When I have dog days....

Sometimes I'm a pet lover. Well... Always!
But usually I think about having a pet as natural part of my life. Fortunately sometimes I love all animals around me and they make me very happy. When I was visiting my friend family, I met their new dog. What a rascal! He was from the shelter, previous owners gave him back there, but Tomas (my dad's friend, non-family uncle to me) took him and with his wife Josie gave him home full of love. Akela (That's the dog's name) definitely has personality. He's biting, trying to be master of you instead of you to be his, he's very playful and smart.

 Back to the point. I was cleaning my computer and found pictures from summer and it reminded me the fun in a dog park, walks and also my fights with him. I really miss that guy and with spring air coming I really want to go for a walk. Well I think I'll go back to Pardubice and take my own dog Charlie for a big walk on the water front...

Detox of my mind...

Those lazy days, when ground is muddy I enjoy spending my time watching what I’ve done in the last year. I reached many goals actually. I didn’t get the university, but I made pretty good works for my graduation works, I also finished my school with honour, I’ve never expected that, I went across the ocean, where I did pretty well as a photographer. It was a first step for me and I really appreciate all I managed in year 2009. Maybe it’s weird to think about that in March, but 2010 brings a  new chalenges and opportunities to me. I’m going to study again, I’m also going to travel quite bit, starting to build my name in artistic field, meeting a new people, I’ll try to make new ideas real. For me year starts in Spring. Now I have to wash all dirt of the last year of my skin and start again. And most important thing I wanted to tell you people, I found a new energy to be alive and creative. I found a new passion to work again...

So world, here I come!

 

Promise is promise

Do you know those days when you don’t have a mood to do anything? That’s what I’ve had from last week. If you’re expecting some pictures, I have to dissappoint you, because I have nothing I want to share, or nothing new. I haven’t done much since talent exams and to be honest I became a lazy butt again. At least I’ve spent a lot of time reading. And maybe that’s the reason why I have mood for writing.

To share the news. I don’t know that officialy but seems like I got accepted to AAAD (Umprum). I was little bit sad when I heard that, because it’s typical story turn of a fate. You start to plan something and in the next days, or months, you’re standing in front of new situation and you have to deal with it. I had a plan to be closer to someone and now my plans have changed. I have to find a new place to live, new job, I’ll be far away from my man again. But still I have to say I’m very glad for this opportunity. It’s not about me being in Prague, it’s about doing what I wanted to do. I believe everything will turn how it should be. And I’ll have my sewing machine and I can make more projects. I still have on my mind to take a pictures of things I’ve sewed and it will be much more because I’m working on dress right now. I will upload all I promised soon. I hope...

That’s what I usually say. Live with that, my friends!

Foot fetish?

  

Two weeks ago I went to the photographic lab with 5 negatives I had undeveloped for a year or so. I scanned it and now, two weeks later, I'm looking through them. One thing made me a little bit curious - Why I have so many pictures of my feet? It's something I can't explain, so please don't ask me about it. Fortunately I think some of them aren't so bad and I decided to show them. Maybe I could make a personal foot fetish collection or a book and one day perhaps I'll become real queen of decadence.

Happy late Valentine's Day everyone.

As I announced earlier, I did my entrance art exams last week to studio of Federico Díaz called Supermédia. You might want to ask what the hell is that and to be honest it's very hard to explain. According to my opinion is combination of expressing artist's mind and usage of unexplored and good known technologies... It's totally up to you what you will use to make your art. It's really fantastic, because you can do whatever you want to. Some people think that this is only about video making and using computer, but I think you don't need computer, because medium is everything what tells something. Probably, I'm not saying I'm 100% sure I'm right, what I'm telling is just my opinion.

I should probably tell you how I did during those exams. I got into the second round, what means I went through the first tasks, which is kind of cool, I didn't get so far last year. Second day, they gave us a short history test. It was very very hard and to be honest I think I didn't do that well in this test, but we'll find out soon, same as well marking of interviews, another tasks. I'm Ok with both possible results.

And I definitely want to share some works with you guys so here you go...

This should be the my self-portrait, just like an exercise. I know it looks more like Phantom of The Opera mask, but I really like it, so that's why it's here.

I made this when I was in Canada and I was waiting for guys to pick me up, I had such a passion to start draw again. So I found one really great photo and wanted to make it little bit more abstract. didn't ended up so bad, don't you think?

And finally this should be my self-portrait I've been working on lately, unfortunately my sister doesn't think it looks like me, and maybe she's right... Well I guess I'm not such a good artist... but that's how I see myself. 

Fashion As a Medium

A year ago I did entrance exams to AAAD (VŠUP for Czechs), Faculty of Fine Arts, Supermedia studio. It's new studio and everyone is asking what is it about. I won't be explaining since I'm confused as well, but point of this post is, I'm doing those exams again. Next week!!! It's very hard to get there, because they take only 2-5 students into one studio. Anyway I see some things differently this year. We applied there with my friend/classmate doing graphic design and decided to make some project together. To be honest I had some ideas but I was kind of lost. My friend, Denisa, she likes to work with bubble wrap so our project was with this "medium" and she made this fabulous transparent coat from it and I took pictures...

...If I remember right point of this project was that person is not created by clothes, but personality, that's why it was transparent. Fashion piece what shows everything under.I didn't get there neither she, but year passed and I have to think about it again. I've learned how to sew, I found some inspiration and I got this perfect idea that the thought from last year is not true, fashion can be perfect medium to express whatever you want to express; T-shirt could be used as a clean canvas, and not only T-shirt! So I'm re-thinking everything I did last year and maybe that's the way...  We all grew up, right? 

My Little Macroon

It's like get a box of new pastels.

Last summer Elle Magazine in USA said about this yummy, that it's most stylish candy. Of course they are cute but mainly they are so delicious. I saw them for the first time two years ago when I went to Paris. I didn't buy them because the looked so expensive, but since this summer we have luxurious french bakery across the street and we bought them. For the first time I found sweet I really enjoy, of course I love gummy bears, chocolate, but this is something special it's not so sweet but the taste is fantastic. Since that we buy it time to time and take a little piece of heaven.