the balkan Influence

 

outside the box, TAS mania copyright 2010  goAWAY gear LLC

In the last few days, I have brushed off the dust to my computer and hooked in my new monitor.  My new apartment is decorated  in  deco pink corduroy and black.  My life in the balkans is beginning.  I am in wine country.  It is different than Napa, Stellenbosch, Marlborough or  Piedmont.  A land, where bulk grapes, become bulk wine, sold to bulk countries.  Little to no tourist here. The food best cooked at home. Artisans are few.

Crowds of men, dressed in black standing in the triangle of the town center, flocks of screaming birds, swooping from the dark comic like skyscrapers, scissors and shears to cut the new growth on the vines are what dominate my visual cue.   History revealing itself as the proud countrymen tell of mystical tales, turkish occupation, folklore and ancient times.   

 My senses are wide open and my illustration ideas percolating.  

 creating the view from my apartment window,  copyright 2010  goAWAY gear LLC

 

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Comments

[Mary]

Love reading about your journey! How lucky are we who get to experience it through your eyes. Thanks for sharing your formidable talent!

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I really enjoyed your descriptors of the Balkan Influence, words that etched your new home in burnt oranges, army greens, and black. Stoic, strong, pragmatic.