Puddles on a mirror
Saw a (new?) mirrored bench the Gulbenkian garden. There were some small puddles on the surface, from the early morning watering. The photo looks like an entire universe.
Yellow + Blue
NPL
Walked by that wall in the morning. I enjoy literary graffiti! A little later, I sat down in a cafe and, aided by a pão de queijo and a cappuccino, attempted a translation. I think this covers the meaning, but my Portuguese is lousy:
And again we find ourselves together, the three,
refusing to be the sedative shadow of a warrior’s rest.
Warriors, we, women of full (whole?) body and holding hands.
New Portuguese Letters 1972We join you, Tres Marias,
in sorority, in struggle, feminists.
8 March 2023
Wikipedia has this (LINK)
New Portuguese Letters (NPL) was conceived in 1971, three years before the Carnation Revolution and the consequent independence of the Portuguese colonies in Africa. Its authors, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa, were already established writers. They began to meet twice weekly in Lisbon, publicly for lunch and privately for dinner, in order to “examine the problems they shared as women and as liberal writers.” A volume of poetry by Horta had recently been banned, and they intended their new work as a direct challenge to the censors, and also, one critic has written, as “an incitement to insurrection, based on the conviction that “when woman rebels against man, nothing remains unchanged“
Emphasis my own. Well, it should happen more often then!
Evolving Cover
I licensed this font about twenty years ago from an Italian designer, who had created it for C.P.Company, the Italian fashion brand. It was first used for the cover of In the Arms of Love and has graced many of my albums since then.
Yes, from now on I plan to use my first name only. Since the album won’t be released to the usual digital services and since there won’t be a CD in stores, I can do whatever I want. :-)
Cactus Blossoms
Water Drops
Took another go at water drops on glass, using my Canon camera with the amazing 100mm macro lens. I don’t like that the room is reflected in the drops and am considering carrying a piece of glass and, of course, a spray bottle with water to the park to try this outside. Perhaps around sunset, although that may look too dramatic.
