poetry
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The thought of maybe being a good person is what keeps me trying to be a good person” — Rue said it in Euphoria’s finale, and it hasn’t left Georgiev since. This isn’t about being good or bad. It’s about the space between them, where nothing’s decided yet. A boy from a fishing village in…
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What if the future isn’t arriving at all? What if it’s already here and it’s being assembled quietly, through images, habits, algorithms, and expectations, and sold back to us as something inevitable? This time, Georgiev follows a suspicion that took root in his mind: perhaps advertising doesn’t describe reality and perhaps it only creates the…
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Every man imagines the man he wants to become, but few are those who sit long enough with the man they already are. In this blog, Georgiev struggles with what he’s been thinking about lately: whether masculinity is ambition, sacrifice, discipline, freedom — or simply accepting that life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined.…
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In this essay, Georgiev challenges the idea that history ever truly “ends,” arguing instead that every stable system quietly produces the forces that will disrupt it. Drawing on Fukuyama, the figure of the Stranger, and cultural examples like The Dark Knight Rises, Ivo explores how unfulfilled recognition, civic stagnation, and buried contradictions shape modern societies.…
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In this piece, Georgiev examines how the figure of “the stranger” has shifted from a temporary condition to a permanent state in modern life. Drawing from Alfred Schutz’s concept, he traces the evolution from the outsider who struggles to belong to the individual who adapts so completely that belonging itself becomes unclear. Set against both…
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In a 30-part poem inspired by a single Manousos’s speech, Georgiev dissects the collapse between oppressor and oppressed. YOU and US mirror each other—both magnificent scum, cut from the same meat. Through mythology, rage catalogues, and multilingual fragments, he traces the arc from declaration to despair. The hero becomes a dumbfuck living in a box.…
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Gandhi’s famous words aren’t a comfort – they’re a demand. This week, Georgiev dissects a phrase about what real change actually requires: not posts or protests, but the brutal work of transformation when no one’s watching. He tears apart the gap between who we claim to be and who we actually are – the lies…
