#bosnian artist

[huariqueje]

Evergreen   -     Ciba Karisik , 2023.

Bosnian, b.1959-

Oil on canvas,  12 x 12 in.

[thepaintedroom]

Atansaije Popovic (Bosnian, 1885 - 1948) • Woman Reading • Unknown date

[thefugitivesaint]

Max Andersson, 'Bosnian Flat Dog', ''Death & Candy'' #3, Jan. 1, 2002 Source

[mycinematheque]

[voidpetrova]

dylan blue — rafe cameron x reader

the muse that was here

has awoken my wild side, i fear

not even weed calms me down, it's true

while my entire bed smells like dylan blue

MINORS DNI!

“that's it, so fucking gorgeous,” he didn't know if he'd ever seen a girl as gorgeous as you. you were his muse, one that brought out his wildest side in the best way possible. “my gorgeous girl.” he took a drag of the joint, placed neatly between his thumb and index finger, but not even the drugs could help him keep his cool around you. not while he was drowning in your scent, him and the bed beneath your feet, drowning in the scent of dylan blue.

he bit back a grunt as he inhaled, sweet noises passing your lips as your bare hips trailed alongside his bare pelvis, your weight sinking onto his fat, thick cock once more. his hands trailed down your sides, playing with the fat around your hips as he pressed you down onto his cock. he had never seen a waist like yours, eyes glued to the way you took your bra off, letting it fall to the floor as you bounced on his dick, your walls taking him in so nicely. the sound of the blues bounced off the walls as you leaned forward, his thrusts still pushing past your dripping pussy as he pressed the joint to your lips. your eyes fluttered as you inhaled, a soft moan following.

rafe was mesmerized by you. if he were to spend three-hundred nights awake, he wouldn't complain if it meant he could spend them with you. each stolen glance, each second of passing tension—he swore he had found out how artists felt. if he was as gifted in art as those so-called artists, you'd be his first painting. he'd put you in a frame, knowing it would never be “just a picture”. you could never be just a picture. he was never good at giving himself—not to anybody, until he met you. he knew how badly he needed to have you. shit, there wasn't a museum in the world he'd give you to.

“need you so fucking bad, rafey,” you whispered, coaxing another hit out of the joint as you trailed kisses down his chest, your bare tits pressed against his skin. he was like putty to you, under your touch. “fuck, i love you.” it was as if he hadn't already seen what a woman is capable of, in the heat of the moment. you twisted his entire world, ridding him of his mistakes, of the poison he spread. with each tremble of your voice, time and space went by, completely forgotten.

“i love you, too,” he moaned. even after it ended, he'd do it again. over and over again. with you, he was both, holy and cursed. you had never encountered an issue with him outside of the bedroom, perhaps the chemistry imbalance, nothing more. nonetheless, you let it last because, while it lasted, nothing else mattered. all that mattered to him was your happiness, in that very moment. he could see just how happy you were, eyes teary and lips glossy. you felt good, you made him feel good.

whether he was with, or without you, he would be an asshole. he was rafe cameron. when these moments passed, he reminded you not to ask for his whereabouts. he'd be with someone else, to whom he'd be a new mistake. despite it all, he knew nothing could come close to you and him. it was a shame, how you knew you couldn't fall in love woth him. everything he loved, he destroyed.

you knew exactly what he was made of. you knew it with every moan, caress, kiss. it lingered in the back of your mind. you knew, despite the heat, there was nothing but an iceberg in his chest. he feared the day you'd come too close—the one where you'd meet him, all of him. he'd remember it as the end, your end.

✧.*

a/n: i let my balkan roots come through with this one lol, so sorry to those of you who don't speak serbian/bosnian/croatian. i took the lyrics from the song and turned them into a one-shot. to those of you in need of an english translation, please click here. if anybody has any song-to-story requests like this, please lmk!! always taking requests!!

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

on western artistic chauvinism and islam.

