Dark Secrets? My Middle Name.

The only thing I despise about London is the feeling I'm missing something life-changing out. I am aware this is the side affect of a big city but knowing that's basically my personality issue I do suffer from this deeply. Especially when I have to spend the day in my office! I'd fly over the city day and night (yeah, like a batman!) and just land where there's bloody stuff happening. It's been a while I had partying weekend, so tonight it's the nickknight @Old Blue Last ... but first, Marta has to finish CSM homework!

Among other assignments, until Monday I have to make a little print portfolio based out of shots I did for and during the course. OMG, they are very very very sunless and blackish! Woot happened to you, one might put the screws to? Dunno, maybe it's reflecting my artistic aim - revealing dark secrets and strange mysteries of the human soul?

Oh yeah, I'm watching you, you little bats & monsters ... even when you crawl in the darkness!

Photography by Marta Lamovsek, credits DP crew

About Those Insane Collaborations ...

“It’s really smart the way Dazed takes a group of artists, all at the top of their game, throws them into a studio with a canvas (the model) and knows that some insane collaboration will be the final product.” says model Lyle Lodwick.
Splendid idea, just throw me there sometimes too, you'll be dazed and amazed ... ;-)

photo by Richard Burbridge

Thank you.

David Lynch

7 things in 7 days

#1. I was walking with a home made cup of tea and a sandwich in a near Garret Park on a sunny day.
#2. I got email I'm now a part of VICE magazine blogging network (check the badge down right)
#3. I was hired to make photographs for a new vintage shop's web. (I was photographing a coat that once belonged to Audrey Hepburn.)
#4. After a great night away in Chelsea I drove home in a taxi at 8 AM
#5. I confess to the professor I still didn't wrote one word into a very complex Study Proposal two days before deadline.
#6. I cried to a friend over Skype (just a little, don't panic!)
#7. Today I started to write my Study Proposal which I'm still working on as we speak (and obviously taking a needed break). Will be working on it another 23 hours or so.

Have a great week and don't forget to send me postcards from wherever you are!!!

photo by J. Valhonart

The Big Swimming Inspiration

That's Martin Strel, 52, a guy from Slovenia (my home country) who swam the world's most dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. I just recently watched the documentary movie "The Big River Man" and I must say that was - in fact - the most AMAZONG documentary movie I ever saw in my life! Awe-inspiring story, surreal and absolutely unforgettable.

And since VICE just did an fresh interview with the big guy, and since I'm kinda a fresh Vice member myself, I thought you might wanna read it. Check out this link!

photo: still from a movie

Soldier becomes a Warrior

The most precious photograph I ever made in terms of not be able to see an emotion on a person face. I'm looking at this picture as an emotion itself. While my imagination is like "battlefield, wounded, warrior dying, sunset" without saying a single word a warrior like Emulgator makes that happen.

*sending smooch to Berlin*

photography by Marta Lamovsek

design of that gorgeous coat by Davorka Požgan

Dream Catcher, Margaritas & Secrets

London awaited me with open arms, for the first time. Je'tadore this year first course at St. Martins this Monday, especially after school special with girls... ;) Looking forward to tones of spring term homework & I can't even believe I said that. :D

But somehow everything feels like a million years passed by since the last time I was here. It's like a new time zone, new life! Perhaps I look at things differently now because I'm freshly inspired, but basically everything changed! I have a new flatmate, healthy tan, SNOW, new GIGS, the new room with a dream catcher on the wall (present from ex flatmate Jaka, the 1/2 of Kitsch Nitsch), new artistic motivations and - not least important, a NU lifestyle...

Wait, a new lifestyle? Yes: I smoked my last cigarette before Christmas - that was like forever-3-weeks-ago in Marocco. I just quitted. (Why? - I was such a fan of smoking?) I knooow. It's super-boring. But wanna know the SECRET?

It was the easiest thing I ever did.

artwork: Cris Govias

Yesterday was hot. Today is WARM.

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories, they say! Now, I know it's depressing time you're all going through (I see you, Twitters!) and just so you know that I'm not enjoying making your days even more miserable. It's completely okaj if some of you would like to believe I'm totally posting old summer photos here ... but I'm afraid this lovely shot was taken TODAY...! :) Jup, it's 5. January, 20 degrees, warm breeze, blue skies, golden sunshine ... and it is a Tuesday and stuff ;) I prayed Alah, and I finally got a decent photo from Essaouiraoof myself!

