SINGERS



Irina Allegrova
Sade Adu
Whitney Houston
Masha Rasputina
Mariah Carey
Grace Jones
Anna Vissi
Yma Sumac
Shania Twain
Regina Belle
Ella Fitzgerald
Lisa Stansfield
Chanté Moore
Tori Amos
Loretta Lynn
Toni Braxton
Olga Kormuhina
Cyrine Abdel Nour
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Alexander Malinin
Valeri Leontiev
Leonard Cohen
ACTORS



1. Anjelica Huston
2. Michelle Pfeiffer
3. Alisa Freindlich
4. Julia Roberts
5. Jack Nicholson
6. Brad Pitt
7. Sophia Loren
8. Viggo Mortensen
9. Christopher Plummer
10. Traci Lords
11. Catherine Deneuve
12. Donald Sutherland
13. Kathleen Turner
14. Goldie Hawn




Painters
Salvador Dali's Big Thumb, Beach, Moon and Decaying Bird
Nikolai Ge
Wassily Kandinsky
Joan Miró
René François Ghislain Magritte
Hieronymus Bosch
Authors
Roald Dahl
Maurice Maeterlinck
J.D. Salinger
Patrick Süskind
Nikolay Gumilyov
Harold Rothbart
Sigmund Freud
Carl Gustav Jung
Aleister Crowley
Favorite Sports Team
All Blacks (Rugby)
Historical Figures
King Solomon
Grigori Rasputin
Her Majesty, EIIR
Peter, the Great
Catherine, the Great
Peter Carl Fabergé
Konstantin Stanislavski
Favorite Directors
Paul Verhoeven
Nicolas Roeg
Akira Kurosawa
Andrei Tarkovsky
David Lynch
Eldar Ryazanov
Yi-Mou Zhang
Tim Burton
Films + TV
Служебный роман (original)
The Witches (Anjelica Huston)
Сталкер (original)
Some Like It Hot (1st film I saw in the movie theatre, Lithuania with my Dearest Grand-Mother)
The Grifters
Rosemary's Baby (original)
The Fourth Man + Benedetta
Lost Highway
Cry-Baby (Traci Lords)
Dream Warriors (N on Elm St 3)
Raise the Red Lantern
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Lies Beneath
TV Ep: These Old Bones (Kathleen Turner) (Netflix)
TV Series: Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Foods
Specifically, my GrandMother Sophia's Napoleon ...
(I have the recipe, non traditional but full of Love)
My Mom's Sautéed (real) beef in plum sauce
Fresh baked Egg Challah
Authentic Japanese and French Cuisine
Real Beef blintzes (never microwaved)
Clover whole milk
Aunt Luda's Belorus Kami
Real Beef Borscht
Rum Baba / Baba Rum
Sesame seed grey halva
Mango Lassi & Garlic Naan (no cilantro)
Stones (unheated/untreated)
Imperial Burmese + Itoigawa Jadeite
New Zealand sf Nephrite
Columbian (un-oiled) Emerald
Color changing Sapphire
Siberian Amethyst & (natural) Alexandrite
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise
Ancient, nature-made Dzi beads
Petrovsky Shungite
Favorite Songs
- Irina Allegrova Я тебя отвоюю and Имя твое
- Irina Allegrova My Family, White Bird, Clown, Goroda
- Sade No Ordinary Love, By Your Side, Skin, Haunt Me, Cherry Pie, Cherish The Day
- Regina Belle Baby Come To Me
- Masha Rasputina Dress of Roses, Angel, Zagadai na Meniya, Nechevo ne Sluchilos
- Whitney Houston I'm Your Baby Tonight, So Emotional, Could I Have This Kiss, Dancing on the Smooth Edge, All the Man
- Grace Jones Libertango, Walking in The Rain, Slave to the Rhythm (5:58 version)
- Chanté Moore I Want to Thank You, It's Alright Live, Talking in My Sleep, Bitter, A Love Supreme
- Valeri Leontiev Tango of Broken Hearts
- Cyrine Abdel Nour Leila
- Self (Sir. Tank) ...Time is Different When We Sleep + Walking in the Rain (cover), Extortions, Expired Love
- Tori Amos Icicle, Horses, Give
- Mariah Carey Do You Think of Me, Love Takes Time, My All (album version)
- Sofia Rotaru Lavanda (duet version with Jaak Joala)
- Galina Lipina Again White Campanulas
- David Bowie I'm Deranged
- Yma Sumac Taita Inti, Chuncho
- Lisa Stansfield Don't Explain (cover) + All Around The World, Never Never Gonna Give You Up
- Britney Spears Gasoline, Slumber Party (solo), Scary, Gimme More, Vertigo (demo)
- Maxwell 'Till The Cops Come Knocking (album version)
- Janet Jackson Any Time, Any Place (album version)
- Michael Jackson In The Closet (Naomi Campbell VO) + Remember The Time
- Anna Vissi Erotevmenaki + Ise, Agapi Einai Esi
- Alena Apina Tomorrow (album version + remix)
- Laurie Anderson Coolsville
- Toni Braxton You're Making Me High + Long As I Live, Unbreak my Heart (Spanish version), Another Sad Love Song
- Paula Abdul Straight Up + Cold Hearted
- Shirley Bassey Diamond Are Forever
- Shania Twain I'm Alright, Waking up Dreaming
- Leonard Cohen Dance Me to the End of Love

Magatama, Pounamu, and Dzi
Three magical items which I adore
A very brief introduction ...
By Mikhail Tank
Magatama origin: Japanese and Korean
Pounamu origin: The Māori of New Zealand
Dzi, Gzi origin: China Tibet, Nepal and parts of India
The Magatama is a coma shaped bead which is synonymous with the fetus, creation, conception, renewal, birth, rebirth, Soul, Spirit, half of the Chinese Yin Yang, the claw and tooth of the hunt and survival. Magatamas can have both sharp and oval like tails, at times appearing like the number 9, they are one of the 3 Imperial Symbols of Japanese Regalia (the other two are the Katana sword and the ancient dark mirror) as well as an important symbol of Shintoism. The highest quality ones are created from Itoigawa Jadeite, mined from and carved in Japan.
Pounamu is mostly various forms of nephrite found specifically in New Zealand. Even though cheaper Pounamu is made with Australian, Canadian and other jades (and sometimes the poorer quality serpentine) it is specifically the certified NZ varieties of nephrite, including my favorite Flower Jade, which are carved and created by artists connected to and or related to the Maori people. The organization which certifies original Pounamu is known as Ngāi Tahu.
Pounamu is carved into many archetypal images signifying strong and empowering tools, Gods and various shapes, which represent different strengths and inspire them in the wearers. These include the Toki, the Manaia, the Koru, the Hei Tiki, the fish hook and additional archetypes.
Dzi / Gzi are a type of agate bead which include eye formations, 9 being the most valuable. There are natural eye formations and man-made ones. Dzi beads can be worth millions of dollars but clarifying which are true and which are new or even cheap imitations can at times be a difficult task. Getting dzi from the right people is important, but unlike the certified Pounamu or the limited Itoigawa Magatamas, these are harder to clarify.
I adore these magical items for their archetypal, historical and magical value and always accept them as gifts 😉