This has not been the typical postcard summer. Saturated with perfection and the slavery of the networks, I declared a strike of photos and videos. I took few and without much enthusiasm. I dedicated myself to living in the moment, to feeling and breathing freely, without any further aspirations.
I can’t complain, it has been a varied summer. There was sun and shade, although no “Sol y Sombra” – it is a Spanish cocktail that typically consists of equal parts brandy and anise liqueur. The name “Sol y Sombra” translates to “Sun and Shade”– I’m not up for that anymore.
I worked. I met up with dear friends. New people came into my life. I had days of total “singleness” and others of intense motherhood. I spent 15 days on my favorite island, Lanzarote. I had plans to visit Galicia, but for historical-personal reasons, this time it couldn’t be. Although, certainly, I remembered the Galician “Rías” a lot. Maybe I’m getting older, or maybe because my path with Angela Lago sea jewelry and Just the Sea has helped me close a cycle. My good friend Pepe Escudero, a Madrid-Galician-world-lover like me, kept me connected to the Galician coast through videos and photos of the beaches of Ribeira.
Nowadays, if I could, I would live all year round between Lanzarote, Ribeira, and a touch of Madrid, because Madrid, like the sea, always calls me back.
In my head, the perfect summer is three months on a boat, in some quiet corner. Every year that I don’t manage it, I feel like that child who tries to catch a fish with his hands on the shore… it escapes again and again, but he never stops trying. That’s my plan B. The A, the real one, is to divide my life between Madrid and the coast, living on a boat. That’s “my plan.”
I’m writing to you right now from Madrid, just back from Lanzarote. Fortunately, the energy of the island is still alive within me. I can’t even remember the long weeks in the Madrid oven.
The best of my summer:
The summer started with an explosion of inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed my work in July and I’m back even more excited. I have a lot of new things in the works…
César Manrique and Lanzarote, an inspiring duo that I love deeply. This topic deserves its own chapter, which I promise to talk about later.
The book Are you kidding, Mr. Feynman? came into my hands by chance just before the trip, and it has been an unexpected pleasure. I highly recommend it.
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Viajamos al Peloponeso con la fotógrafa Carolina Martínez. Un periplo de mar en el que la autora nos invita a fantasear con la mitología griega. Sus fotografías son sencillas y directas. A primera vista fotos normales. Pero detrás de ese mediterráneo desvencijado que nos muestra está presente el mito, en esos detalles que solo su …
My summer: neither perfect nor boring.
This has not been the typical postcard summer. Saturated with perfection and the slavery of the networks, I declared a strike of photos and videos. I took few and without much enthusiasm. I dedicated myself to living in the moment, to feeling and breathing freely, without any further aspirations.
I can’t complain, it has been a varied summer. There was sun and shade, although no “Sol y Sombra” – it is a Spanish cocktail that typically consists of equal parts brandy and anise liqueur. The name “Sol y Sombra” translates to “Sun and Shade”– I’m not up for that anymore.
I worked. I met up with dear friends. New people came into my life. I had days of total “singleness” and others of intense motherhood. I spent 15 days on my favorite island, Lanzarote. I had plans to visit Galicia, but for historical-personal reasons, this time it couldn’t be. Although, certainly, I remembered the Galician “Rías” a lot. Maybe I’m getting older, or maybe because my path with Angela Lago sea jewelry and Just the Sea has helped me close a cycle. My good friend Pepe Escudero, a Madrid-Galician-world-lover like me, kept me connected to the Galician coast through videos and photos of the beaches of Ribeira.
Nowadays, if I could, I would live all year round between Lanzarote, Ribeira, and a touch of Madrid, because Madrid, like the sea, always calls me back.
In my head, the perfect summer is three months on a boat, in some quiet corner. Every year that I don’t manage it, I feel like that child who tries to catch a fish with his hands on the shore… it escapes again and again, but he never stops trying. That’s my plan B. The A, the real one, is to divide my life between Madrid and the coast, living on a boat. That’s “my plan.”
I’m writing to you right now from Madrid, just back from Lanzarote. Fortunately, the energy of the island is still alive within me. I can’t even remember the long weeks in the Madrid oven.
The best of my summer:
The summer started with an explosion of inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed my work in July and I’m back even more excited. I have a lot of new things in the works…
The incredible reception of my exhibition in Galicia. The main Galician media talked about my work, La Voz de Galicia, Faro de Vigo, El Correo gallego, El Español, even a report by Amelia Enriquez from The Luxonomist.
César Manrique and Lanzarote, an inspiring duo that I love deeply. This topic deserves its own chapter, which I promise to talk about later.
The book Are you kidding, Mr. Feynman? came into my hands by chance just before the trip, and it has been an unexpected pleasure. I highly recommend it.
This has been my summer.
Not perfect, but a good summer.
And yours?
Angela Lago, founder of Angela Lago sea jewelry and Just the Sea
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