When you stand in front of a painting by Mateo Balaban, known as Rain Bordo, you don’t simply look at it — you feel it hit you like a storm. His work is pure controlled chaos: hypnotic circles fractured by raw, aggressive drips and slashes; fiery reds and oranges screaming vitality and danger; deep blues … More If This Painting by Croatian Artist Rain Bordo Hits You Hard, Read These 5 Books

Postoje dvije vrste objašnjenja svijeta: ona koja su potvrđena znanošću i ona koja su previše osobna da bi ih itko ozbiljno shvatio, ali previše uvjerljiva da bi ih se lako odbacilo. Marijanska brazda službeno pripada prvoj kategoriji — rezultat sudara tektonskih ploča, subdukcije i milijuna godina geoloških procesa koji su oblikovali najdublju točku Zemljine kore. … More Marijanska brazda

Ovaj citat Matea Balabana (Rain Bordo) iz njegove pete knjige Temelj nudi duboku, gotovo kontraintuitivnu definiciju srodne duše. Balaban ovdje demistificira romantične holivudske klišeje i fokusira se na unutrašnju stabilnost.Evo detaljne analize i tumačenja izjave:1. Spoj tjelesnog i duhovnog mira“Želiš seks s njom i umiruje ti dušu.”Prva rečenica odmah postavlja ravnotežu. Autor ne bježi od … More Srodna duša

A Triptych Beginning with Innocence and Ending in ReckoningIntroduction: A Question That Should Not ExistWhy the Color Black Had to Die by Mateo Balaban (Rain Bordo) opens a triptych with a question that feels almost impossible to justify. It is a sentence that should never need to be asked—yet it exists, and because it exists, … More Why the Color Black Had to Die

Fin uradak bome. Bez zajebancije. Knjiga Novela o šahu autora Stefan Zweig smatra se izuzetnim djelom ne zato što je “velika” po opsegu, nego zato što je nevjerojatno duboka u malom prostoru.Prvo, ovo nije samo priča o šahu. Šah je ovdje simbol borbe uma protiv samog sebe. Lik doktora B. pokazuje kako izolacija može dovesti … More Knjiga Novela o šahu autora Stefan Zweig

Books by Mateo Balaban (Rain Bordo)Kiša bordoAutor kaosaCesta nema empatijeKrhotine nekadašnjeg carstvaTemelj Spiritually Similar Books (Capturing the Energy, Color, Chaos & Soul)Concerning the Spiritual in Art — Wassily KandinskyThe War of Art — Steven PressfieldSteal Like an Artist — Austin KleonJust Kids — Patti SmithThe Shape of Content — Ben ShahnWays of Seeing — John … More Book recommendations inspired by Rain Bordo paintings

MIR U DUŠI Nikada neću imati mira u duši!I bolje da nemam jer mir u dušine kroti sile oceana! Mir u duši se deblja ispred televizora!Mir u duši ne gricka nokte zubima!Mir u duši ne vozi brzo!Mir u duši tepa maćuhicama!Mir u duši je dosadan! Nikada neću imati mira u duši!I bolje da nemam jer … More MIR U DUŠI ❤️

Mateo Balaban, better known by his artistic pseudonym Rain Bordo, is a contemporary Croatian creator whose work bridges the visceral intensity of abstract painting and the raw honesty of poetry and prose. Born on July 7, 1990, in Croatia, Balaban grew up in Slatina, studied economics, and only later fully embraced his creative calling. He … More A blessed sense of apparent normality

Look, I like Mateo as a person—he seems like a genuinely nice guy—but this new piece is a complete disaster. It’s the kind of amateurish, chaotic mess that makes me genuinely sad he didn’t just go to architecture school instead. The composition is nonexistent: that big white streak looks like it was slapped on with … More Here’s my honest (and brutally honest) take on Mateo Balaban’s (aka Rain Bordo) latest painting

In the quiet fire of a red canvas and the restless pulse of orange, Rain Bordo (Mateo Balaban) asks the question that refuses easy answers:“Who am I when I am not?”“Tko sam ja kada ja nisam?”Two paintings. One ontological wound.The first, stark white letters trembling against blood-red, strips the self bare. The second, raw black … More Tko sam ja kada ja nisam