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 Hello readers and fellow bloggers! In this post, I'll review The Portrait of a Soul , a novel by Croatian author Miro Gavran. I've read this book in the original language it was published in, but you can read it a translation (including English). No contemporary Croatian writer is as widely or successfully translated as Gavran, so if you're looking for a contemporary Croatian read, look no further.  What is this novel about? Well, as the title implies, it's a Portrait of a Soul. Perhaps a better title would be- A Portrait of a Feminine Soul , for this novel explores the lives of seven women. In fact, since it is concerned with the inner life of seven female protagonists, perhaps it should be called- Portraits of Souls. However, perhaps the author wanted to stress an individuality of the portrait making. You see, there's a man connecting all of these women- and he's a painter. Every woman protagonist in this novels gets painted by the man who strives to capture

Hello blog readers and fellow bloggers! It's time for another TRAVEL WITH MY ART post that is another posting in my art series. In this post, I'll share an acrylic painting inspired by a location in Split city, Croatia. I used one of my own photographs as a reference for this painting. The format of this painting is quite small, but I'm pretty content with how it turned out. Furthermore, I might do another version of this painting on a canvas. I will share more details about the location and the painting shortly, but first a few words about why and how I'm sharing it.  As you might know if you read my blog regularly, TRAVEL WITH MY ART is basically a regular feature on my blog where I post my art (paintings & illustration) inspired by different places. I will mostly illustrate and paint places I have visited, but sometimes I will paint based of a photograph a friend has sent me or one that caught my eye. Sometimes I will paint places I would like to visit as opposed