Professional portrait artist and painter-printmaker Marina Kim. Commission fine art, buy original artworks online
So, I finally got to the actual art work. I do believe the process of conversing and processing with you, Luke, and your empathetic support, helped me hugely to see myself as an artist within some artistic context, which, in turn, gives me confidence to explore more with my art work without negating all that’s […]
This chapter is about a day when my questions and the Universe’s answers flow in a seamless conversation. Today starts with meditation. I want to organise my activities, or rather to define what I want to achieve, or rather to divine how to go about the day, or simply to relax and let the body […]
Sergey Balovin is a Russian artist who discovered a calling when living in Shanghai, China. His neighbor at his apartment complex was moving out and giving Source: Painting portraits to sustain a lifestyle with no money
Found an interesting channel on Youtube, called Art documentaries. The clip I started watching is with Frank Quitely. Something caught my attention on minute 3.09, which I came here to promptly document for the future reference. The thing is this: So, this is about focusing. (Another synchronicity occurring for me today, showing what I am about […]
Considered the Nobel Prize of architecture, the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize is given by Chicago’s Hyatt Foundation. It honors a living architect (or architects) whose built work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision and commitment, someone who has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. The 2014 winner is […]
Steampunk. Have you ever heard? Well, me, being an advanced culture-consumer, I’ve heard. I’ve read and loved Robert Rankin’s novels, many of which fall into that genre. But that was the extent of my familiarity with the Steampunk. What is it, I hear you ask. Many things apparently, all of which have something to […]
Wouldn’t you like to have this kind of presence?! Not for the limelight, not for the special occasion, but for the everyday’s “movie of your life”? This is the book published by a blogger Ari Seth Cohen, and below is the most inspirational trailer to his film, which I’d love to see! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWKTfqivbRQ%5D In […]
Dear Friends, Let me share with you something amazing I learned recently! It is called Vologda Lace – a lacemaking technique which developed over a few centuries and is still alive in Vologda Region of Northern Russia. Vologda’s is a very delicate lace with a distinct pattern created by contrasting densely woven lines and airy open background […]
Another brilliant TED talk from a poet Billy Collins. The last poem which he read himself was a glimpse into what I, as well as almost every parent, do to my children. Laughable and so damnable, but how to help it?.. Great poetry and great animation! http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf There is a website with more animated poems […]