Since I am on the point of artistic abstraction, I spent a lot of time today looking at a painting by Picasso called Man with a Clarinet. For hours I could not figure this painting out. I decided I would … Continue reading
Category Archives: Travel
March 4, 2010 Dear Sabina, Madrid is a clean and modern city. Everything functions well and the people are friendly, gentle and helpful. In some ways I am surprised by this. Before I came I had preconceived ideas about what … Continue reading
March 3, 2010 When I travel I think of myself as Le Flaneur, which translated is, “the stroller,” or “the walker.” The french poet and critic, Charles Baudelaire, first conceived of the flaneur as the gentleman city stroller who walks … Continue reading
March 2, 2010 LAX (In transit to Madrid) Here is something I learned years ago when I did my doctoral work in Canada. At that time I was studying how old world Hinduism changed as it came into contact with … Continue reading
July 29, 2010 Montreal is all about being French in an English speaking universe. Montreal and Toronto are the two largest cities in Canada. They are both on the Great Lakes waterway and they are only about 750 kilometers apart, and … Continue reading
May 23, 2009 I arrived in New Orleans in the late afternoon of Friday, May 22 and took a taxi to the downtown Hilton near the French quarter. I had come to New Orleans to perform a wedding, and in … Continue reading
August 6, 2008 This afternoon I took a day trip out to the 5th century BCE temple of Poseidon about 75 kms east of Athens along the Greek coast. Poseidon was the Greek god of the seas comparable with Varuna … Continue reading
This is a quick note that I wrote from the steps of the Acropolis in Athens after seeing the site. These are my on-the-spot reactions. Many things can be said about this place and I will surely check the details … Continue reading
August 2, 2008 Patmos is a barbell shaped island not far from Turkey and so within a few hours of leaving Kusudasi, we arrived here. This is a sparsely populated place and totally different from Mykonos. Patmos is religious while … Continue reading
Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008 Ephesus, Turkey After the house of Mary, our tour bus drove to Ephesus, which is the location of some of the most spectacular ancient ruins just 10 kms away from the house of the Virgin. These … Continue reading