July 2016, London Paco Pena is in town again. It’s been a year since I last saw one of his flamenco shows in London. Everyone talks about the meaning of his titles (this time, ‘Patria’ – motherland) and what his virtuoso...
Read MoreJune 2016, Milan There is no shortage of inspiration for philosophers in Milan, especially those interested in elements of praxis. What I was not expecting is the spiritual focus of their fashion philosophy. It makes me wonder...
Read MoreOctober 2015, Vaslui The father goes to the market to buy some pears. He returns with some cheese. He also brings flowers for the mother, which end up in a beautiful vase with no water in. The father eats a slice of cake, which...
Read MoreOctober 2015, Iasi The head office of the local secret police was based in this building in the early years of the communist regime. In the cellar and what used to be the cells behind these walls, dissidents and members of the...
Read MoreJuly 2015, Spetses One never quite knows where the sea ends and the sky begins on a Greek island.
Read MoreJuly 2015, Nea Makri (outside Athens) The (idea of a) saint may come to you in a surprising guise sometimes, if you are there to see it.
Read MoreJuly 2015, Nea Makri (outside Athens) All too often we think we know where the focus is – or should be – in life, as much as in art and photography. But look again, and see how the spirit flows, ever so freely,...
Read MoreJuly 2015, Athens The Greek soul resting on a dinner table.
Read MoreJuly 2015, Athens Everybody fell silent in the new Agora.
Read MoreAugust 2014, Paris Descartes thought the link between mind and body was somewhere deep inside. Four hundred years later, his brethren seem more inclined to look outwards, and in-between them. Who knows who the philosophers are?...
Read MoreJuly 2014, Athens One feels the weight of time at the edges of Agora.
Read MoreJuly 2014, Athens A church stood still between Agora and Acropolis…
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