I Tell The Story

Story Up To Now

This is a short and snappy description of the most pivotal events Meg and I have been through between 2005, when we met, and today.

More Detail

I once started writing our story and couldn’t stop. I find these two periods the most invigorating.

• 2019–2023 — Years of Hell
• 2012–2019 — Clinging to North America

Listen

I recorded myself recalling a few moments from the story that are the most vivid for me.

• Meg comes back for me during my kidnapping
• What I thought about Meg’s idea to get to her home by sailboat
• The day we arrived in Victoria

Watch

In Panama, filming became part of my survival. These are some of the films I made along the way since leaving Bocas del Toro in 2023.

• Bridge to land
• My first time with a hookah
• Pinned down by the wind
• So that we could cook
• Magic alongside loneliness
• Getting wet for food
• I never thought I’d do this

Screenplay

I wrote a screenplay about the most important part of my story — its very gestation. The moment I made the decision to take my life into my own hands.

Talking to the Moon

My first and, so far, only book in English.

My Books in Russian

My telling of the story began with Говорящая с луной (Talking to the Moon). In my second book, Параллель (Parallel), I meet my counterpart living in a parallel reality where she has never met Meg.

Keepsakes

I gathered a few downloadable things you can keep.