Chapter 4. Kazan Kremlin. Russia

This series of paintings is inspired by my favorite childhood book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But there is a huge gap between the one thought of the book and the series. Dorothy knew exactly what she wanted to go home and her whole journey was leading up to the goal of getting back there.

And life for many adults, embedded in the idea of pictures, boils down to going through a bunch of countries before we find “ours” and theres no way we can stop. What we have seems uninteresting, less developed and hostile.

We were in Kazan when traveling abroad was still unaffordable due to the coronavirus epidemic. Instead of coloring a new country on the world map, we stuck a flag in a newly visited city in Russia and bemoaned the fact that the bar had been lowered. At the time, they didnt know that this was only flowers

But despite the fact that the countries we visited are indeed more comfortable and safer, it is a mistake to think “its good where we are not”. If you feel bad in yourself, you will feel bad everywhere. Therefore, first find strength in the place where you were born and raised, and then use this rod as a springboard for a jump. We havent found it yet, alas.

The journey continues.