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Category Archives: South America
Guess Where
City Guesser is a geography based browser game that strives to provide an exceptional travel and guessing experience by allowing participants to guess where in the world they are from short video clips. I spent way to much time at … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Maps, Middle East, South America, Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cities, games, Geography
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Pandemic Art
The New York City-based Brazilian-born Japanese artist Oscar Oiwa found himself in similar circumstances as many folks when the pandemic began last year. His projects and travels were all postponed, and he found himself locked down in his NYC apartment. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, South America, USA
Tagged Brazil, China, Covid-19, Japan, New York City
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2020 Reading Habits
The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic forced most of the world to spend more time at home and provided many with unexpected time for leisure activities. Some folks decided to learn a new language, others took up new hobbies, but booklovers discovered … Continue reading
be an ingenuous reader
“I must be a very ingenuous reader, because I’ve never thought that novelists mean to say more than what they say. When Franz Kafka says that Gregory Samsa woke up one morning transformed into a gigantic insect, it doesn’t strike … Continue reading
Posted in Books, South America, Writing
Tagged Columbia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Magic realism
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Tale for Tale
The Teller of Tales Gabriela Mistral translated by Ursula K. Le Guin When I’m walking, everything on earth gets up and stops me and whispers to me, and what they tell me is their story. And the people walking on the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, South America, USA, Writing
Tagged books in translation, Poetry, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Radio Radio
Due to the pesky pandemic, international travel is not on the table right now. However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t get a taste of foreign cultures from around the world, without ever leaving your home. Radio Garden is a … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, Tech, Tourism
Tagged entertainment, radio
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TGI Frida
Faces of Frida is one of the most extensive curations on the iconic Mexican artist ever assembled and it’s available through the Google Arts and Culture app. Comprised of 800 Frida Kahlo paintings, artifacts, high-resolution images and features, it offers … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Museums, South America, USA
Tagged Frida Kahlo, Google, Mexico
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The Life You Can Save
In 2009, philosopher Peter Singer wrote the first edition of The Life You Can Save to demonstrate why we should care about and help those living in global extreme poverty, and how easy it is to improve and even save lives … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Books, ebooks, South America, Writing
Tagged hunger, poverty
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Another Metamorphosis
I am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of Argentine artist and book illustrator Luis Scafati until recently. His take on Franz Kafka’s classic The Metamorphosis is creepy, but spot on. I have since discovered that Scafati has illustrated many … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, South America, Writing
Tagged Argentina, book illustration, Franz Kafka, Luis Scafati
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