“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.” – Cindy Sherman, photographer Another of my mini-roundups of places that I’ve checked out recently but that may (or may not) require another visit or two for a full review. A canastita, or “little basket”, at Pizza… Read More Tidbits and Looks Ahead
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“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.” – Sinclair Lewis, author You might not even think of Buenos Aires’ Catedral Metropolitana… Read More Cathedral, Version 6.1
“… Although your dominion is small, however, your State is one of the most honored of all history” – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States When I spotted that this weekend was Republic Day in San Marino I thought that would be a great theme – especially with a sort of round number like… Read More Revisiting the Oldest Enclave
“There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through.” – Dan Rice, artist Continuing on down the Museum Mile, or, in reality, a bit of back and forth, since I’m going back to the start and… Read More Rolling on Down the Museum Mile
“I have a deep feeling for Kashmir, and I just had to write this book, … [But] it’s very hard to write about real events. It becomes unbearable. The challenge in writing this book was: how do you write about these things bearably without sweetening the pill?” – Salman Rushdie, author Just over a year… Read More North By Northwest on the Indian Subcontinent