Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, affairs of those times.
“A word after a word after a word is power.” ― Margaret Atwood There’s this thing called verbal narcissism. It’s pretty much the ability to game a wall, if it comes to that. To sell sand in the Sahara Desert. It also means to be so in love with your own words that it could mean […]
I was doing a bit of research into Pablo Picasso for the showcase of his earliest works, and I read that he created some fifty thousand works during his life. Fifty thousand. If you were to do one per day, it would take you some 136 years. A hundred and thirty six years… Do you […]
To those of you who don’t know me well enough, I say this: My name is Cristian Mihai. I’m 28 years old. And I have been writing for fourteen years. I make art. I aspire to create beauty. I wrote because I was broken, felt alone, different, too weak to even matter in a big […]
From Amazon.com: It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than […]
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Congratulations Cristian!!! Each time I read your posts, I feel inspired by your story. Keep soaring high!
And thank you ever so much for the gift!
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Thank you, Rashi!
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A very thoughtful gift. Congratulations on your huge number of followers. Keep those numbers growing.
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Congratulations to you! That is quite the accomplishment and well deserved. 😃
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Thank you, Geneva!
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Congratulations! I’ve done the calculations and at my present pace I will hit 30,000 followers in 2312. I’m okay with that though, I figure quality makes up for quantity. And I know I have high-quality followers since you are one of them.
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wow! congratulations 💪
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Congratulations!!! Xxx
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Thank you, Suzi!
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Thank you so much:) Much appreciated!
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My pleasure, Catherine!
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That is a lovely view congrats Cristian on your followers and many more to come.
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Congratulations Cristian! You deserve it- your posts are so helpful and thoughtful! Glad myself and 29,999 others have found you!
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Thank you so much for this post
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Hey do you mentor aspiring writers? Or will you be my mentor? Or do you know someone who I can open communications with to be a friend who I can converse with?
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I only offer paid mentorships. For blogging.
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My friend once told me a quote you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. So here I am!
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It really gives me hope and strength in sharing my inner world.
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Oh thank you! What a great gift to all us readers! I’m very excited to read this book, cover to cover. I really dig your writing style.
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Thank you so much for the compliments! Hope you’ll enjoy the book.
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Congrats your hard work deserves to be recognized.
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Thank you, Marie!
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Congrats and you deserve it. What is the next milestone? 🙂 And thanks for the e-book. Something to look forward to reading on my way back home!
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Thank you, Anna!
Well, fifty thousand seems like a nice number.
And you’re welcome!
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Amazing. Heartiest congratulations and may the ticker continue to tic tok
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Thank you so much, Rachel!
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That’s awesome. Congratulations
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