# Space, Arctic, a theater director. A mystical short story

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MMMDCXLI. Space, Arctic, a theater director. A mystical story. - April 1, 2025.

Space, Arctic, a theater director. A mystical story.


Early morning. It's not dawn yet, it's dark.


The director (the retired theater director) is "the Bohemian (person)." [a person inclined to a pleasant life, to a life with pleasures]


He makes for himself a cup of coffee on (using) an improvised tool. Lights a good cigarette.


It is not advisable to go outside: modern technology easily detects sources of thermal radiation.


The flashlight beam slides along the wall. In some places, the ground is soaked with water.


More recently, he staged a literary play composed of texts by several authors. Photographs from the past come back to the director's memory: a huge field, and in the middle of the field stands a lone Maxim machine gun. Another photos - are of the same type. Those who made them - all were surprised. There are huge fields, and in the middle of the field there is a machine gun (nearby - the machine gunner who did not retreat, did not leave his machine gun)...


However, it is difficult for a talented person to break through today. As his friend, comrade (a journalist from a well-known media holding company) says: all the seats at the trough are occupied, it's hard to stick a piglet (piglet's nose) in.


Good coffee, well brewed. It's a good cigarette.


But the director is drawn to sleep. He falls into a doze.


Oleksandr Korniychuk smiles at him and greets him. Korniychuk has a book in his hand -this is his, Korniychuk's, play "Frontline (Front)."


Korniychuk kindly invites the director to go to his (Korniychuk's) office, the office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.


It's a beautiful office. Moscow is visible from the windows...


There are glasses of strongly brewed tea on the table. A box of Cuban cigars: did the American allies send it? Has our embassy taken care of this?


The director thanks Korniychuk, he, director, prefers coffee and cigarettes.


The director looks at Korniychuk, as if trying to see in Korniychuk's face the solution to some mystery.


At that moment, the phone on Korniychuk's desk rings. Korniychuk picks up the phone. Someone's swearing audible. Korniychuk carefully puts down the phone receiver.


Korniychuk looks at the theater director kindly.


The drowsiness is passing. The director returns from a dream to a reality and takes a sip of well-brewed coffee.


He need to reach a new creative level!


What is relevant now? The Arctic! The Space!


Let's say the play "Gas Carrier "The Marshal of the Soviet Union". The gas carrier is sailing from the Yamal Peninsula, heading to Asian markets. A well-known journalist is sailing on a gas carrier for a creative business trip, he is writing a theatrical play about the increase in tonnage (which is passing along the Northern Sea Route) and about the improvement of the Northern delivery...


Or... the play "On Satellite Grouping". The action of the play develops under the choral singing from the works by Johann Sebastian Bach.


The senator is leading the Law "On Satellite Grouping" directly to the adoption, the representative for international Affairs organizes cooperation with partners from the United States, the new boss ensures payback and profitability of the space industry.


Yes, this is an interesting idea! Several different texts will be creatively combined and processed. A literary play! It was not an accident that Korniychuk came into a dream, today!


There are some unpleasant sensations in the heart area this morning! They say that painkillers (pain medication) cause a heart to "sit down".


The director puts down his cigarette and turns on the radio. What's the news?


It is reported on the radio that the Crew Dragon spacecraft has launched from Cape Canaveral. According to the plan, the ship will fly (for the first time in history) at an altitude of 400 kilometers above the North and South Poles. Docking with the ISS is not provided.


The space expedition was funded by a Maltese entrepreneur (in the field of cryptocurrencies) of Chinese origin, Chun Wang. An entrepreneur - as part of a space crew - flies on this spaceship.


The director shines a flashlight so as not to knock over a cup of coffee.


He imagines a huge sky. And here he is in space, the stars are visible. Below him is the blue planet Earth.


The director focuses his gaze on a geographical point: he sees himself with a cup of well-brewed coffee and with a good cigarette. The beam of the flashlight illuminates the space nearby.


The director sees his friend, a comrade (a journalist from a well-known media holding company) coming up to his body and touching him on the shoulder.


April 01, 2025 08:06


Translation from Russian into English: April 1, 2025 10:22

Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Космос, Арктика, театральный режиссёр. Мистический рассказ. '.


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