For Sofia Bekatorou and every other rape victim.
Trigger Warning: incidents of rape I never thought I’d be able to address issues that require special attention, such as those relating to abuse, physical and emotional violence, and many others. I always considered my words to be just waffle compared to the incident itself, as well as the victim’s own confession. However, motivated by […]
Dear Self
Dear Self, We don’t talk enough. I fail to remember our last discussion. I’ve neglected you. Most times I just choose silence. Maybe I don’t even pay any attention to you. Maybe I’ve never given you the respect, the admiration and the love you deserve. Maybe I’ve humiliated you and left you hanging, for people […]
“Many small people…”
“Many small people, in many small places, do many small things, that can alter the face of the world.” The above African saying for three whole decades adorns part of what’s left from the Berlin Wall in East Side Gallery, but today, in 2020, it seems to be more relevant and necessary than ever. Watching […]
What is dance to you?
“It’s freedom within the bounds of freedom. It’s anarchy, and it’s the beginning. ” Melina, a modern dancer. “It’s psychotherapy, it’s an expression” Evelina, modern dancer. It is very interesting that there is no clear definition for dance. Every dancer perceives it differently, but all of them have a common basis: expression, freedom, love for […]
How often do you put your life in “little boxes”?
Box 1: Go to the Grocery Store. Box 2: Study Box 3: Go to class Have you ever put “boxes” in your life? Do you schedule your time? Or do you leave everything to its fate? Are you organized, i.e. do you like to organize your time daily in order to […]
Cavaleras Literarias
For most of us, the second day of November is, among other days, an ordinary day of the year. For Mexican people though, it is anything but an ordinary day. It is known as “Dia de losMuertos” or Day of the Dead. As expected from just its name, someone could assume that it’s about something […]
The power of ideas
Would you like us to speak honestly? Would you like us to see things from a little more realistic perspective? I wouldn’t. I want us to talk about the things we can’t do, the things that we have still not tried to do and mainly the things that we dream of doing. I want us […]
Lonely solists
The conductor in a sing swoop starts the music of the orchestra. All together the musicians translate all those scribbles into music and a dreamy melody fills the room, reaching the furthest into it. Just like that, it touches your deepest inner part of your psyche and social existence. Until now, you are too a […]
AQ: Anno Quarantini Quarantine
A word that has invaded our everyday vocabulary so violently and brought up unprecedented changes in our global community. Nonetheless, at the beginning of 2020, to force millions of people into their homes to protect themselves from the coronavirus pandemic only seemed like a sci-fi movie script or a conspiracy theory. What happens during […]
Romanticism – The flame inside
“Nothing can save us”. “This world goes from bad to worse”. “And what have you done now? Do you think you accomplished anything, do you think anything will change?” “Now you believe what you’ve done will change the world, ha?” How many times have we heard these sentences? How many times have we articulated them […]