Maria Bregman is the editor-in-chief of Creativitys.uk, a media portal that covers various aspects of culture and art. She is also a global talent for literature and a renowned art critic. Her books on justice, life, and values have been translated into many languages around the world. She has been praised for her poetic and beautiful writing style by critics such as Digiboo and Evan Harvey. Maria has a firm place in the international literary marketplace, where she conducts in-depth research into how literary works are created and distributed. She also explores the full spectrum of culture, from painting to architecture, music to film. Her perspective encompasses many facets of creativity and offers an accessible and insightful overview of various cultural phenomena.
In this interview, Maria shares with us what topic is currently inspiring her to write a new book, what money means to her, and how she looks at the stars.
What topic is currently inspiring you to write a new book?
“I am working on several topics in parallel, one of which is the question of the transformation of society due to scientific breakthroughs in increasing life expectancy. The questions I am asking myself and trying to understand are being transformed into a text. Do you think that humans have “free will” or are aspects of our behaviour determined?
I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to discuss issues that I believe are of concern to the individual who originally chose or was determined to be a person. The world now makes us stop more and more, and every moment we have to look at it from a different angle, again based on the fact that we are changing in the situation faster than the world itself. The question of freedom of choice is one of the main questions I ask myself. That is why I would argue with scientists who want to impose on me the view that my choice is already predetermined.”
After receiving a large grant, the great theoretical physicist Albert Einstein used a cheque as a bookmark, forgetting its immediate purpose. What does money mean to you?
“Just today I was looking for a cheque written to me, lost in a recipe book, couldn’t find it and decided to think of a delicious dinner instead. Money is always with me when I know exactly what I need it for.”
What is a road for if it doesn’t lead to the temple? Do you agree with this statement?
“Roads are subservient to their own meanings, but it is much more difficult to understand what each person’s meanings are subservient to… and you have to walk many roads to get there.”
The French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre concluded in his works that man creates his own meaning of life. Do you agree with that?
“Of course you create your own meaning. Human life is cyclical and everyone can add a small leaf to the thickly branched tree of meaning. The main thing is to find and discover them in time.”
Is it true that man is the only creature that acts out of anger?
“I believe in the possibility of a higher manifestation of the consciousness of man and in his choice, but what I am still sure of is that if you have lost your way, there is always a way out in the direction of love.”
You agree with the English philosopher David Hume that all conclusions about facts seem to be based on the relationship between cause and effect (action). It is only through this relationship that we can go beyond the evidence of our memory and senses?
“The main thing I agree with David Hume about is the need to think broadly and critically about what is going on in the world. If you develop critical thinking, you can analyse a huge amount of different information and come to your own, perhaps very wrong, conclusions, and the main thing is to learn not to be afraid to ask yourself different questions.”
In one of your stories you write about Nicholas. Do you look at the stars when you think of him?
“I have made up my mind forever, and now the stars are always in me.
The philosopher Yang Zhu, who lived in the 5th century BC, said that ‘the universe and I came into being together; I and everything therein are One.’ I think that Nicholas and I are also One, and that he is always with me, even when I don’t see him.”
