Second hand

 Hunting for treasures in second hands is one of the best things in life. I'm walking in, trying to stay calm and explain to myself "Maybe you won't find anything interesting here, don't except pearls, you may be disappointed". But do you think it's working? Of course not, there's always that thrill, and desire to find something so extraordinary, so cool and fancy that all my friends will be green out of jealousy ;) Especially if I pay for it the price of a bus ticket. 

  One of first things to discover in new places are the best second hands in da town! The ones that maybe not always, but usually you leave with a prey. It's a real treasure map for modern pirates, arr arr arr! Put your hat on Captain! We're looking for a stylish cape for you ;) 

  I like the general idea of second hand things. Not only because they're cheap and you can find something really bizarre. It helps to reuse things that someone got bored with, even though they're still in perfect condition. We produce mountains of "waste" that is not really a waste. It's just that trend changed, we saw something in prettier color, we felt need for change, etc.  Second hands suit perfectly to the re-think, re-use, recycle way of thinking. Suits me like my new-old sweater! ;)

  

How much life in life?

This question bothers me lately: how much life I really have in my life? By life I mean high quality spent time, when you simply enjoy what you are doing, who you are, where you are. When your time is being spent but not wasted.

 I feel need of more life lately. I was trying to count how much time for real life I actually have, so I tried to count how much time I spent on different activities:

  7 hours of sleep (yep, very active activity ;))
  8 hours at work (such a waste of time!!! 1/3 of my day???)
  [it's already 15 hours, so over half of a whole day]
  2 hours for preparing meals and eating
  1 hour in trams and/or buses
  1,5 hour for beauty (choosing clothes, make up, shower, manicure, etc.)
  [ 19,5 hours. I have 4,5 hours to do whatever I want ]

 4,5 hours doesn't look that bad but how can I fit in this time relations, meetings, drawing, bike rides, reading books, traveling, cinema, concerts, yoga, creating process, shopping, crazy adventures, long walks, being lazy, and so many many things more?

 What's my alternative? Ok, there are still weekends, free days to use your life. But that's too little! I can read or listen to the music in the bus. Perfect solution would be to find work when you can do what you like the most. Or find joy and celebrate even as prosaic actions as cooking, washing the dishes, taking a shower, commuting...

 I'm trying from now on! :) More life in life!

Seriously?

Important notice: I have nothing against fashion bloggers and I love some of their blogs! 

Some people treat fashion like it's religion. Honestly? I'm fed up with sentence "fashion is my passion", because I see and hear it repeated again and again, used in commercial about kitchen tiles, chocolate or toothpaste. Oh, you feel resentful? Why being so serious about it? It's just a piece of cloth with a price tag, isn't it? And somehow we went crazy about it, allow it to became our only desire to be fashionable. Nothing can give girl a chills like new fashion season does but are we too blind to see that most of the shops offer us products of poor (or even very poor) quality, covering this fact with trendy style and high price?

  Whoa! Hold on crazy fashion girl! Take a deep breath and take a while before you'll start a race to the shopping center for newest collections or best sale offers. Keep calm and be smarter than marketing strategies!

  More beautiful side of fashion is style. Doesn't require big bank account and often visits in famous boutiques. Wearing what you like and want saves you from becoming fashion victim and allows to show to the world who you really are, not was the model on last fashion show dressed up in.

  I want to see happy people in the streets, expressing themselves by the outfit! Not copy-paste models from catalogs.

Blogging Beasts :)

 1. Where? In the cinema! But not typical one... Cinema that wants to be popcorn-free space open for art and positive initiatives. Special place requires special outfits so bloggers had an opportunity to present themselves in costumes inspired by movies :) Want more photos? Check them out here:

http://blog.kacperos.pl/filmowe-pogaduchy-wroclawskich-blogerow/

http://wroclaw.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/51,35771,12821899.html?i=0

 

2. Who? Charlie Chaplin, a priest, Al Capone, Princess Amidala, Gandalf, Mia from Pulp Fiction (even two!), Ghost Buster, Lord Vader, Woody Allen, Pirate, Marie Antoinette... And plenty more :) Bloggers' imagination and creativity had finally a space to be presented. Everyone who has own blog was invited to participate for free, to talk and listen about blogs. What blogs? All kinds! :) Fashion, lifestyle, cooking, technology, marketing, travels, physics, poetry, art... No matter what you write about, the fact that you do is the one that matters ;) Curious who is the perpetrator of this bloggers' mess? Check it out here: http://studiumprzypadku.com/ludzie/

I love those old guys playing chess in the background! :)

3. Why? Why Bloggers from Wrocław meet and what they do then? They talk. About blogs, about their experiences, about themselves, about anything. That's the whole magic of these Meetings-

 different people connected with one thing-blogging-find time and will to detach from their computers for a while. The atmosphere there is electrified with enthusiasm and passion. Contacts and web addresses are circulating between participants, as well as positive energy :)

Moodboard: Blue

  Post will be blue but not because of blue mood, not at all. It will be blue because my eyes are so, or maybe because I'm wearing blue jeans jacket today? Or maybe the blue won't have a meaning at all?

  Meaning... The meaning of life, yes... After over 20 years of looking for the meaning of life I finally discovered weird true: life doesn't have meaning. Doesn't have it unless you'll give it one (or two, or five thousands meanings). It works the same with everything: you can give it a meaning or don't give a damn about it- you choose. Sunny day, break up, concert tonight, global warming, last summer- you decide what has a meaning for you.  So is your life meaningful or meaningless?

  It made me also think about the meaning of this blog. It has a meaning for me. Does it have meaning for humanity or blogosphere? I don't know. But I know it'll stay my virtual sketchbook, with my drawings, photos and short comments for reality I'm living in. If it has a meaning for you-let me know! :) 

Good vibrations

  Autumn... Rain... Clouds... Depression... Stop! People! Give me some good, good, good vibrations! :) Give me some colors, some new dreams, some sweetness, some smile and some dance! 

  Did you ever met those crazy fellows with a "FREE HUGS" tablet? I love the idea! Ok, it's so awkward to hug in the middle of the street with complete strangers but think about it... Actually... Why not? Why not use what world offers us and offers it for free? I've noticed that the reason I'm feeling upset is always the same- I closed my mind, fixed on only one thought/problem or way of thinking and decided that there's no solution and help. And how can I be helpless with over 7 billion people on this planet??? 

 Wisdom from internet: "If you change nothing, nothing will change"

 

Life without trousers

  Do you remember this post: http://martkadoroszko.blogspot.com/2012/07/bye-bye-trousers.html ? It's from 17th of July and I'm proud to say I still didn't give up and didn't buy a new pair ;) But it was easy to live without them when it was warm; now, when winter is gathering all coldness to attack, how can I defend? I'm sure I'll find the way!

   Did throwing away last pair of trousers made me go threw some inner transformation? Hmm... Not really :D I'd like to write you an essay about positive influence of wearing dresses on my mind, health and how I became crazy party rocker but no... It's all about wearing clothes that you feel good in. My absolute guru in this topic is Gok Wan, with his "Use what you've got sexy Girl!". The best advice you could get from a stylist is from his book: "Look at you, look at what you're wearing. If your clothes aren't saying <I'm the most wonderful creature on this planet> take them off immediately!". He's so right! So all my sexy Girls, show the world what you've got :)