Making new cool friends via Internet was always my favorite online activity. Especially in the creative circle of people. Some of them are now my real (I also call them face-to-face) friends and I’m such a happy person because of that.

This special blog post is about my new dear online friend Ana also-known-as le vent le cri. Ana is a young 16-years-old photographer from Croatia and you can see some of her shots in this post. FOR MORE VISIT HER AWESOME FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM!

Animation work is great, I work with people, with kids and it’s never boring. In short… creative workshops, aqua aerobics at noon, bike tours, photo routes around the town; sports like beach volley, tennis, basket and so; plus show time program including dances, acting and other performances. I’m doing all this whole summer to buy myself a new photography equipment.

It’s my habit writing last minute posts before I go somewhere. Last minute writing is good because all thoughts are fresh, can we call them like that? Ok, let’s see what is this all about…

I worked hard over two loooong months to finish my portfolio and prepare to enroll the Academy of Arts – Photography department, in a very beautiful town Novi Sad, Serbia. This morning I’m going on a 600-km-long-trip from Novigrad to Novi Sad by car and my uncle goes with me. My dear friend Jelena, also know as Queen of the sunset, will be my host for a week or maybe more. Bags are ready, batteries are charging and my eyes are closing. Before I tap “Publish” I just wanna say “Big Respectable & Lovely Thank You” to all of my friends and supporters who wrote a few very kind lines for me. Hope my parents will sleep well these days.

I’M GONNA DO MY BEST, REALLY!

Huh! That was one long and very busy week without any posts, sorry guys! I can’t really explain you how busy I am these days because of my high school graduating project and preparing for the art academy. There’s almost no time for sleeping, just drawing and drawing with some short coffee breaks. I hope everything will be done soon, in a few weeks – graduating project (this week) and my portfolio for the art academy (a week after). This a very important part of my life, thank you for understanding. I’ll be back soon, as soon as possible. By the way, today I’m celebrating 4 months of blogging at Die without Art. Hurey!

If my room is the studio, I actually have one already. I’m writing this blog from here, processing photos, networking, sleeping and so. But I mean the real studio, my own huge creative space. A place where I can work on visual art projects with my friends. That’s my dream!

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. — A. France

Life is becoming incredible like never before, so much good things happened. You know what is power? When one week can change your life, that’s the power – please read more in my previous blog post about the creative workshop. But now I’m gonna tell you how one day has changed my life.

I was officially on a mission to cover “every move” around the school during the creative workshop. She played the flute and I’ve met her on the hallway. I still didn’t know her name and nothing more. Smile here – smile there!

Here comes the last day of our workshop, the most beautiful and crucial day. We went for a walk with our friends and finally I have remembered her name – Franka. That night, last night, we sat next to each other and watched the funny guy doing some tricks. Franka was so cute and I’ve hugged her. Emotions, yay emotions! Love at first sight. Indescribably!

It’s not easy writing this report, because of the sadness and all those beautiful memories. Unbelievable is that one week of creative workshops can connect people so strong. We have simply became inseparable. Everybody are so kind and dear, everybody are smiling all the time. You have to feel that energy. It’s better than utopia, really!

Actually I don’t know how to write down my feelings and where to start. So, I won the elections for the best clown, yay! Whole week was superb and we have made a real circus. It’s beautiful being surrounded with the happy creative kids, I miss them so much. Once again I’ll repeat, everything was happening in my hometown and my ex elementary school. Day begins with the breakfast and morning creative work, buzzing around the school and watching what others are working. Lunch and short break for sunbathing, elevator riding and photo sessions on the meadow. Afternoon creative work in the school again and than, finally, showtime at the hotel. Many arts united on one place, Novigrad, my hometown.

Two days are behind us and the time is running so fast. My electioneering for the best clown is going very well, and my plan for tomorrow is to wear a pajama and slippers whole day, crazy? I love this workshop and my funky kids who are making every day more special and unforgettable – thank you!

Fabulous camera obscura will be our main tool tomorrow – let’s do the magic with that box.

First day of the workshops has just passed and we have done a lot. It maybe sounds crazy, but I’m competing for the best clown in our little creative circus and here is one photo from the recording of my advertisement for the best clown. Posters with my crazy clown photo are placed all over the school in a hope people will vote for me – funky elections.

Stay tuned for my next report and a photo with my clown outfit.

During the yesterday’s video call with my dear Sky Nash, a web camera really got angry on me when I showed my art and made the stupid pixels of it. We tried turning off the web cam a few times and it worked properly until the moment I showed my art – pixels again!

