Kaldi

Qartulad | The Mime

From that day on, two mimes stood in the square. One older, one younger. Both silent. Both full of voice.

People stopped. Two white-faced figures, telling each other a story in silence. No one knew what they were saying, but everyone felt it. the mime qartulad

One day, in late autumn, a girl appeared in the square. She was silent, like the mime — but not on stage. In reality. The girl had not lost her voice; simply, no one listened to her. From that day on, two mimes stood in the square

One day, an old man asked: “Why don’t you speak?” The mime looked at the girl. The girl looked at the mime. Then the mime showed — he put his hand to his heart, then to his ear, then to his lips. It meant: “The heart hears us. We don’t need a mouth.” Both full of voice