Monthly Archives: August 2009

the rolling surge that mirrored all the skies, mingled its music, turbulent and rich,

19 Aug Filed under france, places. No comments.

solemn and mystic, with the colours which the setting sun reflected in my eyes.

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and there I lived amid voluptuous calms,

19 Aug Filed under france, places. No comments.

in splendours of blue sky and wandering wave,

19 Aug Filed under france, places. No comments.

tended by many a naked, perfumed slave,

19 Aug Filed under architecture, france, places. No comments.

who fanned my languid brow with waving palms.

19 Aug Filed under france, places. No comments.

they were my slaves – the only care they had

19 Aug Filed under france. No comments.
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to know what secret grief had made me sad.

19 Aug Filed under france, places. No comments.
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notting hill carnival 2008

13 Aug Filed under london, places. No comments.

… car­ni­val is a pageant with­out foot­lights and with­out a divi­sion into per­form­ers and spec­tac­tors. In car­ni­val every­one is an active par­tic­i­pant, every­one com­munes in the car­ni­val act. Car­ni­val is not con­tem­plated, and, strictly speak­ing, not even per­formed; its par­tic­i­pants live in it, they live by … Read More →

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serpentine summer pavilion, 2008

12 Aug Filed under architecture, design, london, places. No comments.

the frank gehry designed sum­mer pavil­ion for the ser­pen­tine gal­lary in lon­don, last year, 2008, com­pare with the SANAA pavil­ion, a huge contrast