I decided to start my story-telling wall of honour. That came to me while listening to Elif Shafak – a writer of Turkish origin – giving a talk on TED. Hence her name is the first one to put on the list, even though I didn’t read a single book of hers. I just loved […]
I am getting political.
Politics is getting exciting. And I am getting political.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQFwxw57NBI]
John G. Rives – the poet
Today I focus on a poet John G. Rives. I admire. I love. I amaze at. I want to share this person around, so that everyone can take a little or a lot of him, and that way add more joy, into their lives. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_PQBmk-6c&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] This is what TED says about him: Flat pages can’t […]
I wish I made these portraits…
… but I am not so sure about living that life! Alas, one doesn’t come without the other. Anyway, do visit this site, the work is awesome to the devine degree of awesomness, and humane to the last photo-grane. And please, read the “about” page!
Happiness, thankfulness, appreciation
The topic of the present time is the gratefulness or thankfulness, which is a better consept when described as appreciation. I am not even sure if the two can be described as one stricktly speeking, but they ARE confused quite often anyway. The appreciation is probably closer to a wonder at the way the things turned out to be […]
Art is…
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide
Dogon tribe
Don’t you wish you were a little plasticine person who gets to live in this enchanting plasticine village when you look at this picture? A trail of YouTube clips, starting from Australian whales, brought me eventually to an article on Dogon people in Wikipedia. It is extremely interesting. A few brief facts: – Dogon people are […]
Все о том же, но как свежо!
Новое, это хорошо забытое старое. Простыми средствами можно добиться замечательной выразительности. Краткость – сестра таланта. (Кротость таланту смерть.) Ну, а теперь!… Прошу любить и жаловать TotemX – Master of Nothing; bullshitter of the highest caliber! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-h8milUSoQ] Или вот это. Название, как говорится, само за себя. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zyIE1WF1Y]
Art and God
Like it! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-h8milUSoQ] This here is my kind of humor. In general, and in particular the way I feel at the moment… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhSs3b6lSg]
“I wish I were and idiot”
… said an idiot. Love this photo!