part 1 In the first part of the presentation, the presenter starts talking about Georgian symbolism, in particular the national flag of Georgia, he tells about the colors and other features of the flag, what it means, and what each detail means. The speech continues with a general geographical and demographic overview of Georgia, and then the conversation begins with culture, in particular, the traditional Georgian clothing “chokha”. It is also about the origin of Chokha and the Georgian influence that changed it. The presenter returns to the geographical location of Georgia and tries to give the audience an idea of the location of Georgia. The lecture continues, about prehistoric Georgia, where we talk about ancient artifacts found on the territory of Georgia. Then, the topic of conversation is the existence of ancient Georgia in the sources of ancient civilizations and the first state formations on the territory of Georgia. The lecture continues with the ancient Greek mythology Argo, the story of which takes place in Kolkhi (the ancient state of Georgia), the line understands the fact that Georgia has had a great role in the world since the time of the existence of ancient civilizations. After that, the narrator talks about the etymological origin of the name of Georgia, and the speech turns to the vine, which is an integral part of the Georgian identity and culture. Attention is drawn to the fact that the culture of picking vines and planting grapes contributed to the preservation of Georgian identity to some extent.
Part 2 The second part of the presentation continues with the history of the relationship between Georgia and wine and why Georgia is considered the homeland of wine. The discussion of Georgian culture continues, this time the object of discussion is Georgian national dances or Georgian ballet. In the framework of the discussion, it is mentioned about the influence of the battle on Georgian dances, the presentation says that there are two main dances of the national ballet, military/combat or love, which are performed between a man and a woman. After the cultural dances, a few words are devoted to the tradition of Georgian metallurgy and the military industry. After that, the presenter returns to the above-mentioned importance of Christianity for Georgia, the conversation about Christianity becomes general and the conversation turns to the influences of the architecture of Georgian temples, the uniqueness of Georgian writing is added to this. After that, the topic turns to medieval Georgia, and the difficult period that the country had since the 13th century, the speaker informs us that the final of the Middle Ages was the 18th century when Georgia became part of the Russian Empire. Chronologically, we go to the beginning of the twentieth century, we briefly review the Soviet Union and the contemporary history of Georgia from the 90s is discussed in more detail, where we talk about the confrontation of politicians and the worst situation in the post-Soviet space, of course, the war between Russia and Georgia is also added to this. The second part ends with the beginning of positive moments in the history of Georgia, the so-called golden age, which was in Georgia in the 12th century.
part 3 part 3 The third part begins with Shota Rustaveli and his genius poem, which was written in 12th-century Georgia, and at the beginning, the presenter tells us about other important political events that happened in Georgia’s best years. After the end of the golden age, the conversation turns to the ethnic diversity of Georgia and the tolerant nature of Georgian culture, the existence of different old chapels in the capital of Georgia, and examples of the hospitality of Georgians are given. After that, the topic of the presentation goes back to the twentieth century, and in this case, the Soviet period is discussed in detail. It is about the brutality of the communist system against individualism and about the people who fought against this totalitarian machine and defended their national identity. Merab Berdzenishvili is mentioned in the presentation as an outstanding person in the struggle for Georgian identity through art. The 20th century ends with the Stalin episode, it is explained that Stalin was of Georgian origin and there are still two attitudes towards him. This concludes the main part of the presentation and begins the discussion question and answer mode. 1 question – where are you from? 2 questions – what was the origin of Georgia?
Part 4 In the fourth part, there is already a mode of direct questions. Question 3 – How did it happen that so many religious people live in Georgia? Question 4 – How many years did the current president of Georgia live in Georgia before he became president? 5 questions – how long do the concerts of Georgian dancers last? Question 6 – What part of Georgia’s territory did Putin seize? Question 7 – connect the concept of Georgian dances to events happening now in Ukraine Question 8 – Is it known about Georgian songs and dances in America?
part 5 The fifth part was mainly a discussion, the conversation started with a speech by Nikolay Synkov. Question 9 – How long will civilization last? Question 10 – Why did Putin take over Ossetia and Abkhazia?
