The Miljacka River, Sarajevo 2026
It was a hot August morning. Muggy, but the air was clear. It had that luminous artistic quality that nature occasionally proffers, it was as if the air was lit from within. Running low due to the much publicized prolonged heat and dry conditions, the river added to the scene as sun-threaded-rays spotted the surface and appeared to settle on the bed. Light falling straight into the soaked, raw earth.
The city was busy, and preparations for the Sarajevo International Film Festival, 2026, are on a two-day countdown. Visiting the city for the celebrations, I was out and about early and I popped down to the river to admire the sculptures: The Equilibrists Over River: Symbols of Resilience, Hope, and Unity. They were created by Enes Sivac in 1993 to hang over the main river, created in a time of war and grief and carved from energy found in the darkest days.
Art allows one to step into another space. To buy time, to make more time, to create more space, if only for a little while. And one cannot but be struck by the humanity carved into the form that hangs over the waterway in front of the Festina Lente Bridge, which translates from Latin to 'Make Haste Slowly'. ...
This morning I stopped for a while by the Miljacka in the city of Sarajevo and I saw a celebration of soul and resilience that was built into a voice that grows these values with each passing year.
12/08/2026
The city was busy, and preparations for the Sarajevo International Film Festival, 2026, are on a two-day countdown. Visiting the city for the celebrations, I was out and about early and I popped down to the river to admire the sculptures: The Equilibrists Over River: Symbols of Resilience, Hope, and Unity. They were created by Enes Sivac in 1993 to hang over the main river, created in a time of war and grief and carved from energy found in the darkest days.
Art allows one to step into another space. To buy time, to make more time, to create more space, if only for a little while. And one cannot but be struck by the humanity carved into the form that hangs over the waterway in front of the Festina Lente Bridge, which translates from Latin to 'Make Haste Slowly'. ...
This morning I stopped for a while by the Miljacka in the city of Sarajevo and I saw a celebration of soul and resilience that was built into a voice that grows these values with each passing year.
12/08/2026