Nina Sekulovic Art

You don’t need to know art history. You don’t need to be familiar with the biographies of great painters, nor to precisely distinguish between periods, styles, or movements. It is enough that, once, a painting stops you. That it draws you in, holds your gaze—and stays with you. You look at it for a long time, almost in wonder, asking yourself how the artist managed, with just a few strokes, to tell a story that feels strangely close to you. At first glance it may have nothing to do with you,...

Of all the emotions that journeys awaken, I would single out above all the desire to be present, to truly be there, in that specific moment and place, fully aware, with awakened senses. Even when we wander, not knowing what lies around the corner or what our next step will be, we do not feel lost, not in the usual sense of the word. On the contrary, the more “lost” we are in space and time, the more present we become, more conscious of ourselves and of what truly makes us feel alive, like a...

Carl Gustav Jung believed that archetypes exist within all of us – universal patterns of thought and behavior that shape the way we think, feel, and create. They are like collective memory, symbols of our inner world. We find them in myths, fairy tales, films, and art, and we recognize them even when we are unaware of their existence, yet, they are essential to understanding our own story and communicating it to the world. Imagine this – you are writing a story. Who would be the hero of your...