Back in the early 20th century, there was this guy in Austria who had a fairly artistic nature. He sang in a choir when he was a little boy, and tried himself in various arts. He had a somewhat complicated relationship with his dad which made him a bit touchy and rebellious.
Anyway, when he turns 16, he comes to Vienna and tries himself as an artist. Twice he tries to enter the Fine Arts Academy, and twice he is found “unfit for painting”. In the end, he isn’t even allowed to study architecture. So what does he do? To be short, he goes and creates a party, comes to power, causes deaths of tens of millions of people and unprecedented devastation all around the world, and finally shoots himself in the head.
Now what I’m trying to say is: why in the blazing hell didn’t they just let him become a freakin’ painter?
You may argue now, but a lousy artist is still better that a brilliant dictator.
About a month ago, I had a chance to see Never Let Me Go. I thought it would be just another romance story, a no-brainer to relax to during a long train ride. Boy, was I wrong. Suddenly, NLMG appeared to be one of the saddest yet most powerful and insightful works in a long while, along with such titles as The Road, etc.
The film was based on a novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro (bingo, another awesome author to add to my absolutely-must-read-when-I-finally-get-free-time list), telling us about a [dys]topian world where most human diseases were defeated and longevity greatly increased – thanks to clones raised to donate vital organs. Needless to say, the story is told from a clone’s perspective. Continue Reading…
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So you’re using Mozilla Firefox? Great!
I know you really like dressing up your browser, AND you like this site of mine. So if you want to give your browser a fresh new look, and carry a bit of this place all around the internets, you can get this skin for free right here.
Quite unexpectedly for me, my work was featured in a great game blog. Thanks, split/screen co-op!
A couple of days ago, we made a glorious shoot at the roof of a new 25-floor building in Kiev. The sun was going down and a storm was gathering on the other side so the light was unique and amazing.
Here is a couple of teasers from this shoot:
More in my dA Gallery.
Credits:
Models: Anya B., Olya M.
MUA: Anya B.
Camerapeople: me, Mary G.
Premises: Olya M.
Lights: Natural
Music: Guns n’ Roses – Paradise City
