Annart

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On the afternoon of June 4, it became known that a monument to Bulgakov had been demolished in Kyiv.

It has been standing on Andreevsky Descent near the Mikhail Bulgakov Memorial Museum since 2007.

"Manuscripts do not burn"

Oslo, 2006

Cyrillic alphabet with Copperplate script.

Live calligraphy on phone screen

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May

Oslo, 2026

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City constructions

Oslo, 2026

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Spring in the city

Oslo, 2026

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Walked by this, and couldn't not to take a shot...it's looked like a sound of cymbals in some kind of symphony orchestra.

Blooming of the bush,

Oslo, 2026

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The exit from the road can be different...it's not always what it looks like from a distance or what you imagine...

Exit, 2026

Oslo

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"A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it." - Sigmund Freud

April in norwegian forest, 2026

Oslo

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Spring day, 2026

Oslo

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"...Blood

runs in our veins,

not lukewarm water.

Marching

through relovler bark and blast,

when we die,

it's to become immortal,

cast in steamers,

verse

and other things that last..." - Vladimir Mayakovsky

Spring, 2026

Oslo

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"Рисую и пишу изо всех сил Христа, а между тем, от того что вдали от семьи, вся религиозная обрядность, включая и Христово Воскресенье, мне даже досадны, до того чужды..." - Михаил Врубель

Moments of the year, 2026

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To ask for trouble (Не мала баба хлопоту, купила порося) - ukrainian folk phrase, 2026

Calligraphy, handwriting

Oslo

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"Those who don't have enough sex talk about sex, hungry people talk about food, people who don't have money talk about money, and our oligarchs and bankers talk about morality.“ - Sigmund Freud

March day on the bridge, 2026

Oslo

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Greenland, 2026

Calligraphy, handwriting

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"If a weary elephant wants some calm,

lordly, he'll lounge on the sun-baked sand.

I've

only your love

for sun and balm,

yet I can't even guess who'll be fondling your hand " - Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vinter strand, Oslo, 2026

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"Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt" - с лат. Желающего судьба ведёт, нежелающего — тащит.

Если хочешь свободы, нужно удовлетвориться стоическим fata volentum ducunt, nolentum trahunt: человек должен ценить только то, что в его власти (возможное), и быть равнодушным ко всему, что не в его власти (невозможное). Знание в том, что возможно и невозможно, даёт нам разум." - Шестов Л.С. Николай Бердяев. Гнозис и экзистенциальная философия.

Sunset in the winter, 2026

Oslo

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"I love the people of China. I love the people of Russia. But I don't want them as a neighbour in Greenland, not going to happen." - Donald Trump

That reminds me of someone... But at least he offered to resolve the conflict in a friendly way and offered to buy the island. If Denmark and Greenland want to keep the island, they must be stronger than the United States. If not, they will lose both: the alliance, military support, the island, and money...

We need Greenland, 2026

Calligraphy, handwriting

You can buy the work, on Finn.no, FINN-kode: 446093468

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"I'm sorry that I didn't use the money the way you expected. Not for the train to Kharkov, but for mending my boots, because they had as many deep wounds as Caesar on the day of his battle with the senators." - Mikhail Vrubel, from letters to sister Anna

Pink azalea, Mikhail Vrubel, 1886-1888

Watercolor, paper, pencil

Kiev art gallery, National museum, Ukraine