Café Spot DivingSesimbra Portugal24th July 2024 Dear Love, It’s noon and I sit in the diving mecca of Sesimbra, near the docks. Tuesday and life is calm, after the weekend rush, a Monday and Tuesday feel like a Holiday from people. Local characters sip coffee, fishermen unravel their lines from a night of fishing. Here in Portugal the fresh markets for fish are closed on Mondays because the fishermen are blessing the ocean with a day off. That is a testament to the Portuguese and their love...
4 months ago • 5 min read
"Alienation is the human condition, love the human necessity", said the professor. His tone was sincere, his eyes focused on the truth. It was the first day of class and my 22 year old mind was in a puddle of anxiety after hearing those words. You feel it in your entire being when a truth hits you; it is disturbing to your existence. I dropped the class. Perhaps it was that same semester, when I found myself in an auditorium, a different professor began to speak with silence. He pushed play...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
"Alienation is the human condition, love the human necessity", said the professor. His tone was sincere, his eyes focused on the truth. It was the first day of class and my 22 year old mind was in a puddle of anxiety after hearing those words. You feel it in your entire being when a truth hits you; it is disturbing to your existence. I dropped the class. Perhaps it was that same semester, when I found myself in an auditorium, a different professor began to speak with silence. He pushed play...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
What adventurous times we live in. A thousand lies mixing with a thousand little truths, the troubled times have never been so confused. And yet, here you are, here I am, alive and living... Playing and dancing and planning... What strange curiosities will life bring next? That's about as far as one can get when it comes to outside circumstances, events beyond one's control. But what about you and your life? What about you and your desires? Yes... Your story continues to unfold. Are you taken...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read