I have been thinking a while if I should post my own coming to Twitter and NAFO story, opening up scares me extremly, but here we go:
My personal ties to Ukraine before the war were zero. I didn't have a family background or friends
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coming from this beautiful country. But I followed the news from 2014 on, and it caused a spark.
When Gulag-country took the step to the full blown war I was crying for weeks. The news feeds lacked of views from Ukraine, so I came here. To find voices you won't hear on
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normal television news.
And I met amongst other amazing ppl my dear @darekadattehito , she showed and learned me so much. The wittiest racoon there is! @mr_gh0stly was the one that led me to NAFO, I also waited a bit till I finally got what tracksuits have to do with it all.
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I found a great security net with the lovely NAFO DE and AT groups. Love you guys πππ
From my nature I am terrible introvert, you find me way more in the comment section than doing my own posts.
So trying to take aktive actions was a big step for me
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First I needed something more fierce..so @KTARDV6 , my beloved fella motha.. thank you for the best outfit π₯ Thank you for the great paintings and showing me what being fearless and your absolute self is!
A big shoutout to my dear @alaylagw
Without you I never would have
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dared to do these soo successfull Syrian foundraisers, you really are so amazing! Those were genius ideas! β€οΈ
And where are we now.. I met soo amazing artists. My dears, I admire you so much!! Thank you for each creation, thank you for every beautiful item I get to see
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With each creation you bring soo much joy! Never underestimate the power of art.
And to get to know the brave people with so much on their shoulders.. @jana_skhidna@boroda_ruda_@vlad_sord
You are so inspirational as well..
Giving your all day by day.. I can never express
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with all the right words what you mean to me. How much I keep my fingers crossed for you all day by day, hoping for the next update..
Thank you for your service!
So much for keeping it short.. sorry.
There are soo many more I should mention, but then you would have to
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read a whole book π
Thank you @Kama_Kamilia for giving us this safe space to operate from.
Thank you all amazing forgers creating art day by day! #NAFODay
And please take a look at my pinned tweet... We have something very nice
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Have you ever wondered why, that Ukrainians are so inventive, you haven't heard of many famous artists and Ukrainians were not aworded the prestigious awards?The answer is that they were simply destroyed, repressed. Therefore,today we want to tell you about The Slovo Building /1
The Slovo Building accommodated πΊπ¦ writers and poets, many of whom were later shot by the Communist authorities at Sandarmokh. Today they are known as the "Executed Renaissance".
Question: What the letter in the Ukrainian language reflects the shape of the building? β¬οΈ /2
@TwitterSupport I hardly think it is a coincidence that many Ukranian artists suddenly get locked over night!
This can only be done with a coordinated attack!
Would you please look into this?
These are artists living in a country at war and now lost their community!
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@TwitterSupport there are more:
I really have no idea what is so offensive about ceramics,but here we go, even @pohrizana got locked..
Please dig into this π I am very sure there is a bot or coordinated attack behind this to silence Ukranian artists!
Thank you!
@TwitterSupport
And more.... π
This is not looking good...
ruzzia pursues a policy of assimilation and tries to incorporate artists of other nations into its canon and make them real russians. It is trying to appropriate even the most famous πΊπ¦ writer, Taras Shevchenko. Question, Shevchenko was an Academician of Arts, for what? 1/
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Choose your answer:
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With this series of quizes we hope to get more attention to Ukranian arts πΊπ¦ and other important topics! Thank you for bringing these great topics to me β€οΈπ«
If you guess right you can get a free ticket to our #artistsofUkraine foundraiser:
Mini #NAFO meeting was great π₯°
We visited a wolf sience center where you can watch them from a safe distance.
Dear @Aligon_Older your necklace finally got it's home π
Wanna hear da wolves? πΊ β¬οΈ
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Sound on :)
The fire sirene started (Test sirene-nothing happened) and the wolves joined in π
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Hauuuuuu! πΊ
Wolves get studied here and their behaviour is compared to dogs.
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It is important to understand that ruzzian agression against Ukraine began 2014 with the illegal occupation of Crimea.
Therefore, today we offer to listen to the melody of the famous Crimean Tatars!
And you can make a guess on who wrote it β¬οΈ
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It was a representitive of the indigenous people of Crimea:
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Her contribution is the amazing artwork for our pyrograph piece she created together with @did_zhurba
Thank you for this beautiful picture of @vlad_sord , @jana_skhidna and @dzygaspaw
Aren't they looking great? π
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The fierce @ultraPupka shows her skills in wonderful aquarell style paintings.
Some examples below.
They are very powerfull and beautifully composed.
And she is open for commisions! ππ₯
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Her great sense of humor shines through in her comic style artworks. I can't help but smile and laugh when I see them popping up in my timeline π