• From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World

    From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World

    From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World When Tatuna arrived in Paris at the age of 17, she did not have a plan, just possibility. What followed was not a straight path but an unfolding – photography, film, corporate work, citizenship, MBA, and finally art. She started her studies in a liberal-arts…

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  • Light, Memory, Belonging: The Photography of Tito Piermarini

    Light, Memory, Belonging: The Photography of Tito Piermarini

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  • Does Being Grateful Make You Less Ambitious?

    Does Being Grateful Make You Less Ambitious?

    Does Being Grateful Make You Less Ambitious? by Sopho Kharazi I was going to make a post about feeling grateful but less ambitious. I wrote it in 2025. However, I found a draft in my archives from 2024, which talks about the same issue in a different form. And now it is so interesting to…

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  • I Miss Liking Guys. We All Do.

    I Miss Liking Guys. We All Do.

    I Miss Liking Guys. We All Do. by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi I am sitting on a balcony of my apartment, watching a pink sky as sun is setting, being tipsy from a nice afternoon with a friend, and wondering, why do my days always end at home alone? I truly try not to…

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  • Thanks for the last night, it did me good.

    Thanks for the last night, it did me good.

    Thanks for the last night, it did me good. by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi The issue I am going to talk about has been giving me an inner turmoil for few weeks now. Of course it has something to do with dating. I went on a date in France just to have fun. I…

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  • Do We Laugh at Ourselves to Regain Control Over the Situation?

    Do We Laugh at Ourselves to Regain Control Over the Situation?

    Do We Laugh at Ourselves to Regain Control Over the Situation? by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi Throughout my life, I have experienced a lot of social interactions in which I represented Ms. Awkwardness. I do not want to get into details about the most recent one, because it still makes me cringe when I…

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  • Everything is a Daughter’s Task

    Everything is a Daughter’s Task

    Everything is a Daughter’s Task by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi One more time, this blog is a product of a movie that made me think. I watched a Georgian movie called „Blackbird, blackbird, blackberry“ (შაშვი, შაშვი, მაყვალი). It tells the story of a single, 48-years-old Georgian woman living and owning a shop in a…

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  • Bodies, Boredom and Sex

    Bodies, Boredom and Sex

    Bodies, Boredom and Sex by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi Let’s talk about what we love and hate talking about: our bodies. I went to the exhibition of Jean Dubuffet and one whole section was dedicated to the concept of Body. Within the scope of Art Brut, bodies depicted by Dubuffet are not conventionally beautiful…

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  • Let’s Create Problems

    Let’s Create Problems

    Let’s Create Problems by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi What happens when the life you have, has been planned by you but now you realize that you do not like your plan and the life you are living? Do not get me wrong, I am still enjoying what I have, but my intuition tells me…

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  • Becoming a Woman

    Becoming a Woman

    Becoming a Woman by Sopho Kharazi © Sopho Kharazi The air is crispy in the morning, says a person who arrived home at 7 am. Today is very gloomy and grey, the weather that can put any breathing creature into silent desperation. But somehow I am loving it. Somehow everything feels silent today – my…

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