This gothic architectural marvel is located in the Île de la Cité, in the middle of the Seine River, within the older part of Paris. It belongs to what used to be the Palais de la Cité, the residence of the French kings during the X through the XIV century. In 1241, King […]
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The Lady of Elche
After almost 10 years since my last visit, I recently had the opportunity to travel to Europe again; to Madrid and Paris, to be precise. In the manner of a travel journal I will tell you about some of the things that I’ve seen which have particularly impressed me. You might find them interesting enough […]
My Creative Process
As I have mentioned before in previous posts, painting – as well as everything creative – plays a very important part in my life. But in this specific case I will refer to oil painting and the process that I go through to finish a picture. Quite often, when I tell people that I paint […]
A Room of One’s Own
In 1929 Virginia Woolf published her essay A Room of One’s Own, based on a series of lectures given at women’s colleges in England. I don’t intend to discuss the essay but I do recommend that you read it. I will only refer to the fact that Virginia Woolf believed economic independence and the possibility […]
Happy 2018!!!
One year ends and another begins… I don’t think I’ll be making New Year’s Resolutions for the coming year; I would rather give thanks for the many wonderful things I have received and experienced throughout the year that ends today. I am grateful, in the first place, for the love, support and encouragement of the […]
Living as if we had all the time in the world
I just came across the phrase “live each day as if it were your last”. I find that to be one of the most depressing phrases ever!!! Why would I like to live as if I were saying good-bye to everyone I love, as if I were realizing that I no longer had time to […]
The Unpredictability of Life
Nothing is as unpredictable as life; nothing as precarious as our happiness. On any given day, we wake up contemplating our plans for the day, looking forward to a happy and stable future that we believe lies in front of us, giving thanks for everything we have and then, in an instant, life strikes one […]
Daydreaming
As I mentioned before, I find cooking to be a therapeutic activity. And there are parts of it that, because they’re monotonous and repetitive and don’t require our full attention, induce us to a wonderful state of daydreaming, when we can let our imagination fly to wherever it wishes to go; peeling potatoes or shelling […]
Freedom, responsibility and consequences
John Donne wrote that no man is an island, that our lives are intertwined with the lives of others, and that we all form part of this great tapestry that we refer to as humankind. But bringing this concept to a closer level, to avoid getting lost in the immensity of the whole of humanity, […]
Patience and Perseverance
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, twenty-some-odd years ago I spent most of my time painting and I believed that this was what I would do for the rest of my life. However, as a result of the twists and turns that life always has in store for us, I had to […]
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