As an American non-Muslim, i first learned about Islamic art and architecture in an academic context, when i was studying art history in college. one of the first things we studied was the complex geometric forms in islamic architecture. Some of the most striking, complex, and beautiful patterns in contemporary and historical islamic architecture are present in religious architecture.

Examples:

Dome of the Selimiye mosque, Turkey, completed 1574 CE.

Exterior of the Dome of the Rock, a shrine withing the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Palestine. Original construction was completed between 688 and 692 CE, and many alterations and repairs have been undertaken subsequently.

Dome of the Gazi Husri-beg Mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, constructed 1531 CE. (Fun fact: In 1898 this mosque became the first known mosque in the world to have electrical lighting installed!)

The origins of these incredibly complex patterns partly stem from the avoidance of art depicting living beings according to religious principles, also known as aniconism, which is not universal throughout Islamic historical art, but gradually became nearly universal, especially in religious art an architecture. However, there are historical examples of secular figural art made by Muslims. (Link to an article on Islamic figural art by the Met Museum.) The Arab world in general maintained in-depth studies of mathematics and geometry throughout what we may call the "medieval" era in Europe. Arabic translations of Aristotle were studied. Al-Khwarizmi invented Algebra in 830 CE.

So, as any good artist knows, within a "limitation," artistic techniques can become more specialized and refined. Indeed, Muslim artists as far back as the Ummayad caliphate had extemely sophisticated application of geometry within their designs.

In art class I studied some of the fundamentals of how to construct similar geometrically repeating patters. I grasped the fundamentals quickly, and I found it enjoyable to work within these structures. However, as you increase the complexity, the degree to which you need to understand geometry to get your patterns to work out seemingly increases exponentially.

If you want a step-by step study of some of these geometric patterns, please check out the tutorials of the Lebanese artist Joumana Medlej. She also has tutorials on figure drawing and Arabic calligraphy.

(Speaking of calligraphy, I wanted to add more to this piece regarding calligraphy and architecture, but I feel I'm getting really long already.)

Years later, after I was finished with school, I got the opportunity to go to the Balkans. While I was in Bosnia & Herzegovina, I visited several historical mosques and got to see in person the type of art that I had previously only seen in photographs.

But what does it mean to acknowledge that this art exists?

Well, the mere acknowledgement and knowledge of the history of Islamic art, architecture, calligraphy, indeed, all the elements of distinct cultural heritage across the world, are controversial in the West.

One of the darkest examples of European violence against Muslim peoples was the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s. This genocide did not start or end with the infamous massacre of ~8000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) at Srebrenica, but also included systematic relocation of civilians, smaller massacres, and destruction of cultural heritage throughout Bosnia by both VRS and the Croatian Defense Council (HVO). Over one thousand mosques were destroyed. The VRS and the HVO both deliberately attempted to create "ethnically pure" Muslim-free statelets, and destroyed all the mosques in the territory that they held. The VRS burned down Sarajevo's National Library. The HVO blew up the Old Bridge of Mostar, a beautiful stone bridge in the middle of the city that had stood since the 16th century. (After the war, the stones were recovered from the river below and the bridge was reconstructed, and is used by Mostar residents every day.)

Israel refuses to acknowledge the historical and contemporary fact of the existence of a Palestinian people. As of February 2024, Israel has destroyed over one thousand mosques in the course of its bombardment of Gaza.

Many state and non-state actors within the U.S. and its allies also harbor these dark ideas of "bombing Muslims into the Stone Age." The invasion of Iraq was referred to as a "crusade" by President George W. Bush, and this attitude was aped by the Christian right wing in the USA.

All "they" see is a mythical horde from the East that must be destroyed.

But there is no horde. The people you share this earth with are your neighbors, regardless of their religion.

