The excess of information that keeps us informed can also make us anxious and distressed. Jessica Fayer, a psychologist who specializes in politics and mental health, explains how to navigate the trauma of everyday life.
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“The way you hug people in Kyiv is different,” Ukrainian film director Nadia Parfan tells me, her words speaking volumes about the fragility of life there at the moment. Rather than write volumes, this year Nadia has produced a documentary film about the war in Ukraine.
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Is humanity the first to die in war? Truth is the first to die in times of cyber warfare and the curse of media-constructed reality. It turns out that the more living documentary evidence there is, the easier it is to deny and distort everything. The more obvious the truth, the easier it is
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Stabat mater dolorosa Stood the mother weeping Over the coffin of her son She was holding a photo of him In a frame Her son a soldier, aged twenty-five * The mother didn’t shout, she wasn’t loud A pretty young woman in black clothes Her pain was decent and deep Not ostentatious She didn’t beat
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