This literary mural in Podgórze features a short poem by Czesław Miłosz - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Designed by Judyta Ciba and Sebastian Rubiano - graphic designers behind the local fashion brand Medicine - the mural was created in 2024 as part of the 'Year of Miłosz' celebrations commemorating the Polish poet, writer and translator. The text, which reflects on modern life's distractions and human self-absorption, reads simply:
Biegają
Zajmują się, tylko nie tym, co najważniejsze.
Biegają, jakby wierzyli, że będą żyć wiecznie.
I każde z nich dla siebie drogocenne.
I każde uważa siebie za jedyne.
- Czesław Miłosz
[Very loose IYP translation/interpretation:]
They Run
They are keeping busy, but not with what is most important.
They run, as if they believe they will live forever.
And each of them is the most precious.
And each is the most unique
To themselves.
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