Maaskva: nashimi glazami is a new blog of observations about Moscow. The twist is that every post on Maaskva is written in both English and Russian. (Thanks to Lyndon for pointing me in its direction).
In particular, I like this post, about the difficulties of writing about Russia:
Long ago I gave up trying to hope that one can write anything serious about Russia. No matter how long I live here, Russia (or even maaskva) defies description. And maybe when one stops trying to describe Russia to others and just conveys direct experience without interpretation, we learn something of interest. Maybe it’s enough just to convey beauty: an implicit invitation to the reader to explore further on his own.
Я давно перестал надеяться, что можно что-то серьезное и внятное со смыслом написать про Россию (или мааскву). Сколько бы я здесь не жил, описать ее невозможно. Пожалуй можно узнавать что-нибудь новое если перестать пытаться описать Россию, а просто передать непосредственные переживания без какой-либо трактовки. Может быть достаточно передать красоту настоящего, в чем и кроется негласное приглашение читателю, чтобы он самостоятельно дальше открыл красота предмета.
Perhaps this is why I liked Tim’s description of the oddities of Russian life (see yesterday’s post) so much.
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raffi 11.28.05 at 6:16 pm
Andy,
Thanks for the kind words about my blog.
I really like what I see at SiberianLights. Where are you located? I’ll be sure to put you on my blogroll. Your page points to many interesting places and will be sure to look at your blog more carefully.
You might be interested in the other blog I have started, too, also bilingual but not directly about maaskva: tales of a toy (talesofatoy.blogspot.com)
warmly,
raffi
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