{"id":5651,"date":"2026-06-14T20:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talentdrama.cz\/?page_id=5651"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:52:42","slug":"od-eriky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talentdrama.cz\/en\/od-eriky\/","title":{"rendered":"From Erika"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Erika: The Genius of B\u00e9bel and Vysko\u010dil<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I listened to the audiobook My Thousand Lives by Jean-Paul Belmondo (affectionately nicknamed B\u00e9bel), I was fascinated. It felt as if the world were a playground where everything is allowed and possible. A game without boundaries. Free, sometimes joyful, but also sad or even tragic.\n\nYet within it there is simplicity, fullness, joy, and a desire to live and not give up.<\/p>\n

Erika Merjav\u00e1 <\/p>\n

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From Erika: Life fights for life<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humanity is going through a difficult period. It is as if everything has darkened, and we are searching for at least a glimmer of a ray of light in the darkness that surrounds us. <\/p>\n

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From Erika: Building an Inner Temple \u2014 Opening Words<\/strong><\/p>\n

My son, if you truly need to explore mountains and valleys, the brightness of the sun and the stars, the heaviness of clouds and the lightness of the breeze, the dryness of the desert, the beauty and sorrow of life, to learn that good is good and evil is evil, if you want to feel a love that turns everything upside down, if you want and must experience all of this for yourself\u2014very well. But listen to me for a moment. I will give you a few pieces of advice.<\/p>\n

Erika Merjav\u00e1<\/p>\n

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From Erika: The World According to Gelsomina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Play is a phenomenon of human existence. A world one can escape into. A weapon against sadness, meaninglessness, the tragic nature, and the incomprehensibility of human actions and the world.\n\nA space where a person can hide and experience the joy of simply being, where nothing else has a place. There is no fear, no gloomy thoughts, no anxiety, no uncertainty, no depression, no sadness, no awareness of one\u2019s own weaknesses, imperfections, or failures. Because everything exists within the play itself.\n\nTry playing again sometimes. Be like a child. Experience being absorbed in your own play and existence. And then tell us what it was like for you.<\/p>\n

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From Erika: The Breath of Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there were no young people\u2014their desires, their appetite for life, their wish to change the world, and their belief in ideals\u2014the world would look completely different. It would be something lifeless, almost deathlike.\n\nIt is the \u201cbreath of life\u201d V\u00e1clav Havel spoke about\u2014the force that brings change, that refuses to settle for a cage and wants to break out at any cost. It overcomes fears and the settled \u201cstaleness\u201d of adults who have made themselves at home in their lives and their truths, and for whom it no longer seems worth it to change anything or fight for life.<\/p>\n

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From Erika: \u201cEhj\u00e9 a\u0161er ehj\u00e9\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The human mind spins at an extreme speed when the Sword of Damocles hangs above it. One does not know when it will fall, where it will strike, cut, or split.\n\nBut one does not necessarily have to run away, as Damocles did. One can also remain still and observe what will happen. Perhaps it is not even dangerous\u2014it only evokes fear so that it can strike.\n\nFor this year\u2019s original TALENT creation, the Sword of Damocles is saturated with defiance. <\/p>\n

Erika Merjav\u00e1<\/p>\n

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From Erika: We can never teach you the most important thing<\/strong><\/p>\n

A person becomes what path they choose. More precisely, they become who they wish to be. And according to that, they make small decisions that lead them toward that goal.\n\nOr let me try it another way. <\/p>\n

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From Erika: A Treasure in the Depths of Snowflakes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allow me a brief reflection on the theme of vulnerability and fragility in the younger generation. I was led to this by conversations with our young people. <\/p>\n

When we talked, they shared what troubles them and how they see their generation. What they have to deal with today, why they are so sensitive, and why some of them fall into self-harm or various psychological difficulties.\n\nI started to wonder whether they are truly that fragile, or what is actually going on. What kind of world surrounds them. What the \u201cSnowflakes\u201d generation has to face.<\/p>\n

Erika Merjav\u00e1<\/p>\n

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From Erika: On Freedom, Remaining a Child Forever<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I did not \u201cteach\u201d children and young people freedom, I would rather not teach at all. It would not interest me. Teaching technical skills in behaviour, communication, and creation, or training toward a pleasing artistic expression, is not enough. It is uninteresting, insufficient, unnecessary, and potentially manipulative. It can lead to self-display without a real relationship to the audience. <\/p>\n

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From Erika: Theme for authorial creation \u2014 I DON\u2019T KNOW<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was looking for this year\u2019s theme for our authorial work in the groups, I wrote down about seventy possible topics on my home board. I liked all of them, and I couldn\u2019t decide which one to choose.\n\nThen, quite by chance, I came across the theme \u201cI DON\u2019T KNOW.\u201d It came from a Facebook post about Janusz Korczak, the Polish doctor and educator who chose to voluntarily go with the children from the orphanage where he worked to their death in the gas chamber in Treblinka.\n\nHe fascinated me. What kind of person was he? What led him to such an unimaginable act of generosity and sacrifice?<\/p>\n

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