This article was written on July 10, 2016 by Swedish psychologist Saab Sahib in English. Translated into Russian in the fall of 2016. Edited in September 2018. The author and translator are grateful to the readers for their opinions and just reading. Who are we? Are creatures thinking or feeling?

Monday. Empty club. Only staff. I can't read today. Can't concentrate. Yearning. There was melancholy until a new girl appeared on the stage. New hostess. She appeared enchantingly. She was standing at the bar smoking, but then she was stung by the dance bug and she began to dance. A good mood is not bad, but it’s nice. At first she glanced slightly at her reflection in the mirrors of the hall, and then she became so carried away by herself that she stood close to them.

"Wedding procession". Photo by A. Svirida. Works of L. Yakobson's creative heritage can rarely be seen outside the framework of festive evenings. On Thursday, November 17, at the Hermitage Theater, the anniversary of Yakobson’s troupe brought together everyone who loved the choreographer, knew him personally, indirectly, heard the name, and simply curious spectators. Many of us found ourselves behind the scenes of a theatrical past.

“Phases of the Moon” by Paul Delvaux is a picturesque double, in which a change of scenery is a change of era. The 1939 version presents the characters in the cool of a moonlit night, and the 1941 version - in the gloom of an old building lit by kerosene. In both compositions, the main characters stand against the backdrop of some kind of conspiracy: in the first version it is a procession of pregnant women, in the second there is a vague conversation in the corner near the globe.

The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art pays great attention to inclusion and creating an accessible environment for each of its visitors. Thus, in 2015, a department for inclusive programs was opened at the Museum, which became the first such initiative in Russia. The Department ensures equal participation in Museum events for all visitors, including people with intellectual disabilities, the deaf and hard of hearing, the blind and visually impaired, as well as those who use wheelchairs.

Today, a hostess stung by the dance bug (see November 28) stole a man in front of an astonished audience. It was funny. Half the night there is no one, then a guest arrives and the first girl comes out to dance. He thinks that now I’ll make less money. And the fifteenth person in line to dance thinks, well, maybe it’ll happen to me, maybe I’ll have time. But that was not the case.