What then, dreamer…?
What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower…
Four views of the Sultan Ahmet Camii…
Four views of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul. . . The above audio and photograph was made at the same time from the roof of my hotel. Stay tuned……
How now, coffee bean…?
The labor of 6 months is done. My “coffee table book” is done. Back in the summer, you followed me through my travels of Ethiopia, Oman, Turkey and other such…
A little reading material…
And… at long last, the book has arrived. From the time I spent in Ethiopia, Oman, and Turkey back in May, my book “The Strength of Coffee” has now seen…
Early rising…
I cannot tell you what it is like to awake to the sound of the morning call to prayer from the hundreds of mosques within earshot of my hotel-room window.…
Minor even is major…
For a place steeped in history to the level of a city like Istanbul, even the minor churches – the ones that are way off the tourist’s maps – are…
As I see Istanbul…
…like this: This is a black and white city. It is gorgeous in black and white. The places… …the people… …its all beautiful. And beautifully complex. Now, for the nerdy…
Semi-familiar territory…
See, the problem with me getting back into Europe is: the style of my photos seem to change. Whereas Africa was more of a National Geographic thing going on –…