Meeting Benches World art in all forms
EAT BLUE CRAB ? EVEN. IN MARYLAND: Sea and sails, but you’re not in England
Oysters and blue crabs, my childhood friends. Do not ask me, too – please – because my parents called me Annapolis call me Anna, simply, and I’ll take you in a few frames of my life in Maryland. Just to start, imagine to land on the beach where the Potomac River came to the sea, because in that place – …
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UNITED COLORS OF THE SEA: Joyful seagulls and fish friends, children playing among the mirrors of light, waiting for the storms, inside sea shells
SEAGULLS – Basho: The sea darkens. The cries of the gulls, are just white. RELENTLESS – H. Melville: Relentless I, the old and relentless sea. Relentless, much more, when serene smile. Welcomed, but not tamed, by thousands and thousands of shipwrecks in me. DISTANT SHIPS – V. Aleixandre: Oh fish …
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GOLDEN DRESS – By Du Qiu Niang
“Do not look for dresses with golden threads but grabs the time of youth. You can take the flower to his blossoming Do not wait to shake a stem withered.”
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NIGHT THOUGHTS – By Li Bai
“In front of my bed, the moon illuminates the earth. as reflections of frost. I look up the shining moon, then bowed his head: my land is far away.”
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MOORING NIGHT AT MAPLE BRIDGE – By Zhang Ji
“The moon sets, ice crystals fill the sky, cry of a raven. Maple River in a fire fishing, sad image of my sleepless night. By Han Shan temple, out of town, in the deep night comes to my boat a bell sound.” By Zhang Ji
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XU ZHI MO, POEM – ANOTHER FAREWELL FROM CAMBRIDGE
Still a leave of Cambridge – Xu Zhi Mo (1895-1931) “I left in silence, as quietly arrived; soft move my hand, to greet the clouds. Those golden willows on the bank, brides are like the setting sun; shadow in the reflections of the waves, moves my heart. Waterlilies above the muddy water, under move slowly, …
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IN THE BLUE: Way down, dive into the depths of the colors of the sea, including fish and coral reefs
All? Not everyone. I love the sea, but I had one of my “personal fortune” to a child, my parents introduced me to that great part of me (and our planet), which is called water. Yes, from the pool of my city, to learn about different places – around the world – my mother and my father visited frequently, to …
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LAO TZU, IT IS SIMILAR TO DRAGON: He rises in the sky, on the vapor and wind
“Animals running you can take with the fishnet; those that swim can be taken with the pot; those who fly it can break down with arrows; but the dragon do not know how to grasp: it rises into the sky on vapor and wind. Today I saw Laotzu, is similar to the dragon! “ Http://www.amazon.it/Tao -yourselfers Ching-Lao-Tsu / dp / …
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MARSEILLE, THE SCENT OF MEMORIES: Sometimes they come back, you gorgeous. There is a particular shade of emotion tied to feelings, whose flavor is inside you, forever
I follow Meeting Benches for some months, and I was intrigued – especially – the editorial contributions of some readers, that is, from what their share of travel experiences. The last – one on Sussex – opened within me an invisible door, releasing a delicate fragrance that I had (deliberately) erased from my memory. In my case, sharing my feelings …
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ASSISI IS WAITING FOR YOU: The frescoes dedicated to St. Francis, the mastery of Giotto
THE NATIVITY, THE CARESS OF THE SOUL: Come in Assisi, enters the Upper Basilica. Giotto and Francis are waiting
He was known by the name of Ambrose or Angiolo, but we remember – watching with amazement its frescoes – as Giotto, an Italian painter and architect, probably born in 1267. Certa, is instead a second date, due to the reason which I will narrate the story of my trip to Italy, in a city with a highly evocative name, …
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UPPER WEST SIDE. YES, NEW YORK: Eating at Spazzia and warm at Sarabeth, without forgetting to photograph the stairs fire
Welcome to Manhattan, and thanks to Meeting Benches for the hospitality. Nice to meet you, I’m Mike. I’m sorry, we do not meet Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and even (perhaps, Diane Keaton or Distin Hoffman), but – with a little imagination – I’ll go with you in some of his avenue, with the certainty that observing limousine and restaurants, you …
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COMES THE MEXICO: WITH MEETING BENCHES, IN COLOR OF HISTORY, IN THE FRIENDLY WARMTH OF A PEOPLE
AMAZING RAINFOREST HOTEL: SHAPED LIKE A VOLCANO, THAT SPEWS WATER AND IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY ROPE BRIDGE
You really feel like being in a fairy tale, the whole design is very playful and includes loads of natural elements. The hotel La Montagna Magica is situated in the Huilo Huilo biological reserve in Chile. The concept could not be better. It is built in the middle of a biosphere declared as a national heritage by UNESCO. Biosphere here …
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