Part 6 The entire 6th part was devoted to the discussion about the uniqueness of the Caucasus and the fact that this region does not belong to the general family of any continent, as well as the problems related to raising the awareness of small countries in the United States of America.
April 16, 2023 ENTRY TWO
Method developed by Nikolay Synkov for Nikoloz Gvasalia to analyze his presentations:
15 cubes 1 cube is empty.
All parts of the work are divided into 16 parts
1 part in conjunction with others when added which = 15. It is equal in importance to one.
indicate internal connections that are not in the text
“We are working with the disclosure of the internal connections of the parts We train the brains for the leader”
Every source of inspiration you’ve ever gently danced with is a lie. Snow, the warmth of which you could feel down to the smallest particles of your soul. It’s a lie that you can love Beatrice at first sight, as if the dreams that belonged only to you and you would never give up for anything have turned into aimless goals as if you are being prepared to be shot and mockingly called behind your back to get on your knees so that you, losing your dignity, close your gray eyes, doomed to loneliness. Your life is those dusty dreams, crying on the shelf, that is enjoying yourself and looking for a particle of faith in a dirty pit for existence…
To the awakened one, from the farthest corner, soft notes of purple rain escape you. You also feel the lightness of Beatrice’s scent, you realize that your survival is the result of one big explosion. That very day, when the lilac blossomed in the garden for the first time, it was as if you felt the lightness of the movement in the garden, at this time, in the heavy brown of the room, you feel the rays of the sun from the window and you want to caress the warmth, as if every particle of light is feeding you with the scent of peace. It distributes beautiful invitations of your thoughts, and coziness, as if Bertolucci creates this emotion and Bowie dedicates the songs to it.
Again, the country has to watch the spectacle of senseless populism and talentless propaganda, every day we see how politicians fight each other like children. However, this comic meeting clearly showed us the fact that almost the entire opposition elite of Georgia is the personal political power of one corrupt millionaire. Accordingly, the opposition became equivalent to the dream in the index of “slavery” to the oligarch.
Imagine how many propaganda campaigns are going on, from both sides and how much financial resources are being spent on brainwashing. They buy old politicians whose time has been in the political dustbin for a long time. They finance unrated media, which are busy throwing feces at each other. They fund pseudo-patriotic youth organizations that are uniquely controlled by political parties and have zero trust from the youth. They hire foreign professional PR managers whose work has no real consequences for them.
Now imagine, in this controversy, if at least a quarter of the financial resources spent by Kezerashvili would have been used by the 4,000-strong population of Tsalenjikh municipality, who supported the opposition in the hope that they would live better. Just imagine how many infrastructural or social projects could be implemented with these huge amounts of money. Instead, the Tsalendzhikheles received only Loti Mayor from the opposition, whose driver’s license was taken away. This is the main reason for the nihilistic attitude of the society towards the political life of the country. Unfortunately, the culture of political management in the Georgian reality, even after 30 years, is still immature, and instead of solving real problems, individual political actors are busy brainwashing the masses.
Yesterday, April 11th Fermata Art Foundation, we visited Chicopee, the birthplace of “Raising Waters”. Rivers and other bodies of water played a major role in the existence of the first Americans or Indians, and it was with this motivation that they named different places with names associated with water. Rivers were a symbol of movement and love of life for the Indians, they used riverbeds to communicate with each other, it seems that Chicopee was once an important strategic place and may have been the crossroads of a great communication lane. I arrived at the Chicopee Public Library a little early, as soon as I entered the building and I was met by friendly employees. soon we organized and presented, traditionally we started with a small prologue, performed by Nikolay Synkov. A few weeks ago, I decided to change and improve the presentation style, which turned out to be a real challenge for me, the smallness of the audience in the hall left me with an unusual feeling. In the region of raging waters, did all the waters stand still and become swamps? Has people’s interest in academia and the arts finally died? Regardless of our presentation, the hall presented an amazing exhibition that gave the soul of the atmosphere, and the grand piano, left alone in the corner, was like a melancholy tandem of moods. People’s interest is what keeps them alive, and now they are dying. Society is concerned with the facts of the world, post facto, and people do not even realize that it is in art and history that the answers that frighten and surprise them are hidden. Why did Putin kill the ideas of independence and individualism in his own country? And why did he expel millions of inhabitants from their homeland? The answer to all these questions lies in empty museums and libraries.
