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A view from Torre Andres Bello of some iconic Caracas Towers

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Under Aphrodite’s influence

Aphrodite invites us to embrace, in full madness, the short-lived effervescence of sexual passion.

Aphrodite, arts, blogging, L.A., life, los angeles, love, passion, philosophy, sex, thoughts, venus, writing

Crowds’ mathematics / Matemáticas de las muchedumbres

Hordes of people are ubiquitous these days and can be very annoying. But crowds too offer an opportunity to find some joie de vivre.

blogging, chinatown, Crowd, fotografia, inspiration, L.A., los angeles, mindfulness, philosophy, photography, street photography, writing

What does an outstanding Toastmaster look like? 

I wrote this little -but heartfelt- three-minutes tribute to a dear fellow Toastmaster, Hilary, of the Bartlesville Club in Oklahoma in January 2014. I keep exceptional memories of my Toastmasters friends.

bartlesville, inspiration, love, memories, movies, music, Oklahoma, philosophy, speech, thoughts, toastmasters, Tulsa

The unavoidable entincement of the monastic life / La atracción ineludible de la vida monástica

Break away from the world and join a spiritual community! The perfect solution? Nah…

deseo, desire, hulu, life, los angeles, mindfulness, monastery, philosophy, photography, sex, spirituality, Vargas Llosa
Residential Bldg. in Long Beach, California

Beauty vs Chaos

A beautiful world, the one we live in, indeed. But only to some extent. Luckily.

aphotographicmemory, beauty, buildings, chaos, fotografia, long beach, los angeles, order, philosophy, photography, street photography

No more labels, s’il vous plait / No más etiquetas, per piacere

Let us face it: we are all citizens of the world and no “identity” label is big enough to describe us *

black&white, blackandwhite, culture, eiffel tower, identity, immigrant, paris, philosophy, photography, syria, venezuela

Dance me to the end of love/ Baila conmigo hasta el fin del amor

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you have had!

baile, dance, dancing, fotografia, L.A., lacma, life, los angeles, philosophy, photography, salsa, street photography

Eyes wide open / Ojos completamente abiertos

“To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand…. Everything in the world is strange and marvelous to well-open eyes.”. José Ortega y Gassett, The Revolt of the Masses

beauty, consciousness, fotografia, getty, kubrick, life, museum, pain, philosophy, photography, pleasure

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This blog combines personal photography and personal writing....memories, random thoughts, sketchy ideas. It is published every two weeks. Most texts and photos are authored by Constantino, unless indicated otherwise. Original photos and texts are copyrighted material.

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