Interview with Janosh. Barnaul, Russia, february 2011. Translator – Alena Starovoytova
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You came into this world as a child, pure and loving. You laughed when you were happy, you cried when you were afraid. Love and fear were the only emotions you knew, which made everything simple. As you got older, you learned that love was equal to pain. You were rejected increasingly, because not everyone wanted to be your friend. There were rules for what you could and could not do and if you didn’t follow the rules, you were punished. Thus the freedom that you once had as a child, was slowly taken away from you. The years have taught you that freedom is something that you must earn; something you must work for. You know no different than having to meet certain demands before you get recognition.