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[Alexandr Korol]

Angus & Julia Stone, and I also like Milky Chance. And with Milky Chance, there’s also some African band — their music really touches the heart, it ignites and warms when I listen to it. Then... well, all the travel-style music. And immediately these thoughts came up about why Australia, animals, and kind clothing started to catch my attention. Like there’s a musician RY X — I want to wear a hat like that, or a floral shirt, with a bunch of jewelry around the neck, some rings, a guitar. And the association with the guitar and people who love surfing and skateboarding. But again, you see, don’t forget that all the same exists in the underworld too — so don’t confuse that there is also something light and small there. I’m describing the light part. And right away, I wanted to seriously sit and watch the sunset, and for the hour before the sunset just photograph the light, shadows, people. These are the feelings I have now that I have come out of the underworld. Now I’m going to make a completely different music playlist, meaning I want to listen to totally different music. I want to make a completely different list of movies. Because for about a year... Well, it lasted longer, but the last year was the hardest, even though, on the surface, it seemed nothing was happening. I was basically just working on the novel “Alternative History,” sitting at the desk on a chair, yet all this was happening — my whole environment, the connection to all these multiverses, all these worlds. And, of course, I learned, I would say, a lot in this underworld: I watched so many films I would never have watched otherwise; I read so much about it, listened to so much music I would never have listened to. And truly, there were so many provocations that, in theory, if something like this happened to me, I wouldn’t have believed I could survive it — I would have really been afraid. But it feels like everything is already over, and it’s not scary anymore. But after this, believe me, nothing is scary. After the underworld, nothing is scary. That’s the conclusion I’ll say. Crazy faith. Well, not crazy — I wouldn’t say crazy, I’ve had stronger. But there is this feeling: no doubts, faith, kindness, that nothing will happen to you, that you love everyone, that people are good, that you expect no danger from anyone, as if trust in everyone returns again. And it’s like you can fully trust your feelings now, you realize that no one transmits false feelings to you anymore, that now they are bright. That now, if you want to go for a walk in the park, you just go and walk.