Protected: The Silence of Trees Video Preview
Valya | January 31, 2008
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The Silence of Trees Video Preview
Valya | January 31, 2008
Protected: Interiew Braindump
Valya | January 30, 2008
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Protected: Radio Free Europe
Valya | January 29, 2008
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Behind the Scenes
Valya | January 29, 2008
Many years ago I helped to produce an Independent Feature titled, The Secret by MDR Films, Inc. It was a lovely story about a dysfunctional Ukrainian American family in Chicago. One of my favorite parts of the film was the way that it captured the setting of Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. I think I took the [...]
Storytelling/Fortunetelling
Valya | January 27, 2008
I have long been fascinated with the Tarot, not just as an oracle but also as a storytelling device. In her book The Tarot: History, Mystery, and Lore, Cynthia Giles writes: “Fortune/telling brings the art of the story into a personal and particular context. In our own society today, fortune/telling serves much the same purpose [...]
Leaving Home
Valya | January 24, 2008
I remember the first time that I sat in a Starbucks in Frankfurt, Germany, I felt such a strange sense of disconnect. I was pregnant with my first child, and the Starbucks was a familiar refuge—one of the few non-smoking cafes available at the time. I sat reading amidst a hum of German voices, and [...]
Protected: They are gaining on me
Valya | January 23, 2008
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Honor and Identity
Valya | January 22, 2008
When I set out to write The Silence of Trees, I wanted to honor my grandmothers, my ancestors, and my family. I wanted to honor my community and the Ukrainian culture that helped to shape me. But what is honor? What does it mean to honor? Are these ideas of honor still relevant in modern [...]
Protected: Parent-Teacher Conference
Valya | January 22, 2008
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