Dear friends!
From all my heart I wish you a Happy World Theater Day!
Recently I’ve found a text that was written by me seven years ago in 2010. I read it again and realized that I am still following my ideas and goals. And I want to share it with you too.
“To live so that you leave behind a light — and a gentle memory whose warmth will continue to comfort the souls of millions long after you are gone… To live so that you are remembered and never forgotten; so that people know there once was such a person — who loved, who created, who simply rejoiced in every moment of a short yet vivid life. Is this not the highest aim worth living for? Is this not the very meaning so many search for with such effort, and sometimes fail to find?
Artists paint their canvases — masterpieces admired and revered by generations. Composers write music of genius that stirs the senses and makes the heart beat in time with a beloved melody. Sculptors and architects raise monumental works and structures before which one cannot help but feel the breath of the era that gave them birth. Film directors create compelling worlds, drawing audiences into the atmosphere of their stories, urging them to share in the sorrow and joy of their characters. Great writers leave behind poetry and prose that, when revisited, transport us into distant pasts or imagined futures, prompting reflection on eternal questions and offering answers to our own.
Art has the power to render a person immortal. It can overcome death. Years and centuries will pass, one generation will replace another, yet nothing can erase from memory the image of a truly great creator. A life given only once may continue to illuminate the path of others even after death — if it is used wisely. Otherwise, it may vanish without a trace beneath the weight of centuries if a person fails to realize their gifts and creative potential. Which path to choose is for each of us to decide. And if one chooses the former, only God knows what trials and sacrifices may await in earthly life for the sake of enduring remembrance. Yet should success be achieved, one may answer the eternal question — Is there life after death? — with quiet certainty: there is.”
