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  • Classic Electronics: Memories of green – Vangelis (1982)

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0cmhjdiLs&w=510&h=412] This music is part of the Blade Runner soundtrack. It matched the mood of the movie perfectly. The treated piano sounding a little bit cold and off tone is layered on top of a warm melody, which together suggests the sadness of the human clone and its slight imperfection.  The blips and woosh give

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  • L’espai Dalí·Joies – objet d’art

    In addition to the wearable jewelry (covered in the last post), Dali also made many pieces of jeweled objet d’art, which are also on display at the L’espai Dalí·Joies, e.g., this flower with petals shaped like grasping hands.  I do not know if it has any function (I somehow doubt it) but it is exquisite

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  • L’espai Dalí·Joies

    After our visit to Dali’s theatre/museum in Figueras, we wandered next door to a new gallery showcasing his creations.  This gallery shows a collection of thirty-seven pieces of jewelry in gold and precious stones and twenty-seven drawings and paintings on paper that Salvador Dalí made in designing the jewels between 1941 and 1970. Notice the

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  • El Teatre-Museu Dalí, Figueras

    One side trip we took while we were in Barcelona earlier this year was a visit to Figueras.  The only reason to visit that place is the Dalí Theatre-Museum (El Teatre-Museu Dalí), the largest surrealistic object in the world. I came to see this place many years ago but did not mind revisiting. It has

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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