van gogh draws

this is so talented

bravo 'luch'!

the beatles on vinyl long plays

bobby

my friend gave me assignment to write about these 8 words: Nadya Rusheva, Mountains, Piano, to Draw, Almaty, journeys, intuition, musician.

Nadya Rusheva:

I remember a thin old book with prints of her graphic works, and how it moved and amazed me. I could look and re-look at them for hours. They were very naive, spontaneous and emotionally precise. Since then I got a nudge into all this drawing stuff.

Mountains:

I grew up in mountains, hiked them every summer and enjoyed terrific view while walking. When I come back home, first thing I see as I get out of the plane is the huge range of these giants, and they always take my breath away. I dream to go to Himalais one day, and also I want to see Ands. mmmmm :)

Piano:

I am not a great pianist, but I do enjoy playing it. I partly was growing up in ballet-classes, where my mom would play for the dancers, so since 3-4 years old I am in this 'world'. I was 5 when I started playing it, by 9 I was playing Haydn's concerts and knew Mozarts biography in details, at the age of 13 I was playing 5-6 hours a day and got into a school for talented kids. And then I stopped.

After quite a gap, I returned to piano, but now focusing on jazz. Few days ago I was playing Debussi's "Claire de Lune" and my granny said that this music suits me very well. It was so pleasant to hear.

to Draw:

Drawing is cool. And it is one of my favorite past-times. My favorite drawing tool is ink or ball pen. I sometimes have attempts to keep a draw-diary, but then I give up and get to it every once in a while. I especially like to make super fast drawings of faces, and then meticulously working out the details for quite a time. My last drawing was of a drunk woman I saw in metro. But she was kind of elegant in her drunk sleep :D

Almaty:

the City of apples, of childhood, of hot summer and christmas card-like winter. A bit awkward and unelegant, but still charming. My closest friends, parents and, and my <3 are all there. In five weeks I am going to see them all!

Journeys:

My ideal future is: I work and then travel-travel-travel. Last year my friend was doing her Thesis on psychology of travelling. Yep, intercultural exchange is a great development source. Anyway, me wants to go to: India (Darjeling, Himalai, Goa, Mumbai), Bali, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Brazil, Chili, Peru, Italy, France, Spain, Sahara, North Pole, Stockholm, Japan, Siberia, etc etc etc. I would like to live for a while in a different country, pick up the language and travel around it. Those 'different countries' would be France, cause j'adore tout le francais, Italy cause it's wonderful, Spain, because today I've rewatched for the 10th time "Vicky, Christina, Barcelona".

Intuition:

It doesn't work when I answer a test, but I do pre-feel when something is going on. Like, this morning I had a feeling that I will not go to work...So I did not ^^ (I had a day-off)

Musician:

I do not have any associations about an abstract musician...But I do paint every once in a while musicians I especially like. Music is one of the most inspiring sources for me. Sometimes I get scared of how diverse and immense my appetites are.

le cirque du soleil

Alegria

Varekai

autumn

I started drawing in public places. Sometimes, in cafes, but mostly in 'metro', cause that's a great concentration of all sorts of people.

First, it was quite strange and uncomfortable to draw publicly. But then, after realizing that nobody really cares, I felt encouraged. Now it is fun. I notice each time how my hand is getting firmer and more accurate.

Thinking about taking private lessons, but how is it possible to stuff them into my current schedule? Puzzle puzzle puzzle.

(Don't know how the pic corresponds with all this...but I like it)

narcissism

a portrait of me doing a portrait of me.

to be continued...

!!achtung, attention, внимание, тынданыздар!!

My last painting wound up being in a contest.

Unfortunately I found out about 3 days before closing.. So I will need your help here:

please visit this link:

http://www.artrussian.com/nu/page162.html

I need as many people as possible to see it.

