Valerie from Faraway
@valeriefromfaraway.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary artist based in Czech Republic.
Puppets, comics, and songs. Friend of crows. No AI art.
she/they
patreon.com/valeriefromfaraway
Puppets, comics, and songs. Friend of crows. No AI art.
she/they
patreon.com/valeriefromfaraway
An old woman was lost, peeking in my building. She asked about a shop and I showed her where it was (many entrances, same building).
After, she thanked me and, unprompted, told me I spoke beautifully, and asked where I was from, how long have I been here, etc.
It made my little immigrant day.
After, she thanked me and, unprompted, told me I spoke beautifully, and asked where I was from, how long have I been here, etc.
It made my little immigrant day.
June 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
An old woman was lost, peeking in my building. She asked about a shop and I showed her where it was (many entrances, same building).
After, she thanked me and, unprompted, told me I spoke beautifully, and asked where I was from, how long have I been here, etc.
It made my little immigrant day.
After, she thanked me and, unprompted, told me I spoke beautifully, and asked where I was from, how long have I been here, etc.
It made my little immigrant day.
I accidentally double paid my power bill and there's no email on the website so I had to call, which led to a crazy conversation (successful, seems like we fixed it) in Czech, tiny bits of English, and occasional numbers and salutations in Ukrainian.
Language is brilliant. I love language.
Language is brilliant. I love language.
April 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I accidentally double paid my power bill and there's no email on the website so I had to call, which led to a crazy conversation (successful, seems like we fixed it) in Czech, tiny bits of English, and occasional numbers and salutations in Ukrainian.
Language is brilliant. I love language.
Language is brilliant. I love language.
Someone broke into our school and vandalised it... I haven't been inside, we don't have much information, but it's closed today.
Which led to me walking though the city with 6th grade, then having coffee with a gaggle of 10th grade girls and- I don't know, it's a weird but actually quite nice day.
Which led to me walking though the city with 6th grade, then having coffee with a gaggle of 10th grade girls and- I don't know, it's a weird but actually quite nice day.
April 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Someone broke into our school and vandalised it... I haven't been inside, we don't have much information, but it's closed today.
Which led to me walking though the city with 6th grade, then having coffee with a gaggle of 10th grade girls and- I don't know, it's a weird but actually quite nice day.
Which led to me walking though the city with 6th grade, then having coffee with a gaggle of 10th grade girls and- I don't know, it's a weird but actually quite nice day.
Not sure who is looking for recommendations, but my Anker powerbank just got run over by a car in the rain and still works, so...
That's pretty good.
That's pretty good.
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Not sure who is looking for recommendations, but my Anker powerbank just got run over by a car in the rain and still works, so...
That's pretty good.
That's pretty good.
It's my nameday in Czech Republic. My friends in the village all sang to me and made a toast (hruškovice: pear liquor, if you're keeping track).
And I made a lumpy basket.
Good day.
And I made a lumpy basket.
Good day.
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's my nameday in Czech Republic. My friends in the village all sang to me and made a toast (hruškovice: pear liquor, if you're keeping track).
And I made a lumpy basket.
Good day.
And I made a lumpy basket.
Good day.
It's brutally hard times, but I was surprised by a new @thehornesection.bsky.social podcast this morning and could not stop smiling through the intro.
I recommend.
Even better if you're on the 5th floor and can dance down the stairs.
Also, I've been teaching my Czechs about puns, so... Thanks guys
I recommend.
Even better if you're on the 5th floor and can dance down the stairs.
Also, I've been teaching my Czechs about puns, so... Thanks guys
Boing Boing Boing | The Horne Section Podcast
shows.acast.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's brutally hard times, but I was surprised by a new @thehornesection.bsky.social podcast this morning and could not stop smiling through the intro.
I recommend.
Even better if you're on the 5th floor and can dance down the stairs.
Also, I've been teaching my Czechs about puns, so... Thanks guys
I recommend.
Even better if you're on the 5th floor and can dance down the stairs.
Also, I've been teaching my Czechs about puns, so... Thanks guys
Hi, it's also very unhelpful sometimes.
Like, I spent 15 minutes in a field yesterday trying to explain the colour (rusty brown) and squareness of an Irish dialect... in Czech.
(Unsuccessfully.)
Like, I spent 15 minutes in a field yesterday trying to explain the colour (rusty brown) and squareness of an Irish dialect... in Czech.
(Unsuccessfully.)
The people who 'see' foreign languages: How synaesthesia can help language learning
Synaesthesia is a neurological condition found to enhance memory and learning. Now, scientists say seeing in colour could help when it comes to learning a second language.
www.bbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hi, it's also very unhelpful sometimes.
