a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Makarska. Many have fallen in love with this little Croatian town. While I was there, witnessing a spectacular battle between rain and sunshine (sunshine won in case you're wondering), I could certainly see why. This little seacost town has it all. It is a truly beautiful place, surrounded by stunning Biokovo mountain from one side and magical Adriatic sea from another. One can easily  see why it is one of the most popular tourist destinations. This time I only took photographs of the promenade, but if you want to see photographs of the mountain, you can do so here . Makarska. Puno njih se zaljubilo u ovaj hrvatski gradić. Dok sam bila tamo i nazočila spektakularnoj borbi između kiše i sunca ( sunce je pobijedilo u slučaju da vas zanima), mogla sam vidjeti i zašto. Ovaj priobalni gradić ima sve. Stvarno je prekrasno mjesto. Lako je vidjeti zašto je jedno od najpopularnijih turističkih odredišta. Ovaj put sam uslikala samo rivu, ali ako želite vidjeti planinski pogled, možete p...

 I don't know why but wearing ripped jeans always makes me feel quite fabulous. Now, if you add some red accents, some bohemian touches and some faux fur into the mix, then you end up with what is essentially a 'feel good' outfit. It is all of my favourite decades (sixties, seventies and nineties) rolled up into one. It is the kind of outfit I feel best in. This is what I would call urban glam. It is a casual combo, but very far from being boring. That's my sentiment about it anyway. Ne znam zašto, ali nošenje iskidanih traperica uvijek učini da se osjećam poprilično fantastično. Dodate li tome crvene naglaske, malo boemskoga štiha i malo eko krzna, onda završite s nečim u čemu se osjećate jako dobro. To je nešto kao sva moja omiljena desetljeća (šezdesete, sedamdesete i devedesete) u jednom. To je onakva kombinacija u kojoj se najbolje osjećam. Ovo je ono što bi nazvala urbanim glamurom. Ležerno je, ali opet sve samo ne dosadno. Barem ja tako mislim. ...

It's been a while since I last posted my illustrations, so here we go. All of these illustrations were inspired by The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (medium is watercolours).  Last month in this  post ,  I mentioned just how much I loved this book. I didn't write a review for this one yet, but when I do I will probably post in on my literature blog. Yes, I actually have another blog where I post book reviews. I plan to post book recommendations here, but I think it is best that I keep my book reviews on another blog because they are bound to be quite long. Last book I reviewed there was A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (you can read it  here ). Anyhow, I think it is only natural that books inspire my paintings. After all, they were always such an important part of my life.  “But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.” ..... “Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, fai...

Hello dear readers! We'll start this photography and travel post with a quote.  'I' do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming. The thing that has never happened before is still happening. It is still a miracle.  Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light Zdravo dragi čitatelji! Započet ćemo ovu odjevnu objavu i putopis citatom.   "Ja", to nije bitno.  Nijedna riječ nije bitna. No, čovjek zaboravlja stvarnost i pamti riječi. Što više riječi zapamti, to ga pametnijim smatraju ljudi oko njega. On gleda velike pretvorbe svijeta, ali ne vidi ih onako kako ih je vidio čovjek koji je gledao stvarnost po prvi put. Njihova imena do...