Entry №2 — Salted Caramel

There is a song by Happy People called Salted Caramel. One line goes:

"But I love daily — not only on Wednesday."

Today is Wednesday. And this is the second entry in the journal.

But the song is right: love does not wait for Wednesdays. It only becomes visible on them.

In the first entry, a frog jumped into an old pond, and the water made a sound.

Some sounds take years to finish.

I want to remember one Wednesday from 2016 — the Wednesday I first met Evgeniy Lapchenko.

Back then he was living at 906 Broadway, inside Hack Temple — a former Catholic church in San Francisco that had become a space for art and technology. He was painting his own version of Bosch: a Garden of Earthly Delights rebuilt out of Silicon Valley, festivals, screens, and new saints. That work would travel far — international recognition, coverage through the NYT News Service / Syndicate, and other serious publications.

But, as it often happens, the real meaning was not only in the paintings. It was in the consequences of the meeting.

That single Wednesday set circles moving. Together with Asya Nikolayeva and Pavel Fedorov, we made a film about Zhenya — LEVGENIY. It follows a year of his life in San Francisco: the rises, the falls, the canvases, the disappointments, and his love for California, Ukraine, and art.

I recommend watching it. It is the clearest way to feel the depth and the wholeness of this artist.

→ Watch LEVGENIY

Ten years later, the ripples from that Wednesday reach this one — as a gallery, a journal, and an object you can hold in your hands.

The object of this Wednesday

The Sacrament of Ayahuasca — 30 × 40 cm. Heavy cardboard. Signed by the artist.

This is not simply an image. It is a genuinely valuable thing — an artifact of presence, and a continuation of Evgeniy's long path.

Watch the film. Order the delivery. And enjoy your part in this beautiful process.

Счастье — быть частью. To be happy is to be part of something.

One more thing — from me

This same Wednesday, I also began work on my own personal site. A first version already exists; it is still being refined, and soon it will become a full place where you can find everything about me and my work.

→ rzhavsky.com (coming soon)

Every Wednesday, another stone. Another ripple.

— Denys