Jan 10, 2022Сказка про Храброго Зайку.Жил был в лесу зайка. Такой пушистый серый комочек, с поджатыми под себя лапками, коротким хвостом, и прижатыми к голове ушами. Зайка, когда сжимался то становился в два раза меньше, и только глаза расширялись как два оголтелых блюдца. Зайка был симпатяга, удобно никому не возражал, говорил дипломатичные фразы, и голос…3 min read3 min read
Jan 3, 2022Russians love their children too *.The journey from marches to waltzes. Parenting and more — August 2017, balmy evening, under the stars in Tanglewood, Berkshire, fifth row, with my husband, Sting is singing to me. He wrote this song when I was twelve and living in the Soviet Union, in my birth city of Donetsk: an industrial, cultural, and educational center with a million-plus population…Parenting8 min readParenting8 min read
Oct 18, 2021Когда я поняла что я художник?Донецк, 1980 год. В первом классе нам задали нарисовать осенние листья. Как и сейчас за окном был жёлтый листопад. Мы с мамой пошли на прогулку и насобирали очень красивых листиков – мама любила делать гербарии, и мы часто собирали и сушили листья. В выходные я расположилась за столом на высоком…Creativity4 min readCreativity4 min read
May 13, 2021The story of The Nest.And how it challenged my mindset. — I love the process of painting. I never did it for anything rather than joy, fascination, love, story, feeling alive, feeling the light, dreaming, and feeling that I am doing “my thing”. It is my thing. Or rather -one of my things. And I never thought about selling them. Why…3 min read3 min read
Feb 7, 2021Why did I want to learn diving in head first?Because it feels like flying, and the precious moments of letting go — When I was a kid I often approached the end of the pool or the big rock on the lake or the barrier rock on the sea, where the other kids, mostly boys, jumped into the water headfirst. I would stand there and really wanted to jump headfirst, like the…New Hampshire3 min readNew Hampshire3 min read
Jan 25, 2021“Beauty and Ugly are essentially the same thing”How do you know if something is good or bad for you? — I worked on this painting when the summer of 2020 was rolling to an end. Nature’s colors were painfully beautiful, leaves and flowers were rich in their prime, dressed stately in their lushest greens, blues, and yellows. …2 min read2 min read
Jan 24, 2021Mom, who is your audience?I was reading stories on Medium.com for a few years. I follow a few authors there and love the platform overall. I appreciate a clean look of an article without any advertisement. I can find content that stimulates my thinking and reflections about the world, subscribe to topics and publications…2 min read2 min read
Jan 20, 2021A tale about the Little Yellow ChickLook for the place where your joy lives — Once upon a time, there was a Little Yellow Chick. He loved to laugh with passion, twitching his legs and limbs in a funny way, and jumping up and down very enthusiastically. Suddenly he realized that he was sitting inside the egg. He knocked from inside with his beak. Knock-knock…3 min read3 min read
Jan 17, 2021The Birds of VaticanLearning from the birds, or where is a secret door to let the magic in — I am watching a movie on the plane. My finger slipped and clicked the screen by accident, and the random film started to play. In five minutes or so, I understand that this is the movie “Training Day’’. I saw it many years ago when my English was poor, and…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Jan 11, 2021Travel in time and SicilyI stumbled a time machine near Syracuse — enclosed by a lemon grove, step inside the old farmhouse — We drove off the main road to the unpaved path. The scenery changed; suddenly, I was inside the 17th-century farmland. Endless groves captured my heart with intense sweetness; the lemon and walnut trees spread and crossed their branches, showing their fruits and flowers freely. The farmhouse is colossal. Its soaring…Father And Son5 min readFather And Son5 min read
