Nicolae Grigorescu, Young Peasant Woman Resting, circa 1885

Before every encounter, there is a glance. Grigorescu's Young Peasant Girl is not just a face: she is an invitation to begin, to open up. The more closely you look, the more you realise how unexpected an encounter can be, how it springs up and pulls us out of our own world. 

 

The Young Peasant Woman reminds us that every encounter begins with a glance, a moment of attention, a willingness to see and be seen. You are standing in the antechamber of all possible encounters: leave your haste behind and open yourself to unexpected possibilities.

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  1. Nicolae Grigorescu, Young Peasant Woman Resting, circa 1885
  2. Room 1. A love longer than detention. When does an encounter become the great love?
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  3. Room 1. A love longer than detention. When does an encounter become the great love?
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  4. Room 2. Resistance through friendship. What if it takes courage for an encounter to last?
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  5. Room 2. Resistance through friendship. What if it takes courage for an encounter to last?
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  6. Room 3. Forgetting the most precious thing. How can an encounter turn into loneliness?
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  7. Room 3. Forgetting the most precious thing. How can an encounter turn into loneliness?
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  8. Room 4. The Beauty that is born. What can great encounters give birth to?
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  9. Room 4. The Beauty that is born. What can great encounters give birth to?
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  10. Room 5. An Antidote to Forgetting. How can an encounter survive time and distance?
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  11. Room 5. An Antidote to Forgetting. How can an encounter survive time and distance?
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  12. Room 6. Loyalty. And Death. What price I am willing to pay for my friend?
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  13. Room 6. Loyalty. And Death. What price I am willing to pay for my friend?
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  14. Room 7. To the One Whose Hand I Knew How to Hold Only for a Few Moments
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  15. Conclusion. The Attic.
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