urban stills. tripoli week o1

a normal city, cars, modern looking buildings, a bit dusty….. with some old nice reminiscences… and an interesting old town madinah… or that was just what you thought. let the show begin with the real stuff tripoli. under construction / under demolition… wires everywhere, half ruined canopies going nowhere bottles stuck from the 70′s pavement, [...]

tamospaya moves to Tripoli

This wednesday, February the 10th I’ll be catching a flight to Tripoli (Libya) to live and work there for a while. Hibernation comes to an end and hopefully I will have more interest, will and interesting stuff going on so to write more often in the blog. I’ve been trying to hold on things and [...]

mirando al techo. (una tarde en madrid) / looking at the ceiling. (a madrid afternoon)

En cualquier otra situación hubiera seguido haciendo cosas, si hubiese estado en la oficina seguro que seguiríamos trabajando, el paquete lo tendria la secretaria, mi ordenador seguiria siendo mi ordenador, y la vida seguiria igual, sin un pensamiento de mas. Si tuviera una buena conexión a Internet seguro que habria pasado el tiempo mirando las [...]

a nice trip around

I am back from a long road trip across Spain and Portugal, I actually came back on thursday, but it has taken me some time to recover, plus I had a nice PS going 90 km away to see one of my idols. It’s been a 2 week trip and much longer since I last [...]

going to the show (36 hours and 3 countries)

Some things take time and effort, some others take money, some other will and determination. The impact of big mass events is growing bigger and bigger every day. Some events are not only having an impact on their own city where they occur, but they make people move across the world,  making their impact bigger and more [...]

europan, submission, meetings, zaragoza, alicante

Last three weeks have been a bit busy, from a competition deadline to some meetings with city officials and a day visit to zaragoza.  Not much to talk about, but some images to sum it up. Submission was fun as always, there is something happening on those nights that it’s tough to explain and probably [...]

blowing in the wind

a ride through the lands and roads of castilla, …the answer and the entertaiment in blowing in the wind my friend, we are riding through the wind countless, sameless, useless?? futureless? beautifulness???? blue diamond sky in a spring afternoon, they roll as if they’re gonna be the forever. timeless

“lazyness” / 4 in a row

I was thinking that I was not going to write while in Spain. I am going back to London tomorrow night, I was feeling lazy, I guess I just change my mind. After touring Spain the week before I basically decided to spend this one disconnecting myself from the world and planning the next steps [...]

miscellaneous II. the long way to the office

normally it takes me 35 min to go from my flat’s door to my desk at the office. normally I get to the office between 9.3o and 9.45 am official time to start working 9.oo am route to the office. Bow road station. district line one stop to Mile end. Change to central line. 2 [...]

Through Canada. Through my mind

Well, after my New York visit, I’ve spent my last few days in Canada, mainly Montreal, though we made a quick visit to Lac Saint-Claire. It’s been quite an interesting trip, and certainly I’ve learnt a lot, among other things; I’ve learnt that I should practise my french more and that I shouldn’t be so lazy. [...]