We live in a global society, and art anywhere is part of global cultural heritage. The acknowledgement, preservation, and study of Islamic art and architecture does not only culturally enrich Muslims, it enriches the whole world. Conversely, when you destroy Islamic art and architecture to harm Muslims, you also harm the rest of the world.

[topcat77]

Alia Ali   Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist  

Stellar 1, 2021

[jokeroutsubs]

ART BOX portal interview with Joker Out’s Bojan Cvjetićanin and Kris Guštin

“NEW WAVE: JOKER OUT – A NEW GENERATION OF THE OLD SOUND”

Interviewed by: Sara Stojev

The Slovenian band Joker Out performed for the first time in Belgrade, at this year's Beer Fest. Joker Out was formed in 2016 and has been present on the Slovenian and Balkan scene for seven years. They have two successful albums Umazane misli and Demoni. At this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the band represented Slovenia with the song Carpe Diem. They took 21st place in the final, but the band achieved significant success after the Eurovision. In addition to the previously planned Balkan tour, Joker Out is performing throughout Europe this summer. While they performed in Ireland in June, they have a scheduled Great Britain tour in July, and in September they are expected to tour the countries of Scandinavia: Finland, Sweden, and Norway (T/N: Finland is not a part of Scandinavia).

Joker Out. Photo: Ursa Premik

Joker Out attracted a lot of public attention in Serbia as well. At the Beer Fest, they performed in front of a large audience and created a phenomenal atmosphere. This band is proof that Slovenia has a music scene that can conquer the Balkans and achieve the success that the Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian music scenes achieved. The band consists of singer Bojan Cvjetićanin, guitarist Kris Guštin, guitarist Jan Peteh, drummer Jure Maček and bassist Nace Jordan.

We spoke with frontman Bojan and guitarist Kris ahead of their performance at Beer Fest.

Your music is a fusion of different genres. You stated that you do not define the band through one specific genre. How would you describe that fusion?

Bojan: All the members of the band listened to different music while growing up, but we all met in some English indie rock. Each instrumentalist expresses his own musical taste. For example, Jan prefers a mix of metal and hip-hop, while Kris is a big fan of the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Dire Straits, i.e. classic rock. I grew up with ex-YU rock. We all listened to some Slovenian bands such as Siddhartha, Big Foot Mama, and Dan D.

Kris: We actually have a definition of our sound, which is Shagadelic Rock n' Roll. We took Shagadelic from Austin Powers, and we think that phrase describes us the best.

Music is a broad concept in itself. We can conditionally divide it into pop music and the cultural-artistic scene. Your music certainly belongs to the cultural-artistic scene. How do you perceive such scene in Slovenia and in the Balkans in general? How does Joker Out fit into it?

Bojan: After talking with colleagues from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, we can conclude that the Slovenian rock and roll scene is currently the most active and receives the most attention. There are many bands in Slovenia that perform at gigs and festivals and also have the possibility of doing independent concerts. Those bands cover a wide range of generations who are fans of such music. In this spirit, a large number of fashion designers and graphic designers, for example, have appeared in the last five to seven years. Slovenia currently has a very positive view of the music scene and culture in general.

Kris: At the same time, we don't have a pop scene like there is in Serbia.

Bojan: That kind of music and the raft and club culture does not exist in Slovenia in the same way. Folk music is certainly played, but it often happens that these performers perform in the same place where some rock and roll bands perform, for example.

Joker Out, Belgrade. Photo: Vida Orahek

The band was formed in your teenage years. What were those beginnings like?

Bojan: We formed the band in high school. Joker Out was the product of a larger goal. Before Joker Out, I founded the band Apokalipsa in 2012. Kris and Jan formed their band Buržuazija a little later. We achieved minimal but significant success with Apokalipsa in a smaller circle in Ljubljana. Kids used to come to our gigs. Kris and Jan used to come, too. Everything was at the beginner level. Our wish was to raise it to a higher level. I went to a concert where I heard Kris and Jan play, I liked it and that's why I invited them to form a new band. Thus, in 2016, Joker Out was born.

