Daily Thoughts
Dilijan is simply a lovely place with beautiful nature, curing oxygen, and inspirational mountains. Organizers described it as a Switzerland of Armenia. But obviously, it is not Switzerland. There is no peace. On the first day, when we were introducing ourselves to each other, one of the Armenian participants told me that in the future, he has no specific plan, like he wants to be a doctor, lawyer, or traveler, to see the wonders of the world. He said: ,,I just want to survive.’’
On the last day, when the organizers took us to see Yerevan and taste great Armenian food, we entered the restaurant that was in the basement. I was thinking about the food; I was hungry. I was thinking about Yerevan; it was very impressive. I was thinking about going home where nothing is steady. I was thinking about the 13 years old Georgian girl who died while trying to help her friends who were chasing the ball in the fountain at the public park and who fainted from the electricity that was freely ,,swimming’’ in the water. Her friends were saved, but she died. I was thinking about how fragile our lives are. And at this moment, our Ukrainian friends all of them simultaneously said that this restaurant would be a great shelter.
When the world around us stop worsening?
Giorgi Tchkadua
Giorgi is the graduate of the Faculty of Governance and Social Sciences at the Free University of Tbilisi. The fields of his interest lay in Literature and Philosophy and his first research project was the Trauma of Holocaust, Narration and Self-reconstruction Practices. The next work of Giorgi was the study on a documentary novel “If This is a Man”’ by Primo Levi. While working on it, he discovered that there were no sufficient texts and research about the recent past and historical traumas in Georgia. Therefore, Giorgi prepared his bachelor’s thesis, entitled Georgian Traumas in the First Part of Twentieth Century and their Narration in the Literature. Simultaneously, he started writing articles for the Journal Indigo. Also, he continuously writes short stories and takes part in literary competitions. According to Giorgi, every other step was a sign that the most valuable thing for him is a story about humans and therefore, he thinks that the best combination of the Academy and his interests appeared to look up real stories, see the struggle and trouble that people came over, see battles that were won, or the frustration of defeat. Further, he entered Ilia State University to study The History of Modern Georgia and after the graduation he focused on writing and developing his own skills to create texts that will be mediums between present and past, reality and history, and people to people.
