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OUR COVER S o m eo n e o n ce compared the creative p rocess to a great oak tree w h ose roots reach deep into the earth and its crown seek s open sp a ces. There is a similarity in the creativity of Mykola Butovych. He was born in the Ukraine in 1896 and as a youngster the roots of his creativity assum ed their character. He left his native land during the First World War, but his ties with his background were never severed. He made it a point to study Ukrainian folk lore, mythology, traditions, so n g s, which made him an expert in this field. He studied in the best graphic sch o o ls of Europe and went through all the artistic p h ases of his day, which he called "isms". In his autobiography he writes that it is necessary to take a little honey from each "isms" flower, then to reproduce it in your own way. Therefore, his art has a recognizable Ukrainian identity, but in an individualistic style. His art is grand, and is in the words of W .Sichynsky —"a rocket like explosion of grandure, an unbeatable volcano of life”. One n eed s great intellectual capacity, knowledge and talent to fuse a native her itage with the highest artistic capability and technique and create a work that will reflect all, yet retain the individuality of the artist. This month w e feature "Madonna" by Mykola Butovych. APART OR SEPARATE ????? Christmas will pass very quickly. We will take down the tree and remember the pleasant a sp ects of a pleasant holiday. We will retain our aching feet and weary backs from all that cooking, baking and shopping. We will also retain a moment of — apart or separate? "My niece called me the other day. It se em s her parents cam e for a visit to celebrate Christmas according to the new calendar. Her husbands parents wanted to visit and celebrate Christmas according to the old calendar. The girl w as frantic. What should I do, sh e asked. I am expected to prepare for the Feast of Epiphany by the new calendar and Christmas by the old. This way Epiphany co m e s before Christmas." This is a problem which is very nicely d iscu ssed by our "mores and morals" watcher Lubow Kalynovych. S h e sites ex amples of people doing on e way — by the new calendar and the other way — going according to the old calendar. But, sh e says, January 6th has a special meaning for us, Ukrainians, especially. On this day we, and our brothers and sisters, if only in thought, in the Ukraine or in cold vast n ess of Siberian plains, are joined in the prayer of hope and unity. A G U EST FROM VEN EZU ELA Dr. Ludmyla Makarenko-Pochynok visited our headquarters and w as a guest at the 50th anniversary of Ukrainian National W omen's League of America celebration, sponsored by the New York Regional Council. Dr. Pochynok is the president of the United Ukrainian Women of Venezuela. Born in Kuban, Ludmyla Pochynok com pleted her studies in Venezuela where sh e received her degree in medicine. S he is also a professor of histology and em bryology at the University of Car acas. There are about 1000 Ukrainians in Venezuela, mostly from the imigration after World War II. In Caracas,its largest city, there are two Ukrainian churches and a very small socially active com m unity. There is an effort to maintain a Ukrainian sch ool for youngsters and to remember our national anniversaries and holidays with proper celebrations. Women's organizational activity is scarce, considering that there are al together not more than 100 Ukrainian women in Caracas. Nevertheless the handful that is active is doing a good job. Many women subscribe to "Our Life" magazine, according to Dr. Pochynok. The publication enjoys great popularity among them, said our guest. BOOKS Lassota vonSteblau, Erich. Habs- burgs and Zaporozhian Cossacks; the diary of Erich Lassota von Steblau, 1594. Edited and with an introduction by Lubomyr R. Wynar. Translated by Orest Subtelny. Littleton, Colo. Ukrainian Academic Press for the Ukrainian His torical A ssociation, 1975 pp. 144 $9.00 Erich Lassota von Steblau was an austrian nobleman of polish ancenstry, who lived at the end of the 16th, beginning of the 17th century. He was a professional soldier and a diplomat in the service of the Hapsburg monarch Rudolph II. In 1954 he went to Zapor- ozhka Sich on a mission to convince the c o ssa ck s to join an anti-turkish coal ition, organized by Rudolph II and Pope Clement VIII. The nobleman kept a diary describing his travels through the Ukraine, his talks with the cossak s, his stay with them. His notes remain on e of the most original so u rces of historical data of that period. З незалежних від нас причин деякі передплатники "Нашого Життя” не одержали листопадового числа В справі надіслання цього числа просимо голоситися: OUR LIFE 108 Secon d Avenue New York, N. Y. 10003 Tel.: (212) 533-4646 ЕКСПЕДИЦІЯ ЖУРНАЛУ ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ” М. Butovych — Halloween М. Бутович. Галовін. Ґуаш 26 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, СІЧЕНЬ 1976 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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