What moment do you consider crucial for the transition from an amateur band to the successful band that you are today?

Kris: There are a few moments like that. The first is when we won the Špil League in 2017, the biggest band competition in Slovenia. Our second single Omamljeno telo was released after that, which achieved the first major success. We released the single Gola in 2019. The song was quickly picked up by major and commercial radio stations. We already knew then that we are going to do something big. I think that our decision to perform at Eurovision was also crucial because it happened at the right moment.

You have two albums behind you, Umazane misli and Demoni. How are they different and how are they similar? What is authentically Joker Out about them?

Bojan: We see more similarities than differences. We wanted them to be different, but it didn't happen to the extent we expected. Both albums are quite melodic. I think the first album had a slightly lighter tone, both thematically and sonically, and I would say a little less experimentation. The first album was the result of two years of making music, some singles developed into an album, so I wouldn't say it has a thread. Demoni had that, it was made as an album and we worked on it actively for five months. We stepped out of our comfort zone for the first time and went to other studios where we had not played before. I would say the second album is more coherent.

What will you change on the next album compared to the previous two?

Kris: We don't have any plans for the third album yet, but we want it to be a bit more thick, like the songs A Sem Ti Povedal on the first and Katrina on the second album. Also, we want it to have songs in other languages as well. In addition to Slovenian, we hope that there will be songs in Serbian, Croatian, English, Spanish and French.

Joker Out, Belgrade. Photo: Vida Orahek

This year you represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest. What was the experience like for you? How do you explain the success you achieved after Eurovision?

Bojan: Eurovision was a very positive experience for us. Everything we hoped for in our careers has happened after Eurovision. Our goal at the Eurovision itself was to remember the year 2023 as a year where the Slovenian national team was good, as well as to see if we could gain fans outside of Slovenia, which turned out to be possible. Eurovision is one of the biggest spectacles in the world. There certainly are big and powerful players there, it was the same this year. Although we didn't get the best place, we think we did a great job. The success we achieved is much more important to us than winning without anything happening in our career after the competition.

You are now doing a summer tour that will last until the end of September. What can we expect after the tour?

Kris: There will be new music for sure. We are planning a new single at the end of summer. The tour covers Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in our area. In addition, we will be touring the UK and Scandinavia. After the tour, we will hold our biggest concert to date at Arena Stožice in Slovenia on October 6th, which is already sold out. We will have two performances in Zagreb in November. We are performing in Novi Sad in October. We are planning more European and Balkan tours after all these events, as well as new music.

Collaborator of the Art Box portal with the band Joker Out in Belgrade. Photo: from a private archive

As Kris and Bojan mentioned, Joker Out returns to Serbia on June 28, with a performance at Arsenal Fest in Kragujevac. The band announced this week they will also be performing at SKCNS, at Fabrika.

Article translation by: Teo @/yiboego on Twitter DO NOT REPOST!

[edenfenixblogs]

Hello Eden (is it okay to call you that?)

Do you have any current favourite songs? What kind of music do you generally listen to?

And do you have any favourite books? What kind of books do you like to read?

If you are okay with sharing, no pressure.

Sending you love and strength ❤️

Ah!!! Thanks for this ask @sunnenfinster! What a lovely change of pace.

Eden is fine!!!!!

Ok, so I love music and books!

Of all broad genres of entertainment media, music is probably what I follow least closely. It’s not that I don’t like it; I just am always behind the curve in my tastes. I love listening to most confessional singer/songwriters. I love folk, rock, pop, and rap. I also get a lot of music I like from the background of media like TV, Movies, and podcasts. In general, I love confessional singer-songwriters from any genre.

Fave singers (and the albums I’d recommend from them: songs I’d recommend from that album [notes]):

Jem (Finally Woken: Come on Closer, Falling for You, Just a Ride). All songs on this album rock, to me.

