What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love reaching to another more sensitive world. I love the touch, understanding and the fusion with the other person, the relationship we build up with each other – without words and unnecessary explanations, just telepathy…just another level of human communication. Also that we can heal the soul of the person.

What is my idea of perfect happiness? If the perfect happiness existed, it would have been followed by the imperfect sadness … just so we are set up … For me perfect happiness is love and I’m happy when I meet sincerity, purity and love on my way and in any shape.

What is my greatest fear? Some years ago I realized that fears come true more often than dreams, since that moment I have no fears…

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? The timelessness, but this only applies to busy city life.

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire? Paolo Troilo, Lucas de Groot, Todor Wardzhiev, Rebecca Dautremer and many many more…

What is my greatest extravagance? My hyperactivity

On what occasion would I lie? What do you mean – we are artists, we lie all the time We make the illusion a reality and the reality a illusion.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? That our work is often underestimated.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? In the graphic studio and in the photography lab, but maybe that was because of the chemicals we work with

If I could, what would I change about myself? Nothing, nothing at all, but I would like to have more energy and time.

What is my greatest achievement in work? During my studies at the National Academy of Arts, majoring in „Books and Print Graphics“, Bachelor Degree, I created the art-therapeutical book „Shu and Shi“. It is an innovative project aimed at helping children and adults cope with the loss of their relatives. Death is a topic that is often overlooked and underestimated, with severe consequences and mental traumas. The book is interactive, glowing in the dark and giving peace and security. This project is innovation in the fields of art therapy and art books. Up to now, 20 copies have been issued, curently seeking sponsors and publishers for its subsequent realization, so we can reach and help to more people.

Where would I most like to live? In the Rhodope mountains, in a house into the cliff.

What is my most treasured possession? The talent and energy with which I was born.

What is my most marked characteristic? My dedication.

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? In the city I was born – the wild forest, the deep sky, the abundance of stars, the cosmic energy and clean air. In the city where i live – our botanical gardens, my air and soul.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? In my home because i love to cook and prepare the food by myself, also barbecue and picnic in the Vitosha mountain with friends, you are welcome to join us.

What books influenced my life and how? The books that influenced me are the ones I create. Their pages are the people I meet during my researches. Their worlds, longings, dreams and realities. They give me joy and fill me with grace. They allow me to see much more than the world around me.

Who are my favorite writers? Melanie Klein, Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, Radoy Ralin

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? The rodopi bagpipe, the drums…Mystery of Bulgarian Voices and IVAN SHOPOV & AVIGEYA – MOMINA MOLITVA feat. NOCKTERN

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? John Bauer

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? I believe that each of us is a hero or heroine and we need to follow ourselves, not someone else.

Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime? Embrace Of The Serpent – a film by Ciro Guerra, 2015, Colombia/ Venezuela/Argentina

What role plays art in my life and work? Art does not play a role in my life…art it is life itself, it is a love and creativity

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? The streets, books and the soul.

Whom would I like to work with in 2018? John Stevens, Calligraphy Masters

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2018? Roger Chi-Huan Chuang, Rodolfo F. Alvarez, Lucas de Groot again (he’s a very funny and peaceful man)

What project, in 2018, am I looking forward to work on? I would like to finish my project “When the fog falls in the Rhodope mountains”, which gathers authentic Rhodope songs and my photographs performed in graphic tehnique. And also my pop up book about the Bulgarian embroideries, which I was developing at our ethnographic museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. I would like to develop my own Cyrillic and Latin font and many, many others…

Where can you see me or my work in 2018?
You can find me on:
https://www.facebook.com/aleafineart/
https://www.instagram.com/aleafineart/
https://www.pinterest.com/aleafineart/
http://aleafineart.tumblr.com/
https://www.behance.net/aaleaa
But most of all personally in Sofia, Bulgaria, because personal interaction are our most valuable communication.

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? Passion is what keeps us going, and it needs a borderless movement.

Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story? Snejina Biserova and Regina Dalkalacheva

How can you contact me? You can reach me on: aleadim0@gmail.com