Wednesday 3 February 2021

Hortus conclusus, the enclosed garden

Mimmo Paladino is the author of this... strange beast at the museum of contemporary art in Strasbourg.

"Without ears, mane or tail, this primitive equine evokes the Trojan horse and the cunning of the Greeks to enter the city. But made of precious materials, hieratic and hoisted on a terrace, this horse is not a wooden horse or a decoy. Recurring in the artist's work, it evokes more the passage from the world of the dead to that of the living, like a psychopump god, who in mythology leads and guides the souls of the dead. Other works by the artist bear the same title and refer to this same symbolism which escapes that of the medieval representation of the Hortus conclusus, that is to say of the Virgin and Child in the garden of Paradise."
 

Saturday 30 January 2021

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Monday 25 January 2021

A Monday Mural

Seen behind the Boqueria market in Barcelona ages ago.

More Monday Murals here
 

Saturday 23 January 2021

An Italian weekend reflection

Some of the 78 statues on the Prato della Valle square in Padova/Padua, depicting famous historical people. To name but a few: Galileo Galilei, Torquato Tasso... The Prato is, with 90.000 square meters, one of the world's largest public squares. More info here. And more weekend reflections here.
 

Friday 22 January 2021

Weekend in black and white

Playing the flute naked for your girlfriend... Well, I suppose it's the Greek god Pan.

More b&w here


 

Wednesday 20 January 2021

Democracy

The perfect time and day to re-post this. Taken in Colmar, Alsace, first home of Lady Liberty.
 

Tuesday 19 January 2021

Friday 15 January 2021

Weekend in black and white

We've had last night the heaviest snowfall since 2006, up to 45 cm, a foot and a half near the Basel airport. About 6 inches, 15 cm here. Anyway, more b&w here.
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Thursday 14 January 2021

Winter is ...here

What started as rain this morning, turned into the first  real snowfall in 2 years. Real, meaning not melting within 5 minutes. My cameras hate wet weather!
 

Monday 11 January 2021

A double Monday Mural


From mouth to ear, or the other way around... Anyway, wanna see more murals? Click here!
 

Saturday 9 January 2021

Wednesday 30 December 2020

Closed

All restaurants, bars, winstub, cafés still closed till at least January 20th. Only take away and deliveries. Meanwhile Uber Eats and others "se font des couilles en or", "are getting golden testicles", or are making a killing. A colorfull and accurate French expression...
 

Monday 28 December 2020

Καφενείο

Happy new year, everybody! Wishing you all to be able to enjoy a Greek coffee, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΦΕΣ, some time next year!

More Monday murals from over the world here
 

Sunday 27 December 2020

Light at the end of the ... year?

The week between Christmas and the new year always seems to me as being rather strange, a little out of time. Will 2021 be good?
 

Saturday 26 December 2020

Thursday 24 December 2020

Wishing for...

Hoping that you'll all get what you wish for... Not necessarily something material!
 

Wednesday 23 December 2020

Last Christmas

This was last year. Not much to see, not much going on this year.
 

Tuesday 22 December 2020

Morning has broken

As seen from my balcony. It may look cold, but we had 13 degrees C when I took this photo, at 7.30 AM, 55 F, very far above normal.
 

Monday 21 December 2020

Sunday 20 December 2020

2 years

Last time it snowed here, 2 years ago. Christmas forecast: rain, 11 degrees C, 52 F. Grey Christmas ahead.