Marta is making up some weird and pretty gloomy stories that she calls poems, songs and fairy tales, which involve fallen trees, bespectacled people and napkins. She mentions drowning a few times - but that's because we were sitting by the lake when I shot this video. Maybe one day I'll translate some of it and add subtitles :)
And here's me, talking to David Sasaki, my wonderful colleague at Global Voices/Rising Voices, who is currently in Ukraine - and who describes me this way on his blog:
[...] ...the once mysterious Central and Eastern European Editor for Global Voices. (No one had met Veronica and there were vicious rumors that she was in fact a cyborg replicant planted by Google to demonstrate that a few good scripts could curate the world’s online conversations even better than humble human beings.) [...]
:)))
Anyway, here's the video - thank you so much, David!!!
Video killed a radio star ))))
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Sasha
I loved these both. Thank you so much for posting them. It was wonderful to see and hear you talk a bit about your work. Marta's stories and her delivery are amazing. I love the matter of fact way she repeated "kak zhe byt', kak zhe byt', kak zhe byt'" Such a small child, but consciously or not, she has hit upon one of the eternal questions.
ReplyDeleteMarta claims she is 16, Dawid that he is 6 not 3.5. I love how they want to 'grow bigger, and bigger, and biiiiiger'!:) She is a lovely child!:)
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Sylwia
At some point, your daughter's stardom will probably eclipse yours:)!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I could listen to Marta on and on again. It makes me envious as well : I'll show the video to my husband so that he cares to transmit the Russian heritage to our kids with more consistency...
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, the younger generation IS less self-conscious and more confident than ours was ... this is full of promise.
I also like your video. Thank you for posting it.
Genia
Instant internet stars!
ReplyDeleteSorry for commenting, since I am a stranger, who isn't in the list of your friends, though virtual ones.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say that this presentation was a good one.