Like, I spent 15 minutes in a field yesterday trying to explain the colour (rusty brown) and squareness of an Irish dialect... in Czech.
(Unsuccessfully.)
Like, I spent 15 minutes in a field yesterday trying to explain the colour (rusty brown) and squareness of an Irish dialect... in Czech.
(Unsuccessfully.)
From the watercolour zine mines.
#bloodymary #zine #watercolour #watercolor #akvarel #水彩 #漫画 #comic #wip
#bloodymary #zine #watercolour #watercolor #akvarel #水彩 #漫画 #comic #wip
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
From the watercolour zine mines.
#bloodymary #zine #watercolour #watercolor #akvarel #水彩 #漫画 #comic #wip
#bloodymary #zine #watercolour #watercolor #akvarel #水彩 #漫画 #comic #wip
Aw snap, ya'll.
Do you see it?
I'm looking forward to this book.
I'm also looking forward to everyone pointing it out to me when they see it.💙
Do you see it?
I'm looking forward to this book.
I'm also looking forward to everyone pointing it out to me when they see it.💙
February 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Aw snap, ya'll.
Do you see it?
I'm looking forward to this book.
I'm also looking forward to everyone pointing it out to me when they see it.💙
Do you see it?
I'm looking forward to this book.
I'm also looking forward to everyone pointing it out to me when they see it.💙
Work in progress watercolor zine about the time I saw a picture of a bloody mary and ended up introducing them to my Czechs.
#watercolour #zine #art #comics #bloodymary
#watercolour #zine #art #comics #bloodymary
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Work in progress watercolor zine about the time I saw a picture of a bloody mary and ended up introducing them to my Czechs.
#watercolour #zine #art #comics #bloodymary
#watercolour #zine #art #comics #bloodymary
I am so goshdarn proud of @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am so goshdarn proud of @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social!
At the doctor....
My lungs feel like rusty knifes.
Scrape, scrape.
My American-made workaholic heart is racking up such guilt. But also I miss my kids.
My lungs feel like rusty knifes.
Scrape, scrape.
My American-made workaholic heart is racking up such guilt. But also I miss my kids.
January 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
At the doctor....
My lungs feel like rusty knifes.
Scrape, scrape.
My American-made workaholic heart is racking up such guilt. But also I miss my kids.
My lungs feel like rusty knifes.
Scrape, scrape.
My American-made workaholic heart is racking up such guilt. But also I miss my kids.
I'm three partner-dances away from live tweeting my despair as a guy who just wanted to go dancing with friends but everything here's so damned choreographed and gender roled. I love this country, but damn it, play something with a beat.
The folk music of my heart lies further east and I know it.
The folk music of my heart lies further east and I know it.
January 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'm three partner-dances away from live tweeting my despair as a guy who just wanted to go dancing with friends but everything here's so damned choreographed and gender roled. I love this country, but damn it, play something with a beat.
The folk music of my heart lies further east and I know it.
The folk music of my heart lies further east and I know it.
Gender fuckery aside, I'm pushing 40 and wearing a strapless dress for the first time. I do not know what to do with myself.
My SHOULDERS.
My SHOULDERS.
January 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Gender fuckery aside, I'm pushing 40 and wearing a strapless dress for the first time. I do not know what to do with myself.
My SHOULDERS.
My SHOULDERS.
January 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎶... stress dreams about work, leading into Monday, also inauguration, very little sleeeeeeep, not the day for this... 🎶
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🎶... stress dreams about work, leading into Monday, also inauguration, very little sleeeeeeep, not the day for this... 🎶
Reposted by Valerie from Faraway
[Mexico City, Mexico]
Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building.
Via Ghost of Durruti
Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building.
Via Ghost of Durruti
January 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
[Mexico City, Mexico]
Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building.
Via Ghost of Durruti
Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building.
Via Ghost of Durruti
January 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Reblog once, Reblog again, Reblog always.
January 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reblog once, Reblog again, Reblog always.
Reposted by Valerie from Faraway
Sometimes bouts of pop-up depression get coupled with NHK coverage of sumo tournaments, and wow, what a balm for my soul.
Especially Ura.
Especially Ura.
January 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sometimes bouts of pop-up depression get coupled with NHK coverage of sumo tournaments, and wow, what a balm for my soul.
Especially Ura.
Especially Ura.
Just taught my guys here the phrase "sun's out, guns out".
I'm a fucking hero.
I'm a fucking hero.
January 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just taught my guys here the phrase "sun's out, guns out".
I'm a fucking hero.
I'm a fucking hero.