Sheryl Crow (Sheryl Crow: A Change Would Do You Good, [about choosing love over anger and stopping gun violence], Redemption Day [about the Bosnian war], Maybe Angels [could be about aliens or being in a cult idk but it’s a good song about misplaced belief] I love every song on this album tbh. Wall-to-wall bangers.

Missy Elliot (Under Construction: Gossip Folks, Work it)

Suzanne Vega (99.9 F: 99.9 F, Blood Makes Noise, Rock in the Pocket, When Heroes Go Down)

Artists and songs I like in general: Aimee Mann (her voice is like butter and I could listen to her sing forever); Eliza Rickman: Pretty Little Head; Sims: Icarus; Dessa: Call Off Your Ghost; Sifu Hotman: Matches (I know no other songs by this artist but I LOVE this one so much. I’m gonna go listen to it right now); Lorde: Yellow Flicker Beat; Björk: Human Behavior; G Flip: Hyperfine, Gay 4 Me, Killing My Time; Aimee Mann: That’s Just What You Are [I love Aimee’s voice and could listen to her sing the phone book. All songs off her Magnolia Album are amazing too]

And gosh. So many more…

As for books!!!! OMG! I love books so much. I love so many different kinds of books. Some fave genres include: Classic Lit, Magical Realism, Sci-fi/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction; Engaging YA Series, Historical Fiction; Culinary History and Analysis; and Mythological Retellings

Classic Lit Faves:

“To The Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf [This contains my fave quote in all of literature. This could also never be adequately adapted into a movie. It’s a fascinating look into how people think and how we all process internal thoughts. Must be comfortable with long sentences, semicolons, and allowing sentence clauses to wash over you like ocean waves in order to enjoy this book]

“Cider with Rosie” by Laurie Lee

“All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque

“The Portable Dorothy Parker” by Dorothy Parker

“The Odyssey” by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

“The Iliad” by Homer — both Emily Wilson’s Translation and Stanley Lombardo’s Translation

Magical Realism

“The House of the Spirits” by Isabelle Allende

“Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter” by Mario Vargas Llosa

“Bless Me Última” by Rudolfo Anaya

“Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel

SFF Faves:

“An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” by Hank Green

“The Martian” by Andy Weir

The Tiffany Aching line of the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett (“The Wee Free Men,” “I Shall Wear Midnight,” “A Hat Full of Sky,” and “Wintersmith”)

“The Locked Tomb” Series by Tamsyn Muir (“Gideon the Ninth,” “Harrow the Ninth,” “Nona the Ninth” so far)

Engaging YA

“The Hunger Games” Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

“Grishaverse” Series by Leigh Bardugo

“Shadow and Bone Triogy” (related to the Grishaverse) by Leigh Bardugo [note: I didn’t know until making this list that Leigh Bardugo is an Israeli Jew! Very cool]

Historical Fiction:

“Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe” by Fannie Flagg [the associated cookbook is very good. Also, you’ll never eat ribs the same again]

“Tracks” by Louise Erdrich [one of the most interestingly written books I’ve ever read. Has two dueling narrators. This is part of a series of books but can be read as a standalone]

Culinary Analysis History

Bree Wilson’s books (“First Bite: How We Learn to Eat,” “Consider the Fork,” and “The Way We Eat Now,” specifically) are some of the best out there. [I didn’t realize until a couple weeks ago that Bee Wilson and the classicist translator Emily Wilson are sisters! They are both extremely smart, engaging writers.]

“Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan

“An Edible History of Humanity” by Tom Standage

“Food: A Cultural Culinary History” by Ken Albala (this one is a Great Courses course, so not technically a book. But it’s available most places you can get audiobooks. And it’s what got me fascinated with this subject)

Mythological Retellings

“Circe” and “The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

“The Silence of the Girls” and “The Women of Troy” by Pat Barker [TW Rape]

“Norse Mythology” by Neil Gaiman

Genre Defy-ers

(These are some of my All Time Faves that can’t really be confined to any genre)

The “Outlander” Series by Diana Gabaldon [and the related “Lord John” Series by the same author] (TW: for Rape)

“The Anthropocene Reviewed” by John Green

Just Finished Reading

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote (Wow it was so good. I haven’t seen the movie in a while but I seriously doubt they adapted it faithfully. It was so surprising!!!)

Currently Reading

“Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie

Selections From My To Be Read List

“The City of Brass” by S.A. Chakraborty

“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus

“The Source” by James Michener

“The Secret of Cooking” by Bee Wilson

“Equal Rites” by Terry Pratchett

“A Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England” by Ian Mortimer

“What You Are Looking For Is In The Library” by Michiko Aoyama

“The Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis

I also love to read cookbooks from various cultures to gain insight into those cultures in a very tactile way.

Sending you love and gratitude! 💜💜💜💜

I’m always down to discuss books!

[huariqueje]

In full Bloom -     Ciba Karisik , 2020.

Bosnian, b.1959-

Oil on canvas,  36 x 48 in. 91.44 x 121.92 cm.

[upthewitchypunx]

Having S in the house has been nice. I always cook too much food so having someone else eat what would be leftovers I might forget and/or get bored with is awesome! I think cooking meals is a form of artistic expression for me so this means I can cook more.

The other day she asked if she could pitch in for groceries for a set amount of meals a week. I was so happy. She works until 9 so now I'm sending her photos of lentil soup, roasted butternut squash, and fresh baked bread or braised root veggies, maple glazed baked tofu and arugala salad with pepitas, cranberries, garden tomatoes, fresh made crouton and homemade maple dijon dressing. it's always nice when omnivores enjoy my food.

Double excited to go to a European food market for neat things and have her teach me some Bosnian dishes I can veganize. I'm a magpie for family cooking and tonight I'm making pozole verde a friend in Utah taught me.

[therecordchanger62279]

GOODBYE FACEBOOK

After 15 years on Facebook, I deleted my account yesterday. I joined originally because I was feeling isolated, and wanted to make contact with people who’d drifted out of my life, and maybe find a few new friends in the process. Although I didn’t know it at the time, that’s not the way social media works.

I didn’t make a single new friend in my 15 years on Facebook. I lost track of how many old friends I lost because of it, but the number exceeded seven. Many of those fell victim to misunderstandings that probably never would’ve happened if we’d been face-to-face with one another. (I was even forced to unfriend my twin brother because he took some of my comments on his posts the wrong way. It’s very difficult to convey humor when the person can’t look you in the eye. It doesn’t matter how many laugh emojis you attach. When I discovered he adjusted his settings so I wouldn’t see his posts, I thought I’d better unfriend him before it got out of hand. The damage has since been repaired the old-fashioned way – we talked on the phone, and through an e-mail exchange.) The others happened because this social media app allowed people to needlessly, and without provocation abuse me to satisfy some malicious drive in them to humiliate or belittle me for reasons I simply cannot fathom. It’s called trolling, but you don’t really expect trolls to be people you thought of as friends. Rather than try to repair the damage, I simply walked away. I have no time left in my life for people who clearly do not want me in theirs.

I also made the unpleasant discovery that most people are liars or phonies. They’ll pose as friends, but, in reality, you, and the things you do with your life are of no real interest to them at all. You are nothing more than part of an audience when they take center stage to tell of their lives. I often compare it to being in a large gathering of people who are all talking, and nobody is actually listening. I can’t tell you how often I was solicited to give feedback or support on some of their artistic pursuits, but after spending three years working on this blog I’m proud of, and being urged by those same people to permit them access to it because they all said they wanted to see it, I showed them my work, and nearly all of them completely ignored it. They didn’t reject it because they didn’t like what I’d done. They just never bothered to look at it. And yet, they still continued to lobby me for support and encouragement when they made new music, or wrote a new book or a play, or took up a cause.

