Incredible Probability

The eternal question whether things happen for a reason or whether events in our lives just randomly fall to place was always a subject to contemplation. Is it an unfortunate coincident we’ve missed the train this morning or are we supposed to arrive just a few minutes later? To me, it’s always incredible to look back to a few defining moments in our lives and see how just a handful of allegedly “insignificant” encounters ended up turning our lives upside-down. Whether all things happen for a reason or not I’ll probably never know but I can’t help but think they do, besides I hate to grant that much credit to simple chance…

During one of my “sketching marathons” this semester I watched “The Adjustment Bureau” and found myself watching it again a couple of days later… And asking every-person-I-know whether they watched it or not, and if you haven’t just yet, I think you should…

“Have a Life”

These were the closing words of the semester by one of my favorite professors (she belongs to a rare kind, the one that actually gives a damn…) and I’m not sure you can truly grasp how magical that concept is to a sleep deprived design student that spent the last few months of his life “locked-up” in an underground computer lab (WHY why why did it had to be in the basement?!) or in the work rooms, slaving away on yet another assignment that fills a requirement, the contribution of which to the student or the serene balance of the universe is a complete mystery…  Although I’ll admit, despite this year/ semester being excruciatingly boring I did get a few refreshing directions to my “repertuar ” and I think that because it SO boring I’m more excited then ever to work on something of my own…

“Life” or what we feel it ought to be as young “New-Yorkers” has been mostly a vague concept lately and I am way too tired to find the proper words to describe my excitement to actually have “a slice”, wake up in the morning and enjoy my first cup of coffee (and not cling to it out of sheer despair, sip it as though it was a medicine…), walk around the city and day-dream, ponder things that really matter (like what shade of lipstick should I wear today!) and simply live…. I’m looking forward to experience again this forgotten feeling of freedom, this subtle smile that curls up the corners of my mouth while I stride through the streets of the city… Hello Summer.

{Almost There}

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Haaaaaa….Almost there, just one more week (and a couple of days more, but a week sounds so much better!) to finish up this all-consuming-monster-of-a-semester. Finals Fever…

I might seem a tad too passionate on the topic, but trust me, it’s very justified… While I’m finding new ways to procrastinate (not really… There’s too much work, damn it) and fantasizing about all the things I will do once it’s all done (a GOOD massage and a long visit to the spa are at the top of my list at the moment,oh, and a lot of doing absolutely nothing… And sleeeeeping) I’ll leave you with those vintage beauties…

Wish me luck!

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Surprise Surprise (…sigh…)

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Life. I’m sure it’s not the first time I start a post this way, but it really is inevitable. The past week was a lot. A lot to grasp, a lot to understand and for the grand finale’ (wait, it’s only Wednesday…!) a big chunk of bad news. Since the tale is not mine, I’ll refrain from details and leave it at a sigh… It seems to me as though in the world’s intricate maze some of us don’t get a simple path. Some, really need to fight through, strategise with despair flung aside, buckle up and fill up the water tanks for a purpose no other than survival. Thriving, when you’re just trying to keep your head up above the gushing water, is close to impossible, but I know that those who are truly built to concur will find a way.

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And on a more positive note, I give you, the intoxicating Zuzanna Bijoch in the latest Numéro photographed by Sebastian Kim.

Originally found here.