Balkans mountains are a site of memory and spiritual resistance. Kassabova explores how pastoralism reconnects humans to nature’s essential, mobile rhythm.
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Kapka Kassabova discusses how the Balkans, particularly the mountains, serve as a place of memory, spirituality, and ecological resistance. Through her work, she explores the deep connection between nature, memory, and humanity. She emphasizes that pastoralism—the life of moving livestock—is central to this connection, representing a return to an ancient, organic rhythm of life that contrasts with modern industrial society. The mountains offer a purity and vitality that heal the modern human condition by reconnecting people to a living network. Kassabova speaks of a non-verbal, telepathic language shared between humans and animals, which she sees as a profound, shared consciousness. She warns that this pastoral way of life is threatened by modern development and forced sedentarization, calling the disconnection from the Earth an “apocalypse already here.” For her, the mountain is both physical and divine, representing the “anima” or soul of the Earth. Writing, she concludes, is a means of reconnection, channeling the energy and movement of nature to save both the body and the soul.
