Sweetness, get me in the right direction

tunic Sisley, flats Salvatore Ferragamo, bag Marjeta Grošelj, necklace Radmila Gorjanc

l e g g e r o ( ? ) // "so that's how we live our lives. no matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us -- that's snatched right out of our hands -- even if we are left completely changed, with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. we draw ever nearer to the end of our allotted span of time, bidding it farewell as it trails off behind. repeating, often adroitly, the endless deeds of the everyday. leaving behind a feeling of immeasurable emptiness." ۞ haruki murakami, sputnik sweetheart

BEBI DOL: HOW GOOD NOT TO LOVE

Coincidentally, the first time I heard Bebi Dol (Serbian phonetic spelling of Baby Doll) on the radio after she'd already been reigning as one of my all-time favorite singers for months happened exactly where the story of this video takes place – in Budva, Montenegro, two years ago. That was also the first and last time I went there in summer because Montenegrin coast has the worst mosquitoes and I the worst allergy. However, breakfasts at Hemingway and must-have siestas don't make sense in any other season … Budva and especially Sveti Stefan are a bit like the French riviera except they have substance (I hate the French riviera, too many wannabes) so they're the perfect backdrop for such a pretty song. I cannot relate to its lyrics but they're fascinating because I used to know people who write in the exact same style and I'm certain they've never heard of Bebi Dol, let alone the song. It's a highly European aesthetic, I doubt it's possible for anyone else to pull it off. Come to think of it, most very European things and concepts (European by essence; for what's left of the Old Continent today is a different story) I'm aware of come from the Balkans, the ghetto of Europe …

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SUMMER IN LJUBLJANA II
The thing about 6x6 film is that developing is expensive so I'm really careful with what I shoot - consequently it takes me a while to finish a roll and when I finally get it developed and scanned, I often don't remember having shot half of the things I see in the photos. These are from July, not photoshopped (colors are this vibrant by default with Holga). Ljubljana, of course.






I wish I had someone to take photos of constantly, a muse of sorts.





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