United States, March 2023
Three years ago I sent a WhatsApp message to a Venezuelan doctor living in Barcelona. We met by chance on Mallorca just days before the world began talking of closures and cancellations, and on short notice he graciously brought me into his flat. With his two flatmates, we commenced a discordant springtime of brief walks outside at the designated hour and applauding for healthcare workers at sunset, occasionally singing songs or eating dinner together to bring sanity to the bewildering time warp conundrum in those early days of COVID.
Portugal, November 2019
Where are you going hurried wayfarer?
Stop. Don't continue any farther
(Aonde vais, caminhante, acelerado?
Pára...não prossigas mais avante)
Portugal, October 2019
Solo? Tout seul tout le voyage? Always alone? Sí, está bien. La majorité, oui, je suppose. Yeah, I guess, but I meet people along the way. But many times not. But don’t fear for me! Aim your worries elsewhere! Biographies and classics distract my eyes before slumber, electronic maps and digital conveniences show the way.
South Africa, June 2019
In structural architecture, the arch evokes timeless simplicity. Innocently angled stones rest shoulder to shoulder as weight bears down in effortless aligned elegance. An intriguing created passage erases the cubic imposition. Enduring iconic archways herald the entrance to ancient celebrated castles, support modern infrastructure of wheels and water, and reveal what lies beyond the wall.