I was that guy at a party, standing in the room in plain sight that nobody noticed; to whom nobody spoke. I figured nobody would notice or care when I left. So, I simply walked out the door, and I’m not coming back.

I haven’t even mentioned what a trainwreck the site is when it comes to how it’s managed. Understanding their community guidelines regarding posts is like walking through a Bosnian minefield. No matter how careful you are, you’re eventually going to step on one, and you get to spend some time in Facebook jail until you learn your lesson. The news feed is clogged with ads, and an endless stream of suggested pages based on all the data they’ve collected on you than makes them think they know who you are, and can therefore market their products to you, and help separate you from your money. For example, I don’t watch or follow much sports anymore except some NFL during the season. But there were always endless suggestions in my feed that I follow pages about hockey, basketball, baseball, and many more. No matter how many I blocked, they just kept coming. I’m retired, and have been married for almost 44 years. But there were plenty of ads for online senior dating websites. I guess there was money to be made if Facebook could break up my marriage. And don’t you find it creepy when you look up some product online, and suddenly there’s that same product in an ad on your Facebook news feed? Big Brother is watching you 24/7. Don’t kid yourself otherwise.

So, why did it take 15 years to decide to leave? Well, I had come to rely upon it for some news, and weather, and announcements of new products I might be interested in (music, books, etc.). It was like that relic from the past – a daily newspaper. I also told myself I ought to maintain my page so that I would have some connection to friends and family since none of them live near me, and most I haven’t seen in more than a decade. But the light finally went on, and I realized these people were ghosts. I’d surrounded myself with my past. I discovered that once you’re not a part of someone’s day-to-day life (and that includes relatives as well as friends), you never will be again. You simply don’t matter any longer. Everybody has moved on, and nobody saved you a place at the table.

Okay. I accept that. But what I found impossible to tolerate was the hypocrisy. When I hit the delete button yesterday, I felt as if a weight had been lifted. There are suddenly so many things I no longer need be concerned with, and people I can consign, once and for all, to the place they all occupy – the past. I wished them well, and some commented I should stay in touch, but I won’t bother because I know they won’t bother.

Cyberspace is the real distance between people in the 21st century. Calling the internet the “worldwide web” is the perfect name for it. Because like a fly, you can get trapped in the web, and find yourself prey to all sorts of predators, with, seemingly, no way out – until you open that door, and the web breaks, and you’re suddenly free to crawl away before you’re trapped again.

If I could go back and live in the last century, I would. But I can’t. So, I’ll just have to find a way to cope in this one. Social media wasn’t helping. I can’t tell you how grateful I am there was a delete button.

[spaceace144]

Get to know me~

Hello!!! My name is Emily and I was tagged by @zeloinator!!!

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Last song: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) by Modjo. Okay so my boyfriend has a playlist of like 800 songs from a bunch of different genres and artists (because youtube mashed his individual playlists together) from Primus to Simon & Garfunkel to Animal Collective to Bosnian folk war songs, so I've been going through and picking the ones that I like and put them in a playlist that we can listen to in the car that isn't huge and we have to skip half the songs. (lol let me know if you wanna see it)

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Currently reading: Imagine reading. I haven't read in years and I hate audio books because I just tune them out. I guess I've been reading Oshi no Ko since the first season ended, but like novel wise I have Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (since I loved reading the Martin in high school).

Yell at me to read maybe.

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Currently watching: Another boyfriend influenced pick, Girls Last Tour. We're going to be cosplaying them at Anime NYC so I figured I should watch it. But other stuff I've watched recently is Skip and Loafer (which was SUPER cute), BOFURI (reminds me of Chuchu tbh <3), and Bocchi the Rock!

