ashes on snow

hard believer

2012-01-13T13:35:00.000-08:00

I happen to believe that if someone stays in one place for too long, he forgets that people feed on the change. I also happen to believe that not only bad things are around us, we just need to open our eyes and see what surrounds us.So many pretty things to feel and fall in love with await just across the border (and that's your own border).

I create

2011-11-19T14:32:00.000-08:00

And when I do, there's always a big mess around me.

croatian dreams

2011-10-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

breakfast, followed by the usual 1,5 euro cappuccino

Art has to be taken seriously, so I'm being serious :)

midnight tram

Life has changed a lot for me.This country has changed me so much.

peaceland

2011-07-05T08:53:00.000-07:00

i have given up on words...

happy holidays

2010-12-30T08:10:00.000-08:00

me and santa

31.10

2010-11-01T10:15:00.000-07:00

I know, I know.Halloween's not supposed to be celebrated by orthodox christians, and yes, I'm fully aware that we have plenty of nice local holidays.Well, yes, but that is so narrow minded, that it's unbearable.Ever since we were kids, we've been made to believe it's wrong to feel excited about something coming from the '' west part of the world", so Halloween's been if not banned, than more than unwelcome.Like we actually ever cared.

image:google

image google

I thought it would be funny enough if i made this post as a daily prophet post.Don't you think i'm really convincing version of mr.Potter?

So to those, and they are plenty, Happy Halloween.Ours was wicked.And damn right I was one really accurate Harry Potter.

2010-10-21T00:59:00.000-07:00

Just to remind you.

my new baby blog

2010-09-19T11:08:00.000-07:00

http://travellingmagic.blogspot.com/

the gipsy wagon

2010-08-29T10:09:00.000-07:00

images by my new camera :)

The sanctuary, the junkyard, or pretty much who i am-messy, packed with stuff and, darn, i adore this song.

Sun on my face, road under my feet

2010-08-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

that is the sweetest dog on earth.and that is one pink face

images by me

nomad heart

2010-08-05T12:42:00.000-07:00

I suppose everyone outside Europe has this really romantic idea of gipsy people, but the reallity is kinda different in where i live.Not trying to point out any issues, tho, just saying it IS not all fortune-telling, crystal balls, wagons, dark-skinned pretty women and mystery.It still has it's own charms.Brutal, low-life, scary sometimes, but charming.

images:google

p.s.if reading this post, listen to Devotchka, please.

* * *

2010-07-25T14:00:00.000-07:00

Raisko Pryskalo waterfall

Tsarevetz-Veliko Tarnovo

Kukeri

Rodopy mountain

Pirin Mountain

Kukeri

Kamen Briag

Rila Mountain

Nestinari

Dobrudja

Rodopy Mountain

horo

Kamen Briag

traditional folk-tale

Raisko Praskalo waterfall

dancers

rose gathering in Kazanlak

Kuker

images: Google

pokito a poko

2010-07-18T06:38:00.000-07:00

images by me and Evgeni

Golden Filter

2010-06-04T03:47:00.001-07:00

images by me

cherry blossom girls

2010-05-19T05:25:00.000-07:00

images me

Mushi, mushi

2010-05-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

Obsession over Japan is getting bigger with me.So big that I even made a list of my top 10 fave anime movies.How lame could that be (:

10.death note-seems to me that it's running out of ideas, since the manga book was developed into anime series, than into three actual movies and too many people got killed so far ^^.BUT still a good one, worthy watching the series.

9.paprika-psychedelic story about parallel dimensions and dreams and cool kung-fu-kick-ass moves and a hot non typical red haired chick.

8.5 centimetres per second-makoto shinkai's masterpiece.love.distance.cool clouds.

7.summer wars-don't go into global social networks, unless you know how to crack a 2000 numbers code.really nicely done, funny and smart.

6.sailor moon-well not anymore since i descovered another world beyond kawai blond girls with super cool uniforms, BUT was my fave when i was 7 years old.had to mention it for the sake of my childhood.

5.kiki's delivery service-miyazaki's a pure genius.

4.my neighbour totoro-miyazaki

3.princess mononoke-miyazaki.again.i'm not writing any reviews about him and studio ghibli, cos i think that movies of such range should be experienced, not commented.totaly

2.spirited away-guees who (:

1.samurai champloo- i've seen the series twice and still can't get enough of it.has pretty cool soundtrack too.completely awesome combination of traditional japanese customs, music, martial arts from the Edo period, plus modern street dancing,graffiti and stuff like that.

images: google.

