A Sole Flame Cast Against a Hall of Mirrors
Being a sole flame cast against a hall of mirrors has always been an excitable affair. It’s the feeling anyone gets as an expat and foreigner in a place they’ve…
The Frozen Sea Within
She is leaving me. Her warmth, her love, her kindness have already left. In the nights I drift further away from familiarity. Slumbers take me into new unknowns, the days…
The Tyranny of Rationality
We live in the long shadow cast by philosophies that have perverted and distorted the perception of the human subject and his experience in the world. The view that man…
Jariasheni – The Georgian Village Occupied By Russia
The case of Jariasheni village In August 2008, the conflict between South Ossetia and Georgia started to escalate. On August 7th, Georgia started a military operation in order to hold…
The Silent Mistress of Time
I’ve been a witness to a terrible secret kept by one of Warsaw’s few ascendants to the dreary socialist blocks that hang about the streets today. She, stubbornly, still stands…
The Innocents Abroad podcast: Passion Projects
On this episode of the podcast, we explore passion projects. From time to time, we’re motivated to put something together out of pure enjoyment and passion. At times, others partake…
What of Our Grand Experiment?
The fate of Europe seems forever in flux. We need to rethink its foundations. Unbeknownst to millions of ordinary European citizens, they’ve participated in a grand experiment for the past…
Emotionalism and the World of Yesterday: A review of Stefan Zweig
Upon opening the memoir of this great European, one expects to get a glimpse of a world different to the one we know. One expects an account of a time completely forgone, together with its allure and…
The Meaning of Sacrifice: The Expatriate Conundrum
There exists a great conundrum among expatriates – those who made the decision to live outside their native country. Was the prime motivation for their move exogenous or endogenous? Were…
I am Galician, not Ukrainian
Every time I travel abroad and hear the question ‘Where are you from?’, I’m embarrassed and give an immediate and quick reply: Ukraine. The unease I experience comes from the…