Vancouver: a beautiful, clean, organized, multi-cultural city. There are plenty of places to go to, things to do, landscapes to appreciate, and plenty of typical foods from around the world to try. One of my favorites is a tiny restaurant somewhere on Broadway where the Brazilian community – an expanding one in Vancouver- tends to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2013
The Artistect
These are the inspiring views of Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, taken from the interview with La Repubblica (Ero l’idiota di famiglia poi ho vinto il Nobel). I translated it from the italian version, which was previously translated from the english or turkish I imagine, so after two rounds of translation I hope … Continue reading
White Dream
I had a crazy dream the other day. …and I have the feeling its not the first time I dream of that white room. It was an objective space, you couldn’t really feel it nor even enter it though you were right in it. Just as you would have a blank piece of paper and no words … Continue reading
Introduction to the Awe-Moments
Travelling has to do much with the subjective. The desire to live through one’s experiences and in one’s journey. Paula said this very well in her post (A New Kind of Color), where she says that the attempt of writing our travels will fail because the stories are always changing and re-interpretations are always needed. … Continue reading