Вълк

2010-04-08T06:40:00.001-07:00

Поглъщам ли ви с празнотата си?

И щом усетите дъха ми - бягайте.

Кръв тече, когато ви докосвам,

когато ви целувам, хапя.

Самотата ми издира ви ръцете

и всяка нощ ръмжа срещу луната.

Очите ми в червено ще просветват,

почувствам ли във мен сърцата ви.

Сънувате ли нощем мойте зъби,

оголени в езическа усмивка?

Във тъмното отново ви причаквам -

за мен безценни придобивки

са телата ви.

Поглъщам ли ви с празнотата си?

Нещастен вълк съм аз.

Привличам ви със грозотата си

и винаги убивам сам.

31.03.2010г.

Румъния

Понеделник

2010-03-15T15:25:00.001-07:00

В Понеделник
настъпвам слънчевите зайчета,
по тротоарите на твоя град,
а сред дърветата във парка
се целуват водни кончета,
и самолетите над улица Романа
изписват ‘ Обичай ме ‘
на цели два езика-за да ги разбираш.
Нима не виждаш.че
под розовите очила
аз всъщност тихо плача?

candy land

2010-03-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

That's what has been making me quite happy lately.

images by me, google and 9gag

CLICK, CLICK,FLASH!

2010-02-17T14:58:00.001-08:00

images by me

Illustration's what keeps me going

2010-02-10T07:40:00.000-08:00

I've been quite stuck in anxiety for a while, so I don't really want to bother anyone with my stuff, just posting this to remind myself why a started drawing in first place.

let it snow

2010-01-21T06:39:00.000-08:00

top images:google

I wanna have a snow ball fight with someone, but they say I'm too old for this

black and white city

2010-01-14T09:29:00.001-08:00

The night before christmas

2009-12-24T06:14:00.000-08:00

images:google

Happy Holidays to everyone.

Be Healthy,
Be Happy,
Have fun!

Greatest B-day present.

2009-12-20T03:36:00.000-08:00

On the 14th of December, my 22nd b-day, my best mate took me on a walk (the quest for the ultimate present, as she said), and brought me to this AWESOME bookstore, teehouse, magic kingdom called Cartoreshti.We spent about 2 hours just staring with our mouths wide open.I fell for all those amazing tea pots, tea cups ( i got one myself), all kinds of tea ( got one kind called "Sunreise blend", smells like tropical fruit).I simply loved this place and i can't wait to go back there asap.

salut

2009-12-09T05:38:00.000-08:00

Few of the things i love the most about Bucharest:

Lipscani str. and all those adorable pizza places

Herastrau park

The hand made market at the Universitate subway tube.

check out this blog

My new UGG boots i bought for 15 $

There's plenty more but not enough time.More to come i promise.

I'm off tomorrow...

2009-09-30T08:48:00.000-07:00

...and i'm going to this pretty pretty city for four months.Hallo Bucharest!

images by Google

She made silly faces...

2009-09-15T15:02:00.000-07:00

all night long...

In my defence i have to mention that it wasn't quite my fault, i just had to make a sad face for the record, but the camera guy kept telling me funny stuff, so the result isn't a sad face at ALL.

my pretty pretty town

2009-09-10T09:28:00.001-07:00

Some old photos of my town i found today. Isn't it just lovely, i will miss it so much when i go to Bucharest.

image by facebook,google

back with the fall

2009-09-09T07:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the huge lack of posting, i've been up to so many things, that blogging was really on the back of my mind.Anyway i'm back now with lots and lots of photos.summer was really fun and here's what i will miss for sure:

the awesome folklore dance festival we have in our town,

Goodbye mexico, south korea, turkey, brazil and all of you lovely dudes we met at the after-parties! See you next year

the midnight pizza me and lilly used to have,

my job,

making stupid faces in DAdA bar while noone's watching,

but mostly i will miss the five days we spent on the beach.

It was one hell of a summer and i'm so going to miss it, so thank God i love autumn.Hope you had great summer too :)

image: google

Hambug

2009-08-01T03:58:00.000-07:00

New Arctic Monkeys album is almost here, so enjoy the video to the Crying Lightning song.

