So...

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for now :)

Gdansk - Kaliningrad - Moscow - St. Peter's - GOMEL - Minsk - Gdansk
Start: 20.06

Between Spring and Summer

Pastel inspirations from Jules Alexis Muenier, Grigory Gluckmann and unknown. Who/what is inspiring you this summer?

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Half Asleep, In a Strange Mood

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//this poster goes very well with me today - sleepy but somewhat euphoric//

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"It's probably pining for the fjords..."

This trip has been extraordinarily good.

The sun shining almost around the clock, breath-taking views and neck-breaking heights, neat red wooden houses, melting snows and blooming trees, hundreds of waterfalls, turquoise and dark blue waters and no other people around. I could never imagine fjords are like this.

I've felt good. Really happy and carefree. I don’t know whether it’s cause the sun was so bright, and everything is warm beautiful, or that I’ve spent a lot of time in a country where there are really few people around.

I couldn't imagine that fjord water can change its colour so much and the biggest surprise was to see it become so turquoise - just like the waters of the Mediterranean.

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F J O R D E N

Bergen - Voss - Gudvangen (Nærøyfjord) - Flåm - Aurland (Aurlandsfjorden) - Erdal - Lærdal (Sognefjord)- Bergen - Hardangerfjorden - Bruravik - Eidfjord - Vøringfossen - Hardangerfjorden - Bergen

Take a walk with me, in silence...

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COOL CAT

Absurdism is a philosophy stating that the efforts of humanity to find inherent meaning in the universe will ultimately fail (and hence are absurd), because no such meaning exists, at least in relation to the individual.

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Source: Wikipedia


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Don't you think life would be so much more fun if it's taken less seriously by some? After coming back to work today after the break I'm in the mood of re-reading 'The Nose'. Has anyone read it? It's a classic example of absurdism to me. Which one of the above (if any) appeals most to you? :)

P.S. The fjords were supercalifragilisticexpealidocius! the pics are still in the camera though...

ADVENTUR:E



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Going to Bergen tonight to finally see the fjords and possibly make good use of the white nights ;) Back soon.

14 000 things to be happy about


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This is a pretty nice and unusual book I flip through from time to time - a huge collection of great things to do and remember.

Yves Saint Laurent at Petit Palais

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By chance and extraordinary instinct, I'm one of the last to hold the secrets of haute couture and perhaps complete the circle of its history.
Yves Saint Laurent

One of the most impressive sites I visited in Paris this time was Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in Petit Palais.

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The legacy of Yves Saint Laurent gets a deep exploration in this exhibition. The show is the first in Paris since the designer's death in 2008 and it analyzes the full measure of Saint Laurent's considerable influence on fashion.

At the most luxurious level of dressmaking - the 'Haute Couture' YSL created clothes that were pure perfection in their construction, perfectly sublime in their proportion, ravishingly dazzling in their pure color and imaginative in the mix of texture and colour.


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Today much of what he achieved is taken for granted, but forty-fifty years ago, when he had his first collections, it shocked and rocked the establishment. He understood the path to the future even though the general public was not always receptive, and reassured with interviews, magazine and television ads to explain his collections.





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The total of all his work is shown in about 307 models of high-fashion and ready to wear clothes. Also various photographs and films spanning over 40 years tracing the story and the evolution of Yves Saint Laurent, the man and the fashion institution. You can also see his real and 'mental' studios.




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The exhibition takes place from March to August and is open to the public every day from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM- 06:00 PM. The grand entrance of the Palais is breathtaking, and I, like everyone else, stopped in my tracks, lingered, wandered around, and enjoyed the marvels of the inner garden with its beautiful quiet café and a book shop with its extensive collection of books on fashion.

Those who can't make it to Paris this summer can still enjoy the beauties of all the 15 exhibition halls virtually on YSL Retrospective (in French only), there is also a video about the exhibition and various other videos of his Haute Couture collections:


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INEVITABLE

growing up, falling in love, making mistakes, wanting to have it all and not having it all, getting older... and admitting that in spite of all this life is wonderful!


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