An engineer with a poetic soul

A poet and an engineer. An economist and a communicator. But both creative. Maybe someday we will meet each other on the same stage as speakers… Why not?

I remember the day she strolled into the classroom in the city center, with beautiful curly hair and a smile. We often interrupted our joint English lessons laughing at her witty remarks.

And then I saw her at the company. 18 years later.

From the moment I saw her at the door of my office, she seemed familiar to me, although I didn’t understand from where. And so the two of us worked together for a full year until one day an old picture surfaced.

‘Aren’t you Mila who studied English in the city center, around 2001?’, I asked her once, instead of saying good morning.

‘Yes, I am.’

And so began a new era of our relationship. We have been finishing our business tasks with laughter and jokes, we attended Vivaldi forum together (organized for creative people from Serbia during spring 2022). We both accepted the motto of the forum why not?, as our business motto. Both of us enthusiastically clapped Kusturica, enjoyed his late night show and chased Šaper, so I could take a picture with him. Then she told me about her own blog.

Reading her notes, I realized that she had woven 10 years of her life into those words and it seemed that every line testified to some event from her past. That’s why I asked her:

‘What inspired you to start blogging?’

‘The inspiration for the blog came suddenly, at the persuasion of my friend. I already had some notes in my notebook, created after various situations from my life (crying, joy, helplessness, serenity, whimsical moves and spoken words to my family, friends, love partners). All those experiences are connected by one thing – a strong emotion.’

‘What is the connection between engineering and poetry?

‘At first glance, there is no connection 😊. But precision, awareness, a keen eye and ear, creativity make art. And engineering is art, as well as poetry.’

‘Which verses are your favorite? Your own.’

In a minute to…repeat that word on L.
Its the time for…
smart hugs,
brave words,
wise silence,
extraordinary emotions,
extraordinary occasions,
The time to read all and not between the lines,
for the fullness of the soul,
for warm love.

And yet mine are:

Harmony.
Mess.
Skill.
Vanity.
Everything is love.

And there are others: https://engineermp.blogspot.com/