Cinema of France

2009-07-15T08:36:00.000-07:00

I've been so stuck in front of my computer lately, all i've been doing is reading lovely blogs and watching french movies with Audrey Tautou.Here's my top 5 list of what i've seen recently:

1.all time fave-"Amelie from Monmartre"

2."Hunting and gathering"

3.Happenstance

4.He loves me , he loves me not

5.A Very long engagement

I love her so much, she' s the prettiest face on Earth.And as i am exploring her career now, expect more movie treasures from France soon .Have a nice week and do spend at least one night to watch those mentioned above.

Finders keepers

2009-07-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

It's been so hot lately, it's practically impossible to go outside before four in the afternoon which i find a good reason to visit all my fave second-hand shops.As being a true treasure seaker, heat couldn't stop me from finding those simply adorable things, and have fun with trees and cats and plums.Here are few finds that made my day even brighter:

that old school hippie leather bag which belonged to my mom

those cute espadrilles which weren't second hand but quite cheap tho

thrifted bracelet for 1 $

those comfy linen shorts

i don't like the song much but the video is so pretty i coulnd't resist

pretty trees with yummy plums

July ,oh July!

2009-07-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

Home at last.It's been one long week of wandering up and down the seaside.Anyways, i want to thank Lina for this lovely award, thank you darling :)

Like i mentioned before, i was on the seaside for a week last week.Went to Yailata reserve to celebrate July morning, it was packed.As far as i know there were 10,000 people, but i think they were even more.For those who do not know or do not have such thing as July morning, that is a celebration on the last day of June and first day of July, and the whole point is to stay up all night on the 30th of June and to meet the sunrise on the 1st of July.Someone told us it was first done in Varna( a Bulgarian city on the seaside) back in the 70's by some drunk hippies, i wonder how it became such a big deal.Anyways that was so far my third July morning and i guess the most crowded one.

Goodbye little bungalow

2009-06-28T04:22:00.000-07:00

Now that summer vacation's back on, me and my boy have to leave the place we spent the school year.I've been packing all day, but still not done yet, and i can't help those nostalgic feelings emerge through...We will miss you little housy(not the spiders tho).

Now, back to my red room at my parents ' house, should be fun.

Illustration Monday

2009-06-23T09:04:00.000-07:00

It was just about time for me to post some of my latest artworks,hope they're enjoyable :)

more at my flickr account

She's in Fashion

2009-06-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

Spending few days with my parents really improved my look a.k.a. filled my wardrobe with some new thrifted treasures.
All second-hand but the shoes

simply breakfast

2009-06-11T11:32:00.000-07:00

I just found this simply AMAZING blog of a lady, taking photos of every single breakfast she has each day.It looks so yummy and stylish and healthy, makes me want to stop spending just few minutes or less a day for breakfast.After all breakfast is the most important meal of the day.And obviously , the prettiest :)

images by Simply Breakfast

Also check her other blog Simply Photo

And there will be sun, sun, sun

2009-06-08T12:37:00.000-07:00

Inspired by all this happiness post about summer , i decided to write little something on that matter- my fave things about summer.And after that i am so making it a tag...

1. sea related stuff-beach, sand, blue sky, seashells.i have a special thing about seashells , because they keep the salty smell of sea and sun all year, and old folks say you can hear the waves if you listen closely.

2.fireflies-i'm sure you have all chased fireflies and put them in a jar to use them as a latern when you were kids.they spark so magically

3. strawberries, honey and watermelon-the perfect breakfast

4. ice-cream-i'm an ice-cream addict

5.sunflowers and poppie fields

6.dresses

images by me, flickr

now i tag 5 bloggers:
lina
mart
spider,spin me a story
wonderful creation
gimme smoothies

Saturdays are good for art

2009-06-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

I just found this amazing artist called dilkathebear.Her work is simply adorable, sweet and beautiful, i think i'm falling in love :)

images by flickr

Her Etsy shop

Cabbages and Roses

2009-05-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

The most amazing site i've ever seen, so smartly combining clothes and homeware(all vintage).Everything i want to have and wear is there.

for clothing:

For home:

images by site

All that beauty

2009-05-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

Browsing trough the biggest bulgarian photography forum, a.k.a. http://photo-forum.net/bg/, i found those (amongst many many other talanted photographers), who so far are my fave.

by Feist

by vmk

by angelina_sh

by Macarena

by Svsvet

by Iffo

by Kart

.
by edenka

Childhood award!

