[1] Due to poor health, he gave up working with leather in 1945 and moved to Belgrade, where he found a job as a door attendant.

The intensity of the dream led Živković to carve his visions in wood in order to gain a sense of release from his nightmare.

Natural protuberances and hollows, various gnarls, and the mere mass of the matter inspired the artist to create the most diverse forms.

Some, such as My Home and Dreams and Thought, are in the collection of the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art (MNMA), in Jagodina.

[6] The Magic Garden, in his native village, is a temple of his art with many sculptures – in stone and wood, reliefs of carved objects, coloured accessory edifices, etc.