Tatjana Sučec, a lawyer from Zagreb and one of the project's many valuable Volunteers for these last few weeks, left Visoko on Sunday. In Zagreb she helps defend the rights of refugees seeking asylum. From the look in her eyes, it seems obvious that she will miss her involvement here.
Interview Ed Weinberg
Tatjana Sučec, a lawyer from Zagreb and one of the project's many valuable Volunteers for these last few weeks, left Visoko on Sunday. In Zagreb she helps defend the rights of refugees seeking asylum. From the look in her eyes, it seems obvious that she will miss her involvement here.
“I was attracted to this project on the basis of my intuition, something like a magnet. It was so strong, I cannot explain that too rationally.”
She first visited in May, having heard about the project on Semir Osmanagic’s website. This was during a short vacation. Impressed by the scope of the project and its promise, she arranged to come on and help for these weeks.
She explains her motivation: “In these places are lost knowledge, buried knowledge which has to be found.
“I was thinking about the connection between my job and these pyramids. Maybe these people were refugees. I can presume that this civilization in Visoko was destroyed, maybe in war, and people had to escape.
“I didn’t know what kind of help I could give so I decided to dig.”
She first worked on the Pyramid of the Sun, then she came to the Pyramid of the Moon, working on the plateau [at the top]. She found these last few days fulfilling, digging peaceful spaces on the edge of woods, surrounded by good-natured people. She has many funny stories.
“One guy told me he mustn’t tell his father he was digging here, because when his father made his house he did nothing.”
A short break for laughter follows. Then Tatjana looks me in the eyes and assumes a serious tone. “I think the main point of this project is to change people’s ways of thinking.
“By visiting different places, you come to different conclusions,” she breathes in a moment and conjures up a fitting image in the restaurant we sit in, with a clear view of the Pyramid of the Sun. “Like small stones which make a picture, like a mosaic.”