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Current obsession: Boy howdy do I like crocheting. Right now I'm working on a vest but after that me and one of my friends are going to go to Rhinebeck for the Wool Festival where a bunch of knitters and crocheters go since they sell yarn there. But infamously for Rhinebeck is the Rhinebeck Sweater, which is a sweater that you make specifically for the festival, so I'll be working on that next. Also it's still pretty empty, but my instagram for crafts is @ekotts_krafts if you wanna see what I'm making. I also love rhythm games, so I've been playing SIF2 (which is dog shit unfortunately), Wonder Dai Star literally came out yesterday but I'm playing that, and I've opened D4DJ and Project Sekai recently, but not too much actual playing. Of course I'm always obsessed with Chuchu, my Lord and Savior. I've literally bough yarn and nail polish and stuff because it reminded me of her. Speaking of, nail polish is another thing I've been into recently. I've been ordering from indie polish makers on Polish Pickup, which has a theme every month. They put up the polishes to look at the week before they go live for sale (the first weekend of the month) and then you have that weekend to order.

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Tagging: @isayoldbean @itshabitchual @killjoy-prince @selnyam @boileddogchicken @luciacbg @cynicowl @strawbebbynya @pietremi @elizabethrobertajones @feralfelyne

[lamija-v]

if you get this answer with your top 5 music artists and send it to the last 7 people in your notifications <3

Thank you for the ask! also this may be the perfect time for me to mention that I love you fics very much, I adore the trio you chose to write for atm <3

My music taste is mainly just Balkan music but nonetheless I have to list it

1. Taylor Swift - I know I said mostly Balkan music but this woman is an exception. TSwift wrote Speak Now and Folklore with me in her mind, they are my albums

2. Željko Joksimović - I live for this man and his songs, trying to get the tickets for his concert soon

3. Dino Merlin - the classic of Bosnian music

4. Plavi Orkestar - I am a basic bitch but let’s be real, how can you not like them?

5. Bijelo Dugme - old but gold

[rexterjettster]

welcome, lets learn a bit about me.

i go by they/it and only they/it. i am an demiromantic omnisexual and identify as agender. i am italian, russian, and dutch/german. despite being a cultural italian catholic, i am an ex-catholic and an ex-muslim. as of the last edit, i am a hellenic-kemetic pagan.

i have a few disablitating conditions, primarily ADD (ADHD-I), consistent bone and muscle pain, and PDD (persistent depressive disorder). all these combined make my life hell :)

i'm a traditional/digital artist, and i primarily draw humans/humanoids, and i am working toward getting my CA class cosmetology license. i am also a fan fic writer!

i am a big music geek. some of my favorite bands are rush, van halen, journey (2020's jrnyblr co-ceo), gorillaz, queen, and others i cannot think of. i love prince, michael jackson, moonchild sanelly, bryson tiller, sammy hagar, and repeat what i said before. i listen to everything. from classic and prog rock to bosnian rap to south african hip hop to rnb to the penis beats, i will listen to it.

im a fan of primarily star wars, blue people avatar, spiderverse, sims 4, mlp, bluey, and the legend of zelda. i enjoy law and order, breaking bad and better call saul, trailer park boys, the shining franchise, etc etc. i like a lot of shit.

my Discord is currently rexterjettster

my primary side-blogs are @sourceofinfection (not safe for peart) and @sammyhagarsgiganticcock.

my primary tag is #random bullshit post and my now naughty tag is #not safe for peart. my rant/ramble tags are #rex rambles and #rex rants. my ask tag is #ask rexward.

my Ao3 is Counterparts.

that's it for now. i'll reblog this post when i make edits. buhbye.

[yagirlheree]

Hello, Angel.

About me:

My name is Nadia, but you can call me whatever nickname u want! <3

Twenty-Two years old!

Bosnian 🇧🇦

This is my new blog cause I somehow deleted my prev one

fav artist: the weeknd (omg no way)

fav movies: avatar, white chicks, most spiderman movies

i have a kittayyyy!!!