Red kiss @ dragica čarna

The poem where the woman dares to dream and love  

The idea for this poem was born in late spring and matured in the summer.  

I awoke in myself this part of a woman who has been sleeping, cancelled or repressed for many years.  

I wrote a few poems before Federico was satisfied, as he had his own vision of how to realize this sensual awakening of a woman.  

And then we started to work. Almost a month and a half of intensive daily recitation lessons with the exceptional Slovenian actress, performer, and TV presenter Zvezdana Mlakar. It was necessary to break down all forms of the recitation and to go to the essence of the content and speak from oneself, make the poem alive in a new way and ground it. Thank you, dear Zvezdana, for your patient time of practice with me. And your suggestions about improving the video. I am infinitely grateful to you.  

The realization and aesthetics of the video were Federico’s work. He did an excellent piece of art. The majority of the video I am not wearing makeup, until the end, therefore in the foreground is a woman in her natural beauty, simplicity, authenticity, without the retouching and treatments to make her look younger and prettier. A woman who, in her mature years, communicates to other women that she is alive, that she has woken up, and invites others to courageously return to themselves. To set an example for them regardless of age, wrinkles, physique. Who dares to dream and love.

Thank you, dear friend and artist Federico Ordoñez, for making a uniquely beautiful and original video inside of sensuality and eroticism. Soo special and unique.  

And thank you dear Isabelle Kralj for your falcon eye regarding my English skills, constantly pushing me towards perfection. 

Grateful to all of you by my side. Hope the video will touch many people. Thank you for sharing. 

Written and interpreted by Dragica Čarna

Direction and creation of video by Federico Ordoñez