LIFE LINE IN THE UNIVERSE OF PALEKH ART
The text offered to the reader is a transcript of a conversation with the Palekh miniaturist artist Valentin Mikhailovich Khodov, recorded by the Soviet and Russian journalist Vladimir Evgenievich Sidorov. The most significant biographical plots of the artist's life are presented. Of particular interest are the artist's reflections on his creative path, the choice of subjects for future artworks, the collection of material for the development of a composition, and the difficulties of a conceptual search. In fact, the interview is a short autobiography with personal assessments and a special discourse that reveals the secrets and features of personal artistic thinking.