May 2012
2 posts
...the last studying..
In two weeks time, I’m gonna be almost ready with my uni studies. I will have passed the last state exam and I would be only finishing up my thesis. It feels a little weird to realize, that these texts I’ve been reading now might as well be the very last things I’ve ever got to study for my schools. Funny…to be ready - after how many… nineteen years spent in some kind...
February 2012
2 posts
..the frozen times.
It’s been between -6 and -20°C for the past three weeks in the Czech republic. The frost forced me to leave home (Portmoneum) two weeks ago and I have been squatting in my parent’s flat in Litomysl since than. It’s getting a little annoying. Ok, it’s warm and you don’t have to wear a hat when moving from the bathroom to your bedroom, but still, I miss my peace. I have...
January 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
..prace zapocala!
Tak fajn. Uz nejak dal neslo se tomuhle kroku vyhnout. Zacala jsem nacitat na diplomku. Psat zacnu az po novem roce, ale uz se mi pomalu ale jiste zacinaji formovat okruhy a obsahy jednotlivych kapitol, po dnesku jsem se zase trochu priblizila otazce, kterou si na zacatku polozim a postupum, ktere povedou k jejimu zodpovezeni. Jen je treba si vse poradne a promyslene nastrukturovat, aby se mi v...
..diplomka!
Nez jsem vcera usnula, vymyslela jsem spoustu super veci… bohuzel si pamatuju jenom jednu, a to plan na psani diplomky. Zaprve: ta prace bude skvostna. Bude drzet pohromade, bude se zaobirat originalnim tematem a bude napsana s lehkosti. Zadruhe: psani me bude bavit, To jsem se proste rozhodla. A basta. Postupovat budu tak, ze budu cist, postupne si z knizek vypisovat zasadni informace,...
..život jako holubník!
Tak fajn, nijak jsem se s tim nerozkřikovala do sveta, ale uz je to tak. Dneska mám narozeniny. Jupí, hurá, všechno nejlepší, Marie! Nechtelo se mi absolvovat celou tu facebookovou srandu, tak jsem si odstranila datum narozeni z profilu a na zaklade citace z Medvidka Pú to rozklicovalo par zdatnych jedincu. Z jejich prani jsem pak mela mnohem vetsi radost, nezli ze zasekane zdi od lidi, ktere jsem...
November 2011
3 posts
...kouzlo hlavního města.
Prazvláštními triky poutá nás k sobě matička naše jedna (prý) stověžatá. Ono vůbec oslovení matička je dost prazvláštní. Myslím, že by konečně bylo záhodno pojmenovat ten osobitě specifický druh vztahu, kterým k sobě Praha přitahuje své oběti. Je na tom celém cosi upírského. Člověk, když sem zas po čase přijede, má pocit, jakoby bez ní nebylo lze žít. Pak mu ale postupně začne docházet, že její...
"...a paměť, to je svině partyzánská!"
Osobu Václava Bělohradského jsem zaregistrovala už před léty. Teprve po letošním Jihlavském festivalu, kdy byl přímým účastníkem dvou diskusí, jsem ovšem začala jeho statě, články a videa vyhledávat cíleně. Je to jako balzám na duši, slyšet mluvit někoho s vlastním názorem, někoho, kdo OPRAVDU má co říct. Nestalo se mi u mnoha lidí, že bych po jejich vystoupení měla chuť za nimi jít a poděkovat...
..a bit of autumn moaning.
Am I the only one here who tries to stick up to terms, dates, promises and agreements, without prior warning of changes? I have been waiting for a phone call from a scholarship consultant for more than two hours now. The thing is, that I came to Portmoneum to guide a group of visitors and it is not worth going back to Na sklipku now. It is dark (from 4.50 CET already!!!), freezing and I got up at...
October 2011
8 posts
...významy běžně nás obklopujících maličkostí!
Napadlo vás někdy, proč si ve svých domovech věšíme hodiny vysoko na stěnu? Mě dneska. Přeřizovala jsem je v Portmoneu v kuchyni z letního na zimní čas a nechtělo se mi lézt na židli, abych je vrátila tam, “kam patří”, protože tam nedosahnu. No a přímo pod nimi, ve výšce cca 1 metr jsou háčky na utěrky a chňapky, a tak jsem na ně (uznávám, čistě z lenosti) hodiny pověsila. Zároveň jsem...
...Ji.hlava!
