From 12 to 25 February 2011 this photo exhibition will take place in the cities: Donetsk, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague and Minsk.
The exhibition of the painting by Anastasia Novykh "Agapit of Pechersky", which took place on January 16, 2011 in Kiev, made a very strong impression on many people, including me. The positive charge and depth that I received after visiting the exhibition have survived to this day. But, if in the first days after the unusual exhibition, I simply enjoyed this amazing state of consciousness, the holiday of goodness and eternity, then after reading the materials of the exhibition, kindly provided by the publishing house "Lotos", the professional interest of a journalist leaped into me in many details of the exhibition, which I I missed it initially, dealing with my deepest feelings.
Looking through photographs from the exhibition, I drew attention to the unusual phenomenon of the painting. Agapit's gaze, as well as his image itself, were constantly changing! Moreover, even when the photographer took shots with a second delay, and it was clearly visible from them that people did not even have time to make any movements, and in all the photographs Agapit's eyes were different! It just doesn't fit into any logical explanation. Moreover, when I looked at the pictures of the painting "Agapit of Pechersky", taken from different sides and angles, I got the impression that in some cases the picture depicts a young man with the same amazingly lively eyes, in other cases? the gray-haired old man, in the third cases? mature man.
When I got acquainted with the grateful reviews from different people sent after the exhibition to the editorial office of the Panteleimon the Healer newspaper, as well as the Lotos Publishing House, I realized that many people had seen a similar phenomenon! Some of them also sent their photographs taken with a mobile phone, camera during the exhibition. Agapit's gaze, and this was recorded by the technique, really changed! He was stern, then serious, then smiling, looking straight into the lens, as if specially for a photographer who was trying to take a historical shot from the back rows of visitors. There were photographs where tears appeared in Agapit's eyes. In people's reviews, I found confirmation of this. Moreover, I found footage where Agapit was looking to the side, that is, at the audience who were to his right.
There is one more general inexplicable moment, which is written about by different people who came to the exhibition from cities and villages of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and other countries. Many people note that Agapit from the picture looked exclusively at them and even silently "communicated" with them, regardless of whether they were close to the portrait or far away. This is an absolutely inexplicable phenomenon, which, obviously, borders on a level of reality still unknown to humanity!
The organizers of the exhibition refused to comment on these messages, since they themselves were no less surprised by many moments associated with this unusual exhibition for them. I agree that everyone sees in the picture something of their own, purely personal. However, the topic of parchment seemed interesting to me. I deliberately flipped through volumes II, IV of the books of Anastasia Novykh, as well as Ezoosmos, in order to restore some lines in my memory. What can I say about this? Of course, after everything I personally felt and saw with my own eyes during and after this extraordinary exhibition, I, of course, began to understand much more, re-reading these unique books. I cannot publicly announce my conclusions and many of me, I hope, will understand why. These are really, purely personal feelings and assumptions. But I can firmly and unequivocally say about this that I absolutely agree with the words of the protagonist Sensei of these wonderful, wise books: "Nothing is impossible for a thirsty soul!"