I'll post some photos of this place on Facebook, also will add link here, so you can see if you'd like to come sometimes too! It's really cool laid-back winter getaway place, cheap, (we love cheap!), great food, spices, ... and with a sunny terrace, what else could you possibly need?

Ok, this should make you feel better: I posted this to keep me warm through this months yet to come, because in a couple of days, I'm back in London again ... is it snowing, right? Dear God ... Well, I'll be strong: what a girl must do, a girl must do.

*I miss you, Marocco, come again soooooooooooon*

photo by Jernej Kelih ♥

One Artwork, Life of Adventures

Marta Lamovsek
And, just because I like you, I created this. They took me years ... they are my precious babies.

All photographs by Marta Lamovsek

The Straight Story

Even though my first post last year started with a flu & recession, those two words surely weren't the trending topic that rocked my boat in 09. Oh no. I said "screw the recession" when the year started and I kept the promise: in totally my-kind-of manner I didn't give a damn about it. People were being careful and sticking to what they've got, me, quite the opposite. Of course I was broke ALMOST all of the time, but I'm a fighter and that didn't stop me from traveling and living 13 different countries in three different continents in 09 - you're damn right I counted them! And to go on - recession didn't stop me to enroll into leading UK art college and moving to London either ... I shall not go on, because, the rest, as they say, is history ;)

So 2009 year was about a few of my biggest dreams coming true *scroll back this blog and you'll get the picture* truly amazing year spent with legendary and inspiring people, yet also sad because of the lost of MJ ... However, this year was also about realizing some essential facts all over again. I'll just sum them up for you in short version, so we can all carry on with our lives, eh? :)

OK, AMBITIOUS BOYS AND GIRLS, READ IT AND REMEMBER IT :

It's not enough you're highly professional, not enough you have passion - or, in my case - you are passion, not enough you're an internationally recognized talent, you're a hard worker, on a way to master your craft and - on top of that - you have a personality to base a movie on. No! That is not enough at all. That is not what makes you get jobs that pays your bills out there. And I bet you wanna know what gets you jobs that pays your bills out there? I'll tell you what that is - IT IS PEOPLE, my dear friends. It is people who hires you and give you jobs that pays your bills. And you want to know more? Like, where are this people from? Well, think again - in the very beginning of your journey - this people are from your home country!! They are the ones that know about you already. They know about you very well. They know exactly what you do and how well you do it. The question is: what are they waiting for? Are you listening, Slovenia? There, I've said it.

In conclusion: I know I am stubborn rebel-with-a-dream and I understand this might not be THE must perfect timing for paying the most expensive rent on the planet in order to make my final postgraduate project. BUT I can not decide weather it is a good or bad timing for realizing my dream, can I? You can not tell your heart - "STOP for 10 years", can you?
So nevertheless - stay high on life with me and you'll see that one day we'll all drink champagne. Or mojito. Or cider. Or whatever. Just keep coming here and wish me happy 3th anniversary of this blog, because I might bloody deserve it. Cheers.

xoxo

PS: I'm visiting Slovenia somewhere in the start of February, for a week or maybe even two, hopefully earn some cash - I think this will make happy at least two people, who deserves gold medal for patience - one is Damijan and another is Primož. *I see that smileeee*

artwork: Maximilian Wiedemann, New York Angel

The Magical Start

Happy New Year, everyone!

It's 1. January 2010 and my day started highly exceptional: this morning my love and I woke up early, jogged through awakening medina to the lonely long sandy beach.

Do you agree that there's nothing like having all the beach for yourself?

For the first time in 14days that we're here in Essaouira, Marocco - today, the beach was really clean - like the Ocean splashed away all the dirtiness of the 00's? The sun was kissing me there - literally, and with a finger in the sand I draw J + M in the shape of heart.

And then we watched the waves go milky on the rocks... oh, that warm breeze in our faces. Intoxicating. We walked and jogged until we saw only sea, foam around the rocks in it and the desert far away ...

For a moment I stopped : this are the melting rocks!

2010, my friends, is going to be magical. Promise.

Photo by Marta Lamovsek