"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."
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.
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Street light
Labels:
architecture,
strasbourg
Location:
Strasbourg, France
Monday 1 February 2021
Sunday 31 January 2021
Saturday 30 January 2021
Friday 29 January 2021
Thursday 28 January 2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Monday 25 January 2021
Sunday 24 January 2021
Saturday 23 January 2021
An Italian weekend reflection
Friday 22 January 2021
Thursday 21 January 2021
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Monday 18 January 2021
Sunday 17 January 2021
Saturday 16 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.
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!
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Monday 11 January 2021
Sunday 10 January 2021
Saturday 9 January 2021
Friday 8 January 2021
Thursday 7 January 2021
Wednesday 6 January 2021
Tuesday 5 January 2021
Monday 4 January 2021
Sunday 3 January 2021
Saturday 2 January 2021
Friday 1 January 2021
Thursday 31 December 2020
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...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
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
Labels:
crete,
greece,
monday murals
Location:
Heraklion, Greece
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
Friday 25 December 2020
Christmas in black and white
Second post today, wishing all my friends from the Black and white weekend meme a very happy Christmas
Thursday 24 December 2020
Wednesday 23 December 2020
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.
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