Any warm-blooded geologist who visits this area of the northern coast of Catalunya (Costa Brava) would surely find the experience orgasmic.
The rock is other-godly…
I recently worked my way through David Foster Wallace’s 1,079-page magnum opus, Infinite Jest (no small feat–even with two bookmarks!), as well as his more accessible collection of strange short stories titled Oblivion…
The crisis continues, now with Puigdemont under arrest in Germany…and with the possibility of extradition back to Spain (and a free pass directly to jail).
So, what if you just gave independence to everyone who wanted it?
Montserrat is a very special place for many people, from monks and nuns to Catalan loyalists to foreign tourists and rock climbers (and even mountain goats, the real climbers around here!).
It definitely is permeated with a special sort of energy.
Before the 1992 Olympic Games, I think its safe to say that Barcelona’s beaches were bordering on disgusting…places you didn’t really want to go to hang out let alone swim with floating flotsam and the funky fish, unless you were a junkie.
Some things actually do change for the better…
This is definitely one of my favorite things to photograph in Casa Batlló and I keep aiming the camera at it every time I go. The lines and forms are exceptional and the color very warm and soothing…
They actually might finish it! The work continues at a rapid pace and 2026 appears to be the current goal–a mere 144 years after the first stone was laid.
Barcelona, by the sea.
Here are a few recent images of activity at the port. I love it when the sky cooperates with tumultuous clouds.
To get these on-the-water perspectives…
What an interesting find…these two couples, within a few hundred yards of each other along the Barcelona beach front…
That is what photography really is–painting with light.
So, here is a fun idea for painting and playing with whatever pattern of lights–in this case, candles–you might find while out and about…
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