It is called “Lesung” here. Although that’s not my first time, I’m nervous. I’m trying to do what Germans call “sich ablenken” – to think about something else. My…
AUTHOR:
NANA ABULADZE
The Sun of Truth
“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holly Spirit,” the priest proclaimed. The chorus chanted:
“Ameen!”
It was the Christmas Eve. As the majority of people…
The Play of Eagles
We are in a long, empty hall that has been built with stones. There are three wood tables in the hall: two of them are long and stand on…
It was the Christmas Eve. As the majority of people…
The Darkness in the Light
There’s an idea in the Eastern philosophy that pure kindness doesn’t exist in human beings. As we are all split, neither our feelings nor our actions are whole. So,…
Coming out of the Language
I’ve read somewhere that it is the language that determines for us what to write. For this reason, the Socratic philosophy could have been written only in Old Greek…
The Homage to the Wise
That’s a place you can’t find on a map; a place you can’t find in the world; a place that finds you, surrounds you and keeps you. This place…
The Parrot’s Advice about How to Take Care of Parrots
To my Parrots Kesha and Koko who have died from an unknown disease
Advice N1: I hate being in the cage. I am afraid of being out of the cage….
“I am…” = “My name is…”?
There was a spiritual master in India the name of which I don’t remember. His teaching was very simple. It consisted of only three words that a disciple needed…
Frankfurt, 20..
By Nana Abuladze on November 19, 2018
That was my first time to play with an orchestra. So, I was extremely nervous. I had no idea how it would sound. I also feared that I might…