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Monday, December 28, 2015
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Razor border. This image is from Nicosia, the divided capital of the divided island of Cyprus, one of the more complicated corners of the EU. Here, I am at international meeting of anthropologists, sitting at a Greek Cypriot-owned bar within the UN buffer zone, looking across the field to the northern, Turkish Cypriot part of the island, onto a neighborhood with Ottoman style architecture, influenced by British colonial times, quietly sitting on top of the old city walls built during the Lusignan period, and thickened by the Venetians. A mosaic of so much wealth of culture and history that is only partially represented in that sentence, squeezed inside the painful and sharp frame of a razor wire of division and frustration. Yet, in other parts of Europe, people are busy building more of these razor borders to keep other people out. #Cyprus #Nicosia #barbedwire #razorwire #border #UN #EU #division #blackandwhite #incagraphy #nomadinca
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Spidy. Any bigger, and I would be the one crawling on it, rather than the other way around. Do you know about the mythological story of Arachne? She was a very talented weaver who made the mistake of challenging Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, who transformed Arachne into a spider (the winner depends on which version you read, but according to Ovid's version, it was Arachne). That's why the spiders are called "arachnids" and where words like arachnohobia come from. The Prado museum has one of Velázquez's most factual paintings that depict this story: "Las Hilanderas" ("The Spinners" or "The Fable of Arachne"). #spider #arachnid #animals #bigspider #montrealinsectarium #insectarium #montreal #canada #incagraphy #nomadinca #mythology
Monday, November 16, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Twins. Not a group of people you can see every day. This is from a poster I saw in Barcelona for the Sónar festival, which had some years ago paranormal twins perform in it. This year they had a call for identical twins for a 'wedding'. #twins #identicaltwins #poster #photoofaphoto #wedding #groupwedding #barcelona #incagraphy #nomadinca.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Look up. It’s easy to get distracted with all the buzz and the crowd in La Rambla street of Barcelona. However, if you slow down and look around, you will find interesting and beautiful things that are somewhat hidden from the eye. Even though it’s a cool street to wander, sadly, La Rambla seems to have lost some of it’s charm to its popularity. For example, the covered market is now serving mainly as a tourist attraction, whereas the locals found other markets to get their fresh food away from the noise and crowd. The pickpocketing is frequent, which takes away the peace of mind you want to have to be able to immerse yourself in the positive side of the experience of a place. I wonder how different it was during the days of Federico Garcia Lorca, who said about La Rambla to be “the only street in the world which I wish would never end.” #sculpture #stone #stonesculpture #stonecarving #art #barcelona #spain #larambla #exteriordesign #exterior #architecture #travelphotography #traveldestinations #incagraphy #nomadinca
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Saturday, October 31, 2015
St. George and the Dragon, or the Catalan version, Sant Jordi (he is the patron saint of Barcelona). A legend of hundreds of years old with several versions. In a nutshell: in a kingdom that is cursed by a dragon the folk have to regularly sacrifice a randomly chosen young girl to keep the dragon at bay. When the lottery picks the king's daughter the king begs for his daughter to be spared; offers his wealth and half of the kingdom but the people still send the girl to the dragon (a king's wish overruled by people?? Now, that's a legend :) ). Luckily, St. George is in the area right at that moment and he confronts and slays the dragon. Where the dragon's blood drips, a rose grows; hence on each April 23rd, the St. George's day, guys give girls roses, and girls give guys books. #Catalan #barcelona #spain #legend #stgeorge #stgeorgeanddragon #santjordi #carving #stone #stonecarving #architecture #exterior #incagraphy #nomadinca #traveling #traveldestinations
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
