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Borys Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931 at The Ukrainian Museum thru May 2, 2012
Posted by Lena on August 30, 2000 at 10:45:47:
All we do is through punches in the air. You have a perfact plan how to change Ukraine for the better, but yet I don't see too many changes for the better lately. I tryid to send some help for Ukraine by donating my old furniture and cloth and got involved all my American friends in it. Do you realy want to know what had happen? Packeges got to the Kiev, where half was taking by castom workers and another half(whatever they didn't like) went to second hand store. Not even one person got one peace of cloth for free as a help from overseas. And where is furniture nobody knows. Everybody is so good at debating on the internet and everybody is ready to fight for the right of there opinion, but what do you realy do to help your country. In the house where I used to live in Ukraine two families commited suicide (father, mother and 2 kids), because they didn't have money to support family. I see my family and I know that everybody is affraid to loose what they have or whatever left out of it. It is so easy for us to discuss the situation over there when we are here, we know what is going to happen next day and they don't. Did you go back home lately? Did you see those homeless kids on the streets asking for food, not money. And it's not just in cities, but country side as well. When you are standing out there and looking at this child eating that candy that you gave him very slowly, and realizing that this very moment there is nothing you can do for him to help him, that's when you cry. My mother made me stay there till this 3 year old will finish the banana we gave her because if we'll leave, someone else will take it away from her. How would you feel then? I've been in USA for 5 years, but every time I come back home everybody on the streets asks me where did I come from. Do you know why? Because we look different, we look relaxed.