From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is Holy Sunday, during which the events unfold without which Easter would be incomprehensible: the Last Supper – on Thursday, the Crucifixion of Christ – on Friday. Saturday is a day of silence, but it is not a despairing silence, but the silence of the grain that awakens.
Silence before the expected Easter?
Expected… Did anyone survive the death? No one wants to enter that black door. Death has always haunted man. But Jesus is special. If in other religions the already revered teacher is honored among the disciples, the end of Jesus is the end of the last thug. Jesus dies a death that [in the eyes of society] the Messiah should not die.
American financial aid institutions in the country consist of multi-billion dollar organizations. Despite the great financial resources, we among the young students of America still face problems related to financing, unfortunately, the average statistical American family cannot ensure that they can cope with university fees. The social class American is too rich for financial aid, yet too poor to pay for college. Solving the problem was left to the state, which led to dissatisfaction with private universities and colleges. Administrators of educational institutions believe that state intervention in their financial affairs will hinder their financial stability. However, the fact remains that financial aid organizations, despite their wealth, are unable to do their jobs, which is why many students around the world are at risk of dropping out.
Yesterday, April 5, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, published the list of sanctioned persons, which included Georgian judges, representatives of the so-called clan of judges. Sanctioned judges have been working in the judicial system since the time of the previous government. We remind you that the reason for the collapse of the previous government was the unjust court and biased judges. After the change of government, there was a hope in the society that new transparent judicial reforms would be launched. But soon it became clear that the change of the government would not be accompanied by systemic changes, the judges who justified the extremely biased decisions of the previous regime are now not in prison, but are still sitting in their positions. Corruption law, unfortunately, is an integral part of us and the country lives in the background of such injustice. I consider very correct the measures taken by the American State Department that these judges will be accepted as undesirable persons for the American government. I would like to point out that the history of these judges is a clear example that the change of the government does not mean the change of the corrupt system. In my opinion, there are many similar precedents, especially in former Soviet countries, such as Ukraine. It is very important to conduct the fight against the massive machine of corruption, step by step and effectively, because the corrupt nature of state structures has led to the worst socio-political situation that we see today in Eastern Europe.
For more than 30 years, in the center of the capital of Georgia, people who were kicked out of their homes live in extreme poverty and unbearable social problems. Each of their days begins with the thought that somehow they will feed their children and make it to the next day. Generations are growing up who have no idea where they come from and what their homeland is like. The government is unable to provide for them, so the IDPs have to rely only on themselves. Earlier, when they were new IDPs, they were waiting for the end of the war and they hoped to return to their homes in a few months. This hope has existed for 30 years, and although the home no longer exists, the new generation is afraid of the future because there is nothing to see. The bright future seems dark to them because they see nothing bright in the future. They do not enjoy New Year and other holidays, because pyrotechnics are often used on such events. Fireworks and the sounds of explosions are associated with them as the horrible hellish past that forced them to live in a foreign environment, and every day turned into a test. No matter how many decades pass, they will remain refugees in another country and another city and will never be at home. The indigenous inhabitants of the city always perceive them as strangers and will not allow them to be like them. Unfortunately, we have a similar black-and-white picture in Eastern Europe today, where oppressed refugees are trying to cope and adapt to their new environment. Sadly, we consider explosives more important than people. It is a tragedy that our news starts with the war and not with the presentation of the evacuation of the civilian population. How many more social crises must happen to realize that America is not a country of refugee presidents, but of refugee people? People who have seen war, humiliation, and hunger are not strangers to me, I grew up with them and know them very well. I sincerely believe that one day, America will recognize them, and welcome them with open arms. Wars are won by those who manage to help the most people, everything else is geography and politics.
