Viy. Chorna Rillia.

It is not for the first time that I should write about Viy, that is why I do not want to speak again about the mystery of its simplicity. It is very easy to hear – you should only listen. It is characterised by magic, which as a rule appears in manifestations of people who are not afraid of anything. They are not afraid to be misunderstood, to be lonely, to be sunken in family life beyond the bounds of words – that is why they are understandable, they have real confederates who are identical with them, and that is why they come to the surface of every-day life holding the true words in their hands. The words-doors and the words-windows. The answers, which appear earlier than questions. Let’s take prose as an example. (Subjectively). This is a concrete question, which is asked for the sake of a concrete answer, or may be, for the sake of several answers, but practically all of them are meant beforehand, when the question is being asked. These are also doors, but the quantity of words is almost unlimited, that is why the doors are often get closed even before the last dot appears in sight. Punched. Now let’s take poetry as an example. (Subjectively). It is when there are answers, and the quantity of questions is almost unlimited, and there are enough words for a dot to be inappropriate. All doors and windows are open – the only thing for you to do is not to be lazy to step in. It is well known that it may be quite on the contrary, and in any other way. I do not care. The important thing is that it should be a road. Its value lies not in its completion, but in the process. Well, Viy, for example, is a road.

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)