Here is something fascinating from King Solomon who lived in ancient times: ‘ As you don’t know the way of the spirit, nor how bones grow in the womb of a woman having a baby: even so you don’t know the works of God who makes all… Truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun… but know for all things God will bring you into judgement.’
Ecclesiastes 11: 5,7,9 ( A small part of all these verses but an interesting read with all left out bits in place).
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we will need to walk there.
The Shard in London shares the same architect as this building.
Our park up is well situated for this walk into town. It is opposite a park stretching across a valley with modern apartments built in warm brick. We walk behind into an older area of the city using many steps down. When we return, we walk through a long tunnel and then through the park.
We will soon see the work of an artist who asks this question.
What if a pigeon met an octopus?
First, on the sea front, there are children in sculptured form. The composition is called
” Los Raqueros”.
What are they doing?
Diving into the water to retrieve items that had fallen into the sea. A job they used to do for money.
We are now at the special place with its amazing views the Both Centre opened in 2017.
I got fascinated by these facts about the architect , Remzo Piano, so I will share them with you:
Renzo Piano was born in 1937 in Italy. He comes from a family of builders. His brother became an engineer, and he became an architect. In 1970, he received his first international commission for the Pavillion of Industry for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan.
He collaborated with his family and the lightweight structure of steel and polyester appeared to be artistic and industrial. This lead to Piano and Rogers, a British architect forming a company and later being asked to design the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
With this in mind, let us look at an exhibition by Shimabuku inside the light filled Botin Centre. Today other exhibitions are being prepared but this one is ready for us to see.
I will show his first exhibit and his last and then let him speak for himself. He does make one smile, laugh, and think. A pleasant experience.
Here is his first:
By Shimaboku.
The last:
Press on Exposicion Shimaboku Nov 4, 2024, to hear him speak.
Let us look a little more at the Botin Centre.
The building is filled with natural light with many views of the bay. It is a special place for the people of Santander, the capital city of the Cantabria region, on Spain’s northern coast. A place where the arts are celebrated and viewed by the people from abroad, us, and Spain.
I looked at some thoughts about sunlight. One from an Indian person and two from Americans:
‘Walk, run, cycle – when you live inside your head for such long periods of time, you have to open the windows, air it out a bit, let sunlight stream into all the dark and dusty corners of your mind.’
Twinkle Khaana
‘When you start hiding things away, that’s when the darkness creeps up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.’
Steve Kazee
‘ I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of , um, sunlight.’
Mark Raffalo
We are still travelling sometimes in rain but more times in sun.
Take care,
Sandy 🙂
Lots of food for thought here. Enjoy your travels and keep safe.