2009-05-23T05:50:00.000-07:00

I got my fisrt award from ONiC who i thank so much for being so sweet :)

Since it's also a tag i'll share few of my happy childhood memories with you:

Tree houses and sand castles.Me and my friends used to buid a tree house on a same tree each year and it was so much fun as i remember it.Sand castles remind me of summer days spent on the beach with my parents ( which reminds me of watermelon,vanilla icecream, beach balls and sweet corn).Also i was really good rag doll maker :)

images -google

i really really enjoyed this tag, it brought up so sweet memories.hope it'll be a pleasure for those guys too:

Lina
Wonderful Creation
The Clothes Horse
Me from the suburbs

all you have to do is copy the childhood award pic, share with us few of your happy childhood memories and tag other bloggers :)

Hello Dolly!

2009-05-19T02:27:00.000-07:00

Today i descovered the most amazing porcelain dolls i've ever seen in my life.All hand- made by Marina Bychkova
I just can't believe how realistic their faces are...

This is my personal fave

Here's her blog too http://www.enchanteddoll.com/blog/

I'm tagged

2009-05-18T02:06:00.000-07:00

Since that here are my 5 obsessions so far
(check out Lina's since she tagged me :)

1. Ghostpatrol (he's just awesome)

2.Rupert Grint (i really don't know why)

3.Hel-looks

4.Kids by MGMT

5.Natasha Khan

now it's your turn

i tag The Clothes Horse
Milky Hearts
Here comes the sun
Lulu's Tutu

Viva la France

2009-05-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

I've always had that thing about France, even when i failed studying french.And i love it not only for having the most romantic city in it, but for all those little things i'm about to show you. 1. Je taim paris

2.My alltime fave movie-

Le Fabuleux Destin d' Amélie Poulain

3.French cheese

4.French chocolate brownies

5.Loevely lovely french villages

6.French wine

7.All those amazing french artists

Merci boucut, France

photos by Flickr,Google

All these things that i've done

2009-05-07T23:20:00.000-07:00

Sooo i'm finally home after 3 looong weeks. I've been everywhere,i 've done everything.

Few nights before we left, me and my best mate spend some quality time together.

My best mate

May's so pretty where i live

Went on a protest against building an illegal lift in one of our mountains.Stupid thing is that we've done sth like 5 protests and EU government send a notice to our government that they should stop it but nothing really changed.
Anyway , i had my last lesson with my class, they made easter cards.
Then had another quality day with my best mate, had some cake, went out shoppind.

Then we finally left to my bfriend's hometown for easter
Went out in the country

Then we came back for my mom's b-day so we went to the country again and had an english garden party :)

Walking around we saw a hedgehog

And after few days spent with my parents we went back to my bfriend's hometown again, where his mom brought me to the Yailata park AGAIN which was rad.

And now i'm back home again and uni's back again.

just a quick one

2009-05-03T03:30:00.000-07:00

i've been on the road for few weeks now, so that explains the lack of posting.anyways will be back soon so expect tones of photos :)

Inspiration night

2009-04-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

I know i haven't been writing much lately apart from posting photos only,and i'm sorry.i've been home alone all night and i decided to re-watch Vanity Fair , since i didn't have anyone to interrupt.I got really really inspired by all that beauty inside that not so fascinating story( it's true , i prefer Pride and prejudice).So here are several things i really want to share since all that beauty captured in them.(omg i'm so poetic hah)

my all time fave Pride and Prejudice( i've prolly seen it like 5 times)

Vanity Fair's prettier though.I would get merried in one of those dresses

Sally Scott

2009-04-11T05:29:00.000-07:00

images by

http://www.sallyscott.com/

Inspiration day

2009-04-09T11:45:00.000-07:00

50's-60's

no words just sights

i wish i was born there and then so i wouldn't have missed all those awesome things