One more busy but very creative week called *School of creativity – Novigradsko proljeće* is in front of me, a week which has changed my life exactly 8 years ago when I took my first photo with the fabulous camera obscura and actually discovered photography in the darkroom. I’m very grateful to all people who supported me when I was (only) 10 years old. Thank you friends, thank you family, thank you all. Then, about 8 years ago, photography maybe was not so serious business to me but now the whole story has changed and my teenage beginning deserves a spontaneous clapping, yay! Because it is for the win, really.

That’s simply my favorite week of the year because all my creative friends are coming to my town, my ex elementary school, to express their imagination. They are kids from all over the country, all ages – from 10 to 20. We have chose our workshop (for example: dancing, acting, singing, drawing, photography, filmmaking and many more) yet and then all together will be working under one topic – this year it’s a CIRCUS.

Last few years when people saw me on the street they asked where is my camera. Hurey, they recognized me, I’m a photographer. So cool! They also started asking me for a review of their photos and some advices. No problem dear friends, you are so cute and I’m on your service 24/7.

In focus

Two years ago after my first solo exhibition titled “In focus”, journalist asked me a lot of questions. That was not my first time in media, but it was kinda serious. I published those photos on the internet and the feedback came very fast, thank you real-time-web. I’m very happy because the title of my first exhibition came true. I’ve finally got my audience. That’s the most valuable treasure which one artist can have. Respect to you all.

Remember, that’s was two years ago. Now, when people saw my growing-portfolio, they started hiring me. Awesome! I finally started making money from what I love to do, like in a dream. I worked whole summer to bought new equipment and I’ll do the same this year.

Let’s get back to the title, I finally found the battery charger without which I couldn’t work last two months. That’s two long months without photography. I’m a photographer, you remember that? And I need full-charged batteries to work. Photography is my biggest passion, I felt kinda lost those two months. First I thought somebody steal my battery charger, but fortunately I was wrong. It was hidden in the basket under brothers bed. How? I don’t know. Doesn’t matter, now I have to finish my school projects and get ready for the art academy. This is the last, but most difficult month before the summer. I wrote about my plans ‘n’ goals before and you will first know the details during next two months.

My bags are almost ready and for less than 1 hour I’ll be in Hotel Laguna attending the seminar for animators, that supose to be my summer job. I asked for guest blogging help because I’ll be very busy whole week of training. So, my dear guests Sky Nash (featured in two articles before), Yamille Marmont and Giulia Scifoni a.k.a. Yun will help me by publishing their articles and keeping this blog active. For the win girls.

If you wanna join them, no problem – never is too late, read more information here.

I’ll keep my eye(s) on your submissions and try to answer every email I receive. Make sure you are following @DieWithoutArt and @sivinjski on Twitter. Hope you are having a great time on holidays and you have prepared the most creative eggs for Easter.

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You like the arts, blogs and writing? Then you are a person I’m looking for, to help me during my offline week. Here’s why. I will be attending the seminar for animators next week. I’ll be very busy whole week starting April 2nd to 10th.

I was thinking and dreaming so much about my future last days. At the end of high school, we, young people, have to ask ourselves many questions. What we wanna do in the future?

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there—Bo Jackson

You’ve noticed something new here? O’yes it’s a header illustration made by my dear friend Djurdjica Selec also know as Djuro. She’s amazing and really nice person, I usually call her a ninja because she kicks ass in drawing stuff. As freelance web designer and illustrator she works with the clients around the world. Djurdjica recently moved to the coast and still can’t believe it.

To realize what she meant with the illustration I asked her a few questions…

The first month of creativity and story sharing passed as the fastest train. If you followed that “train” every day, you know I’ve published over twenty articles through several categories such as photography, film, illustration and design.

Google Analytics makes me happy every midnight when I check the stats. I’ll keep those numbers my secret, but the percent of change is absolutely for the public – 188,300.00%. Are you kidding me, Google?

Today is a special day when we talk about love. I was on a few presentations about love this week and I found out many interesting informations and met cool people. Love is something we really have to care about.

Greeting people on the street is love. Saying ‘Good night’ is love. Love is sharing. Sweetmeats are love. Helping each others is love. ‘I love NY’ is love. Snowflakes are love. Love is everything visible and invisible. It’s important to recognize the love.

Love and be loved.

Saying ‘Thank you’ is love too.

Welcome to Die without Art blog, this is first post here, it seems. I’d like to introduce you my second solo exhibition which was opened this week, on 14th January 2010. in Pula. Ghosts and supernatural phenomena were my main occupation during the night sessions. That’s why I called it “We are not alone“.

“Life captured in photography” is the title of an article about exhibition in newspaper. I like press.

I do photography over 7 years, and this was the hardest period for me, but the happiest when I done with work. Why the hardest? Because my camera was a half broken, and deadline came so fast. Every shot was taken with full Manual settings, and Manual focus (MF) too. Results were unexpectedly better.