“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” - Suzy Kassem There are days when one feels nothing works or everything is wrong. Today is one of those days so I use my magical toolbox to find a secret weapon. One of them is a book and one of those books is...
“My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that tie me to the universe.” - Ana Mendieta All cameras and mobile phones were focusing on him. He was watching back. He stretched his wings and turned, flipping them through the air. He is going to fly for the first time...
“Art history is the history of money and art.” - Peter William Brown I haven’t reached yet 100 rejections this year but I got a few unscheduled positive surprises as they seem to break my poor record of pity and misery. Oh, there is some hope for the poor starving...
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.― Amelia Earhart How...
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.― Ralph Waldo Emerson This very short story is from my upcoming book that contains short stories and poetry inspired by animals in my life. Not all of...
There is intelligence when you are not afraid. - Bruce Lee I am not motivated to write right now though I love it and usually dedicate time to the writing. BUT I AM ENTHUSIASTIC! Sunday it is. Then, the weekend comes. I love waking up on Saturday morning with...
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. - Rumi Recently I read the book Urban Animals: Crowding in Zoocities by Tora Holmberg about the close coexistence of humans and animals in urban communities. She selects a set...
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” - Carl Sagan For the past 8 months I have been intensively developing my first documentary, not short, neither long, but 42 minutes forever-long. It is immense work. I did it, due to the lack of funds,...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King Jr. I wrote this short story / biographic note in 2016 for the final thesis while preparing my final exam at the art academy. And the story goes… I saw the opportunity to take my two...
I wrote “Olgica aka Why do you take it so personal?” short story in 2015 while studying fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie where I enjoyed my second studies and my second youth. I found myself lucky to get accepted to study there as I was, even in my 30ies, so...
