With puppets from Bali

Almost after a year I am starting to sort out our pictures from the trip to Bali. Except of being very nostalgic I'm rediscovering all those ghosts, wayangs, gods or demons, which we met on our way... For now I picked these four masks. It is hard to say if they are masks or puppets, or both. I hope they will not disturb your dreams with their expressive looks. I'm trying to figure out, who they are. Wikipedia says, that the first one is a lion, representing a protector spirit Barong. He has often two monkeys with him, so I guess that is the one of them on the second pic. But who is the bird and boar, I'm not sure. Oh, I will have to go to Bali again and find it all out! :)

 

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The dog in Middelkerke

(Middelkerke is a small town at the sea. Yesterday, while I was collecting new inspiration in this area, I saw him staring at the moon and thinking. Maybe about his dog days. Or about hot dogs.) 

three creatures I met last week in Vienna and two interesting guys I met yesterday in Ghent

Meeting a fluffy goat (third from the left, first pic) or, mechanical puppets (the one with a hat was opening and closing his mouth) can be sometimes very refreshing. Especially, when there is not much of cultural events going on. Or I just don't have the time/energy/money to join them.  Or I have to work on my own 'cultural events' and I need inspiration. May we have a very inspiring new week!! 

Puppet of the week!

Yesterday's discovery! Belgian theater for kids De Waancel (I don't know what that means)  and their show Erwin Blik in Expeditie Nul. (That means Erwin Blik in Exedition Zero) :) Just watched this video about a man and his friend Basluis - some kind of a flea, or better word is probably "louse" !! A really sweet one! I hope I might get the chance to see the show one day... 

The All Souls' Day in Slovakia

Last weekend we got the chance to visit our family in Slovakia. As an every year tradition, we go prepare the graves of our grand-grand parents and other deceased relatives for the All Souls' Day. We went to Čičmany (one of my most favourite places in the world) and got surprised by snow! We visited the graveyard, but there was too much snow for the decorating of graves and was indeed too cold for it. We just enjoyed a short snowfight, than walked to our cottage, where the lovely slivovica was waiting to warm our bodies from the inside. Hope you had a good holidays, souls ;)

why do I love Vienna

It's been beautiful to be back in Vienna. 

I lived there for three years and evethough I 

never wanted to stay forever, I miss it sometimes. 

There are few things which make Vienna special to me... 

The parks and forest around.

The warm maroni on every corner of the street (in this time of year)

The clean and always-on-time U-bahn

The expositions! There is always something to see.

(this time Nude Men - Leopold Museum till 28 of january 013)

The extraordinary christmas markets. Coming soon!!