Meet Valeriya Gogunskaya, a longboard dancer and the founder of a renowned longboarding camp in Portugal. At her camp, Valeriya brings together some of the best longboard dancers as instructors, alongside enthusiasts eager to improve their skills. Having participated in this camp last summer, I had an amazing time and am thrilled to share Valeriya’s…

Very excited to share with you a talk on creativity with Sebastian Masuda, a Japanese artist known as the ‘King of Kawaii.’ The term ‘kawaii’ translates to ‘cute’ or ‘adorable.’ As an aesthetic style, it encompasses Japanese pop culture, and as a philosophy, it encourages people to reflect on what’s unique about themselves and contemplate…

What does it really mean to be courageous? In a recent Bloomerang podcast episode, we sat down with Erica Jennings—musician, mentor, coach, and the iconic lead singer of SKAMP, the band that gave voice to Lithuania’s post-independence generation. In the ’90s, SKAMP embodied something radically new: cosmopolitan, independent, unapologetically authentic. They weren’t trying to fit…

I’m very happy to finally share the long-awaited talk we had with an LA-based Emma Fairley, a production designer who has created sets for the music videos of Coldplay, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce as well as commercials for the world-famous brands. Emma has just wrapped filming on location in Lithuania, Croatia, and Sweden on a…

Striking lines, intense color palettes, and thoughtful composition characterize the photography of Andrés Gallardo Albajar, a self-taught Spanish photographer based in Tallinn.

I met Flavia at Ginette, one of the more refined coffee places in Gemmayze, a neighborhood of Beirut. She strode in carrying her motorcycle helmet, and I could still feel the wind in her long dark hair.

On my way from Paris to Casablanca, I checked to see what art shows were happening around. I found one that looked interesting: an original exhibition of work… 

Just before inviting Arnaud, founder of a Paris-based digital publishing studio Poésies Industrielles, to be our special guest at the Paris eLounge, I met him in his studio to talk about his work, creativity and life in general… Arnaud had a very diverse carrier before he started his studio. One of his prior activities was…

I had a wonderful opportunity to spend an afternoon with the Lithuanian graphic artist Ausra Capskyte. She works and lives in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius. This time we’ve decided to experiment with telling a story through photographs, to see one’s world through them… Ideally this should be turned into the photo+sound slideshow, but let’s leave this…

Vytautas Laisonas, a Lithuanian painter, lives and works in Biržai, a city in northern Lithuania. His artwork is already beautifying the homes and collections in Japan, USA, Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, etc… Vytautas kindly took the time to share his thoughts, ideas, and artwork with me. I am very happy to share them with you.…

Our very first video for the blog! And with truly special guests all the way from Amherst, Massachusetts: Anita Līcis-Ribak and Agustin Shapira, founders of a letter-writing service From A Birdie. This lively international duo (Anita is Latvian and Agustin is Argentinian) is not only partners in business but also in life. Here is the…

As most of you already know, we’ve decided to spice up our Paris eLounge get-togethers a little bit. After three years, one definitely is ready for some change :). François and I, we’ve been thinking about the best direction into which the events could grow for a long time. Change for the sake of change…