We are passing by a lot of people, foreigners, friends. You wouldn't remember most of them at the end of the day and sometimes you will just passed someone and don't realise that it was a mistake as I did.
Golden man at Stradun, Dubrovnik. Yes, I passed without realizing what is his real job and sense of it. Dragan is 46 years old man. He was born in capital city of Croatia, Zagreb.
"Golden" story of his life started as venetian mask in The Stephansplatz in Vienna in 1998.
Basically, he came to Vienna with the aim to find a job. He met one brazilian guy who has been statue street performer and he inspired him to start with street performance. Dragan started with his gold costume made by macedonian tailor and with venecian mask. After some time he decided to visit foreign countries because travelling was much more easier and cheaper before 15 years ago. He visited countries and cities from Istanbul to Copenhagen and met a lot of interesting people, got know new cultures, languages and also celebrities and politicians, for example, Prince Charles with his wife Camilla, austrian, croatian and slovenian president.
,,Most of us live with mask."
Golden man and his performance changes according his life experience. One day he took off his mask to show mimics and smile. Next day he bought flowers and started to bless people regardless of religion. He is also using key of Saint Peter, keys of heaven. Key and flowers are symbolic for his perfomance and its moments.
,,People are people."
Most of us don't know what he is doing during his performance. Some people notice him, for some is better to pass and not watching. If you stay for a few minutes you will see what is his job about. The fact is that people are sceptic about new and unusual things. He claims:,, People are people." If you are not interested in what he is doing he doesn't care. He always tries to do his best and believes that every action has a reaction and finally, it works. He is like dirigent, people are musicians and he is creating his own composition with possitive energy and in the end Stradun is dancing. 2 hours of performing are like 2 minutes for him. The secret is ,,don't look at time and feel the moment".
,,When you finish your studies you will start to live. Never stop. Go. Go. Go. Never forget about that."
But, what is his job? What is the purpose of his work? Just make you smile and give his possitive energy to you, to create moment when you stop thinking for a few seconds and make you happy. Nowadays, he livens Stradun in Old Town in Dubrovnik, Croatia. He doesn't have a family, girlfriend and stable place but he has something what most of us is looking for, unforgettable feelings and life he loves.
During the interview he was talking about everything with love. Sometimes you may think that he is able to find happiness in everything around him. He loves good vibes, pretty women, good food, drinks. He loves life.
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