Vibing.

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Bali hosts ~300% tourists compared to its population every year. And this is the crowd …. the awakened, spiritual, conscious Western nomads who came here to find themselves. And somehow lost any sense of responsibility along the way.

I am in Bali now for 2 weeks …. And I’m too old for this place. The crowd is easy to spot. Yoga mats. Linen bags. Tattoos. Matcha to go. Scooters. No helmet. No shirt. It’s almost a UNIFORM/ BRAND of the consciously awakened nomad, spiritually aligned, recently escaped from the 9–5 pressure of the West. Three months in Bali. Sometimes more. Living well on prices they’d complain about back home. Sitting in cafés, MacBooks open, talking about healing, spirituality, the next cacao ceremony. And how much they LOVE this island. Sure you do. You love your photos. The aesthetic. The affordable “healthy lifestyle”…. bowls, matcha, sunlight. But DO YOU actually love Bali? Because loving a place isn’t just consuming what’s beautiful. It’s taking responsibility for what isn’t. And the other Bali exists too…. trash in the streets, sick street dogs, stray cats, the parts that don’t fit your feed. They don’t disappear just because you crop them out. So here’s a thought: Skip one smoothie. One. And donate that money to the people actually doing the work here… cleaning up what your version of Bali ignores. Or at least BE HONEST. You don’t love Bali. You love the version of it that looks good on your social media feed.

these colors…

Nature. The creator.

Art.

Sleepless night sketch Procreate, IPad Don’t know how to name it

Looking for a poem with my camera

Come as you are …

Thank you Dubai. 🧡 In a world obsessed with differences, Dubai reminds you how much we actually have in common. I was born in Russia, spent my teenage years in Germany, and for the past five years I have called Dubai home. To me, Dubai represents a place where your religion, nationality, or background simply doesn’t matter. You can say where you’re originally from, and people understand that your country of origin is not your identity …. it’s just part of your journey. You are simply a person who happens to carry a certain passport.

“Whenever the United States wants to bring peace, they find oil.”

In the age of the internet and AI, it’s fascinating how many people still trust influencers aka. clickbait monkeys 🐒 for information optimized for attention, not TRUTH.

The beauty of bitchat UAE 🇦🇪

X is full of algorithm-trained clickbait monkeys fighting for their crumbs of attention, until their focus jumps to the next “current thing.” An amusing takeaway from watching the latest Middle East developments.

If Bitcoin disappeared tomorrow, who would you still be?