Category Archives: Books

SUNDAY POST: Windows to Knowledge

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

As a student I dreamed of studying on French Sorbonne, but it never happened. Many years later (as in this May)  I had a chance to see it for the first time. I took some crappy photos that I had … Continue reading →

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SUNDAY POST: Collectibles (revised edition)

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

This photo should have turned out differently in my head, but something was against me today, and my obsessive nature told me to wait no longer and after all the effort (obsessing), and thought I had put into it I … Continue reading →

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Isolation

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

“Freedom is the possibility of isolation. You are free if you can withdraw from people, not having to seek them out for the sake of money, company, love, glory or curiosity, none of which can thrive in silence and solitude. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: UNFOCUSED

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Honesty, I am not in favour of this week’s theme. I am only learning photography and don’t own equipment suited for experimental shots, and naturally I discard all blurred and out of focus pics. This one was taken on purpose … Continue reading →

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Timbuktu by Paul Auster (another book review)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Using omniscient third-person narrative voice but through a point of view of a dog Auster gives us an account of a personal tragedy of a dying vagabond schizophrenic poet Willy G. Christmas and his only friend and confidant Mr Bones, … Continue reading →

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The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

My reading year started a bit late this year, but March brought me a great surprise in the form of Paul Auster’s Book of Illusions, his best work according to some critics. A novel addresses existential issues and questions of … Continue reading →

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