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Drawn Memories in Zapatoca, Colombia
Today, I’m sharing my little adventure drawing in the charming town of Zapatoca, Colombia. Drawing it´s something different than photos. It forces you to slow down and seriously observe what you are looking at. What are the characteristics of that rock? the green of that plant? Does it have more blue or more yellow? Those…
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What did we used to do before the internet?
What to do on a toilette and without internet? Gawk at the stains on the wooden door, finding shapes and faces of characters in the grooves. I would look at the beige tiles on the floor, maybe count them, play at not stepping on the joints, look at the material of the knob, metal, and…
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The History of Kissing
Have you ever wondered why we kiss? Is such a weird thing. Putting our lips together and smooching. Why even the lips? Who invented that? Why not the ears?
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I bring u the post
The other day I visited the National Museum in Bogota. And there was an exhibition about the colonial era. It accurately described the exoticism that Europeans gave to South America, the change of culture (or rather the imposition of cultures), the invasion of the church to the indigenous towns, and the customs adopted. Among them,…
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Thoughts When Walking
Walking is an activity we do without thinking about it. After so many years of practice walking everywhere on the two sticks we call legs, we have internalized the act and the mind can walk freely.
Tina Ovalle 