Now Holland is bathing in summery weather, my mind keeps drifting to summer holidays. While sitting in my office, I sometimes take a few minutes to imagine visiting Thailand, Vietnam, Laos,…
The second I saw the photo put up as an inspiration for this week’s Challenge, I thought: hey, I have the same one! The beauty of the unfinished Sagrada Familia. The…
Having seen a new hotel on a monthly basis this year, I noticed that many new hotels nowadays go for a very geometric, modern look. The Ayre Hotel Rosellón in…
Walking through the Sagrada Familia was quite an interesting experience – one that somehow left me quite shaken up all afternoon. It managed to move me in such a way…
I really like art. I often find it touches me. But it is only rarely that it moves me. Last time I visited the Sagrada Familia there was not much…
The straight line belongs to man. The curved line belongs to God – Antoni Gaudí – Gaudí’s work is most well-known for the lack of straight lines and his organic…
This post is part of Photos from A to Z. I think that since my recent posts on Utah, there is no denying: I have a soft spot for rocks.…
I read somewhere that the Hopi people – one of the Native American tribes – call these arches rainbows. Now, I don’t know if that is true, but it sounded…
As I already mentioned, rocks are originally deposited horizontally, like a beautiful layer cake. However, they can also bend, break and fold – all changing their orientation. You see, rocks…
The Principle of Original Horizontality. Sediments are originally deposited horizontally – gravity is simple, really – or in specific cases at a slight angle, such as is the case for…