Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and often referred to as the 'Giant of Africa', is a Federal Republic made up of 36 States. Akwa Ibom, located on the coastal southern part of the country in the 'South South' sits between Cross Rivers State and Rivers State. Created in 1987, from the former Cross…Read more usoro uso
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving ― Lao Tzu I'm reading Susan Sontag's On Photography. This passage seemed apposite 'Whatever the claims for photography as a form of personal expression on a par with painting, it remains true that its originality is inextricably linked to the powers of…Read more traffic
sunset clause
'Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries' - Jack Kerouac, On the Road Sunset at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, shot with Fujifilm X100F - 23mm,…Read more sunset clause
painting by the numbers
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced ― Vincent Van Gogh These people may or may not have been following Van Gogh's advice with any deliberate purpose, but they surely make his point with eloquence. It's always the little things…Read more painting by the numbers
morning light
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato Last night, in response to the WordPress Weekly Photo Prompt - Magic, I chose to present a shot of a piece of art hanging on the wall of the…Read more morning light
magic
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper” ― W.B. Yeats Beautiful art work adorns the walls of my home for the next few weeks in Abuja, Nigeria. I must discover the name of the artist. Magic is all around me. For wordpress weekly photo challenge - magic
things fall apart
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. - W. B. Yeats: 'The Second Coming' Welcome to my latest, and really awesome, adventure. For the next little while I will be working on a project in…Read more things fall apart
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