i came across this great book the other day with help of anna. it was a special day, cause anna got her master title. anna törrönen, master of art. oh, she’s way much more than just that.

i found this photo on friday when i got home and i could completely relate with it. when i sat on the train it was noisy for some time, until after few stops only me and bunch of other students were left, coming from a bit far distant “places”. it still is like when i was returning home in highschool every weekend and everyone was tired so we all just either stared through the window, read a book or slept. and it still seems such a great feeling, so different from the lively and busy city, where you sometimes just want to shut everything off. so at ease …

You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn’t really your home anymore? All of a sudden even though you have some place where you put your shit, that idea of home is gone. /…/ Maybe that’s all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place. (from movie garden state)

it’s probably true. hopefully i find my shelter before the feeling of belonging is gone.

i was invited to work on a project, just did the small part of the whole, but still … the point is that i felt so much more useful as continuing with my postgraduate studies. so my shout goes out to all of you:

please let me know, if you catch any job offers (or maybe you have one) as i would like to change my life. i have the need to finally get into the process of working class (i know it probably contains the yawning and cursing about the paychecks and sometimes no morning coffee and no lunch brakes, but i think i’d be better off that way).

/screenshot from a great movie Blue Valentine/

other: session screenprinting 3 went through, see photos on my flickr or here

i attended a typographic workshop tipobrda between 30th january and came back on 6th february. we all learned that the best way to get work done is to isolate yourself, leave the city (okay, civilization if you want/although i think people are more civilized outside the cities). so in one week we all finished at least one weight of a new typeface. i started with the bold version and am on halfway to have the light version done. typefaces are varying from “the loss and agony over split up of the white stripes” to graduation project. mine is based on cutting off the overshoots which primarily create optical illusion of the same sizes of characters.

still if on the countryside i can’t just stay locked inside the house and work, especially if sun is boasting outside. and am really glad i had some of “my kind” of people there and we had walks around and a quick trip to the seaside. on whole: it was a great and creative week with bunch of delights. on the final day we printed posters and held a small exhibition, few visitors came but a great company! an exhibition is suppose to follow in ljubljana. i’ll let you know when.

comments on the typeface are really welcome