Archive for February 2022
Surviving the Pandemic in Style
I love walking the streets of New York City. Camera in hand. The tension between the old and new, the urban and the chic. Especially here, at an upscale foodcourt in the heart of the Meat Packing District, one thing always stands out: Style. You can’t help but admire how effortlessly this young woman dons…
Read MoreDeeper Meanings #017 – Unknown Self
The pandemic changed a lot of things for a lot of us. In October 2020, I left Berlin after living there for six years and was about to move to Tokyo. I decided to travel via the UK, as that’s where I’m from, to see family, take care of my visa, and store my belongings.…
Read MoreAs If…
Sign of the times: My news-addled friends, the ones who used to read three papers a day, have begun tuning out. I’m thinking of two in particular who, over their long careers, contributed deeply to our common wealth. One now says that, if he were starting out, he wouldn’t have kids because the world’s irreparably…
Read MoreInfinite Reflection
At the Sitges train station (in Barcelona), I was waiting to catch the train to Vilanova. I noticed that my reflection was also waiting for the train. Surrounded by an infinity of reflections, my doppelganger and I waited for the normality that would not come. We waited to see each other’s faces again, and we…
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