For society: I’m a photo artist.
For those who know me and have opened up to me… I am a best friend.
For those who don’t know me — I’m different or weird.
My name is Andris. My father’s name is Matveev. My mother’s name is Andris Silinsh.
I live with my heart. I love life. Pure in intentions. Wide open. Eternal student.
I see external beauty. I see internal beauty.
I don’t want to be famous.
I’m not trying to please people, to please them, to sell myself, to show off. I’m not interested in likes, views, or awards. I am not a commercial person.
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear.
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
None, No One. Nobody
The status that I had for 5 years until 2012.
Time is always with you wherever you go. You carry it with you and it carries you. It sees and hears everything you do and say.
Do you see what I see? Can you hear what I hear? Do you feel like I feel?
My guitar playing
The criteria that I use to measure myself now: I can’t play well.
My pedalboard
I am
a very attentive, well-mannered, conscientious, honest, simple, open, frank, sociable, stress-resistant person. I accept everything quickly and live through it.
I give to people
peace of mind, security, support, a sense of self. I feel who needs what.
I can
I glue and reconcile people with each other and myself.
I’m turning it on.
I communicate with people on equal terms.
I live by the principle:
Everyone is a student and a teacher for everyone.
But at the same time, we are not equal.
I’ve never
gone over anyone’s heads, I’ve never set anyone up, I’ve never betrayed them, I’ve never participated in any intrigues.
I always feel
when a person plays some kind of role, walks around with some kind of mask, closes himself up, is afraid, does not tell the rest, lies, evades the answer, emotionally sells something, envies, starts “talking beautifully”, leads empty conversations, turns arrows, plays with words, plays to the public, he blabbers, hypocrites, flatters, devalues, for selfish purposes, moves on a wave of emotions, who stretches and who avoids…
I provoke & manipulate people just to bring them back to themselves, raise their spirits & get the best out of them.
I’m not interested in anything else, there’s enough of everything else in the world.
It has to start somewhere… It has to start sometime…
What better place than here? What better time than now?
In every action, you can see a reflection of who you are.
Any reaction exposes you. The way you perceive everything determines everything.
I’ve forgiven everyone & I forgive everyone, I’ve apologized to everyone & I’m grateful for everything.
Everything I can… It’s not my accomplishment.
Everything that I have and that is contained in me is not my property, I am helpless. I have no choice. I’m not doing anything.
I didn’t conquer the mountain but it allowed me to conquer it.
“He nurtured he shaped my abilities. He does everything good in me if I do something good. And mine is only evil.”
My favorite verb in English:
to give evidence, to be a witness, to solemnly declare, to swear to affirm
If I had an unlimited amount of money, I would shoot expensive music videos in every sense for my favorite songs just purely for myself, not wanting to make money on it and attract attention. Maybe I wouldn’t even show them to anyone or would only throw them off to a narrow circle of people.
I’ve been to ~100 concerts*
Not all tickets are shown in the photo
Since childhood I have disliked any fashion & everything mainstream
I have never tried a cigarette in 34 years
I’ve had coffee 3 times in my life
I had an iguana for ~10 years & it was 1m 15cm
Until I was about 20 years old, I had 2 aquariums with about 10 species of fish, catfish, newts, a snake, a crab, guinea pigs, hamsters, stick insects, an ant farm,
& a parrot that was eventually eaten by an iguana.
This is what I really look like:
An adult creative person is a child who has survived.
Ursula Le Guin