Inspirations

17 October 2014

To feel alive

We tend to run after good marks, splendor, applause. The need to feel better keeps us up. And it's all good, but...we don't notice when we get addicted. We get addicted to the feeling of being appreciated, as well as to new excitements. Anything new is exciting in a way and it flatters your ego when people one after another tell you how beautiful and smart you are. Does it matter if they mean it? Only partially. The main point is to be visible. And as long as you are there in the middle of action, you feel alive. Excitement makes you feel alive.

11 September 2014

Don't Look for Love in Dubai

If you stay in modern Arab city, like Dubai, do not expect to find Mr/Mrs Right. I don't say that it is impossible, it is just very unlikely. There are beautiful stories of love that happened there, but mostly you will see there people disappointed with their relationships or with lack of them. In a world full of people who are concentrated on earning money, there is shortage of love. Sex has its price. 10k, 20k per night... Love needs time, caring, attention and people don't want to share it. They would rather share their time with the pool than with a boy/girl who will probably disappoint them in the end.

Life is intense. 24hrs is never enough. And clubs are full from 00:30 till 03:00 so you can't waste time. Get wasted quickly and rock'n'rolla.

14 August 2014

Women in Arab World - Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Do you know how it goes? How many preparations there need to be done in order to move to KSA? Let me tell you just a few things. First, keep in mind the fact that they are most probably going to check the items that you bring in. The censorship will not allow any books or magazines that they will consider as inappropriate. They might take it all or tear out the pages that are offending their beliefs.

Islam in its very radical version is ruling this - if it weren't for oil - third world country. The whole Arabic peninsula has gone through rapid changes due to money they earned on oil. People joke that they changed straight camels for Ferraris. As a result only the tools got changed but not the mentality as it needs much more time. Saudi Arabia is the most closed to changes of them all.

There are no cinemas in the whole country. A woman can leave the house only in the company of another person, a woman or relative male. Women are not allowed to drive a car, if they will be caught, they would go to jail. Women are only allowed to be seated in a car with a relative male. It is very unlikely that a cab will stop if a woman wants a ride. If your kid is sick and you go alone to a pharmacy, they might ask you to leave as you are unaccompanied. Woman is treated as a kid in most of the societies. You noticed those signs in elevators - Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to use the elevator unaccompanied. That is the situation of a woman in KSA, she is not allowed to do many things alone or at all, simply because she is a woman.

But there is one more thing that I find the most retarded of all. In case you would decide to go there and you will get yourself an insurance, you will hear that the insurance company cannot guarantee that in case of an accident you will be provided the first aid. Most of the medical staff is man who are entitled to refuse to touch a woman, even in life threatening situations.

If you would faint on the street, no man will come to help and no man will let his wife do so.

21 April 2014

ASUDARI

collection 2014 presented during Fashion Forward 2014

This collection is nothing spectacular, just ready-to-wear that should not be a part of Fashion Forward. It is all about patterns of the fabrics and not its texture. They all look casual, some of the outfits can be considered nice, but not really interesting. A bit of a disappointment.

16 April 2014

Art Dubai 2014

Between many pieces of 'art', you could spot some interesting pieces as well.

However...

Youssef Nabil

Sweet Temptations

2000

GBP 22,000

...I find prices of some of them disturbing.

Le jeu, Cairo
1993

Quadriptych

On the left: The House of Power (2013) by Behruz Heshmat

Price: 4,000GBP

On the right: The House is Black (2013)

In the golden era of Middle East there must be gold displayed at each possible occasion so we meet on Art Dubai this sculpture (below).

And Then (I Shut My Eyes) (2012) by Saint Clair Cemin

Price: 135,000USD

It was so popular with the pictures of all kinds that I got it together with the audience. Not all the sculptures were that shiny and attractive, but many of them still contained of golden elements.