She - Nasta Martyn

I take other people's hands with my palms, trying to eat them
I leave a trace of an earring on the elbow,
so small as a needle
from the Central Russian ornament,
and there scarlet appeared, at the very sole
of the feet…
Probably I crushed a beetle
and he could not live
I cheated on him a long time ago,
having crossed the dark threshold,
And I did not love him at all,
And he could not forgive,
And something cracked in the middle,
Perhaps whale,
The one that swims like a sardine
And puffs loudly…
And there, as if in my pocket, something is lying,
And I take out a book that creaks
I work and do not remember
Where it is from
You know, all the past is like a spindle,
Twists like a thread somewhere, but not there,
I came through the shore
Again to the screaming cats,
Perhaps I am also a cat…
I do not remember anything anymore
I only try
to put your hand on your stomach
It is more convenient this way...

Nasta Martyn is a graphic artist and illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and also has a bachelor's degree in design. Her first personal exhibition "My soul is like a wild hawk" (2002) was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In 2005, she devoted a series of works to the Chernobyl disaster. The first big series she drew was The Red Book, dedicated to rare and endangered species of animals and birds. She draws various fantastic creatures: unicorns, animals with human faces, she especially likes the image of a man - a bird - Siren.