First Autumn

Danylo Ilnytskyi

Abstract

This essay belongs to the genre of private urban planning. The first fragments are stories about failing to meet the town during assorted times of the year – spring, summer, and autumn. Finally, there appeared the first autumn – the space-time of a more profound entry into the town and greater familiarity, a mutual acceptance of the town and the author of this text. The first Drohobych autumn became a point of departure for further acquaintance and immersion in the town – in historical, cultural, and anthropological perspectives. Despite its integrity Drohobych is a collage, a town of accumulating historical periods, architectonic styles, as well as national and ideological narrations. The moods and visions of private urban planning, proposed by the author, are one of the possible opinions about the town, which became a significant topos worthy of subjective reception and syncretic narration. First Autumn is a myth about the town, a private and topological myth, a myth of a modest subject, a myth that ultimately disperses, but remains remembered. This is a story about a condensed, emotional encounter with the town, additionally reinforced with the aroma of a warm autumn, a town that changed into an oneiros and remains remembered as such. An essay about self-willed moving about the town and touching it, a story that ends with yet another reflection about the essence of Drohobych.