Autumn has never made me sad, perhaps because I was born in October and I have always had the impression that life does not decline at this time, but rather renews itself. In Madrid, the fallen leaves that carpet the streets and parks turn the ground into a bed of tenderness and delicacy. They do … Read more
The photos, so commented on, and even so admired, of Boris Johnson in the Pradomeditatively observing the portrait of Philip II and Charles V by Titianphotos that are the apotheosis of kitsch or cultural kitsch, have reminded me of a scene from The inmortality of Kundera –in the middle of this month of July Marta … Read more
Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most popular saints in history. Born in Assisi, in the center of the Italian peninsula, at the end of the 12th century, in a rich family of merchants. An abundance that would have little to do with the poverty in which he decided to live, of his … Read more