A Nexus Book-Hug for Rinus

A Nexus Book-Hug for Rinus For several years, Alberto and Dan have met regularly to discuss art and life with Rinus and other Nexus friends. We have covered topics such as art, literature, religion and history, yet most of all, our interactions are about life, usually...

Beyond and Here in Bilbao

Beyond and Here in Bilbao 1. Beyond I´m a fairly basic human, so I come at contemporary art from an experiential angle, as if it were a game, a riddle to solve or a reef to explore. Then, does this artwork or artist have something to say to me? Often, it takes a few...

Noche de Cine y Discusión – ‘Roma’

Noche de Cine y Discusión – ‘Roma’ La película Roma fue escrita, dirigida, producida y fotografiada por Alfonso Cuarón. El título debe su nombre a una colonia de viviendas llamada así, ubicada en Ciudad de México (antes Distrito Federal) y se...

Wait Without Hope

Wait Without Hope Wait Without Hope I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hopeFor hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faithBut the faith and the love and the hope are all in the...

‘Ida’

‘Ida’ The film ‘Ida’ (2013) caught me by surprise. This BAFTA and Oscar winner is filmmaker Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski’s tenth film, by my estimate. It is a quiet, stark film that touches on themes that matter to me: healing, justice, moving on from...

Reflections on Mom

Reflections on Mom I recently got to attend my mother’s funeral. Her departure caused in me a series of emotions that can best be described as confused. Anger at how life ends, a sense of betrayal that someone dear to me had left, a deep sense of loss and melancholy,...
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