Valentinos Kokkinos, participant in Korona Grammata‘s play
How do you feel the project benefited you?
I faced the reality of this country’s future as it is expressed and experienced by local youth. I also had the opportunity to notice the wisdom inherent in teenagers not yet preoccupied about how they will appear, but rather how they are.
Did it change your perceptions? If so, in what way?
It simply reinforced my opinion that teenagers mirror the lives of all of us in a new-found existence.
What was the most challenging (difficult) moment?
It was when I realized that society enforces on teenagers the viewpoint that they had no actual control over their future. For me, that is the grandest form of violence possible.
What was the highlight of the experience for you?
When a teenager expressed in his own unique way that the heart of all problems is that we don’t allow people a timeframe for them to exist.
What did you learn from the other team/the process/the culture of the other country?
I realized that there really aren’t colours, religions and languages, but human souls, and they all long for their chance to exist in this world in love.
Would you recommend the project to others?
That goes without saying. It’s great to be able to come into contact with a youthful heart. It’s simple, wise, pure and, above all, true.
Tags: Cyprus Theatre Organisation, European Theatre Convention, Korona Grammata, Reflections, Young Europe
