Sketch for a song cover:
— Apathy’s Lullaby by Smoke Puppet

Spotify / Apple music / YouTube

12/2026

— I noticed an interesting difference from Kazakhstan: Uzbekistan feels like representation of a saying from an old Soviet movie, which could be translated as: "The East is a delicate (tricky) matter". It feels like true Eastern culture here. People are welcoming and warm, at the same time distant and careful. Kazakhstan on the other hand is pure North. People are very straightforward and honest. I used to feel offended a bit by how blunt and to the point people are, but now after Uzbekistan I value these qualities. Sometimes I like to be polite and dance around the topic, but if I were to choose one communication way it would be the Kazakhstan way.
I like how even neighbor countries can feel fundamentally different. This once again proves that we should stereotype and prejudge people.

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