I've been thinking about the inspiration music can bring and what we would do without it. I've tried to select my top ten albums that have influenced me somehow artistically or personally. Here they are (random order):

1.Eddie Vedder „Into the Wild” OST - this is my album of the year 2008, very soulful and emotional, reminding me what is really important

2.Tori Amos “Scarlet’s Walk” - that would be... the year 2002 probably or earlier; many songs that are like a journey through different lands; I fell in love listening to them and fell out of love...

3.Nine Inch Nails “Fragile” - a powerful doze of music that goes straight through one's spine, primal in a sense and powerful; music that kills you and then makes you reborn

4.Dead Can Dance “Towards the Within” - my ultimate love , many memories connected with it; the dawn of my adult life

5.A Perfect Circle “Mer de Noms” - the year 2000 or 2001; I've listened to it countless times, it gave me power when I needed it; sensual

6.Type ‘0’ Negative “October Rust” - I fell in love again to these tunes and it still lasts; my ultimate music love number 2, erotic, powerful, rock'n'roll!

7.“Queen of the Damned” OST - a bunch of great rock/metal songs; the film is crap, unlike the book series by Anne Rice - I've always been a vampire freak in some way

8.Stille Volk “Hantaoma” - 1999... a very important year, when a lot of things changed for me; this album was my companion when discovering paganism in various forms

9.Clannad “Landmarks” - 1999 too, specifically autmn of that year; sadness and depth

10.Serj Tankian “Elect the Dead” - last year, 2007 a great musician with original style; it just kicks ass


What's your top ten and why?




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Hello everybody. How are you doing? I'm doing... strange. Not good, not bad, something in the middle. The reason for that is that I quit my teaching job 1,5 month ago and I'm still looking for a job as a graphic designer. Meanwhile I'm sitting at home, trying to take the most out of my time, but you know how it is when you're supposed to create your own routine and keep up with the self-imposed discipline. It's harder than it seems. If any graphic designers read this, I'd appreciate some personal stories of your beginnings.
Btw., I have a stock account that I've updated a bit, so you are welcome to use it:

Today I'm leaving to go to the Polish seaside for a week, so I hope to have good weather and good mood all around. All of you that are taking some time off, have fun and relax!
Here are some of the pics from the final exhibition at my school:

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Sorry for the bad quality of photos, but this place was really dark, since it used to be an old factory.

So it's a dark July day, it's about to rain. It's about to rain in me too, I'm in a stormy mood. Yesterday my holiday started (studies are put off until October, my teaching job as well since it's vacation time). I should be glad and all, but what do I do? I sleep through most of the day, and this is because the world is not a very friendly place for me today. Some disappointments... Most of these rather personal, but one includes a Polish art community called digart.pl that removed one of my works today, because it was not good enough, some moderator decided. Well, I wonder then why my graphic design teacher liked it so much... I think I'll be leaving that community, because they let a single person be a god. I'll be putting more of my works here until I set my own website portfolio. Damn, I do believe I know what I'm doing when I'm designing now, I'm not a layman anymore, I wouldn't get all these A marks at school.
Over and out for now.