Tag: Nature
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Palm pond
Palm pond I passed a pond and saw the leaves of a dark green palm inside. This made me pause and wonder. A dark plastic lined pond, filled with water, light brown rippled sand at the bottom, a thin wire grid on the surface. All this mixed with dark palm leaves and stem, and a…
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Source of life
Source of life At the source of the Cauvery River: a flow of water comes out of Mother Earth, giving life to plants, animals and humans downstream. The yoni placed at this very spot, signifying the source of life, is well chosen. It calls up the painting of “the origin of the world” (“l’origine du…
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Mountain pillar
Mountain pillar Just a pillar at the site where the Cauvery River rises in the mountains of Coorg in South India. But see how the top of the pillar visually resonates with the gentle slopes of the mountains. Well done stone cutter! Photo of the week: At the source of the Cauvery River, Coorg, Karnataka,…
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Assembly
Assembly The men look down on the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. I thought of giving them some distraction with a girl in Paestum making her toilet. Photos of the week: (left) Piazza del Popolo, Rome 1998, and (right) Sculpture souvenir shop, Paestum 2000, Italy
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Marine sculptures
Marine sculptures Meeting with the installation Migrations by Marguerite Humeau at the Venice Biennale my first reaction is: this isn’t for me. Her strange sculptures don’t appeal to me, falling completely outside of my esthetic framework. The three sculptures have names of important oceanic currents and the accompanying text talks about ‘supernatural, biomorphic sculptures’ and…
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Maiktoli
Maiktoli And then, in the late sun at the end of the day, Maiktoli peak suddenly shows up between the dramatic bank of clouds hanging over the Nanda Devi chain of Himalayan mountain tops. Photo of the week: Maiktoli peak (6803 m), view from Kasardevi-Almora, India 2021
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Monsoon skies
Monsoon skies Towards the end of the monsoon, when the rainwater tanks are filled up again to the brim, the clouds suddenly disperse and the sky opens up. I love the monsoon in the mountains, and not just the end of it. Photo of the week: View at Binsar, Kasardevi-Almora, Uttarakhand, India 2019
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A shroud of secrecy
A shroud of secrecy The monsoon haze almost blocks the view of the undulating hills in front of us, laying a shroud of secrecy over the landscape. Our beautiful, precious Earth. Photo of the week: Monsoon haze, view from Kasardevi, Almora, India 2021
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Nympha
Nympha Paolo Fantin, in his installation Lympha at the Venice Biennale, shows us a ‘nympha’ enveloped in pure white and light, but with dirty mud at her feet. It’s the nymph Daphne who has tried hard to escape from the passionate, aggressive advances by Apollo. In the end she finds a way out by turning…
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La Conca – wet
When at high tide the lower parts of the eroded rocky coast at La Conca get submerged by the sea this is how they look. The water in the small basins forms interesting turbid patterns, making the seascape look alive and beautiful. Photo of the week: Coast at La Conca, Isola di San Pietro, Sardinia,…
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