I woke up feeling behind on the work I set out to do. But behind what?I am not behind on anything really, but the feeling is real and has accompanied me most of this year.It seems the adrenalin that drives the excitement of a new idea forming, did not last long.You left it alone for… Continue reading Feeling Behind
Author: Mário Pires
Taking Shape
This blog is still taking shape, with time i will find a more stable structure.But it is open to the unexpected, to the magical, to the outrageous even. They are open to life. They are open.They are.They.We.Us.Me.
Olissippo Genius Loci
What really attaches you to a place?What really attaches you to a country?What really attaches you to a continent?What really attaches you to a planet? Let’s take a place, a city, the smallest unit of those I mentioned.Is it the smell ?Is it the light?Is it the buildings and they way they are aligned?Is it… Continue reading Olissippo Genius Loci
Collaborations
Collaborations can lead us to unexpected places, they rip the fabric of boredom and comfort.I want no comfort. I seek the building blocks that will allow me to erect my creations. Some will be solitary work, some will be made in collaboration with others.Engaging with the work is a commitment to creation and community. To… Continue reading Collaborations
Monday Morning
It’s Monday morning, 7:17 amThe weather is sunnyMario just starts his daily writing routine There should be some structure to hold this blog together, It will not be random, or light.As I said in the first posting, it will deal with processes, ideas, and questions I pose myself.One of these is the role of promotion.… Continue reading Monday Morning
A New Site
There were a thousand versions over the years, made with different tools, as the technology evolved.It’s first version was 500 kb and I hand coded it with html.The year was perhaps 1995, I kept no archive, and don’t remember the year.It was the first step in personal publishing with the online world.We have evolved galaxies… Continue reading A New Site
A New Path
The first stone in the garden of creationI have a stone in my hands, a lovely man carved stone.A square stone.I held it in my hands and feel the texture, the cracks, the shape. I feel the energy inside.I now pick another stone, this one was found on a shore.The ocean and the sea soils… Continue reading A New Path