Somebody’s watching me: Street Art in Australia Happy day! It is day 292 of the current year. Back in 1985, the Norwegian band A-Ha went to number 1 on the US Singles chart with the song “Take on Me.” The song is not a bad one. What propelled […]
Stand tall and smell the world When you travel from city to city, country to country, your sense become heightened. It is as if you are Spiderman swinging from one side to the other. Our eyes take in the splendor of the architecture, the fashion, the people. We […]
Can you hear me now? We have all said it a number of times loudly and at times frustratingly so. Can you hear me now? Can you? How many times have we been annoyed to hear that question while on a train, doctor’s waiting room or a movie […]
Never Stop Dreaming When I was a child I was taught to track my dreams. I would wake up and immediately let my family know what I had dreamt of. My mom believed in the power of dreams. Just a week ago, I came across an old dream […]
Somewhere over the rainbow on the open road We are driving on the open road taking in the landscape, fields and wind. Ok, Some humidity as well. It is summer after all. Everywhere we go and have been in current and past travels, we have caught rainbows: both literal […]
Living for the intricacies of life I will start off with an obvious note: life is not easy. At least for some people. Even celebrities will argue that their lives are very difficult. Probably to many of us, not on that extreme income spectrum that actually have to […]
I used to dream of living in a grand church I grew up in the South Bronx section of New York, right after the time the nation declared that the Bronx was burning. There were abandoned buildings everywhere. There were buildings that became crack dens. The South Bronx […]
SERENITY: Caress the cold fragility Ice can be just as mesmerizing as a fire. Watching icicles melt establishes within the jaded cockles of the heart a sense of the inevitable. The ice holds its shape as long as the weather bears it. Then a hushed warm air comes […]
How to keep your colleagues on their toes by being the Mona Lisa I’m a psychologist with a keen love of art. Living in both New York and Spain, I have had ample opportunities to take in, discuss and ponder great art and not-so-great art. Of course, the […]
Loving hands exploring the world There is one month left to till the end of the year. Deep-seated nostalgia takes root. Remembrance of trips, happy moments and lessons learned from throughout the year. Combing through some old photos, made me think of how quickly my little boy is […]
