It has been 25 years since my father died. It’s such a long time that I am tempted to say I don’t remember that time any more… But saying something like that wouldn’t be true. Anyway, today I don’t want to write about my father. I want to write about my mother instead, about […]
“It is 3:23 in the morning”. This is how one of my poems starts. It is about loneliness and feeling emotionally cold. I wrote it about two years ago, but tonight I can’t sleep and my mind runs unintentionally into its verses. I’m in the role of refugee. I’ve moved to Dubai more than […]
„So you say that you let the books decide about your destiny?“, asked my lecturer with a sarcastic tone. I was doing my internship, and while having a lunch break I enthusiastically described to him that after many years my favourite book called I dance as fast as I can, written by Barabara Gordon, was published again. I borrowed this book […]
The year 1989 is extremely significant in my life. Beside the crucial fact that the destiny of our – at that time Czechoslovak – republic finally escaped the path of the cruel communist regime, the autumn before the velvet revolution presented another milestone in my life. I had to start attending the school. There are […]
A man enters the metro carriage. An Afro-American guy in shorts, approximately 190 centimetres tall. There is a girl sitting next to me and we both turn our attention to him whilst there is another lady who stares at him as if he was a repellent insect. How dare he, she certainly says to herself […]
My journey from Pluto to Kopan, and back / part II. May you be calm, happy, peaceful, loved The fourth morning spent in the Kopan Monastery. I am learning how to become a better person, and how to enjoy my life at the very same time. I do really like the Buddhist approach – extract […]
Every day I encounter nice flashbacks from my trip to Nepal, which I undertook two months ago. With every morning meditation, I wander off to the alcoves of the Buddhist monastery Kopan, and the image of many Tibetan monks who found their shelter there helps me to find my shelter, my inner peace. It is easier […]