Tak dnes prozměnu česky. Je ročně pár akcí, které mě zaručeně vytáhnou z idyly litomyšlského údolí a festival dokumentárních filmů v Jihlavě je jednou z nich.
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Celá letošní anabáze, která spočívala v přesunu do Jihlavy autem během čtvrtečního dopoledne, začala poeticky. Ještě v šest ráno, kdy nás s Ivonkou a Alešákem vyvrhl do víru svítání místní jedovatý non-stop (fakt exemplář!), jsme...
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Hiroshi Sugimoto and modern architecture →
I keep forgetting this photographer’s name, but his shots are totally unforgettable and stunning. Check out this link with series of modern architecture…
..knowing our limits.
I don’t know how about you, but I know this situation very well. You are aware of the fact, that you are very much capable of many things. That your potential is huge and that you actually enjoy being active and productive, but right now there is something missing. And that something is motivation.
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It has been happening to me quite very often recently. I had a seize of this...
...the importance of Holiday!
I like to have things to do! But sometimes you find yourselves in a situation, when you are loosing some kind of horizon. Something you can look forwards to, some kind of retreat. Simply a vision of good times to come. Something exciting and unusual! Such as Holiday!
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I have quite a year behind me! There was one long and lonely winter there, busy spring with preparations of exhibitions,...
...all you can get!
Hallo, here I come again! I have the impression that my life has been some kind of work plan… Season in the museum: check! Three state exams: check! Ko-ra-le: check! Satisfaction? Lost somewhere on the way.
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It has been a week and a bit since I have accomplished the last big item on my 2011 TO DO list and from now on till march at least I am free to do anything with my life. Cool,...
...BrrrrrYES!
I have been to the second biggest Czech town today. It is being called Paris of Moravia and I spend almost the whole day exploring it architectural beauties. Mostly functionalist villas, to be precise.
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The cutest jewel of this period - Vila Tugendhad (http://www.tugendhat.eu/en/) by Mies van den Rohe is being restored now, but at least I got a really nice book about its history in local info...
..never-ending story of learning!
Allright! The state exams are behind me. It was a demanding, stressful and really crazy time, that I spent studying and memorizing as much as I was able to, without loving the stuff I was learning, without any lively contact with my classmates, teachers and without actually seeing the point of the whole thing. But whatever, this is behind me.
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The situation of having the school almost ready...
September 2011
7 posts
..a thought of the day.
The further you are from things, the less burning and important they start to seem. Sometimes even totally senseless and ridiculous. The more I think of things that bothered, stressed and enerved me in the past, the more I realise how unimportant most of them were. I believe I will be able to say this about these state exams as well. But to smile at yourselves being totally freaked out from...
WatchGreat TED talk about children’s books with various perspectives, creativity and empathy. N’joy!
...Portmoneum ideas!
Since I am very good in thinking up things and the realization is often dependent on whether I manage to find a proper partner in crime, I had decided to write things down and hope to come back to them later.
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There are quite some things I would like to do here in Portmoneum:
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.. place geocaching treasure in front of the house and somewhere around Na sklipku
.. realize the UV ink...
..her future home!
However unbelievable it may sound, it seem that my future home will be in a villa in Prague, where also my parents and my brother will be living. It seems that we are gonna reconstruct that house my father inherited and make three separated flats there - each one on a one etage.
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It is so thrililng - tha fact, that I will have a beautiful flat to inhabit! To think of its settings, to think...
..one of these bloody Sundays.
I know I should have slept more and drink less on Friday, but I am just going through one of those totally meaningless Sundays. I go to gym in the evening, but still, the prospect of sports doesn’t really resemble anything to be thrilled about right now.
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It’s again this “I don’t-feel-like-getting-out-of-my-bed” syndrome. I realized I always hopped out, looking...
...architecture.
I am deeply convinced, that environments in which we live in influence us. The impact might not be visible nor reflected, but I think, that it leaves a mark on our way of thinking. And architecture is a big part of our surroundings.
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Either you would apply it to your room, flat, neighborhood or town - you are always around objects, that may have been different, or - you may make them...
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August 2011
22 posts
..By Nightfall →
I have just finished a great book. It is By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham and it is a really touching one. New York, mid-aged couple, her younger brother and husband, who has been describing things happening around him/us?/ through his inner view and voice. The plot is not the central part of the whole thing, but Cunningham’s style, ability to name and express things/thoughts/moods, no...
...the smell of autumn.
Do you know that feeling? When the sun is shining, but in the air, you can already recognize, that the summer is (almost) gone and the winds become cooler and there are mists in the mornings and you simply know, that the new season is coming!