And spread a word if it's not too hard :)

thank you!

blue emotions red mood

>>>

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

pete doherty yesterday

insanely alcoholic, drug-addicted, but sooo talented and sweet!

walk in the mountains

walk in the mountains
Загружено crocodilya. - Видео о каникулах и путешествиях

lumiere beauty

directed by Fernando Nogari

home, sweet home

i am home

in dust, heat, mountains and fruits

everyday i cook, eat water mellons, melt in the +40 sunshine

everyday i sleep in and play with my cat

i am home!

silouettes

'city zero'

http://www.afisha.ru/article/sapr_net/

that is a truly true article about moscow. yet it does have some counter resoncance to it. 

indeed, one can find anything that is possible to think of in moscow. even a quite big yacht, having no sea here, only the 'moskva-reka'. the 90's were awful in their kitch and chasing for luxury, and poverty at the same time. now the 00's are about to end, and it seems that moscow has got to a new better level. 

now moskovites have everything: modern art, modern buildings, speedy-highways, cinema, concerts, luxurious and not very bars and restaurants, night life satisfying every taste and demand. But all the time something lacks. maybe it's the smell of the megapolis? megapolis gives this fake feeling of life running. moscow is indeed dynamic and chaotic, and you seem to have a feeling of your own life digging its way as you are inside the sea of people in the metro or on a street. 

moscow does its all best to be more like a european city, but it is way too eclectic to be so. it is eclectic in its architecture, in its atmosphere, in its attitudes. it is like a bizzare and irrational puzzle. 

it seems to answer all requirements of a 'western' city, but you cannot just walk out to a bolungerie, wearing home-wear to get a baguette, you cannot enjoy birds in the park. you cannot bike, cannot enjoy a street cafe. cannot say an innocent hi to a stranger without getting a frowned look back. cannot do the little things a city-life is composed of.  and this is the point of the article.

but: i do run out to small shops to get fruits/vegetables/baguettes, i do smile to people on the street, i do bike a lot (with flowers in my basket :-)), i do enjoy street cafes. my friends and i do all those little simple things. 

it took some time to discover that cozy side of moscow. because of the huge assortment, one has to work quite hard on making moscow home-like. and this is probably its main difference from a western city - you cannot love it at once, you have to work your own moscow out. Still, this 'like' always remains. 

and we don't like when life is too nice, ai? 

jeunesse lève-toi

jim beam

now it is warm enough to walk all night through!

Spring in Almaty

maaaamy

Morning Paris

1976, Claude Lelluche, Camera fixed on the bumper of the Ferrari. Ah!

C'e?tait un rendez-vous - 8min
Загружено MonsieurPitch

Music Music

mymusicyourmusic(at)gmail.com
password qwertyasd
share your favorite songs
download cool stuff

neat idea is by Artur

where would you like to wake up tomorrow?

Fifty People, One Question: Brooklyn from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

Dreams, dreams

50 x 60 cm, acrylics, canvas

This painting turned out to be very peculiar in sense how it appeared. About 2-3 weeks ago I saw a beautiful dream in which I was walking around gorgeous Almaty mountains, and they were all not real, but painted. Like in the movie 'Where dreams can lead' with Robin Williams. And then I forgot about the dream and started this painting. In the mid of working on it, I had a strong deja-vu, slowly realizing that I already saw the exact same colors under my feet and exactly same painted mountains in front of my eyes in my dream. What a crazy feeling that was!

thinking

john coltrane

birds flying high, you know how I feel

sun in the sky, you know how I feel

breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel

it's a new dawn, it's a new day, 

it's a new life for me, yeah...

it's a new dawn, it's a new day,

it's a new life for me,

oooooh...

and I'm feeling good.

listen to the song

Chinese architect project

Under _SUCH_ communism I do want to live! :D

more: http://www.lookatme.ru/flows/arhitektura/posts/61883-kitayskiy-eksperiment

3rd world

drink & dance in solyanka

I want a "Holga" now too...mm

thanks Renata!

portraits

piece of fluro 

and me

flickr * pro

Wake up and find a gift of a pro account on flickr.



Thank you, Manel!
http://flickr.com/photos/groc08/

joy division

download the song

her morning elegance

st. pete

Remembering summer and lovely weather in st. Petersburg. Our crazy walk at 3 am to the trainstation from "Fidel", through drunk sailors. Our failed freesbee in the summer garden. Our last 100 rubles. And walking walking walking walking. 

The winter is almost over. I can't wait for everything to melt down and dry up.

I am anticipating spring, light coats, dresses, heels, coffee outside, bikes, freesbee, cherry blossom in parks, ice cream walks, smells. In spring people become a bit more beautiful.