the Düsseldorf–Lviv bus.
Read5/2 Richard Bach Street
The location of almost all my dreams is my home in Luhansk.
ReadAfterlife
I’m in purgatory, waiting for my appointment with God. Standing in line, waiting for the verdict. Chewing gum with the flavor of afterlife. What does that taste like?
ReadBotanical Bridge
I’ve loved doing backbends since childhood. I never managed a proper cartwheel or handstand, but the bridge was always my strong suit. In my first yoga classes, Anya praised me for my bridges but warned me to be careful.
ReadInstruction
To ground yourself, you need to fall into the rich black soil of a grandmother’s garden, somewhere in the summer, at the end of June.
Readit’s a sad and beautiful world
The shattering began with a phone call from a friend. She shared one of her own sorrows with me.
ReadNest
…so I wove myself a nest. One I can carry with me.
ReadOur Mirror Diaries
Recently, I visited Yulia Stoshek’s art foundation, and an entire floor was dedicated to artists’ diaries.
ReadUno dúos tres cuatro
The celestial mines lie a million meters above sea level,
ReadVulcanization
Vulcanization* — a mysterious alchemy that turns soft, pliable rubber into something enduring and unbreakable.
Readyo-yo and despair
Last night I dreamt of erotica, and then — a terrorist attack, as if I’d bought a ticket for a connecting flight with a layover, and suddenly the airport was being bombed.
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