Tag Archives: Spain
Perfume from a Locked Room
I was going to the gym this evening when snow started falling, the brisk wind causing white-outs out my study window. We are expecting 5 – 8 inches of spring snow by morning. I decided to stay in and write. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andalusia, art, Beauty, creativity, duende, Federico Garcia Lorca, Granada, Holy Week, literature, pain, Poetry, Roman Catholicism, semana santa, Spain, Spanish art, Spanish literature, suffering, wabi, wabi-sabi, Zen
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Gombrich on Art and the Artist
Posted in Spain, Travel
Tagged Benedictine monastery, La morenata, Montserrat, Spain, Travel
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Spanish art and culture in Indianapolis
How quickly the reality of the present moment overtakes memories no matter how precious they seem to us. For thirteen days we were traveling through intoxicating landscapes of verdant mountains and valleys, crystal streams, rolling farms and quaint towns of … Continue reading
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Tagged churches, Roman Catholic, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, St. Francis of Assisi
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Travel refreshes perspective
Cathedral Square, Santiago de Compostela Travel away from the normative environment that we’ve grown blind to and we see the world with new eyes. Traveling for me is both exciting and stressful. Away from home I don’t have the daily … Continue reading
Spanish food and culture, adios!
The tour of Spain, highlighting the green, mountainous north, ends today. I am flying back to the States on Delta at noon. Travel is exhilarating. I love sampling the breads, cured meats, cheeses, and pastries of various parts of the … Continue reading
Trip to Northern Spain Coming to an End
This is the second hotel we’ve been in with free WiFi but I have not posted to the Internet except for some photos to my Flickr photo stream. This one was shot at a public park near the Old Town … Continue reading
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