God knows how, but I ended up in Atlanta, GA, half a world away from where I grew up. It's hot in here, but I like it anyway.
What's on my mind (subject to change, as I evolve):
Music:
Rock- King Crimson, Genesis (Peter Gabriel's era), Sigur Ros, early Santana, early Electric Light Orchestra.
Jazz- Roland Kirk, Anouar Brahem, Charles Mingus, Pharoah Sanders, many titles from the ECM label.
Classical- Modest Mussorgsky, Eric Satie, Alessandro Scarlatti.
Contemporary- Osvaldo Golijov, Aarvo Part, Maya Beiser, Philip Glass.
World- Ali Farka Toure, Amadou & Mariam, Taraf De Haidouks, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, L. Shankar.
Beyond Categories- Frank Zappa, Lisa Gerrard, Shakti, Jon Hassell, Bjork.

In my CD player this week: Count Basie & Friends "100th Birthday Bash", The Gil Evans Orchestra "Out of the Cool", Bennie Maupin "The Jewel in the Lotus".

Written word:
Herman Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bulgakov, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Film:
Akira Kurosawa, Andrey Tarkovsky, Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, 40s-50s film noir with saltry jazzy soundtracks.

Visual arts:
Amadeo Modigliani, Andy Goldsworthy, Gustav Klimt.

Oh, and one more thing. If my picture strummed the strings of your soul, and you decided to leave a comment, please remember what a wise dude said long time ago: “Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.” That wise dude was a fine philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

 

...works properly, no complains.

 

All stuff displayed here belongs to me: the images, the occasional sketches to the images, the misspelings and typos, and of course, my thick Russian accent, in which my writing is so richly soaked.

If you like to have a print, here's what it will cost you to be a lucky owner of one unmatted, unframed print:
For $25, You'll get a 8"x10" (8"x8", 8"x4") print.
For $40, You'll get an 11"x16" (11"x11", 16"x8") print.
For $50, You'll get a 16"x20" (16"x16", 20"x10") print.

 

I have no immediate plans to sue you at this time, but better watch out, don't break the law.