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Cangaceiro equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Cangaceiro

“My name is Morgana Dias dos Santos Bantam. Call me Morgana. It’s shorter. Brazilian names can be a bit long. Boca de Ouro, Golden Lips, is my mentor.” “I am Golden Lips. Mo…

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A morning walk, New York equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

A morning walk, New York

November sky, New York. Women washing (Les lavandières), 1888, by Gauguin. MOMA. In Arles, (thanks to Gilles Labruyère for the correction), during Gauguin’s brief stay with Van Gogh. Shine on…

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A street art medley equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

A street art medley

“You make me dream, I sleep better.” (Translation is not 100% proof, but it works. Sort of.) Paris. Artist: Miss Tic. She died last year. Sadly. She was a geat artist. I have a post in …

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The sailboat equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

The sailboat

The little bird looked at the sea.  It looked so small. As if a single gust of wind could make it tumble into the water. It was perching on the longest branch of a tree, by the seashore. The e…

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A day’s walk Bangkok equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

A day’s walk Bangkok

Sawadee kraap. Hello. If you’re a man. If you’re a woman you say “Sawadee kaa”. Welcome to Bangkok. Those Thai Khon masks are used during theatre/dancing representations of …

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We’ll always have Paris* equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

We’ll always have Paris*

Pont Alexandre III. One of the most beautiful bridges in Paris. (If not THE most beautiful…) African masks, Quai Branly museum. Fang or Pahouin, Gabon. (I think.) White was often associated w…

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Golden lips. Part 3 equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Golden lips. Part 3

Well, well. You have been patient. I am Bouche dorée, Boca de Ouro. Mouth of gold. Golden Lips. I am still waiting for my mysterious guest. On the porch of my house on the beach of Itapuã, north of…

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Golden lips. Part 2 equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Golden lips. Part 2

Where were we? Oh yes, yes. We were in Salvador, in Bahia. I was telling you about Candomblé. About my house in Itapuã. The trip from Salvador was a bit longer than expected. A few “bandits&#…

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Golden lips equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Golden lips

Meu nome é Rosa. Rosa “Boca de ouro”. Rose Golden lips or Golden mouth as you please. I was born in Salvador in Brazil. The full name given to the city – not even a mere settlemen…

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Diego, Remedios, Frida et al equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Diego, Remedios, Frida et al

“Disquieting presence”. 1959. By Remedios Varo. (MAM, Mexico city) Remedios Varo (1908-1963) was born in Spain. One of the first women to study art in Madrid. She went to Paris in 1937.…

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And the rain came in… equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

And the rain came in…

“I remember the day he came. It was a Sat’day. The day it began to rain. I didn’t see him myself that day. Freddy told me.” “Freddy Henderson?” “Yes. Freddy was… he was… comin’ back from the …

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Where have all the flowers gone* equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Where have all the flowers gone*

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone.Oh, when will they ever lear…

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My virtual museum, cont’d… equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

My virtual museum, cont’d…

Shanghai Li, member of the Red Lanterns triad. By Hugo Pratt (c). In “Corto Maltese in Siberia”. “Tercera llamada” (“Third call”). Ernesto Cabral. 1926. A talemn…

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Time Patrol. Afghanistan 1953 equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Time Patrol. Afghanistan 1953

Kabul, 1953. Long before the many wars. My father Cyril was Air France General Manager in Pakistan. Karachi was the road to the Far East. Paris sent him to Kabul to investigate the possibility of o…

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A walking blast equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

A walking blast

“TEN-SHUN! Heels click. Hands slap the fatigues. Backs straighten up. Just look ahead to a far and distant horizon of glory. Wait for the orders. “AT EASE!” Relax a bit. Spread your legs. Clasp you…

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A tale of three cities equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

A tale of three cities

A Paris sky. The Eiffel tower as seen from the Trocadéro, across the Seine. Summer 2022 A gentleman from Punjab maybe? A restaurant somewhere in Marylebone, London. Chicken Tikka Masala was excelle…

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Time patrol: Land of the Maya equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Time patrol: Land of the Maya

The pyramid of the Magician. Uxmal. c.1882. Désiré Charnay expedition. Charnay was a French explorer who documented a number of abandoned Maya cities in the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico, in the sec…

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Shadows and stairways equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Shadows and stairways

I haven’t slept in three years. Tomorrow will be the exact third anniversary. I can’t believe time went by so quickly. Three years! A little more than a thousand nights! A thousand white nigh…

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An afternoon walk, New York equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

An afternoon walk, New York

“From the faraway, nearby”. Georgia O’Keefe, 1937. Met. Born in 1887, she was fifty when she started experimenting with those paintings. I didn’t realize she’d lived u…

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Fly, fly… equinoxio21.wordpress.com/20…

Fly, fly…

Early morning under the African sky. The sun is already peaking over the palm trees behind the military airport. I tie the laces on my second-hand army ranger boots for the third time. What time is…

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