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The nomadic life / La vida nómada

Moving home seems to be the malady of the contemporary humans. But for how much longer?

blogging, city, consciousness, death, essay, ideas, inspiration, L.A., life, reflection, thoughts, travel, writing

Memories and self-identity / Recuerdos y auto-identidad

Christiansted harbor at dusk, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (2019) (Versión en castellano, abajo) Humans possess the unique ability … More

blogging, consciousness, death, island, life, memories, photography, Recuerdos, reflection, sunset, thoughts, USVI, writing

All is dull when there is no contrast / Sin contrastes, todo es aburrido

For the unaware North American or European traveler who first arrives in the tropics, a pleasant surprise awaits. Against the reference background of northerner landscapes, the colors of the tropics do stand out boldly.

blogging, caracas, color, fotografia, memories, photography, Recuerdos, street photography, tropicos, tropics, venezuela, writing

City Lights, sweet dreams/ Luces de la Ciudad, dulces sueños

City lights… the perfect overture to a night of sound and deep sleep?

blogging, city, coffee, dreams, fotografia, L.A., los angeles, photography, street photography, thoughts, writing

In God, we trust….do we really?

In God, we trust! Or so we want to believe. In reality, modern civilization is imbued in paranoid distrust.

blogging, consciousness, essay, inspiration, life, photography, reflection, thoughts, trump, trust, writing
Archetytical gestures

Archetypal gestures / Gestos arquetípicos

Human gestures are perfect definition of archetypes.

archetypes, arts, blogging, caracas, city, fotografia, gestos, gestures, los angeles, photography, street photography, thoughts, writing

Under Aphrodite’s influence

Aphrodite invites us to embrace, in full madness, the short-lived effervescence of sexual passion.

Aphrodite, arts, blogging, L.A., life, los angeles, love, passion, philosophy, sex, thoughts, venus, writing
The Tower Bridge in Sacramento, California

An engineer’s mind / Mente de ingeniero

Thankfully, bridges, buildings and towers bring a sort of order and structure into our otherwise unpredictable lives.

architecture, arquitectura, blogging, city, engineering, fotografia, ingeniería, photography, thoughts, writing

Black holes of attention / Los agujeros negros de la atención

Just as light gravitates towards black holes and then disappears, so is our attention obliterated by cell phones. Everyday. Everywhere.

blogging, city, consciousness, HK, Hong Kong, Huxley, mindfulness, photography, street photography, thoughts, travel, utopia, writing

Underdogs stories

As it happens, one balmy night in October 2018, the Dodgers reminded us -if only briefly- of Americans’ fascination for underdogs stories.

baseball, blogging, Dodgers, L.A., life, los angeles, photography, Sox, thoughts, USA, writing

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This blog combines personal photography and personal writing....memories, random thoughts, sketchy ideas. It is published every two weeks. Most texts and photos are authored by Constantino, unless indicated otherwise. Original photos and texts are copyrighted material.

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