Today I will write about the debt. Does it mean that I have financial liability to anyone?
Luckily, I do not possess any financial debt. I do not wish anyone to own this kind of troubled economic status. Today I want to write about a historical debt I have to all the Poles who lived before I was born. Also, I feel that I maintain a liability to the contemporary citizens of Poland and future generations. Another obligation I possess is the obligation to Warsaw and Poland as one enormous organism.
“What kind of debt do you have to your country? A historical? Could you provide me with some more details?” Undoubtedly you would ask me this question if we were chatting, my Dear Friend.
I will explain it to you. The fact is that I live in times of probably the greatest prosperity in the history of Poland. In 2018 my country became the first country from Central and Eastern Europe to be ranked as a developed market on the FTSE Russell index. Speaking shortly: Poland is no more a developing country, but a developed one, with one of the most advanced economies in the world. Thanks to very low-level unemployment and enormous foreign investments, I can freely and safely create street art. I am aware that many Poles died of fighting for today’s freedom, stabilization, security, and prosperity.
Thus, I want, symbolically (that is, by creating the art), to pay them the tribute.
Let my texts and pictures express gratitude and tribute to all those who fought for our freedom. Also, I want my photographs to become a symbolic connection between the past and the Polish generation’s future. By making pictures on the streets of the capital of Poland, I want to eternalize my city and my homeland. I hope that by making it, I will pay my debt, not only to Poles but to the whole of humankind. Also, I dream that my photographs will become something similar to Eugene Atget’s images made for Paris in the future.
