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ALEXANDRINA HRISOV refuge in the wattage of their speakers, each group
in their own way but still cultivating a manner of
life that was different from day-to-day reality, a way
of becoming an individual and of finding a meaning
that it was worth dedicating oneself to.
And this in correlation with the climate of the
islands of this archipelago, a climate that was called
culture, that is, the breath of the sensible world that
activates the mind and soul to seek for a reason
for living that goes beyond mere biological inertia.
Or, to summarise, we are in fact speaking about
catharsis in its profound definition as the purifying
effect of art that frees us (as a famous Greek said)
from the “baser passions” and also from reducing
our existence to primary needs and the fundamental
necessities of life.
I learned to walk in a world of sound
composed of this kind of ‘remedy’ and was happy
to get to know musicians with whom I shared
this blessedness and also the blessedness that you
receive from intuitive friendship and the warmth
friendship radiates. I was able to get to know
Johnny Raducanu in a relationship that got behind
his appearance and role as a public figure, a role that
split his personality and left on the surface only his
exoticism and his tendency to fit in with the world
of the spectator, be it auditorium, mass media or
simply “the world of the others”. This friendship
brought us vulnerable intimacy, calm togetherness,
wordless communication in shared listening, the
silence of hearing our own inner voices and of
confession.
I experienced this unique irradiation of
friendship that dissolves physical distances, and I
listened to Teodora Enache, and I listened to Liviu
Butoi, and I listened to Eugen Gondi and to the

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