eastern europe – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

TALLINN, ESTONIA STREET ART: KALEVIPOEG by OLIVIER BONNARD

Published on October 15, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Long story short: Kalev is a mythical character in Estonian folklore. He’s a malevolent giant who throws stones and planks at his enemies. He went to save his mother in Finland 🇫🇮, bought a sword 🗡, but it was cursed because he killed the sword maker’s son. Then when he used the sword, he cut his own legs off. He dies and goes to heaven, but then is reanimated by an enemy and made to guard the gates of hell for eternity. I told you, long story short. Guaranteed to have missed some major points. But, you get the gist. A mythical giant in Estonian folklore. 💥 Artist: Lebonar a.k.a. Olivier Bonnard https://www.instagram.com/lebonar/?hl=en
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Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
28august2021

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 STREET ART: ASTRONAUT WATCHING THE MOON ON TV

Published on October 6, 2021 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

Artist unknown but if I had to guess, maybe it’s Deniss Girenko? Based on yesterday’s “78 Men” post…the styles look similar. I don’t know why this piece is protected with plexiglass. Unless, this is Narva’s equivalent to Banksy…?

Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪 September 2021

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: ALICE’S SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

Published on October 3, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

“𝑀𝒶𝓎𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉; 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒾𝒹𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑒𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁.”
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(𝒱õ𝒾𝒷-𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝑒𝒾 𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈 𝓀𝓊𝓃𝒶𝑔𝒾 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓀𝓊𝓁 𝓈𝑒𝒹𝒶 𝓁𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓂𝒶, 𝓂𝒾𝓈 𝓈ü𝒹𝒶öö𝓈𝑒𝓁 𝓀𝒾𝓇𝒿𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓉𝓊𝒹: 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓀 𝒿𝒶 𝓈ü𝒹𝒶öö 𝑒𝒾 𝓂õ𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶 𝓉𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓋õ𝒾 𝓃𝒶𝒹 𝓂õ𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒹 𝓋õõ𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾.)
𝒜𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓃 𝐻𝒶𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓃 𝒯𝒶𝓂𝓂𝓈𝒶𝒶𝓇𝑒
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𝒩𝒶𝓇𝓋𝒶, 𝐸𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇪🇪
𝒮𝑒𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴏᴄᴇꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ɴᴀʀᴠᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀᴋᴇ ᴘᴇɪᴘᴜꜱ (ɪɴ ʀᴜꜱꜱɪᴀɴ НАРВСКАЯ И ПРИЧУДСКАЯ ЕПАРХИЯ ) ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴏᴄᴇꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇꜱᴛᴏɴɪᴀɴ ᴏʀᴛʜᴏᴅᴏx ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴄᴏᴡ ᴘᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜᴀᴛᴇ.

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈…

NARVA, ESTONIA: THAT’S LIFE

Published on September 30, 2021September 13, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Paul Keres. Grandmaster chess player. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Missed being the Grand Champion on five separate occasions. Many chess historians consider him to be one of the greatest players in history, and the strongest player never to become world champion. He was born in Narva. Hence, the sculpture, the plaque, and … I happen to live on the street named after him. Needless to say, on this past Saturday, he remained number two. I beat him handily. Sorry, Paul. You can’t win ‘em all. Obviously.

“…𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚢…𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.”
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― 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, “𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝚂𝚞𝚛”

Narva, Estonia September 2021

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: THE PLUM MEANING OF LIFE

Published on September 29, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

I walked past two elderly ladies sitting in the rain with their small selection of fruits & veggies and no customers. I turned around because I just wanted to give them a little money, even if it was for just one bulb of garlic 🧄or something. I knew it was going to be a hard transaction with my non-existent Russian, but I went for it, anyway. I handed the lady 2 euro and gestured to ‘whatever she could give me for that amount.’ I pointed to the garlic and made a kind of gesture like ‘How about some of that?’ And I pointed at the cucumbers & the aubergines…and she went straight for the plums. And never left the plums. Her cohort kept trying to tell her to give me some garlic but the woman didn’t understand and even tried to hand me my money back and I laughed and said “No, no, for you!” And back to the plums she went. I’d never seen so many plums. I thought I’d need a truck 🛻 home. She finally stopped, showed me the scale like I cared, and handed me the bag. I swear my arm dropped as I wasn’t expecting it to be so heavy. I asked them if I could eat one right there and they gestured to do so…I wiped it off, took a bite, and was like “Hot damn. I’m a plum lover now.” Estonian plums are so freaking good! Moral of the story: You may think you want one bulb of garlic, one cucumber, one aubergine, and one plum for 2 euro, but god will give you 10 lbs. of plums instead. That’s the meaning of life.