No, this is not a post about how wonderful it is to travel round the world. It is about the death of children, the most unnatural of all unnatural things upon our ailing Earth.
Category: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Japan, nuclear tsunamis and what is wrong with “progress”
Recently, Kenzaburo Oe wrote an article about how intrinsically disrespectful of the memory of the nuclear bomb’s victims it was for Japan to keep developing nuclear power
RAUL at Punta del Este Film Festival; cinema & pastoral bliss
When my friend Sergio, who was organizing the Fest told me that our preview was going to be shown at Fundacion Atchugarry, I didn’t think much of it. I had never heard of the place, though the prospect of it being en route to beautiful Jose Ignacio and in the middle of the country sounded very appealing.
Couchsurfing & filmmaking: In Finland with Tanja´s family
Meet the delightful Tanja and the family that hosted us during the shooting of our film in beautiful summertime Finland for a true Finnish experience.
Berlin in the map of the imagination
My Berlin is a Wendersness. It is an existential black and whiteness where Bono and Lou Reed are singing a song on streetcorners and Nick Cave is crooning hypnotic tunes in some run-down basement
Love story at the Llamadas: Candombe drumming and amour in Montevideo
We followed the drummers dancing like crazy. The llamadas consist of each group playing and dancing candombe and walking for some 10 blocks over a street called Isla de Flores. They start around the corner from my apartment, actually, but our seats were near the end of the line, so, when we followed the drummers as they exited the gates, police closed them behind us and said we couldn´t go back inside.
Ana couldn´t care less: she was going to be reunited with him, and nothing else mattered.
Iemanja: Uruguayans celebrate the goddess of the sea
Every February 2nd, thousands of Uruguayans go to Ramírez beach in Montevideo to offer their gifts to the goddess of the sea and ask for her protection, for their secret crush to fall in love with them, for work, money, or whatever they may desire.
An Egyptian mirage: Mayhem in the land of the pharaohs
In a country where a blogger goes to prison for four years after criticizing the president, it is no secret that freedom of expression has been a standing concern.
After 30 years living in an ipso-facto dictatorship under Hosni Mubarak, it seems that Egypt has had enough.
However, when I saw images of an Egyptian museum after it had been ramsacked during protests, I felt a sense of terrible loss.
Punta Rubia, the new Atlantic hot spot in Uruguay
Punta Rubia: A place to enjoy the music of silence but close enough to fashionable (and crowded) spots like La Pedrera or Cabo Polonio.
Summer music at the beach (Uruguay)
Beach concerts in URUGUAY. One of the summer´s highlights. Videos of two concerts at the Fabulous Punta del Diablo beach: DIZZY NATY FAFA TRIO and CONTRA LAS CUERDAS.