I am a MINA fan! It’s as “simple” as that!
October 30, 2009
OK… at point twelve last night, right after the clock struck midnight… the cinderella in me ran to an online music site and ordered MINA’S new album:)
“FACILE” (English translation = “SIMPLE”) is an amazing pearl of modern light pop music! Every song is inspiring and has a depth to it. I actually cried listening to “con o senza te”. It´s in moments like these that I wish the whole world would speak or could understand the Italian language because only then can you really enjoy, admire and absorb the entireity of MINA’S genius! She really is what she sings. When she sings, her interpretations become pure reality and no filteres are posed between her, the significance of the text and us. She transforms herself into a pure medium of emotions and visceral truth of what these emotions stand for.
She is honest and transmits with sublime modesty the simplicity of such emotions… wether they be of love, tenderness, disillusion, fear or sarcasm. The music starts and you are tenderly Read the rest of this entry »
IVAN CIVIC at Akademie Schloss Solitude
October 29, 2009

ivan civic at akademie solitude
Dear family and friends,
I have arrived to Stuttgart, Germany, to the amazingly beautiful and supportive Akademie Schloss Solitude. I will be working on my projects here for a long time and am very pleased with how it is all turning out for the beginning. The spaces are amazing and the ateliers as well. Not to mention the nature surrounding the residence. It´s a dream come true. So a lot of work is ahead of me and I hope I will make the best of it. after the jump, more pictures… Read the rest of this entry »
