the images on the sides merge into a colorful blur, a polyphonic hum, a harsh, invigorating wind pinching the cheeks, an ecstatic exclamation already tickling under the ribs, longing for release, and only this present moment. What can compare to this feeling? “The races!” – Costa Gorel’s characters would respond. Only today, on the intergalactic racecourse, the most exciting program takes place. Horsemen addicted to hippotherapy have already prepared their best saddle pads and worn saddles, ready to show their natural seduction in the Milky Way. Next on the agenda: connecting neutron stars with rubber gloves, dangerous jumps over solar eclipses, galloping on the tail of a comet without insurance and, finally, fluid races – a competition for the title of the Best Universal Racer. Hurry up and place your bets, as every rider has bet on themselves. Among the favorites are: Epsilon, Eridani, Mercury, Gliese and Osiris. But who knows, Mars could have every opportunity to pull ahead and secure a comfortable victory. What could be more terrifying than discovering that now is the present moment? And we can only experience such a discovery because the past protects us on the one hand and the future on the other,” writes Virginia Woolf in the novel “Orlando.” Let’s enjoy the present moment and truly live it in any of the galaxies,” the artist would add. Costa Gorel and his characters.