**Title: The Consequences of Unbuilt Personalities: A Reflection on Mateo Balaban’s Insight** **Introduction** In today’s fast-paced, efficiency-driven society, the notion of personal development is often eclipsed by external successes and societal pressures. We are inundated with the idea that success is quantifiable — degrees earned, jobs attained, and wealth accumulated. However, Mateo Balaban’s thought-provoking quote, … More Unbuilt personalities build unbuilt personalities

Reflection on Vrbnik Art Weekend 2025 – two days of pure beauty on the island of Krk 🌞🎨🍷 This article in Vrbnički Vidici brings a wonderful story of a two-day festival of art, poetry, music, and togetherness that lit up the old town of Vrbnik on the island of Krk in June 2025. 🌊 Vrbnik … More Vrbnik art weekend

🎨🔥 O M G 🔥🎨I just walked into the gallery and… I CAN’T BREATHE 😭💥 The COLORS!! The CHAOS!! The EMOTION dripping from every brushstroke 💦💦💦 It’s like my soul just got slapped in the face by BEAUTY and I’m not okay 😩🎭💘I’m SWEATING 🥵 shaking 😵‍💫 crying 🥹 and maybe… just MAYBE… gonna C🌪️M … More OMG

Jebi ga, gle, imaš dvije jebene opcije. Ili ćeš dati umjetnost u podrum i nikome nećeš pokazati ili ćeš pokazati, a onda ide uz to sve što te sljeduje: ismijavanje, odbačenost, prihvaćenost, radost, veselje, tuga, podsmijeh, da ti netko kaže: ovo je drlog prijatelju moj, da ide članak u novine. Da ti ukradu sliku. Mislim. … More POSLUŠAJ

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.