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Posted on February 23, 2008 @ 11:27 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,art,blog,boracay,cheap,fashion,fun,illustration,island,news,philippines,t-shirt,travel,wordpress
In the Philippines, the western wind is called Habagat and the rainy season comes with it. The rains in Boracay were usually a bit oppressive to me, as the dullness went on for weeks, driving my mood to absolute lethargy; moreover I was running out of money quickly. All of us were waiting for new tourists to come, and waiting for their money too: finally art rescued me.
Silk-screen printing became an exciting activity, really more than a hobby! I bought good white cotton T-shirts and printed them with my own design…
Tourists, I reckoned, ought to like and buy my home printed T-shirts!
With no shop to run, I gave my multiple masterpieces to a local vendor who stuck them up his shop’s wall and said: “I’ll let you know…“
Nothing else to do but wait; I went back to my bungalow and kept on listening as usual, to the radio’s old sweetie American love-songs…
Illustration Friday’s topic is: multiple
old manali’s blankets
Posted on February 2, 2008 @ 6:02 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,bargain,blog,cheap,fun,himalaya,holidays,illustration,india,news,travel,wordpress
Manali, at the northern end of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, is a hill station situated at a height of 2050 m in the Himalayas. It is a very popular and crowded tourist spot for Indians and foreigners in summer and in winter: actually too crowded according to my standards.
That’s why, a few days after I got there I moved further north to Old Manali, famous for its orchards and old guesthouses. This impressive array of wonderful, old wooden houses was perfectly deserted by tourists in early January for the very reason that no sort of heating system was provided at night when temperature dropped dramatically. Nothing better for me that lie on the bed under heaps of heavy (so heavy!) woollen blankets and wait for the next sunny morning…
PS
My friend Silvia is travelling Sikkim these days…She dropped me a line a few days ago, complaining for the intense and cold mist surrounding the snow capped peaks around Mirik…I guess these days she too is dealing with heaps of blankets!
Illustration Friday‘s topic is: blankets
african plains
Posted on January 20, 2008 @ 4:56 pm by massimo | Filed under: africa,another green world,blog,illustration,kenya,politics,travel,wordpress
I come from a hilly region and I’ m not used to open prairies and plains.
This is the reason why, I can’t forget Amboseli National Park breathtaking views, one of the most classic of Kenya: the gigantic Kilimanjaro mountain, with its 5,985 meters dominating the plains.
Noteworthy Kilimanjaro is not within the limits of Amboseli, in fact it is not even in Kenya. The reason? Upon the partition of East Africa into two spheres of influence, German and British, England had two mountains vs. none for Germany, so queen Victoria gave the Kilimanjaro as a birthday present to her nephew-grandson, kaiser Wilhelm II !
Looking at the map you will notice the absurdly straight line that divides Kenya and Tanzania: as a matter of fact, this border splits as well the one people who had always lived in these plains.
Ethnic and political turmoil are presently upsetting Kenya… It’s easy to understand how such imposed artificial borders are part of Africa’s problems throughout.
Illustration Friday’s topic is: plain
the Papalagi
Posted on January 5, 2008 @ 4:49 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,art,blog,books,fashion,fun,illustration,island,people,politics,travel,wordpress
In 1920 a South Sea Chief’s comments on Western Society, The Papalagi, which means, the White Men, were translated into German by Erich Scheurmann.
These speeches by Tuiavii of Tiavea were not delivered as yet, but the essence had been written down in the native language, out of which the first German translation was …
horizons
Posted on December 24, 2007 @ 4:27 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,blog,illustration,news,wordpress
animal rights
Posted on November 24, 2007 @ 11:21 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,another green world,blog,food,fun,holidays,illustration,island,news,politics,thailand,travel,wordpress
I always hated the zoo. Simply I try to figure the way an animal feels behind the bars of a cage, or what it might prefer to do instead. I like to think that every living creature was born to be somehow free, so set them free…
The cute, black, little monkey spent …
great Indian desert
Posted on October 13, 2007 @ 11:33 am by massimo | Filed under: another green world,blog,holidays,illustration,india,news,package tour,travel,wordpress
The Rajasthan desert is the biggest desert in India; it encompasses about 70% of total landmass of Rajasthan and hence it is identified as the “Desert State of India”.
Rajasthan desert becomes very hot during the summer and it experiences extreme climate. Days are hot and the nights are cold .The …
wedding breakfast
Posted on September 16, 2007 @ 11:46 am by massimo | Filed under: ancona,another green world,cheap,food,fun,illustration,island,news,people,travel,wordpress
In Dondaduwa, a Sri Lanka south-west located coastal little town, I was invited to a local wedding breakfast. I felt honoured by this unexpected ask and was really curious. Just past the sunset, a little crowd of friends and relatives gathered an open space …
dream theory in malaysia
Posted on August 26, 2007 @ 4:02 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,blog,books,fear,illustration,music,news,people,wordpress
Disturbing visitors sometimes come with our dreams. We wake up then, asking ourselves their meaning . In Malaysia, Senoi have a theory of dreams, and dreams are important for those becoming “adepts” (healers). Ancient Senoi dream practices (dream sharing in morning groups and using …
emergency
Posted on August 11, 2007 @ 11:17 am by massimo | Filed under: africa,another green world,blog,illustration,music,news,people,politics,wordpress
“That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained -
Now everywhere is war – war…”
So wrote his song Bob Marley, some years ago… And war is still our greatest emergency. War is deep in our nature …