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  • Joy needs no Resolution

    January 3, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Animal Noble, Joy
    2021, Life, New Year’s Resolution, Photography, the poetic life
    Joy needs no Resolution
  • Celebration Day — three

    January 3, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Celebration Day, Foods, Spices, Still Life
    black angus, food, garlic sheaths, olive oil, Photography, ripe tomato, shallot, the poetic life
    Celebration Day — three
  • Coffee

    January 2, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Works on Paper
    abstract, Coffee, the poetic life, Works on Paper
    Coffee
  • to consummate state or form; that degree of excellence which leaves nothing to be desired

    Some aim, or intend to aim at perfection, and practice for years unend, for they wish to reach perfection. Some do not mind the years, nor the practice — they merely want perfection. I prefer to live the gerundial approach.

    January 2, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Personal Lexicon
    gerund, Homo sapiens, ing forms, Life, perfection, the poetic life
  • ¿Por qué nos callamos lo que más nos duele?

    “Why are we silent with what hurts us most?”, said Camila to her family, as they all stuck in a hotel room during a tornado, during which suddenly all became honest with each other. All Inclusive / Todo Inclusivo (2008)Director: Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch

    January 2, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Cinema, Homo sapiens, Human Condition, Life
    All Inclusive, Ana Seradilla, Chile, family crisis, Homo sapiens, humans, Jesús Ochoa, Life, Mexican cinema, Mexico, Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch, Todo Incluido, Valentina Vargas
  • Celebration Day — two

    If you open the bag with whole seeds of roasted coffee, go through those minutes cranking the grinder, again, while the water reaches boiling, and you joyfully dwell in the moment that will lead to smelling and tasting a dark brew, again, you are celebrating, again.

    January 2, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Celebration Day, Coffee, Joy, Lifestyle, Photography
    Coffee, food, in the now, kitchen, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Photography, the poetic life
    Celebration Day — two
  • Celebration Day — one

    January 1, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Celebration Day, Foods, Joy, Life
    black angus short ribs, food, garlic, green pea shoots, humans, kitchen, Life, Lifestyle, mesclun, plantains, shallots
    Celebration Day — one
  • Lavender and Olive Oil

    January 1, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Foods, Homemade, Love, Photography
    aesthetic, food, lavender, olive oil, Photography, Still Life, the poetic life
    Lavender and Olive Oil
  • Imprisoned with tails and top hat — words from the opera on mindset

    (On the Viennese New Year’s Eve of 1899, Gabriel von Eisenstein is preparing to serve an eight-day sentence, for striking a police officer.) Gabriel von Eisenstein: My friend Falke is right. I’ll go to prison in tails and a top hat, in protest. They may lock me up but they will never humiliate me! Die…

    January 1, 2021

    Sila Blume

    Human Condition, Music, Opera
    Die Fledermaus, dignity, Johann Strauß II, mindset, Operette
  • With Intent

    To animal and noble alike, the more popular variation of this concept is its absence. Common is the equivocal deed, more than the unequivocal. “I’m sorry! That was not my intention” “You misunderstood me” “That is not what I meant” At the very beginning of this strange global state of pain, fright, insecurity. and seclusion,…

    December 31, 2020

    Sila Blume

    COVID-19, Culture, Human Condition, Life, Lifestyle, Love
    COVID-19, humans, intent, intention, Life, Lifestyle, Love, mindset
  • Wishing a Magnificent and Happy New Year to All!

    December 31, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Joy, Life
    2021, Age of Aquarius, happy new year
    Wishing a Magnificent and Happy New Year to All!
  • The Twenty-first Century starts now

    Two thousand twenty clearly told me that two thousand twenty-one will be a better year. If I add to that the intent vibrating within me, and the intent I clearly perceive around me in daily international conversations, awakened or boosted in Zoom meetings, and through Clubhouse participants, 2021 will be not just better, not merely…

    December 31, 2020

    Sila Blume

    COVID-19, Existentialism, Human Condition, Life, Wisdom
    21st century, Age of Aquarius, Consciousness, COVID, COVID-19, human development, signs of the times
    The Twenty-first Century starts now
  • Homemade Lemons in Salt — ancient hummus recipe

    December 31, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Foods, History, Recipes
    ancient recipe, History, hummus, the poetic life
    Homemade Lemons in Salt — ancient hummus recipe
  • Star Anise and Garlic Sheaths

    December 31, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Foods, Photography, Spices, Still Life
    aesthetic, food, garlic, Photography, sheaths, star anise
    Star Anise and Garlic Sheaths
  • Snow with Ladder

    December 30, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Architecture, Photography
    ladder, Manhattan, New York, NYC, Photography, snow
    Snow with Ladder
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