Yulia Komo

Happy is such a short word for everything that it entails. What makes me happy? Things that happen in my life. Not all the things, of course. But also, not only joyful ones. It makes me happy to feel alive, which means feeling all sorts of feelings – from excitement to sadness, from pleasure to pain, from relief of letting go to the loss of what mattered. Hap-py – can I call myself a happy person? I’m not sure. I can definitely call myself a “happening” person – I like this life that is...

I barely remember my grandmother being so carefree and radiant as on this photo (and I certainly can't remember her at that age). She didn't come across as a sentimental person and didn't laugh very often, but this picture in its special frame was standing in her sideboard for many years, and I got it only after she had passed away in July 2015... I remember the rare moments when I managed to make her smile, and in those moments I could recognize this childish playful expression. When I...