The Gaze
Maria OlujicAncient icons and grandmother’s wisdom: learning to see what looks back.
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The Eyes Are Never Full
Abraham Mignon, Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and a Porcelain Bowl (1660–1679). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
My grandmother—baka, we called her—in the Dalmatian hinterland used to say this when someone had put too much food on...
He Also Listened
Francis before Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil, Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi. Public domain.
October 4. The Feast of Francis.
I grew up with Franciscans in my village in the Dalmatian hinterland. Under communism, the choice was often simpl...
The Potatoes
A neighbor’s potato field, Dalmatian hinterland, July 2026.
After the Second World War, people were saying another war was coming.
The border around Trieste was disputed. Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other across it. Even in our villag...
I Won’t Bend
Helleborus sp., čemerika.
When I was a child, the adults had a saying:
Amerika čemerika.
America, the bitter herb. It rhymed. It stung. We heard it when someone left for the States. A warning wrapped in a joke. The plant čemerika, helle...
The Assumption of Mary
In Croatia, August 15 is Velika Gospa—a state holiday. Pilgrims walk to Marian sanctuaries across the country. The past few days, the roads have filled with pilgrims walking to Sinj from all directions.
For us, it was Proložac.
I walked w...
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