The last promontory, together with its lighthouse, is shrouded in fog. The foam of the ocean can be only glimpsed, an hundred meters below. The ocean can only be guessed, it is the unconditional beyond, pure imagination food.
This fog is a blessing because it makes me understand that the "true beyond" is what is not yet seen, it would have been too banal for it to reveal itself and appear in the form of rocks, waves and clouds, too obvious. A panorama, also infinite, is not a true beyond because it is there, it is concrete, we can reach it, indicate it or study it.
#caminodesantiago #spain #fog #finisterre
Finisterre, Spain 2010.
Il nome Finisterre deriva dal latino 'Finis terrae', cioè il 'confine della terra' in quanto il punto più occidentale della Spagna peninsulare. La costa è detta 'costa della morte' per i numerosi naufragi e annegamenti di pellegrini avvenuti negli anni, dovuti alla pericolosità delle sue acque.
La scogliera è rocciosa, ed è consuetudine abbandonare qui, sulla scogliera ripida e scoscesa, un indumento o un qualcosa di vecchio, come anche raccogliere una conchiglia come prova di aver percorso il Cammino di Santiago.
#camminodisantiago #finisterre #spain
Cliffs of Moher is wonderful place in southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometers.
On Cliffs of Moher I mixed my steps with a thick and stinking mud, on a dark and sharp rock, 'dry' and humid at the same time, phrasing with a fine and pervasive rain: it entered in every fold of clothes. Despite of these hostile elements, the flowers bloom in the cavities of the ancient limestone, and nature, strange to say, abandons its merciless indifference to have fun with the flight of the seagulls, curious and serious in their infinite game of slow curves and sharp turns. They never play chess with the wind.
Ireland 2012
#ireland #cliffsofmoher #cliffs #blackandwhite
Nepal 2016.
The strenght of a porter walking towards Annapurna base camp (open the pic).
#nepal #annapurna #annapurnabasecamp #machhapuchhare #himalaya
Again, the sea of clouds, like the breath of a giant.
Appennino modenese.
26.11.2021
Rain at the end of the day.
Chiavari, november 2021.
#sunset #rain #water
Gaiato
La magia delle nebbie in appennino.
26.11.2021
Pavullo/Gaiato
La magia delle nebbie in appennino.
26.11.2021
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out
This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under
And fade out again and fade out again
Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
Fade out again
Fade out again
Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love
(Street spirit, Radiohead)
(Ospitaletto, Marano sul Panaro, MO)
19.11.2021
Ospitaletto, San Dalmazio, Castelvetro (Emilia Romagna, Italy).
#seaofclouds #emiliaromagna #appenninotoscoemiliano
Yestarday.
Ospitaletto, San Dalmazio, Castelvetro (Emilia Romagna, Italy).
Sea of clouds with autumnal colors.
#seaofclouds #emiliaromagna #appenninotoscoemiliano
Today.
Ospitaletto, San Dalmazio, Castelvetro (Emilia Romagna, Italy).
Sea of clouds with autumnal colors!
#seaofclouds #emiliaromagna #appenninotoscoemiliano
Another pic of the tornado I have caught from home, some seconds after it has disappeared.
#chiavari #storm #sunset
An old ex head hunters, Nagaland 2020, India.
We visited some tribes and we met some of the last ex head hunters: they cut head of enemies some decades ago, and they stopped this traditional activity after the arrival of Christian colonization (Don Bosco).
Pic taken with Sony alpha7iii.
#nagaland #india #headhunters #tatoo #tribes
Like a fairytale.
Thanks to Miriam and Sunny
#fairytale #autumn #wood #magic
From home, an hour ago.
#chiavari #storm #sunset
The Grand Combin is a mountain massif in the western Pennine Alps. At a height of 4,314 metres (14,154 ft) the summit of Combin de Grafeneire is one of the highest peaks in the Alps.
Here some pics of our climbing of the south-east ridge of Grand Combin de Grafeneire (september 2004).
#blackandwhite #mountain #grandcombin #climbing
A family tree (by Jules Renard)
They welcome me, warily. I may rest and cool down but I can sense that they're watching me closely and cautiously.
It's a family, the elders in the middle, surrounded by the youngsters whose first leaves have just been born, more or less everywhere, but not one of them has opened up yet.
There trees take a long time dying and they keep the dead ones standing until they fall down like dust.
They gently stroke one another's branches, to make certain they're still there, like blind people. If the wind runs out of breath trying t uproot them, they wave their arms about.
There trees will gradually adopt me, and in order to deserve it, I'm learning the things I'll need to know.
I already know how to watch the passing clouds: I also know how to keep still and I've almost learned how to stop talking.
#wood #trees #julesrenard #treesfamily
Another wonderful twilight in Miceno, with moon.
Appennino tosco emiliano.
#sunset #oak #sky #twilight
Sunset in Miceno, Appennino tosco emiliano.
Session at the river, with Giulia.
I think we should sometimes become like a child, feeding the inner part of ourself, which is the piece of us that contains more 'life'.
IG @giuly_e_basta
Life beyond life.
Modena, january 2019
#fog #modena #blackandwhite
Foggy morning in Levizzano (MO).
#fog #seaofclouds #sunset
A bell tower on the hill's edge, with sea of clouds covering houses and roads.
#levizzano #modena #fog
A chair near an icy lake in winter, some footprints on the snow, like a distance presence.
Today is the Festival of the Dead, when dead people are celebrated. I would like to celebrate all them with this pic.
"Absence, more acute presence".
#snow #ice #chair #blackandwhite #dead
Croce Arcana, appennino tosco-emiliano.
The wood in winter, the ice and the blue sky, after the snowfall.
#crocearcana #wood #magic
Holi festival in Vrindavan, Rajasthan, India 2020
Legend talks about Krishna, who was extremely jealous of his companion Radha. One day he complained to his mother Yashoda, who told him to colour Radha’s face. Krishna gleefully took the advice and coloured Radha’s face, so that they both appeared the same, giving birth to a celebration for ages.
Taken with Sony Alpha7iii
#holifestival #india
Jaipur, India 2020.
Along a traffic road near the city center, we met this child. She was very curios of us.
For some strange reason, she covered her mouth with hands, it was a pity because her smile was wonderful.
#india #jaipur #smile
Hello to all.
Two years ago I drove to work every morning, passing near this place, a small pond with an oak. When dawn could have good colors, I stopped the car, walking through the field, waiting for the right moment.
I love the color of that sunrise. Usually, I don't feel very well until first sunrays hit my face, I feel the blood getting warmed, like a caress from nature.
#sunrise
Moisei monastery, Romania 2021.
I have taken these pics during the day dedicated to the Mother of God, a great celebration on 15 August every year.
The feeling around the church was magic and charm, I could feel the devotion of old and young people, in traditional clothes, with prayers and chorus all the day long.
#romania #moisei #monastery #madonna #motherofgod
