Authentic View by Andra

Authentic View by Andra Hi, I'm Andra and Authentic View is about travelling and cultures, art, creative people & activities. Happily based in Brasov, Transylvania.

This week I attended a very special event in Brasov, Transylvania. A delicious cocktail between art, with incredible pai...
14/12/2024

This week I attended a very special event in Brasov, Transylvania. A delicious cocktail between art, with incredible paintings created by a local artist, and music played by a violinist. The event was hosted at the local agency of the National Bank of Romania, an historic building in the center of Brasov.

I discovered the visual universe of Romeo Paraschivescu, known as PARROC, and I was truly impressed by the expressivity and aliveness of the colors in his art 🌈
I felt very lucky to experience this cultural moment, organized by Galeria de Arta Transilvania and CultART. Moreover, the ArtUP project aims to support Romanian artists at both the national and international level.

Last, but not least, we were warmly welcomed by some employees of the National Bank, and it was the occasion to visit the building, known as the Czell Palace, which became the bank’s head office after 1950. At the end of the event, we were invited to make a guided tour of their exhibition about the origin and history of our national currency (the guide was an economist working at the bank).

The history of the Romanian “leu” (which means lion) began in the 17th century when in the Danube Principalities Dutch talers were used as money, having a rampant lion engraved on them. Even after the taler fell out of use, it still represented a unit of calculation under the name of "leu", in which all prices were expressed in the following years.

**All photos are taken by Authentic View by Andra

[creative writing / IA generated image]I present you Lisa, a character I imagined for a story I wrote last year (that in...
11/11/2023

[creative writing / IA generated image]
I present you Lisa, a character I imagined for a story I wrote last year (that in fact has several versions). She has been in my imagination for a good while and I asked the Image Creator from Bing to create her as digital art. I am quite pleased with the process because it’s so fun to indicate the details: the colors of her dress and of the couch, the window with view on the rooftops of Montmartre (Paris).

Lisa is a British woman living in Paris and teaching English. She is fond of dancing and there is also a pole dance bar in her not so big living room. Her best friend is Elvis the cat, with whom she shares her wildest dreams and nice reading moments. đŸ˜‰đŸ±

Lisa has good emotional management and in general she is detached from more intense situations. However, there are experiences in life that touch her more profoundly, and in these cases she can get overwhelmed by emotions...But she is aware that those situations are doorways towards a more profound knowledge of herself and of others. 🌟

Image generated by IA (DALL·E 3 on Microsoft Bing)

[atelier d'Ă©criture]Comme introvertie, j’adore Ă©crire de façon personnelle, intime, sans auto-censure. Exprimer libremen...
09/07/2023

[atelier d'Ă©criture]
Comme introvertie, j’adore Ă©crire de façon personnelle, intime, sans auto-censure. Exprimer librement mes pensĂ©es et mes sentiments me fait beaucoup de bien.
Lorsqu’on Ă©crit des contenus Ă  publier, c’est crĂ©atif, bien sĂ»r, mais il y a toujours une rĂ©flexion par rapport Ă  ce qu’on partage (ou pas) avec nos lecteurs.
Et, en mĂȘme temps, il y a une vraie joie du partage. Pour cela, j’ai Ă©tĂ© trĂšs contente de pouvoir animer pour la premiĂšre fois un atelier d’écriture, qui a eu lieu Ă  Lyon, au TUBA. C’était dans le cadre du troc de geste initiĂ© par l’association CIVITANO.

J’ai proposĂ© un moment d’écriture autour du vĂ©cu sensoriel, avec la prĂ©sence de la musique ou d’un instrument. J’ai bien apprĂ©ciĂ© le texte de Baptiste Trouinard, qui m’a donnĂ© l’accord pour le partager ici. En outre, Baptiste m’a Ă©patĂ©e avec sa dĂ©marche structurĂ©e pour son projet d’écriture, inspirĂ© par une histoire familiale.

« Je marche dans le dĂ©sert du Sahara pour la premiĂšre fois de ma vie. J'avais vu la mer en 1936, je retrouve cette immensitĂ© dans laquelle se dĂ©ploie mon intĂ©rioritĂ©. Nous marchons ensemble, mes frĂšres d'armes et moi-mĂȘme, en rythme, en cadence. Nous ne faisons plus qu'un. Et la musique bat son plein avec les trompettes du rĂ©giment et les tambours battant. 1 - 2 - 1 - 2. Et les chants qui s'enchaĂźnent inlassablement. Ma gorge est sĂšche, je me sens dĂ©shydratĂ© mais il n'y a nulle part ailleurs dans le monde oĂč je voudrais ĂȘtre, c'est ici que je suis, c'est lĂ  que j'appartiens. J'ai chaud, trĂšs chaud. Et mes bottes s'enfoncent dans le sable ... Je me retourne, les traces que je pensais avoir laissĂ© pour l'Ă©ternitĂ© sont dĂ©jĂ  parties ... Le vent balaie tout sur son passage, tout comme le temps. Au loin retentit la Marseillaise. »
Algérie, 1961
Texte Ă©crit par Baptiste Trouinard

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