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

Often we are so terrified of the fact we don't have answers that we tend to oversimplify everything. However, the truth is that there is no escape from the complexity of life. This world we live in is dreadfully challenging to comprehend and to make matters worse it is ever changing. Proposing that we understand and know just about everything is like believing we can collect sand with our hands. As desperately as we clutch our fists, it is a doomed attempt.  Sadly, we often try to do just that....try to assure ourselves that we have a good grasps on things, that we have learned much of what is there to learn. Why do we do this? Probably out of fear. It is frightening to admit that we don't know something and it gets scarier as one gets older. It is so much easier to think we more or less know where we are and what to do. It is much more easier to think of life in a linear way. How tempting it is to assume life is a steady road we are taking and the more advanced in years w...

I was thinking about doing a recap/summary of the past month but then I decided against it. There are still lots of outfits from June that I didn't share but that is not the reason. I thought it might be fun to share a few photographs from my cell phone. Razmišljala sam da napravim neki pregled/ sažetak lipnja, ali sam se predomislila, ne zbog toga što ima dosta odjevnih kombinacija koje još nisam promijenila, nego jer mi se čini zabavnije podijeliti neke fotografije s mobitela. destress with soparnik / oslobodite se stresa pomoću soparnika This June I discovered that you can transport yourself to heaven with less than a euro. How? Buy a slice of Soparnik, traditional Croatian dish. This dish originating from Republic of Poljica ( I've written about it  here  ).  It is prepared in a really complicated way and that makes it even more precious. Imitations of it are sold in some bakeries but nothing tastes like the real stuff. So, if you happen to find yoursel...

jeans: vintage, sneakers: keyswiss, blouse: terranova, cap: no name All's well that ends well? That evening I had a bad headache, but what you know? Deciding to go for a stroll ended up not only with me feeling better but with me taking some photographs of Mostar that I genuinely like. Neretva river always cheers me up. Have you ever experienced something like that?  What do you like to do in your leisure time?                                                              Sve je dobro što dobro završi? Te sam večer imala groznu glavobolju, ali znate što? To što sam otišla prošetati je za posljedicu imalo ne samo što sam se bolje osjećala, nego i neke fotografije Mostara koje mi se stvarno sviđaju. Neretva me uvijek oraspoloži. Jeste li vi ikad iskusili nešto slično?  Što volite raditi u slobodno vrijeme? ...

What says summer more than a maxi dress? You might have another clothing item in mind, but there is no disputing the fact that a nice summer maxi dress is one of the most practical choices when the days get warmer. Besides offering protection from the sun, a good summer maxi dress is easy to layer (and hence to dress up and down) and serves like an infusion of style and effortless chic. In other words.....What is there not to love?  Što više kaže ljeto od duge haljine? Možda imate neki drugi odjevni predmet na pameti, ali ne može se osporiti da je lijepa ljetna duga haljina jedan od najpraktičnijih izbora kada dana postanu topliji. Osim što nam nudi zaštitu od sunca, dobra ljetna haljina se lako nadograđuje (i nosi u dotjeranim i ležernim kombinacijama), a služi kao prava infuzija stila i onog dojma da se niste trudili. Drugim riječima....Što tu ne voljeti? shoes, dress: no name, bag: borsa, shirt:vintage Have you found your ideal summer dress yet? I got t...

Today I'm joining a writer's link up. Feel free to read other stories and find out more about it  here . It is organized monthly by blogger  +Natalia Lialina  and everyone is welcome to join in. My story is about 1100 words long and titled  Conversation . Original version was twice as long and written in Croatian, so I guess  this is a rewrite.  Without any further ado, here is my short story for this month.                                                                  Conversation  I was in a hurry, running to catch the bus  and doing my best not to look ridiculous in the process, when suddenly I saw a familiar face.  He was sitting on a bench in an ordinarily looking park that started where the bus station ended and despite the fact I couldn’t see his face I recogn...

I'm starting a new feature on my blog called  Sights to see, places to visit  and this is my first post of the kind. Today I have for you one dinning recommendation and a bit of history to spice it up. That doesn't sound too bad, does it?. So if you ever happen to come to Mostar, I recommend you to visit one pub that besides a wonderful selection of beers, also serves exquisite wines (this is a wine region after all) and delicious dishes.  When I first came into Mostar, I have fallen in love with one particular street. It was the trees that so enamored me. They belong to the Platanus family of trees and in English they are called plane or plane trees. Thanks to this pub's website I have learned that these trees were planted in 1889 to welcome Belgian Crown princess Stephanie and Crown prince Rudolf of Austria and celebrate their visit to Mostar.  Let's get back to the way this history information connects with the pub I just recommended visiting. You se...