La Pedrera (the quarry) or Casa Milà of Antoni Gaudí. Devoid of sharp corners and straight walls on its façade (and mostly in the interiors), it's a soothing naturalistic modernist design that makes me dream of a home with such curves. Gaudí, a devoted Catholic, actually considered abandoning this project when he was forced to exclude the religious statuary of Mary and two archangels, but was convinced by a priest to complete it. Altough today a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the main attractions in Barcelona, Casa Milà was actually a reason for neighbors to stop talking to Milà, the owner, because they believed the weird building would lower estate prices in the area :) If you squint hard enough, you can see the galactic army's clone soldiers on the roof, camouflaged as ventilation towers. #casamila #casamilà #barcelona #architecture #architecturephotography #landmark #spain #gaudi #antonigaudi #LaPedrara #modernism
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Sagrada Familia. Seems like we will get to see it finished (I plan to live at least that long). A true architectural wonder, in my eyes. #barcelona #spain #art #traveling #travelphotography #traveldestinations #sagradafamilia #architecture #artchitecture #architecturephotography #famousbuildings #landmark #cathedral
Saturday, October 24, 2015
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
The Warli style 'graffiti'. Warli painting takes its name from India's Warli indigenous tribe (Adivasi) that inhabit the Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surroundinh areas. Their ancient form of wall painting goes back, according to Wikipedia, upto 5000 years and is full of symbolic meanings. The paintings that are recognizable by their geometric patterns, were used mainly for specific occasions and rituals up until 1970s. The painting in the photo is on a wall that surrounds a wall of a water pond that was rehabilitated by students and citizen efforts in Salem, India, after being used as a garbage area by a neighboring temple. #wallart #wallpainting #urbanart #art #warli #warlipainting #indigenous #india #adivasi #graffiti #streetart
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Warrior guard. Let's move to the other side of the pond from Montréal to Marrakech. I have seen a few interesting graffiti/drawings there. Here is one. #marrakech #marrakesh #morocco #graffiti #painting #wallpainting #streetpainting #wallart #streetart #art #traveling #traveldestination #traveldestinations #travelphotography #urbanart #urban #warrior #spear #manwithspear #noentry
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Another one of Montréal's many cool graffiti works. Lucky that my friend intercepted the imminent knife fight :) #montreal #canada #graffiti #painting #wallpainting #streetpainting #wallart #streetart #art #traveling #traveldestination #traveldestinations #travelphotography #urbanart #urban #giantrat #mice #rat
Monday, October 12, 2015
The gaze. 'She' might be a reason for that "i feel like someone is watching me" feeling. It takes a while for her to become the huge wall serving as someone's creative canvass (the big dumpsterbin mole can give an idea about the size) Montréal, Canada, apparently has plenty of great graffiti work all around the city. I was told that there is even an app that maps them if you want to go exploring. #gaze in #montreal #canada as #graffiti #painting #wallpainting #streetpainting #wallart #streetart #art #womanwithsunglasses #traveling #traveldestination #traveldestinations #travelphotography #urbanart #urban
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
The Roman Forum. "the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs" To think that it has a history of over two and a half millenia is mind boggling. But in such a long time, how much have we progressed? How do we even measure what progress is, compared to the high times of the Forum? #italy #romanforum #fororomano #archeology #rome #ancient #historicalarchitecture #historiccity #forum #traveldestination #civilization
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Internal questions. Good to keep asking these in whatever we do. Today I read an interesting piece from Lucius Seneca, called "On the Shortness of Life" which was shared by @timferriss. As the title implies, this stoic philosopher has some thoughtful things to say about how we value our life and the time we are given. Incidentally, I did this reading shortly after watching, again, the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty", itself a wonderful movie that stirs deep thoughts and makes you ask existential questions with teary eyes. They reminded me of this photo I had taken in an exhibition. If you are having a slow Sunday, I suggest you seek Tim's post or watch the movie, to get it deep as well as slow ;) I also want to add the same quote of Seneca that Tim finished with: "It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it." (Did I just waste some more of that time on Instagram?? :) ). #exhibit #mirrorselfie #mirror #quote #existentialquestions #existential #blackandwhite
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015
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