The moment a microphone was thrust in front of her, life changed. She suddenly found inspiration, a distinct new passion. “My first thought was to grab that microphone, and to sing as loud as possible,” remembers psychotherapist Alexandra Nowak.…
Violins, Cellos and Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse simply grew tiresome. It just wasn’t fun anymore for Alison Courtenay-Dunn to be working at Disneyland Paris. Initially intent on a career in hotel management, she realized one day that another world inspired her. She wanted to be…
On the Essence of Creativity
One evening I was walking through the old town of Cologne, it had been raining, a cold wind was pushing through the winding streets coming from the nearby Rhine. There were few people on the street, so close to closing…
Seeking Wonderland
Clinging to hope, the defiant belief Paradise can be found, the intrepid Finder of Lost Souls treks through the rugged Mexican wilds. Toting her cameras, she skirts a perilous ravine edging the mountainous Cerro de Chipinque. It is late afternoon,…
THE ILLUSIONIST by Edward Kiersh
A rebellious outsider, the illusionist decries the obtrusiveness and chaos of contemporary life, saying “It’s an avalanche of humbug impressions” from TV and the Internet. Such a globalized realm, she believes, creates a lack of suspense, an overwhelming sense of…
His Style of breaking is incredibly unique by Agnieszka Kowalczewska
From a kid with big dreams to a well-known dancer performing with Madonna and JLO. Jesus Presinal (JP) was brought up in very traditional Dominican family – his parents wanted him to become a doctor or an architect but he…
Following Marco Polo’s Footsteps By Edward Kiersh
Afflicted with incurable wanderlust, an unquenchable desire to discover unique, thought-provoking art, she became a treasure hunter. At first it was only traveling through the Ukraine to small, remote villages. Delighted by the “purity” of artists who passionately wanted to…
Life is a Cabaret By Edward Kiersh
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec lives. So does the bawdy, libertine spirit of the Moulin Rouge, its eroticism and joie de vivre. The boundless imagination, and caressing fingertips of Lautrec’s heir apparent, the voluptuous dancers and decadent spirit of the Cancan comes…
Versatile Way of Expression
Koloman Wagner – Visual artist, research assistant and doctorate at the Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics at the University of Regensburg. Founder and owner of a private drawing school. Luxury Splash of Art: Good morning Koloman, it is a…
Dancing with the Lights
Piotr Leczkowski – Photography is my love, my passion, my basic form of self-expression. I still can not boast about what others most often boast – it has not been in me ever since, nor did I get the first…