Authors: Vladislav Paschinsky, Kerim Khaidarov, Polina Vinogradova, Lisa Shturneva
Institute: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Course: 3
Theme: The Russian Archstoyanie Festival
The modern city dweller is always in a hurry to achieve great things. Every day, we wake up with the goal of overcoming all obstacles, even though nobody wants to fight with us. We move at breakneck speeds, determined to remove any barriers that might stand in our way, even though there are no actual barriers on our path. The modern individual is convinced that everyone around them is an enemy.
But when did this race towards an illusion start? What triggered it? In our minds, we constantly switch between the past and the future, hoping to change what has already happened and prevent events we don't even know about yet. Images from the past constantly pull us back to those places where we felt happy, to the moments when we cherished each day, when we looked into the bright eyes of strangers, when we gazed at the sky that vividly reflected our inner light, and when we admired the laundry drying on a line at our grandmother's house in the countryside.
It's time to finally understand that life is a field of opportunities. These opportunities have never left us; we've just been so busy chasing something else that we didn't notice them along the way.
