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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 JULY 2022 6 ALMANAC My essentials SILVANA CAMILLERI 45, Artist Art has always been a part since I was very young. Recently I have started my own page ĊmajraArt by Silvana. My art leans more into Maltese heritage, landscapes, nature, specifically birds, and using mixed media. My first solo exhibition is 'Riterati' is currently open, and is very innovative and unique. It involves painting directly on Charles Vassallo's monochrome photos, my partner in this exhibition. Giving a twist to monochrome photography and making it come to life again with my own ideas by using acrylic paint and pens. 1 4 5 1. Book 3 2. Film 3. Internet/TV 4. Music 5. Place I mostly use the internet for emails, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook where I post my art and search for others. Browsing on internet gives me the freedom to explore, learn and get ideas of what would next to do. Honestly, I prefer using the internet and social media over watching TV. You can reach the out- side world from the comfort of your own home. I can't live without it. While painting I always play classic musical, it helps me relax and concentrate while I'm working. I don't have a particular genre, I truly love all kinds of music, it just depends on my moods and what I am doing. In my lifestyle I've been in two choirs, when I was young, I used to sing at the Zejtun church choir, and re- cently I spent nine years at the Joy Gospel Choir based in St. Lucia. Music has always been a part of my life and will always be. I love to travel to see nature: mountains, rivers, things we don't have locally. I've been to Kent as well as Ireland. Most recently I went to Exeter but I've also travelled to Greece, Cyrus, Passau and Berchtes- gaden. One of my favourite trips is when we travelled by car from Sicily to Switzerland and spent an entire month. I don't waste my time shopping when I'm travelling. The next trip I'm looking forward is Scotland hopefully! IT would have to be Artists: Their Lives and Works by Ross King. It is an extraordinary reference book of over 80 fa- mous painters, their lives, their loves, and their icon- ic paintings. This book in- cludes insightful biographies of artists accompanied with remarkable reproductions of their famous artworks. It begins with the early Renais- sance and continues goes through different movements through time until it gets to well-known artists who are still alive today. HONESTLY, I am more into series than films. Recently I am watching Stranger Things, it's a fiction drama. However, as far as films go, I'm a bit of a romantic and a passionate per- son, so I'll say the Notebook. An elderly man was telling a story from a notebook to a fellow nursing home resident. This lady had dementia and she was not aware that the sto- ry told was about her and this elderly man that once were truly in love with each other in the 1940s. 2