It's the second day of the war. On this quite spring and clear day, I go for a short walk by the pond. Second half of the day, the sun is already quite low, the upper floors of high-rise buildings are painted with a yellowish light mixed with blood. Navigating between dog feces exposed by the above-zero temperature, I cross an area of ​​indistinct-colored slushy snow, descending from the road to the pond. The usual crunch of snow underfoot is replaced by the impact of heels on the asphalt.

The theme of realism and allegory in Dutch genre painting of the 17th century is practically inexhaustible. Realistic trends in art developed simultaneously with new trends “imported” by artists who emigrated from the Southern Netherlands for financial or religious reasons. Almost any genre work of that time can be considered in the context of what is directly depicted in it, but it can also lead quite far from the artist’s intention, which seems to be the original one.

Being a creature with a highly developed nervous system, the work of which is determined by a mass of needs that require satisfaction, a person refracts his perception of the world through sensuality. At the same time, man is an animal characterized by extremely strong gregariousness. It was this flocking that gave life to the mysticism that was so ingrained in culture and art.

In the book by Doctor of Philology Natalya Primochkina “The Poetics of Experiment: The Work of M. Gorky in the Early 1920s.” a special period in Gorky's life and work of the early 1920s is considered. It is characterized not only by the writer’s severe spiritual crisis, caused by the tragic experiences of the events of the First World War and the revolution of 1917, but also by his heroic efforts to overcome this crisis by radically updating his art.

The editors of the magazine Rech#port expresses support to the Ukrainian poetic community, our Ukrainian authors, readers and all residents of Ukraine. We call for peace and demand an immediate end to the bloodshed and the withdrawal of Russian troops.

Edition with the manifesto “BOTH WAR AND PEACE” Architect Boris Bernasconi releases a manifesto, BOTH WAR AND PEACE , dedicated to architecture and the destructive forces it resists. It is based on a study containing a typology of 10 different types of wars and 10 projects of the Bernasconi Bureau that respond to these conflict challenges.

SPARTA “I will reveal to you a long-standing thought; among young men skilled in military affairs, you shine like the brightest star; a mighty spirit plays in a stately body. Wait... From time immemorial, alien to peace, We knew how to tame youth like horses... I want my young wife to you spent one night in my bed! Go... She is slim and desirable, as once - beautiful Elena... Spill life-giving seed into her...