Girl-Indigo: the story of a short but colorful life of the extraordinary Sasha Putri

A girl named Sasha putrya has gone down in history as a talented artist, author of numerous children's poems and illustrations, and despite the fact that she lived just 11 years, 6 of which are struggling with leukemia.

In its short life, this girl managed to do what not many an adult. That is why it is often called a child-Indigo, although, in fact, any abilities she possessed. Read more about the history of Alexandra Putri you can read in our material. It's possible that reading it will forever change your attitude to life.

Alexander E. putrya was born in Poltava on 2 December 1977. Her mother Victoria worked as a conductor at the music school, and my father — Evgeny Vasilievich — was an artist. From early childhood she was surrounded by creative atmosphere, it is not surprising that by the three years she sure was holding a brush all day and something painted.

Overall, he evolved much faster than their peers. While the other kids played in the sandbox, she was engaged in more serious cases: reading, drawing, embroidered, burned into wood, sculpted from clay.

Sasha's parents could not get enough of the success of his girls, but when she was five years old, they learned shocking news. It turned out that their little girl is sick with leukemia, and the chances of a cure are completely absent. The doctors gave the girl only a few months, but the parents did not give up — took her to different specialists and together visited Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where Sasha received the blessing.

In the end, the girl managed to live with his diagnosis 6 years. As — still remains a mystery... the mother and Father unique baby believe that she has the strength for her talents. Sasha and they had been painted, but it is on the stage of the disease the peak of her creativity.

Always for 11 years, this girl has created more than 2,000 different jobs. Among them are 46 albums with drawings, embossing, cartoons, and poems, crafts from clay, embroidery, products made of beads and soft toys. In addition, the young Alexander even did some technical drawings, which, in her opinion, was to help adults develop a unique technology of asphalt pavement and more likely to get to the moon.

But most of all, Sasha loved it drawing. She could spend with brush in hand for a few hours a day, regardless of where — at home or in the hospital. Most always the girl drew self-portraits and sketches on the theme of space.

Sasha's parents constantly told her about distant planets. The girl believed that beyond Earth there is also life. And that flying saucers move around the space. And manage — the ancestors of humans.

Once Sasha's father told her the story about how he had a prophetic dream. In it he and his wife were lying in a field and suddenly they've fallen star from the sky. They took it in hand, when suddenly she turned into a bird. The man and woman took him to his home. This dream, the Pope saw in the year before the birth of her daughter.

Indian actor Mithun of Chakraborty, 1988

In addition to space, the girl was also interested in history of India. The love of this country came to her after watching Indian films. Most of all she remembered the picture of the "disco Dancer". Inspired by it, she painted a series of portraits of actor Mithun of Chakraborty. When she died, along with her to the grave put a portrait of her idol.

I'm Victor (cousin), 1983.

Parents told that their daughter was always very demanding of himself. She could spend hours redrawing the same picture, if it is something disliked.

Mary, 1988

Once he even painted an icon of the mother of God for the restored Pushkarevskoe Church.

Circus and guttaperchivye boy, 1985

Sometimes Sasha said "strange" for parents things. One day a girl asked where the elephant, where she "loved to ride in childhood", and was surprised that she had only two arms, he says, "where did everyone else."

The song "Sirius", 1989

Shortly before his death, the girl drew one of the most touching of his paintings. Sasha swept his hand and the hand of his father, and in the distance depicted a few stars. This picture she called "Sirus".

Eugene and Victoria, 1987

Genius died at the age of 11, leaving behind a deep mark in the memory of all mankind. Sasha was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Christ the Savior, Order of Saint Nicholas "For the multiplication of good on earth", National award of all India Association of child "Nehru Bal Samiti" — "Kalasuri Award" and the Old icon in a silver frame "Christ Almighty".

From 1989 to 2005 in honor of Sasha were 112 exhibitions of her paintings in 10 countries. In kindergarten, where she grew up, opened a Museum with a plaque dedicated to the unique girl. In Austria, one of its drawings released stamp and an envelope, and in Poltava — open Children's art gallery named after Sasha has to offer.

Below you can see several works of this unique girls.

Fox, 1983

Robin hood and Sasha on the month walk, fly, 1983

Self-portrait with red eyes, 1984

Her father Yevgeny putrya says that until now, every day remembers daughter. According to men, they often meet her in my dreams, the girl gives him valuable tips, tells how to cure diseases, just talking with him and comforting in difficult times.