Nikol Pashinyan says that in the near future he will publish his prison diary in pieces. "Since the famous circles have started weaving terrible legends about my prison life, I will publish my prison diary in pieces in the near future. This is the first piece.
Let me remind you that I came out of the underground and presented myself to the prosecutor's office on July 1, 2009. Before that, in 2008 I have been underground since March 1.
The prisoners' walk. July 9, 2009, "Yerevan-Kentron" Detention Center My first walk as a detainee made me happy, because upon entering the "Yerevan-Kentron" Detainee's walking area, I felt like a character in Van Gogh's "Prisoners' Walk".
That painting depicts just such a prison area, where 10-15 prisoners, wearing uniform striped clothes, walk one behind the other in a circle.
The face of only one of them is visible, and it is the face of Vincent van Gogh. At the promenade of the "Yerevan Center" prison, I tried to walk along the circle depicted on Van Gogh's canvas, I believed that Van Gogh also depicted me in his masterpiece.
I felt the warmth of Van Gogh's brush on my forehead, I imagined how I came out from under his brush, I saw how he painted me among his walking prisoners.
I was really happy, I am happy that every day I have the opportunity to walk in a circle in the masterpiece of an unfortunate genius, I am happy that I am a part of a masterpiece and every day I live for an hour with Van Gogh in the same circle," he wrote.