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I love autumn, I love its smell and the fact, that it slowly dresses you up in comfy sweaters and scarfs and colors of everything smoothen and change...
...lack of purpose.
Studying is important. In fact, I really love it! But it has to have certain purpose. When studying a concrete text in order to be ready for a seminar where it has been translated (e.g. from Hebrew) and explained and put in to context with other information/material/ideas - this I understand and approve. When studying to get to know data, you need for your research, or when just getting to know...
...endorfines!
I would never call myself a sporty type. I always regarded my existence as primarily based on pub/cafe environment and pseudo-intellectual debates about meaning of life while sipping (ok, sometimes rather boozing) one beer after another.
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But while living somewhere distant from my “mates” (e.g. co-alcoholics) I tend to turn from glass to sports. While living in Oswiecim I went...
..her first street art concept!
However unbelievable it may sound, I got an idea today! I have a great street art project in my mind. Non-violent one, one playing around with contemporary conceptions of art and beauty. I cannot say more now, but I have it quite thoroughly thought through (nice!) and cannot wait of find some partner in crime to give me a hand with the realization. Agh! I am sooo excited! I already bought an...
...a Secret song! →
Did you ever believe that a Czech band could make an ass-kicking piece of music? Ok, maybe it is because I just LOVE the sound of piano, but give a try to this one.. (e.g. click on the title)
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It is a song by Sunflower caravan, which is hidden behind previous track, so it is not tracked separately. It took me quite a while to youtube it, but I finally managed.
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Enjoy!
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...finding your true passion!
I have been reading a book by sir Ken Robinson. It is called The element, maybe you know it. It deals with the topic of finding out what you are passionate for, what you are good at, what you enjoy doing and what brings you pleasure and satisfaction. I am convinced, that only things done with certain amount of these ingrediences are worth it. At the same time I ask myself: “Are you really...
..is this really the men's world!?!
After having talked to one of my most beloved girlfriends I cannot but wonder what the hell is wrong with the (men’s) world today. Where have their guts gone? In our opinion (and unfortunately also experience) they are all fucked up. Not knowing their place in the society, world and universe, they are totally incapable of compact behavior. As she nicely put it: they are either in some weird...
...her need of structure!
Recently I find myself in a situation when I am studying for my state exams. It is exhausting. But what is exhausting is not the fact that I should stuff trillions of facts in my head, but rather the fact, that I don’t know which facts are going to be demanded. I have quite some resources to study from, but what constantly drives me crazy is my inability to guess, judge or decide to which...
NO facebook
Very interesting. Yesterday I decided to deactivate my Facebook account. Partly because I found myself spending far too much time just hanging around there, partly because I was getting the impression that I live more in this cyber reality than in my real life. Ok, let’s face it, the latter is quite deserted when it comes to people and social interaction, so no wonder I was saturating my...
Things to do with ....$$$
Living on very low expenses for the last year, not traveling much and more or less only luxury having afforded being books, MacBook and one original painting, I started wondering what would I like to spent the money, I will be earning one day, on. My father always said that money makes you independent. Well, to some extend I agree with him. To be honest, I am quite looking forwards to receiving...
TaMarie's first few rules to deal with.
I have been sick of wondering whether this or that is supposed to mean this or maybe rather that.. whether I have expressed myself clearly enough or whether others might think I am a just another little cocky bastard. So I decided to put together a list of things to ease the communication and understanding with my (ok, I admit, mostly male) surroundings.
1, Open doors for me, help me out from a...
Open to possibility
I am sick. And it sucks. I am aware of the fact, that I totally deserve it and it absolutely makes sense that my body just said: Enough, but still…it sucks. Every time I am sick it brings me in my thoughts closer to myselves. This time now I realized how incredibly annoying it is to be on your very own in the whole house and have no-one around to make you a cup of tea and bring you some...
Back to ....Litomysl →
After incredibly intense few days in Prague, where I was selling ko-ra-le at Summer edition of CODE:MODE, smoking like three cigarettes a minute, had loads of fun, rain and good times, I found myselves in rainy little Litomysl with a pack of state exams materials, totally jungle-like garden and purring Amalie. It is somehow hard to get back to small-town reality. Lack-of-sleep deprivation is...
July 2011
15 posts
Cynismus
“Cynik je ten, kdo má ideály, ale je přesvědčen, že se stejně nedají uskutečnit.”
