Pisa

It is hard for me to discuss pride, especially of having done well. I had a kind of Stendhal syndrome, or what Wiki tells me is called hyperkulturemia visiting the places below. And what I feel viewing the images I captured there is as close to pride as I’ve ever come. No matter how little I had to do with it. Other than come and click. That’s why the title of this post is Pridem. In my language it means Coming.

Pisa

Vatican museum

Colosseum, Roma

Pantheon, Roma

Ponte Vecchio, Firenze

Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca

Lucca Cathedral

Pitigliano

Orvieto Cathedral

Photo: MM

For Sylvain Landry’s SL-WEEK 27: Pride

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Graffiti & Murals

October 17, 2015artist circle, Bestia, gallery, photo challenge, showcased photoCapalbio, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, graffiti, Ljubljana, Maribor, Metelkova, Motovun, Piran, Pisa, Pitigliano, Roma, Slovenia, ŠkofijeManja Maksimovič View all 11 comments

To mirror the opening image from two posts ago, here is another poster from Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts’ Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) in Ljubljana, to go with the theme of public murals and graffiti. Sometimes the birds leave a spot clean. And the sofa (especially the one on the left) is cool too.

I love this, the idea of improving environment by adding to it. Improvement is relative, of course, but I like the idea of “democracy” behind an unmolested graffiti. I have yet to take photos of any significant murals, especially in Roma, but here is what I’ve got so far. Translation from Slovenian and location given in the captions. More images of Pisa street art and impressive Metelkova City in Ljubljana have been posted here and here.

A favourite, in Pisa

Pisa

Capalbio Scalo

“Who enters, dies.” Capalbio Scalo (frankly, it’s not a graffiti, rather an actual warning.)

Roma

Still unclear about the meaning of this. Pitigliano

“Stupid is the hen which condemns its own egg.” Piran

Ljubljana

Metelkova City, Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana (last inscription: “You can get down now, the press is gone.”)

Ljubljana, not in Slovakia.

“When if not now, who if not you???” Maribor

Motovun, Croatia

Pitigliano (cheating again, it’s the floor, not a wall.)

Roma. For a wise cat.

And here is a special house in Škofije on the border between Italy and Slovenia that was obviously given to children from different countries as a plaything. Give kids a chance indeed!

“United in diversity.”

“Brains”

To all public artists and writers with stuff to say and show: please, carry on. The world needs your expression and colours and wit. And authorities better let it be. It’s the stuff of life.

Photo: MM

For:

Thursday doors, June 11

June 11, 2015Bestia, family, gallery, photo challenge, showcased photoBagno Vignoni, Isola del Giglio, Montalto di Castro, Pisa, Roma, Thursday DoorsManja Maksimovič View all 15 comments

First let’s take four from Isola del Giglio.

And here there are four in one. And these two are heading towards each other. We should tell them.

Then let’s take three from Roma.

Roma

Add a few single ones.

Montalto di Castro

Bagno Vignoni – a bit small

Pisa

And after that we can return home.

Photo: MM

For Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors challenge.

More pieces of Pisa

May 10, 2015as it happens, gallery, photo challengePisa, ToscanaManja Maksimovič One comment

…but not the tower. Like she said: “Let’s not worry about the tower.” And we didn’t. Another Vetrinjska street look-alike. Another pretty square. Another most beautiful façade. A gelato, a lunch, a conversation. Some uniform chasing. Gracias a la vida que me ha dado this chance meeting, or not so chance. An excellent day.

Photo: MM

Pizza in Pisa

May 8, 2015as it happens, Bestia, gallery, showcased photoAlfa Romeo, Pisa, pizza, tower, vespaManja Maksimovič One comment

When I was younger, I thought that pizza has something to do with the name of this city. Or vice versa.

After the first graffiti-splashed visit this was the second time we were here, with the most recent visitors, and the pizza was good again. And tomorrow will be the third, I’m meeting an internet friend for the first time. When I said that the tower is quite far from the railway station, she said: “Let’s not worry about the tower. I want to see YOU! :)” And so it goes.