sun power

Light. Warmth from the sky, from the people on the street. Feels like the spirit of spring at the end of December. It’s blinding for a second. Fulfills. It’s magical.

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kindness first

We the humans, people who care, are making this, our, world a better place to live. Everybody should fight all prejudices, live open-minded & help each other no matter we are complete strangers or close friends—we are all the same breathing beings.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. ~Og Mandino

Don’t wait for others to be kind, it’s on you, show them how. Do little or big but nice things. Radiate that positive energy from your inside, from who you are. Smile, hug, love, share…

Together we can make a difference!

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occupy barracks

This Thursday, December 22nd was very very important to us. More than a hundred of activists, artists, professionals, independent cultural and art initiatives, youth and child education associations, volunteer organizations, sports clubs, organizations for people with disabilities & all other active citizens, peacefully entered the old military barracks facility “Archibald Reiss” in Novi Sad, abandoned 5 years ago.

We are turning the whole place into the independent social/community centre “Društveni centar” & we are working hard every day to make our dream come true. This is our reaction to the present problems which hinder social and cultural development of the city. This is extremely important. Actually this act is illegal because it’s a military property, but we still haven’t experienced any problems with the military or police. They just showed up a few times & correctly talked with us. Also, we still didn’t get an official approval from the authorities to proclaim the facility as a public space.

Our cultural program has started from the first day, which is unbelievable because we still do not have electricity or water infrastructure. But, we are full of enthusiasm & great ideas. I love these people here. We will make it.

I’ve also blogged on my Croatian blog sivinjski.me (tagged “drustveni centar”), take a look if you understand the language.

Thank you all for helping & following us (;

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I’m twenty & fully alive

Being sick on birthday last Wednesday was not that fun, but I was fulfilled with great feelings talking with friends and family on Skype & reading all those beautiful wishes you send to me. Thank you all. There will be no special birthday party this year, couz I’ve decided to celebrate life every day. Every day is worth celebrating. We can celebrate everything we can imagine.

I think there’s nothing special in numbers such as date of our birth or our age, rather than how we feel & what we have achieved through life, what we can be proud of. That’s worth looking back.

I’m happily in love with a wonderful girl & I love my family more than ever before. I’m getting more and more jobs to do. I got a scholarship. I breathe. I smile. I grow. I am fully alive.

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we the crazy friendz

Best friend Vera visited me in Novi Sad last weekend. We had so much fun, fun, fun, and… we also had fun, lots of :P She met my friends here and it was exciting to hang out with her again.

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11/11/11

I’m glad to be a part of the largest collaborative storytelling event 11/11/11 project. I had pretty much fun capturing interesting moments happened during the day.

Here are some of my photos:

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When it comes back

There are many rewards for the good things we do in our lives. Some of them we can notice at the same moment, some of them come later. Reward can be a gift, promotion at work… or just honest smile.

At the end of creative workshop I gave all my photo prints to my friends.
A few months later… one of them sent me this message:

I wanted to tell you that your picture in some way gives me strength and reminds me that everything is not as black as it seems when I fall into a crisis.

It’s interesting… I can’t remember which exact photo print I gave to my friend and I don’t know the whole context of the crisis. But I feel so honored about this. I’m glad that picture has a value not only to me. This picture did something nice and it came back to me as a priceless feedback. That’s reward!

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