Borysenko Olha

My village was in the gray zone for 8 months. The first trip after the shift of the front turned out to be very emotional. The entire territory is mined very densely and there are many shells that did not tear, therefore, red ribbons and signs "beware of mines" are all around. The road has turned into one red ribbon, views of destroyed houses and burned equipment.

After the morning of February 24, 2022, everything turned yellow and blue in my country. Everyone has their own story. For me, the yellow sun and blue sky are every reminder of how lucky I am to be alive. Others can no longer see these colors. Some see them today for the last time. Because there is a war in my country and there is no safe place. It remains only to believe in victory and in our yellow and blue flag.

З початком війни все складніше відрізняти один день від іншого тому фото допомагають зберегти ті відчуття та події які є в житті. Це маленькі спогади з тезисами думок що мене оточують.

1. Наближаю комфорт, переймаюся за безпеку вдома, не зовсім розумію що хочу сфотографувати.

2. Емоційне виснаження, наче спиш з розплющеними очима чи взагалі не спиш чи живеш уві сні.

3. Не можу домовитися з собою. Чи позитив, чи негатив? Щось саме собою виривається назовні. Думки стрибають від роздумів про померлого знайомого хлопця. Треба бути сильнішою та мислити позитивно та щось робити.

4. Інколи буває відчуття, що ти як Аліса впала в кролячу нору і там ти то більша то менша, а то взагалі червона королева намагаєшся все контролювати.

5. Холод сьогодні супроводжує весь день, а хочеться заплющити очі та бачити сонячних зайчиків. Перший сніг це гарно та коли так холодно треба більше обіймів, чаю та теплі рукавички.

6. Гарний день, гарний настрій. Побачила та поспілкувалась з рідними. Надіюсь стану більш здоровою.

7. Інколи колір заповнює все навколо. Мене сьогодні рудий геть усюди та якісь та якісь несподівані пропозиції.

8. Почуваюся в тіні, як і знайомі люди які пішли з життя і лишили по собі лише тіні спогадів та гасло що герої не вмирають.

9. Сьогодні розумієш, що від тебе нічого не залежить і скільки не намагайся все спланувати буде так як буде. Напевне всі люди в моїй країні так себе відчувають.

While a terrible virus takes the lives of millions of people around the planet, women around the world want to restore balance and give this world new lives. Unfortunately, not always their noble aspirations can be crowned with success. And while society is smoothly going crazy within four walls, these fighters for justice are going crazy in hospital rooms. Here you are always naked and unprotected, both physically and morally, the whole truth about yourself is revealed to you in an undisguised form. I know this firsthand, as I myself went through this hell.This series is about me and the same women who want to have children, but face obstacles on this difficult path. It's like punishment for a crime we didn't commit.

This is a path through many disgusting green-yellow-blue walls, long hours of nervous anticipation and terrible anxiety, hundreds of painful tests and humiliating procedures, a variety of drugs and difficult exercises.It is a long and tiring road, but hope supports and helps to move forward, through all obstacles, because children are the main flowers of life. And I am sure that none of us will give up and in the end we will achieve success by opening new doors for someone, as opposed to those that are closed for many day in and day out.

When constant shelling began in Mykolaiv, we decided to go further. It was difficult and scary. Peaceful life and native home melt before your eyes. However, I never thought before that it would be even more difficult to return. Our brains have the ability to slow down all the terrible things that happen to us so that we have the strength to overcome it all. But when it was calm, my brain caught up with me. Panic attacks, bouts of dizziness and endless headaches, nerve inflammation and constant anxiety. Half a year of work with a psychologist - I am trying to overcome all this and feel safe at home.

As a child, every game with everyday things fascinates and transports you into a magical world. When the toys live in the mirror dimension, the room turns over and you can walk on the ceiling. Solar bunnies in the dark can be magical jellyfish, and soap bubbles reveal the world in pink. To return to the usual world, you spin for a long time, looking at the light from the chandelier, which becomes a color tunnel. There is also a cat always nearby in manic games. At the end, you are already lying on the carpet, looking at the light and seeing magic and birds. The cat is nearby. So with the help of mirrors, ceiling, light, soap bubbles and a cat, my world became filled with magic.

Each region of Ukraine can boast of its unique embroideries, which differ in style, color, embroidery, ornaments and patterns, and they are all full of symbols of freedom and independence of my people, traditions of loyalty and understanding of generations and regions. In the project I want to modernize these eternal symbols through the prism of modern technologies, recreating the original traditional ornaments of embroideries.