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Author: Sabina Stan

I'm a visual artist, who works with rope, paper and recycled aluminium cans. Feel free to further explore my world.

Stories then and now

Reading about fairy tales and their evolution in time was chilling. I knew there were a lot of versions which … More

ancient greece, basme, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, children stories, cinderella, fairies, fairy tales, goddess, knowledge, meanings, myths, old wives tales, society, stories, the little mermaid, warning, women

Shadow thoughts

Among the books suggested on this form as having formed someone’s view on femininity, there were some books from Romanian … More

Christianity, colonialism, culture, feminism, feminist, gandul umbrei, hegel, language, lesbian, matriarchal, mihaela miroiu, mysoginy, patriarchy

There and back again …looking for the light…

…but finding only shadows. I went to Vipassana courses this spring imagining I will come back most peaceful, but all … More

absent minded, bestie, car, exhibition, faenza, fear, friends, froggy, grateful, healthy

spații aparte

Luna aceasta este luna LGBTQIA+, Pride month, si am fost acum o saptamana la unul din evenimentele organizate cu ocazia … More

alex zorila, asociatia vulgar, discriminare, homofobie, hpv, internalizat, intimitate, lesbi, lesbiana, misoginie, povesti, pride, pride month, safic, saphic, sex, spatii aparte, trans

One-in-herself Mary

“One-in-herself Mary” is an art work which represents the gesture of holding a child coming out of an empty golden … More

ancient greece, art, books, caste, chastity, Christianity, concept, history, judaism, mary, roman empire, society, the book of james, vestals, virgin

Girl Mary

Last year, I opened a form for the documentation of my current project, which can still be completed. One of … More

book, documentation, fantasy, femininity, girl mary, gone with the wind, jews, la medeleni, literature, mary, nazaret, on-in-herself, Palestine, petru popescu, religion, review, roman empire, saint, scarlett, stereotype, stories, virgin

Don’t Vipassana and drive

Yesterday, I drove for eight hours which felt like a meditation. By the end, my mind was clear and I … More

anicca, dhamma, drive, emotions, feelings, goenka, impermanence, lisa feldman barett, neuroscience, psychology, quantum physics, Road trip, sensations, spiritual, travel, vibrations, vipassana

Zionists are the cause of conflict

I found myself repeating this way too often lately, specifically in defense of jews. I do not want to get … More

colonialism, compassion, conflict, genocide, islam, Israel, israelis, jews, Palestine, palestinians, religion, zionism

5 things I learned in my Vipassana “vacation”

Last year, I went to my first Vipassana course. I wasn’t ready to carry on the practice then inspite of … More

ableist, action, community, course, lessons, meditation, observing, personal experience, reaction, service, story time, vipassana

Story time III

Story from Goenka‘s discourses: A mother sends one of her sons to fill a bottle with oil for 10 rupees. … More

Buddha, Buddhism, goenka, spiritual, spirituality, story time, up yoga, vipassana

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