Last week Wednesday I had the pleasure to capture moments of this beautiful concert at this very special venue in Amstelveen in Amsterdam.

With this spring that is a bit confusing and still raining fear, bombs and shelling in Ukraine, I have also learned so much about Ukrainian culture. I heard this phrase “Ukrainian people are boarn with the knowledge of gardening". The way that sentence was presented to me was “Ukrainian women are boarn with the knowledge of the earth” and it really made me thinking. It made me reflecting how much women I talk to every week are excited about seeds and planting. […]

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuves, išsibarsčiusias po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Juliją Jegorovą. Ji - tarptautinės viešųjų ryšių agentūros įkūrėja. Šiuo metu Julija gyvena Didžiojoje Britanijoje.

[ENG] In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking with Julija Jegorova who is the founder of an international PR agency and currently resides in the UK.

Lately I have been thinking about distances. From now to tomorrow. From here to home when your flight has been cancelled. From my status quo to the new culture I am still not familiar with. How do things feel when you don’t have enought space on your skin. […]

So grateful to be able to capture some beautiful moments at a workshop organized by Film Forward about Black Hair on Set on March 12th 2023 at MACA in Amsterdam.

Human nature is magnificent, inspiring, sometimes scary and most of the time very inspiring. For the past year I have been watching with aw and observing stories unfolding for and to people with brave hearts. […]

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuves, išsibarsčiusias po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Indrę Šidliauskaitę. Ji - širdyje nepriklausoma menininkė, konceptuali dizainerė. Indrė šiuo metu gyvena Meksikoje.

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In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking to Indre Sidliauskaite - an independent artist and conceptual designer who currently lives in Mexico.

Some photo moments captured at friends and neighbours drinks at MACA at NDSM Amsterdam.

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know. This time I ask one question Sasha Ozornin content creator, student and activist currently residing in Italy:

How do you balance creating important content, staying true to your beliefs and managing public feedback (that is not always positive)?

Being a day away from crossing the line of one year since the war started in Ukraine, since unexpecting people heard bombs falling, since millions of people faced the change of their lives that can never be repaired. I am so humbled by kind and graceful approach [..]

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuvius, išsibarsčiusius po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Dalią Makarovą. Ji - mama, motina, aktyvi visuomenininkė bei Ukrainos lietuvių bendruomenės pirmininkė jau daugiau nei keturis dešimtmečius gyvenanti Kijeve, Ukrainoje.

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In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking to Dalia Makarova who is in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is a mother, activist and chairperson of Lithuanians in the Ukraine Community.

Growing up in Lithuania, I was painfully aware of the Holocaust, the lost people, and the broken lives of those who survived and those who were touched by the suffering. Probably for that reason I have never really sought more stories connected to this horrific period and shameful years of the history of mankind. And that’s why this book was a bit of a surprise for me.. [read more]

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know. This time I ask one question Micaela Brinsley who grew up and lived between two extremes - Japan and the US and got me really interested to learn more:

How do you find a way to be grounded, as someone navigating changes in cultures, spaces, and environments?

Passing of time. I want to look at it with a certain softness, with the understanding that we don’t always remember what really was and what really was doesn’t always need to be remembered. I want to think of time as a gift, as a certain way for each and one of us to grow better, wiser and more relaxed [..read more..]

Some moments from a beautiful and cozy dinner with colleagues from LOADS Amsterdam on the 23rd of December 2022.

Spoken word poetry came into my life in a big way maybe in 2010. More than a decade ago. I have been inspired, moved and intriqued that much, I actually dared to create an event for it. That was 2011. In 2015 it morphed into Word Up through which and thanks for Kevin Groen, I have been introduced to a beautiful space in Amsterdam - Labyrinth. It’s run by Lindsey and Sam - a beautiful duo that created home for poets, outcasts, storytellers, musicians and just souls looking for inspiration, soul food - literally and figuratively… [read more]

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know. This time I ask one question Ayesha Noelle who is a coach, speaker and Applied Psychologist:

What is one hack you used yourself to deal with imposter syndrome?

I must admit I am extremely proud to have such talented friends. Yesterday, Ayesha held space for a Self-care Women’s Circle at LOADS Amsterdam. I took some pictures of this beautiful and very important event.

A few days ago I was at a premier of a burlesque documentary by Colina van Bemmel that was followed by a show featuring also the amazing women portrayed in the documentary.

My friend made a movie. The movie is about freedom. It’s about owning your power, about connection, inhabiting your space and creativity.
I was thinking a lot about my friend. [read more]