Book Cover Review – TEMELJ by Rain Bordo📘🔥 A Rebel’s Reflection in a Cracked Mirror The cover of TEMELJ by Rain Bordo is unapologetically raw. It doesn’t whisper — it confronts. A man stands on top of a toilet seat, his back turned to the viewer, enclosed in a narrow, graffiti-stained restroom stall. This isn’t … More Temelj

PART I — A Meeting of Winds What is the self, if not the battlefield of possibility? A question fit for dusk, Mateo. Or should I say Rain Bordo? Names are like wet paint, Emanuel. Let them dry and they’re already false. And yet we rely on names to speak—to even begin. Is this not … More A CONVERSATION BETWEEN IMMANUEL KANT AND MATEO BALABAN

Title: Sunset Ballerina Artist: Mateo Balaban aka Rain BordoMedium: Acrylic on canvasStyle: Abstract Expressionism with lyrical abstractionTheme: Empathy, inner light, transition ✦ Visual Composition & Technique Mateo Balaban’s painting confronts us with a vertical canvas that pulsates with warmth and emotional ambiguity. The first immediate observation is the division of the work into horizontal bands … More Rain Bordo World

Vrbnik art weekend – Petak 20.6.2025. – An evening of poetry followed by a performance by the Intermezzo ensemble. The poets were: Marina Valković, Marija Maksica Volarić, Marinka Matanić Polonijo, Marija Trinajstić Božić, Marino Turčić, Franciska Rubinić Gržetić, Ivana de la Cruz (Orlić), Borivoj Malčić Šenoa, Mateo Balaban. Moderator of the evening: Mirjana Komadina.

Mateo is a much better person after drinking coffee.

I DISAPPEARED She left while scrubbing the toilet bowl.She left while singing in the car.She left while hanging a picture on the wall.She left while picking out new shoes.She left while choosing new furniture.She left while buying a pen.She left when I asked: “Hey, how are you?”She left while driving her mom to a check-up.  She … More I DISAPPEAR

The painting by Rain Bordo, displayed in this serene, light-filled bedroom, brings a radiant burst of emotional energy to the interior space. His signature style—vivid, abstract, and raw with feeling—infuses the room with a sense of joy and profound empathy. The composition, structured around intersecting lines and fields of luminous color, evokes a sense of … More Painting…ah…

The Beginning of the Dilution of the Wounded Primrose: A Love-Hate Reflection There are paintings you admire, paintings you study, and paintings that stay in the room even when you leave. The Beginning of the Dilution of the Wounded Primrose by Matea Balaban, known as Rain Bordo, falls into the last category. It doesn’t whisper, … More The Beginning of the Dilution of the Wounded Primrose: A Love-Hate Reflection

Kritički osvrt na motivacijski govor Matea Balabana (Rain Bordo): „Priča o kuglici sladoleda“Motivacijski govor Matea Balabana, poznatog kao Rain Bordo, iz njegove prve knjige Kiša Bordo duboko je emotivan i ispunjen snažnim apelima za ljubavlju, prihvaćanjem i nadom. Ovaj govor, koji metaforički koristi kuglicu sladoleda kao simbol novih početaka i uživanja u životu, poziva na … More PRIČA O KUGLICI SLADOLEDA