What i did today

2009-04-07T08:22:00.000-07:00

Today was a very productive day for art.I had drawing classes so i drew a charcoal sketch of an old folk with a yellow swim suit (it's a pity u can't see it)

plus i was wearing that ridiculously red chequered shirt

plus i started painting my mom's bday present which is a still life

(it's still in progress)

plus i made some photos of April(lovely lovely month)

plus i found some cool pics of young cher

Flora

2009-04-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

I'm so astonished by Gucci's new commercial for Flora that i'm willing to spend a little more money but to have this perfume at any cost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxpDoklTEz8

Icecream day

2009-03-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

I'm sooo tired today.I had sth like 3 hrs of sleep last nite, and have been up from 7 am.Anyways i needed sth to cheer me up so i had a nice vanilla ice-cream and bought some sftuff from the accessory shop.

my mom gave me the hat-shaped brooch and the heard-shaped
necklace

ribbon pin-lovely

they're really really cute and they match my new hair-do

that's the previous one( i just got back from work and i'm tired like hell)

<- the new one,i cut the fringe myself.

vanilla ice-cream and lemon teeth( omg they really look yellow)

le petit prince

mebear illustration inspired by 19-20-20 by The Grates.I like it :)

Nick's brave little toast comic strip.

mood-tirrrrred

reading-brave little toaster :)

listening to-Feist-Mushaboom

Fave artists

2009-03-26T14:13:00.001-07:00

Being surrounded by art all week long, i just couldn't help myself post this :)

All time fave artists.

Mucha

waterhouse

klimt

just gorgeous...

self-portrait

2009-03-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

i thought it would be nice if i try something dreamy , with flowers and stuff and i like the result a lot.so now i'm starting a new project of numerous dreamy portraits :)

more artworks

2009-03-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

here are some more of my stuff.sorry bout the quality, im really bad with the scanner

home-bored.this was when i broke the phalanx of my left thumb so all i was doing was to watch TV a looot and draw eventually.

me and my monsters

Jimmy and his bud Fuzzy

I'm on scribble project

2009-03-21T06:34:00.001-07:00

What else to say :)

some artwork finally

2009-03-20T10:38:00.000-07:00

Today is the day that i finally scanned some of my artworks.I was planning to do that for sooooo long that i forgot how to use the scanner.Here are some from the daily strips collection :)

the dance (my boyfriend's awesome dances)

the walk-little red ridding beret and her animal friends

What i'm doing

2009-03-16T16:30:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the girl who married a bear, i decided to share with you what i've been doing recenlty.

Reading - great book, though i was bored a little bit at the beggining, it griped me after few pages.

Drawing-charcoal on white watercolor paper.Nude old lady

Preparing my lesson for next monday. Have to read bunch of art textbooks for 6th grade.

Went on an exhibition today.

Listening to Bat for lashes-Tahiti

Re-discovery

2009-03-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

Top 5 bands i re-discovered in 2009

1.Bat for lashes

2.Beirut

3.CSS

4.The Grates

5.Supergrass

Come to think of it , i should check my old last.fm library for some forgotten musical treasures

Folklore day

2009-03-05T06:00:00.000-08:00

The book i'm reading now reminded me of some old local fairytales.As a typical dork i googled slavic fairytales and found out that bulgarian, polish, russian, ukrainian and pretty much all eastern-european folk tales are almost the same.Also i found out that we all have one quite popular villain - Baba Yaga.For those not familiar with the charecter here's a tip
Baba Yaga (Russian: Ба́ба-Яга́, Macedonian and Serbian: Баба Рога, Bulgarian: Баба Яга, Polish: Baba Jaga, Czech: Ježibaba (also: Baba Jaga), Slovak: Baba Jaga, Croatian: Baba Roga, Slovene: Jaga Baba) is, in Slavic folklore, a witch-like character who flies around on a giant mortar, kidnaps (and presumably eats) small children, and lives in a house on chicken feet. In most Slavic folk tales, she is portrayed as an antagonist; however, some characters in other mythological folk stories have been known to seek her out for her wisdom, and she has been known on occasion to offer guidance to lost souls, although this is seen as rare.

Old ladies usually get easily insulted if someone calls them Baba Yaga :) My granny used to tell me that she(baba yaga obviously) would eat me for lunch if i don't eat mine ...

