Zarah Lind
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One of famous Hungarian poets Endre Ady’s most important prosaic writings elaborates on the concept of Hungary being a „ferryboat country” travelling endlessly between East and West. Like a ferry, the country keeps crossing the river back and forth. With every crossing it ends up not on the side of progress and democracy but its opposite, stultifying reaction and with it tyranny. It cannot decide whether it belongs to the East or to the West. I think that this photo taken in the heart of Budapest proves this ferry syndrome well. You may see the mixture of the messy surrounding, the dirty pavements, the uncut grass, the cheap fence, the graffities behind but also a blossoming tree, the Sun and a classic apartment house with its high rental prices….and a woman who thinks that she belongs to the West.
Make a difference
One of famous Hungarian poets Endre Ady’s most important prosaic writings elaborates on the concept of Hungary being a „ferryboat country” travelling endlessly between East and West. Like a ferry, the country keeps crossing the river back and forth. With every crossing it ends up not on the side of progress and democracy but its opposite, stultifying reaction and with it tyranny. It cannot decide whether it belongs to the East or to the West. I think that this photo taken in the heart of Budapest proves this ferry syndrome well. You may see the mixture of the messy surrounding, the dirty pavements, the uncut grass, the cheap fence, the graffities behind but also a blossoming tree, the Sun and a classic apartment house with its high rental prices….and a woman who thinks that she belongs to the West.