Today we decided to visit Sintra. I’ve been to Sintra before and thought the place was quite beautiful so I wanted my mom and sis to experience that too. Sintra is a beautiful old town high in the mountains. It has its own microclimate and as such, experiences a lot of rain. A few years…
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portugal (lisbon) – day 6
A short walk from where we’re staying, there’s a Banksy Museum. Most of the pieces are reproductions of originals (for obvious reasons) done by a team of artists. The museum itself is a perfect space for his work. Made to look a little grungy and underground-bunker-ish. Banksy is a temporary, contemporary artist – an activist…
portugal (lisbon) – day 3
A touristy day today. After catching the train, we walked in the general direction of the Elevador de Santa Justa. Lisbon is very hilly and many of those hills are steep. Getting from the lower part of the city to the higher streets is difficult, so several strategically placed elevators around the city make this…
portugal (lisbon) – day 2
In Portugal with my mom and sis. We started the day with breakfast prepared in the flat. Coffee, toast, an omelette, and a small yogurt parfait which I assembled. Yeah! I know. It looks a little jumbled but it was so good. Fresh and sweet strawberries, banana, and granola on top of unsweetened yogurt. We…
noren
Noren is a traditional divider used in Japanese dwellings. Made from fabric, it can be hung at the entrance of a home or business, between rooms or even as wall decoration. The fabric of the noren is split vertically, which, if hung in an open doorway creates a beautiful fluttering curtain. Cotton and linen are the…
japan – colour palette 4
Colour palette grabbed from this photo I took on Naoshima, Japan, which I then used for the illustration below. Copyright © 2024 Lisi-Tana.com All Rights Reserved
japan (in colour) – day 30
I’ve always – always – loved colour. Anything to do with colour fascinates me. Endlessly. Paint. Crayons. Markers. Pastels. Inks. Pigments of any kind. Makeup. All of it – wonderful! When I was a child – about 5 years old – in Guyana, our house was a few doors down from the North Korean embassy….
japan – day 28
Like so many others, I love Haruki Murakami’s writing. One of his books I read this year was The Wind Up Bird Chronicles (1997) . Murakami has this way of drawing the reader in – and before you know it, you’re 93 pages into his characters’ lives. He describes simple things – a man boiling…
japan – day 27
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo is an amazing space. A huge structure of metal and glass – it’s beautifully bright and airy on the inside. I’d like to share some of the pieces I saw which resonated with me. From the MOT Collection, “Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present”….