In Black-and-White

In black-and-white,
people and objects
are reduced
to their simplest
terms.

It works better
in art
than it does
in life.


En blanco y negro,
personas y objetos
se reducen
a sus más simples
términos.

Funciona mejor
en el arte
que en
la vida.

Sunset - rAtrisUktam, Rigveda

सा नो अद्य यस्या वयं नि तॆ यामन्नविक्ष्महि | 
वृक्षॆ न वसतिं वयः || 4 ||

sA no adya yasyA vayaM ni tE yAmannavikShmahi |

vRRikShE na vasatiM vayaH || 4 ||

Now she is upon us, and we go to rest for the night

as birds in the tree.

--rAtrisUktam 4 (Rigveda, mandala 10)

Photo: Sunset, Aguas Dulces, Uruguay, 11 Dec. 2017

Mixtos VI - Tierra, mar, y cielo

Tierra, mar, y cielo
es lo que tenemos.
Es lo que somos.

Earth, sea, and sky
is what we have.
It is what we are.

Photo: Earth, Sea, and Sky, Aguas Dulces, Uruguay, 11 Dec. 2017

Gymniad XII

Grabbing my camera,
I head out to the deck.
Buffeted by the wind,
I photograph the dawn.
There is only the sun,
the ocean, and me,
and we are all naked.

Photo: Sunrise, Aguas Dulces, Uruguay, 11 Dec. 2017

Mixtos V - Nascemos nus e livres

[portunhol surenho]

Nascemos nus e livres.
Como adultos, non somos
nem o uno nem o outro.
Y por supremo agravo,
nos ponen o uniforme
do escravo

We are born naked and free.
As adults, we are neither
the one nor the other.
And as the supreme offense,
they put on us the uniform
of the slave.

Gymniad XI

A beleza é verdade,
y verdade, beleza.
--John Keats

A nudez é beleza,
a nudez é verdade.

Beauty is truth,
and truth, beauty.
--John Keats

Nudity is beauty,
nudity is truth.

Mixtos IV - A verdade

[portunhol surenho]

Non é sempre bem-vinda a verdade,
enemiga fugitiva do estado,
pode ser a nossa liberdade,
ou causá o encarcelado

Truth is not always welcome,
fugitive enemy of the state,
it can be our freedom,
or cause our imprisoning.