Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Here and There

1. Domingo M.





(http://www.artnet.com/artist/424865771/domingo-milella.html)

I was writing to my Italian friend the other day.  He is a photographer who travels around the world taking photographs of really interesting and beautiful cityscapes;  There is a weird imbalance/balance between nature and urban landscapes in his images. 

His photographs sum up every reason I love to travel and I get the same feelings from his photographs as I do when I am exploring;  I am overcome with this confusing/wonderful sense of calm and fear and freedom.  I want to see everything and yet I want everything to remain a mystery.

When I was writing to him, I told him that traveling is everything to me and it is as necessary for my mind and spirit as food and water is for my body.  Maybe my love for travel is the reason New York is the only place that I feel sane in.  My favourite thing about New York is that everyone has their own version of the city.  And as long as this is true, I will always find something interesting about this place.  There will always be something new to discover:

Definitely the best movie of all time.  

A movie I could watch every day for the rest of my life.