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

Can you save a penny by reading blogs? I think one can save quite a few pennies by reading blogs...and I'm not talking about discounts or giveaways a blog reader might benefit from. I admit that the penny I'm talking about is more methaphorical. I'm actually referring to that that famous ‘a penny for your thoughts’ saying. For isn’t blogging (and hence blog reading) often all about reading what other people have on their mind? Do you want to know what is on my mind?  Hemingway and gender identity/roles, Jung and his poetic passage about love, Dracula and some newer works in the genre (one of them is this one ).  Two documentaries on fashion that I saw and forgot to write about. What to cook for lunch today? What should I paint today? Naturally, I’m also thinking about what I should post today…on this as well as on my other blog.  Sometimes it is hard to decide how much to share. How many words should an ideal blog post have? How to know when an article is too long? How...

 My (fashion) illustrations and paintings have played a key part in my blogging last month. That is why I decided to decidate a special post to them. If you missed anything last month, now you can catch up. I also included quotes and links to the post, so (if you want to, you can put the pictures in the context. Kada se radi o mome bavljenju blogom prošloga mjeseca, (modne) ilustracije i slike su igrale ključnu ulogu. Stoga sam im odlučila posvetiti posebnu objavu. Ako ste što propustili prošloga mjeseca, sada možete nadoknaditi. Uključila sam i poveznice na objave, a i citate iz objava, tako da možete ako želite povezati sliku s porukom.  http://modaodaradosti.blogspot.ba/2016/10/cheers-to-autumn-welcome-october.html "A new month always feel like a fresh start, doesn't it? There is something lovely about a day that is the first day of something. First of a new month, a new year, a new relationship, a new job, a new school or university year and so on. In...

Hi, how are you this evening? I'm fine, the cold (or perhaps a virus of some sort) is still bugging me (that is why I started posting less), but I'm managing. I can't believe it's already the end of the month. Lately I've been thinking a lot about balance. I'm trying to find balance. It's a tricky thing- finding balance in life. Not as easy as it might seem. If you think you know too much, you blind yourself and you close the path leading to knowledge and realizations. If you think you don't know anything, it is easy to become depressed and let the desperation take over. After all, we all need  foundation to build on. In order to build something (even if that something is ourselves), we need to start somewhere and make some assumptions. We should be able to see the good that exists within us, not only the bad. As important as self-critique can be, we shouldn't be overly harsh with ourself. We all have to start from somewhere.  Tonight, I've ...

Does this novel has a cool cover or what? It came really handy when I accidentely dropped the book in the sink while I was blow drying my hair.  Well, fortunately this 3D cover protected the book from being damaged by the water (a good thing since I borrowed this book from the library and would hate to give it back in bad state). Anyhow, a lesson learned there!  Take it from me, it is not possible to blow dry your hair and read at the same time. It simply isn't possible. We don't have 3 hands, so no we can't hold a brush, a hair dryer and a book at the same time. Unless we can do magic. This is what this book is all about. It is a fantasy novel, a sequel to The Amulet of Samarkard (published in 2003) that I actually mentioned about a year ago on this blog. It is my second novel by this British author but not the last one because I do plan to read all the sequels, and perhaps others works by Stroud as well. Jonathan Stroud seems to me my kind of writer. There are a lot of...