London could be at times the concrete jungle we all fear and desire at the same time. But the best thing about London is precisely that there are so many places that don't feel like London at all. And when the sunshine finally comes up, even if it's only for a few hours in a … Continue reading What does the fox say?
How many times do we forget to see? It's easy to look. Many times we're given the advice to look around, to look at, to look for. So many looks, and yet how many of these actually see? We are too busy looking forwards or looking back. Look into the past and perave in the … Continue reading Looking at the sky and seeing it
Piazza Navona was definitely one of my favourite spots in Rome. Surely I won't be the only person to say it. The perfectly geometrical designed plaza features three beautiful fountains. The main one, at its centre, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, or Fountain of the Four Rivers, was sculpted by Bernini, one the stars of Baroque … Continue reading How to bring life to rocks -a lesson by Baroque Roman masters
Frida Kahlo has always been an idol to me. A feminist icon without a doubt, the more I learnt about her the more I aspired to be half the woman she was. A brave fighter, she was able to channel her pain through art, showing the world without any shame who she was and where … Continue reading Visiting Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul
closure is a way of moving forward, and yet everything in nature works in a cycle. without realising it, so do we. we keep seeing our lives as a straing line, with a beginning and an end. it does not work like a cycle and yet we insist on going around and around, repeating mistakes, … Continue reading goodbye autumn
Because I love creepy, dark, scary things. Walking in Victorian, abandoned cemeteries and face death as a part of life! I hope you liked, and have a very spooky, frightful Halloween! Love, Nic
I’ve got this obsession for Dali and its works since I can remember. I guess it all started when one day I was lazily browsing this bookshop many many years ago - I was probably 8 or 9 - and saw this hard cover, coffee table book type, with his photograph in the cover: a … Continue reading RAA Dali & Duchamp Exhibition Review
When everything goes wrong, one needs to find a way of crawling back from darkness before all light runs out. Before falling into madness, or surely just give up on life, on believing. I tend to say sometimes the devil comes back. These little demons inside our heads... who doesn't have them? Who are the … Continue reading Lights, at Tate Britain
Am I the only one dreaming with Summer holidays? Being originally from Portugal, I was lucky enough to grow up by the seaside. In those happy sunny days, Summer only meant a single thing: the beach. This is exactly what I miss the most in London. I am a spoiled Summer child, what can I say? … Continue reading Yes, it is time to dream about the beach
This is a love letter to all that sacrificed something as precious as their lives in the name of ideals, principles and values. Not in the name of power, money. I am talking about the ones that truly and selflessly fought and fight for a better tomorrow. There's nothing more honorable than dying for what … Continue reading Les Misérables, the fight for a better tomorrow
