In our African house , we have always said that monkeys do not come to visit us.
I love monkeys, I also own a nice collection of them of different materials and shapes, but, actually, with all the stuff that we have around, outdoors, would be a bit 'dangerous .... in fact ...
Last night I had forgotten the camera on the table in the living room and this morning, just got up I went out for breakfast and I see this scene !!
I willnot tell you thedifficultiesto be able totake it back.... At the end webartered the camerawithbananas...
I participated, with some of my works from the collection Tribal Possession and African Vips, to the collective exhibition of artists from the coast:"#PWANI comes Upcountry". The #exhibition was organized by the Alliance Française’s refined director of Mombasa, in the prestigious Nairobi location. The exhibition runs November 6 to 23. The inauguration was attended by many prominent personalities of the social and political life of the capital. There was Lydia Galavu, curator of the museum in Nairobi, the actor Abubakar Ismael, Jean-Pierre Tutin Cultural Counsellor at the French Embassy and many others. The Minister of Culture and Development, said in an interview: "It 's a pleasure to inaugurate the exhibition of these talented artists of the coast."
I just arrived in Kenya and I came across a very sweet scene. The mother with her child who bathed on the banks of the river.
Of corse not near the town center, where the animals do not venture more, but during an excursion by boat that I did along the river that empties into the deep Creek and that it's navigable only during the high tide.
The reason that zebras have stripes has been a mystery for some time. Is it for camouflage? To keep cool? To attract mates? To make them look thin? Actually, it’s none of the above.
A group from the University of California, Davis recently discovered that striping is heavier in areas where biting flies are more prominent. And their study published in Nature Communications claims the real reason that stripes are useful is as a bug repellent. This follows previous studies which showed that horseflies tend to avoid horses painted with stripes.
Kathakali is a dancing style of classical theater in the area of Kerala in India.I attended a performance in the theater of Cochin and I was fascinated.Especially the preparation is very interesting, and consists of a complicated face makeup of the various Actors dancers.What enhances the show is the harmony that exists between the music, gestures and facial expressions of the Actors.
Afortune teller, sittingin front ofa colorfulHindu templein Madurai,told me: "You are astrong womanwho has enduredgreat pain, now you will have a peaceful life.You will bekingandqueenin yourhome,you'll always havesomething to eat andget dressed, you'll travelaroundthe world...andyou will liveto a hundredyears.
This time the art is the pretext for a story about , quite well, the lowest level of political correctness in which a corporation may be willing to come down. He is doing around the world, in fact , the news that the giant Haribo sweets , whose founder Hans Riegel passed away recently in almost 90 years , has withdrawn from the Danish market and the Swedish package of gummy licorice called " Skipper Mix" . The accusation that has been leveled to the company? That racism. Nothing less for a bag of candy in the countries involved in the controversy in sales for several years , the forms of which depict masks inspired by primitive art , drawn from African, Asian or Native American and pre-Columbian , which allegedly represent negative stereotypes related to those populations. Unbelievable but true, Haribo said he had taken into account the critical remarks came on the web in recent weeks and that he had temporarily taken off the market mix of chewy. "We decided to keep the product , but with the removal of certain parts that consumers find offensive ," said Ola Dagliden , at the head of Haribo Sweden.
Ihavejust arrived inAfricaandI will getto workto prepare theChristmas Fairwhich will be heldin the beautifulgolf"VipingoRidge"on December 14. I'll takepart of my collectionsof sculptures, jewelry andpaintings.
Thismorning, walking throughthe village, I sawa funnyskit: a group of childrenwassitting in frontof televisions,and so farnothing unusual,but the problemwas that they wereturned off.
So I askedone of themwhat they were doingand hevery seriouslytold me thatthey were playingat being childrenwatching television,and each of themtold to the others what he sawin his owntelevision......
A dear friendasked me for aportrait: he wanted tobeone of mymermaids. Here is mylatest creationand here ishis story: Once upon a time,in theenchanted gardenof the Prince's Castle, a smalllake withcalm and iridescent waterswherelived a beautifuland solitarysiren. One afternoon,as she enjoyedthe warm light ofsunset, she hearda whinnyin the distanceand sawa white cloudapproaching. Abeautiful animalwalked up to herand, in a voicewarm and inviting,spoke to her:"I listened toyourdream of having apartner and I decidedto reach you,nowyou are no longeralone. "The sirenfinallysmiled, and hissmile was soangelicthat madehis heart melt and the unicornfell in loveinstantly andsaid," Iwill fulfillyour every wishbecause I want tomake you happy. " And from that daythe mermaidandthe unicornlived happily ever after..... At the end of the story whatwill be born...?The"sicorni"?
I have readthat there will bean exhibitionat the Palazzo Realein Milan, of the famousdesignerof the sixtiesGuidoCrepax. His charactermostknownis certainlyValentina. With its unmistakablebobofravenhairand the airfromhigh placesand fascinatingfemme fatale.
A choice of look made by thesameValentinawhenshe was a teenager.This is anotherof its features:Valentinagrowsand ages.It has its ownidentity card which statesvery clearlythe date of birth. It isa professional photographerand his lifetakes place in Milan.
She embodiesthe new womanof those years,with its strugglesandthe ruthlessnesswith whichconquers the world.
