Lake Merced & Belmar
Behind the Scenery: Introduction
Pasted Mind: Open Your Golden Gate
San Francisco shaped me into who I am today; if I had lived anywhere else, I wouldn’t be the same person at all. With this collage, I wanted to create the feeling of an organized mess, because I think it represents San Francisco well. For every downtown crowd to push through, there’s an empty cafe […]
Pasted Mind: Origin Story
For my second collage, I decided to focus on my family and roots – Russia. For me, being Russian meant going to church and practicing Orthodoxy, so I tried to make that the main theme of this collage. I also drew myself as different matryoshka dolls, because of the memories I have of playing with […]
Pasted Mind: multiMEdia
Certain parts of my life are too abstract to write down, but they fill me with a passion so intense that I can’t help but try to share. As an avid art lover, but only a jack of all trades, I wanted to make collages incorporating many different art forms to replicate themes in my […]
A Thousand Sleepless Nights: Remember
For your children, born into cities of gray Let them find seeds in the soil, and not cinders Hold them by the hand, I beg you. Teach them of another time.
After the Storm: It’s Over
my stage of grieving: depression
After the Storm: All is Lost
my stage of grieving: relapse
A Thousand Sleepless Nights: Gone
We are the lasting footfall of raindrops We are the whispers of diminishing soil Beasts of the Earth, why do you walk so slow?
Letters of Abstraction: Dear Friendship
Dear Friendship, Thank you for existing. Thank you for being a part of my life. You are a miracle substance that just melts and fills up the cracks. You can be such a tricky thing to define and to obtain, but so worth it. I feel like most people underestimate your beauty, but the truth […]