Poland

Oppressed by regimes, liberated by colors: Reflections on life in the former Polish and current North Korean regimes

I have been passionate about colors for as long as I can remember. I was born with cataracts, so perhaps once they were removed, I marveled at the world of hues and shades, sheens and tinges with a heightened sense of perception, perhaps to make up for the year and a half which I spent not knowing that everything around me was colorful: the toys, the furniture, the people around me, the sky.Read more

Roman And Julian

Sprightly Books

There is a particular image of books that pops up from time to time in literature: stacks of books inhabit the quiet, long-forgotten libraries, waiting with trapidation for a chance reader, an avid reader who would change their fate. Such a reader would restore their dignity by dusting their covers & lovingly turning their pages.Read more