The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Cycle
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Riviera Maya
Tulum beaches |
Playa del Carmen |
Cancun (Previously posted) |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunny Cuernavaca
Dignity |
Joy! |
The Balloon Man |
Poinsettias Window |
Albariño (Wine Bar) |
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Street Kids
“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein |
Friday, December 17, 2010
Horizon
Cancun (from Women Island) Mx. |
Caribbean Sea (from one of Cancun beaches) |
Horizon
To cross the horizon grown old
And watch at the bottom of dreams
The fluttering star
You were so lovely
you could not speak
I moved away
But carry in my hand
That native sky
And its wasted sun
This afternoon
in a café
I have drunk
A liquor trembling
Like a red fish
And once again in the glass hidden
That filial dream
You were so lovely
you could not speak
Something was dying in your chest
Your eyes were green
but I was moving away
You were so lovely
I learnt how to sing.
Horizonte
Y mirar en el fondo de los sueños
La estrella que palpita
Eras tan hermosa
que no pudiste hablar
Y me alejé
Pero llevo en la mano
Aquel cielo nativo
Con un sol gastado
Esta tarde
en un café
he bebido
un licor tembloroso
Como un pescado rojo
Y otra vez en el vaso escondido
Ese sueño filial
Eras tan hermosa
que no pudiste hablar
En tu pecho algo agonizaba
Eran verdes tus ojos
pero yo me alejaba
Eras tan hermosa
que aprendí a cantar.
~Vicente Huidobro
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Roman Wheels
Desire
A lover knows only humility, he has no choice.
He steals into your alley at night, he has no choice.
He longs to kiss every lock of your hair, don't fret,
he has no choice.
In his frenzied love for you, he longs to break the chains of his imprisonment,
he has no choice.
A lover asked his beloved:
- Do you love yourself more than you love me?
Beloved replied: I have died to myself and I live for you.
I've disappeared from myself and my attributes,
I am present only for you.
I've forgotten all my learnings,
but from knowing you I've become a scholar.
I've lost all my strength, but from your power I am able.
I love myself...I love you.
I love you...I love myself.
I am your lover, come to my side,
I will open the gate to your love.
Come settle with me, let us be neighbours to the stars.
You have been hiding so long, endlessly drifting in the sea of my love.
Even so, you have always been connected to me.
Concealed, revealed, in the unknown, in the un-manifest.
I am life itself.
You have been a prisoner of a little pond,
I am the ocean and its turbulent flood.
Come merge with me,
leave this world of ignorance.
Be with me, I will open the gate to your love.
I desire you more than food or drink
My body my senses my mind hunger for your taste
I can sense your presence in my heart
although you belong to all the world
I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance
from you.
By Deepak Chopra Feat. Demi Moore
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Rome Sketches
Via Magnanapoli |
Vatican |
Mercati di Traiano (Via 4 Novembre / Via delle tre Cannalle) |
Via Magnanapoli |
To Fiumicino Airport |
Monday, December 13, 2010
Stolen Moments
79th Street Boat Basin |
(All) Riverside, NYC June 2010 |
Friday, December 10, 2010
And suddenly its morning!
Los Colorines Restaurant. Cuernavaca, Mx. |
El Chalchi (El Tesoro/The Treasure) Mountain. Tepoztlan, Mx. |
Flowers / Chanel Riverside, NYC |
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Return
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
City Mayors
The Crane Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City awarded the 2010 World Mayor Prize (Marcelo Ebrard, el mejor alcalde del mundo: City Mayors)7 December 2010: Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, Head of the Federal District Government of Mexico City, has been awarded the 2010 World Mayor Prize. The mayor is a liberal reformer and pragmatist who has never shied away from challenging Mexico’s orthodoxy. He has championed women’s and minorities rights and has become an outspoken and internationally respected advocate on environmental issues. City Mayors: What is the most recent satisfaction you have derived from the City? Marcelo Ebrard: The greatness of the people of Mexico City recently manifested itself during the swine flu crisis, which, as the world knows, began on a large scale in our city in 2009. This was such an enormous crisis - a vast and terrible problem with an unknown virus. It was lethal. I basically asked all citizens to stop all activities for almost two weeks. We shut down everything, from schools to theatres. And they did so. We didn’t have to use force, which shows the civic awareness and responsibility of the people of Mexico City. City Mayors: What can other cities in the world learn from Mexico City’s experience? Marcelo Ebrard: We all learn from one another. I prefer to use the term “exchange”. I would say that out biggest advantage is Crisis Management, the high degree of vulnerability that we have has given us a certain culture, or way of confronting these crises, in an unusual and remarkable way. This is something rare in cities of this size. On the climate change action plan, some cities have asked me for a copy. On how we are preparing for the green economy, well, some mayors seem to look to our social policy, as well as to the initiatives we have taken on urban mobility and public spaces. These are the topics that other mayors ask me questions and seek information about. Mayors must act in concert. Together, we can take a more active role on global issues. Our cities are the sources of wealth, but also of pollution. Environmental matters are common areas of exchange, since we are all linked in the same dire destiny unless we soon enhance our cooperation and our actions. (You can see his interview here) |
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Cuernavaca
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