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My favorite book (Sculptor's daugther by Tove Jansson)
It was a tough choice: except Jansson's books I'm in love with Harry Potter. I read The Harry Potter books during all 2018 and it gave me so much warmness! Just imaging: you're sitting on a beach, the sky is overcast, and a gentle breeze is slightly moving your hair. You can view a peaceful line of the sea, grey and warm, and there is nothing between you and a magic that picturing by your imagination. Dragons and spells, magical adventures...
But my very first book in a childhood was the book by Tove Jansson. This is her stories I read while I'm exhausted and wanted a rest. Her stories are perfect for sitting with cup of chocolate milk on an armchair in a chilly autumn evening. I feel a touch of calm wisdom reading Tove's texts.
The book called "Sculptor's Daughter" contents a number of short autobiography stories from Tove's childhood. Her parents were people of art: her father was a sculptor; her mother was an illustrator, so their life wasn't usual. They had an art studio in city and a cozy house near the sea, where they lived every summer. Tove had a unique vision of routine reality; we can see it clearly in her memories.
When I was a child, a big part of my family lived in Krasnoyarskyi krai and I spent every summer there in my grandma’s house. Wild and stern Siberian landscapes with taiga and furious waters of the river Angara always in my heart. Reading Tove is remaining me about that. It’s like coming grandma’s home again. The first time I’ve read Moomitrolles was in a cold Siberian summer. I was sitting on a floor near furnace trying to get warm, and my grandpa came to put in another stack of wood. Mysterious characters of Tove were playing their own games, making adventures; I was the one little girl on a whole street , so the book characters were my only company.
Tove was an amazing woman lived amazing life. She’s the person I always inspired of. On twentieth century all the books about imaginary creatures were labeled like “children books” but Tove’s books isn't for children only. My belief is that every person of every age can find in it something special.
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Persons in our life
Everyone has important persons in her/his life. During our lifetime, we face a different people: firstly our family, then friends and enemies. Some people come in our life without asking for it.
It may come as surprise, but anyone can be an important person, not our beloved only. Importance don’t measured by love; it measured by deepness of the track, which was leaved by person in your heart. Sometimes it’s a bright track of kindness, making you grateful and powerful; but also it could be a hurting scar, with which you have to learn to live.
The most important person for me became it only by making a lot of grief to my family. I could have cried my eyes out trying to fix the damage he made to us. I can name many people loving me and taking care of me, and I’m proud and happy for their love, but I had the only one person who gave me so many tears.
Often the absence of someone can be important, and this is a grain of my story: sometimes you need to cast out your life the person who injured you for nothing.
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Writings on t-shirt
I wonder, how it is to be an English native? The whole world is using your language. It's not so bad, you can find an ocean of information for any topic and you'll understand it without troubles. But you'll be laugh there is one moment that really embarrassed me. What about writings on t-shirts? Did it diminish the real value of words? When all around you walking in "call me a queen" t-shirts and "I love you" trousers does that annoyed you? I always read those writings and sometimes it's so stupid. Who really want to say "I love you" to every person she or he meet? Is it supposed to be 'a positive message for everybody' or just 'nothing matter latter thing decorates my tshirt'?
Russians have no problem with that - English writings are always just decorative. My mum have a lot of clothes with writings and she don't care what it mean. Sometimes I translate it for her and she always surprised) Only student-age people really cares about meaning of words in their clothes.
There is a new funny trend - clothes with Russian writings had started to sell. And the meanings it have are different with Englishs. Russian writings more ironical, sometimes even rude. There is no any memory of positive message.
What do you think about t-shirts with writings? Do you wear it? When you choose one, do you think about meaning and its connection with your person?
Is that correct to use 'writing' in that context? I fell like 'writing' is something more hands-on. But letters on t-shirts are printed and I feel a trap in it using 'writings'. What do you think?
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Trial version of searching advert
Hey!
I'm looking for a girl who can help me with English speaking. It will take about an hour at the one time, I think. If you learning Russian, it will be a pleasure for me to help you with it.
I know a lot about art, I'm studying illustration and book design so this is my professional topic) also I'm Harry Potter fan. I read the whole set in English (except the last book witch I'm still reading).
I have some grammatical troubles and I hope you'll forgive me that) I'm really interested in English culture and I'll be glad if you'll tell we about your routine life (to see how many differences we have it).
Men who searching for 'the good Russian wife' - please do not write to me! I'm not interested in you. I won't write you back.
Thank you for reading!
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