Russian animated fairytales rock.Here's a short movie based on a local folk tale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsvUdRdVvvc

The Language of the Birds
SOMEWHERE in a town in holy Russia, there lived a rich merchant with his wife. He had an only son, a dear, bright, and brave boy called Ivan. One lovely day Ivan sat at the dinner table with his parents. Near the window in the same room hung a cage, and a nightingale, a sweet-voiced, gray bird, was imprisoned within. The sweet nightingale began to sing its wonderful song with trills and high silvery tones. The merchant listened and listened to the song and said:
"How I wish I could understand the meaning of the different songs of all the birds! I would give half my wealth to the man, if only there were such a man, who could make plain to me all the different songs of the different birds."
Ivan took notice of these words and no matter where he went, no matter where he was, no matter what he did, he always thought of how he could learn the language of the birds.
Some time after this the merchant's son happened to be hunting in a forest. The winds rose, the sky became clouded, the lightning flashed, the thunder roared loudly, and the rain fell in torrents. Ivan soon came near a large tree and saw a big nest in the branches. Four small birds were in the nest; they were quite alone, and neither father nor mother was there to protect them from the cold and wet. The good Ivan pitied them, climbed the tree and covered the little ones with his "kaftan," a long-skirted coat which the Russian peasants and merchants usually wear. The thunderstorm passed by and a big bird came flying and sat down on a branch near the nest and spoke very kindly to Ivan.
"Ivan, I thank thee; thou hast protected my little children from the cold and rain and I wish to do something for thee. Tell me what thou dost wish."
Ivan answered; "I am not in need; I have everything for my comfort. But teach me the birds' language."
"Stay with me three days and thou shalt know all about it."
Ivan remained in the forest three days. He understood well the teaching of the big bird and returned home more clever than before. One beautiful day soon after this Ivan sat with his parents when the nightingale was singing in his cage. His song was so sad, however, so very sad, that the merchant and his wife also became sad, and their son, their good Ivan, who listened very attentively, was even more affected, and the tears came running down his cheeks.
"What is the matter?" asked his parents; "what art thou weeping about, dear son?"
"Dear parents," answered the son, "it is because I understand the meaning of the nightingale's song, and because this meaning is so sad for all of us."
"What then is the meaning? Tell us the whole truth; do not hide it from us," said the father and mother.
"Oh, how sad it sounds!" replied the son. "How much better would it be never to have been born!"
"Do not frighten us," said the parents, alarmed. "If thou dost really understand the meaning of the song, tell us at once."
"Do you not hear for yourselves? The nightingale says: 'The time will come when Ivan, the merchant's son, shall become Ivan, the king's son, and his own father shall serve him as a simple servant.'"
The merchant and his wife felt troubled and began to distrust their son, their good Ivan. So one night they gave him a drowsy drink, and when he had fallen asleep they took him to a boat on the wide sea, spread the white sails, and pushed the boat from the shore.
For a long time the boat danced on the waves and finally it came near a large merchant vessel, which struck against it with such a shock that Ivan awoke. The crew on the large vessel saw Ivan and pitied him. So they decided to take him along with them and did so. High, very high, above in the sky they perceived cranes. Ivan said to the sailors:
"Be careful; I hear the birds predicting a storm. Let us enter a harbor or we shall suffer great danger and damage. All the sails will be torn and all the masts will be broken."
But no one paid any attention and they went farther on. In a short time the storm arose, the wind tore the vessel almost to pieces, and they had a very hard time to repair all the damage. When they were through with their work they heard many wild swans flying above them and talking very loud among themselves.
"What are they talking about?" inquired the men, this time with interest.
"Be careful," advised Ivan. "I hear and distinctly understand them to say that the pirates, the terrible sea robbers, are near. If we do not enter a harbor at once they will imprison and kill us."
The crew quickly obeyed this advice and as soon as the vessel entered the harbor the pirate boats passed by and the merchants saw them capture several unprepared vessels. When the danger was over, the sailors with Ivan went farther, still farther. Finally the vessel anchored near a town, large and unknown to the merchants. A king ruled in that town who was very much annoyed by three black crows. These three crows were all the time perching near the window of the king's chamber. No one knew how to get rid of them and no one could kill them. The king ordered notices to be placed at all crossings and on all prominent buildings, saying that whoever was able to relieve the king from the noisy birds would be rewarded by obtaining the youngest korolevna, the king's daughter, for a wife; but the one who should have the daring to undertake but not succeed in delivering the palace from the crows would have his head cut off. Ivan attentively read the announcement, once, twice, and once more. Finally he made the sign of the cross and went to the palace. He said to the servants:
"Open the window and let me listen to the birds."
The servants obeyed and Ivan listened for a while. Then he said:
"Show me to your sovereign king."
When he reached the room where the king sat on a high, rich chair, he bowed and said:
"There are three crows, a father crow, a mother crow, and a son crow. The trouble is that they desire to obtain thy royal decision as to whether the son crow must follow his father crow or his mother crow."
The king answered: "The son crow must follow the father crow."
As soon as the king announced his royal decision the crow father with the crow son went one way and the crow mother disappeared the other way, and no one has heard the noisy birds since. The king gave one-half of his kingdom and his youngest korolevna to Ivan, and a happy life began for him.
In the meantime his father, the rich merchant, lost his wife and by and by his fortune also. There was no one left to take care of him, and the old man went begging under the windows of charitable people. He went from one window to another, from one village to another, from one town to another, and one bright day he came to the palace where Ivan lived, begging humbly for charity. Ivan saw him and recognized him, ordered him to come inside, and gave him food to eat and also supplied him with good clothes, asking questions:
"Dear old man, what can I do for thee?" he said.
"If thou art so very good," answered the poor father, without knowing that he was speaking to his own son, "let me remain here and serve thee among thy faithful servants."
"Dear, dear father!" exclaimed Ivan, "thou didst doubt the true song of the nightingale, and now thou seest that our fate was to meet according to the predictions of long ago."
The old man was frightened and knelt before his son, but his Ivan remained the same good son as before, took his father lovingly into his arms, and together they wept over their sorrow.
Several days passed by and the old father felt courage to ask his son, the korolevitch:
"Tell me, my son, how was it that thou didst not perish in the boat?"
Ivan Korolevitch laughed gayly.
"I presume," he answered, "that it was not my fate to perish at the bottom of the wide sea, but my fate was to marry the korolevna, my beautiful wife, and to sweeten the old age of my dear father."

