stop being sad, 2024
Sometimes a doctor's recommendation to ‘reduce stress’ sounds so absurd that it feels like a mockery. Thrown abruptly and carelessly, it insults a weakened body, as if accusing it of not taking enough care of itself. But when one finally has the strength to gently practice the missing care, the recipe, cleansed of its external rudeness and rewritten on a clean sheet of paper, becomes effective.
‘stop being sad’ is a slow walk through three Kyiv parks, where I was sad, happy, wandered, and eventually found my peacefulness. Let's go.
The photos were taken in 2024 on the Trukhaniv Island, in the Syretskyi Park and in the Kin-Grust Park, next to the Institute of Endocrinology.