I am also keen on norwegian fairytales, though mythology is much more interesting.It's a pity you can't buy a decent book of folk tales nowhere near.

Baba Yaga's house pretty cool isn't it ?And practical as well, you can always chop off the legs and boil them in a soup...

Listening to: Bat for lashes-Prescilla

quite mystical

Sketching day 2

2009-03-04T05:18:00.000-08:00

Forgot to mention how great Scott C is. Totally awesome.He works for Double fine productions (yes, he is part of the crew that created Raz from Psychonauts).Here's a link to his flickr profile and two of his drawings.http://www.flickr.com/people/scott-c/

Sketching day

2009-03-04T03:56:00.000-08:00

I'm really into illustration, comic books and all sorta stuff like this.When i broke the phalanx of my thumb, i didn't have much to do but to rest and be bored all day long, so i found some really cool art project called "Totoro forest project".It combines pretty much all i want to do-watercolor painting, ink drawing, digital and mixed media, plus really really awesome ideas and characters.Those guys rock

Totoro is a japanise mythological or folklore creature( i think there's an anime movie about it) which takes care of the forests, stuff like that.The whole point of the project is to see how different artists visualize Totoro, and to gain some money for charity.Nice cause.

and also

I think they have a blog too but anyways, here's the link to the official website.http://www.totoroforestproject.org/it makes me jealous a little bit , cos i think i can get that good but still won't be able to be a part of sth like that.

anyways, no one knows. i'll post some of my stuff as soon as i learn how to use that awful thing called technology.

p.s. i bought a huge canvas today, had a solid 15 min. of struggle with it and the frame, and now i'll have to decide how to fill it.annoying

listening to the Beatles-Come togerther

2009-03-03T14:43:00.000-08:00

photoshop like i mentioned.long story.

brand new beggining

2009-03-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

like a normal human being , i get inspired easily-by music, art, cinema, other people, clothes, blogs and stuff like that.for still not knowing how to use my new blog journal i'll post few things that inspired me this time....

fabric...i've been scared of photoshop for a little while, so i needed sth to help me get over my so called phobia. the idea of manipulating some of my photos got really tempting after i found those two guys :) and the colors are great, the 60's are great to, photoshop's great too

i really want to make some post cards out of those two.hand-made postcards...mmm...yummy