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Where are you now ?

Apr 30

Nature and Thought, Outside world, the past, Uncategorized

I came back here to see you after all this time, only to find the sand you may have played upon and nothing more than the infinity of the sea beforth me. With a handful of excuses in my pocket I remain silent, for nowhere to be seen is your soft skinned face, your smile, that I have never seen.

My second pocket holding another handful of plans and wishes that now fly away like the sand I rest upon.

Questions that roll through my mind like these waves upon the beach, unable to bring with them reasons why your presence today is not here. I cry softly even though I know that I can lay a thousand rivers, your presence will not be seen. So I rest alone on this sandy beach, wondering how you would have been if you would have made it to this world.

: Going as close as possible to bring out the core of life

: They come but empty handed I remain

: fresh Sand, untouched, un-steppable…….

: The waves came obscuring my view but then, the sand quickly absorbs what the sea brings along.

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Retrospect

Sep 20

Gozo, Nature and Thought, Outside world, the past, The sea

Every cage has a size, some are small ,some are big.

I took a photo of my reflection so that within a hundred years I could recognize myself lost within the waves of tempests that may come and go leaving nothing more than a mere mortal confused and obfuscated more than before. The past can torment us, the present may confuse us but the worst of all is the future that poses question of what is yet to come.

Woke up very early to enjoy the sunrise but it was no where to be seen. The light was however a photographers dream.

A long time has it been

Since the movement of this pencil I have seen.

A long time has passed,

Since my eyes met this orange cast,

And as time rolled and curled,

The voice of Neptune I hath heard.

“You know

You can ask a hundred questions,

For a hundred years to come,

But for a hundred years that pass,

And a hundred questions asked,

A hundred answers I cannot offer,

For those hundred answers you require,

Lie within the hundred questions you forelayed,

And that my dear friend,

Only you can answer”.

I imagined this boat as a bad dream, blurred but I know its there. Maybe the tree could be my monolith.

So I ended up returning to the starting point, my questions that is !

Only time will tell, or maybe is it that the illusion of searching in aeternum causing an unrelated expectation to an answer that might never be found or if so never accepted.

: I imagined this boat as a bad dream, blurred but I know its there. Maybe the tree could be my monolith.

: No rest for me, for who I am is not what society seems to see.

: Every cage has a size, some are small ,some are big.

: A closeup of a tree trunk, clearly has some years.

: No sea, no more

: An intentional blurring displaying the reality of a possible illusion. How can you be certain that the reality you have in front of you is real. why isn’t it possible that reality is just another form of illusion.

: Woke up very early to enjoy the sunrise but it was no where to be seen. The light was however a photographers dream.

: I can see my destination but can I reach it ?

: The rocks, the sea and the skies and the tangible limits.

: This view got imprinted in me immediately to reflect time and the effect it has on us called age. We slow down and look and the rest run. What an illusion.

: looking closely at this leaf I could almost see energy flowing

: Water flows like time and I remain here looking

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Shadows of the Past

Mar 13

architecture, Exhibition, Malta, Outside world, rchircop, the past

Exploring hidden Paths in Cospicua

By Reuben Chircop

The dim light was enough to expose the passage of time over the walls that surround this city. As I walked through the narrow paths I could sense how delicately light placed itself upon the subjects, like actors on stage flaring for their moments of glory. Then I asked myself, when was it that this place enjoyed its moments, or if it still enjoys its fame today.

An arts exhibition using photography as the key medium to express the deceptive absence of light and thus giving the opportunity to the viewer to have the close sensation of darkness. In these exhibits I wanted to focus on the effects of nightfall in Cospicua making use of the available lighting as much as possible to elicit a sensation of serenity and expectation.

The importance of this city had started since Neolithic times and continued through the presence of the Knights of Malta where it was declared Citta Cospicua by Grand Master Marc’Antonio Zondadari.

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“Shadows of the Past” is an expression of a city that survived through time, keeping the uninhabited dwellings and closed doors at the center of attention to proclaim their past through night time. I could not fail to notice the amount of steps the city enjoys, stairways that could lead you in the city or away from its history, it is up to the viewer to choose, and I hope that this exhibition helps into leading the viewer in the city and enjoy its magnificence.

All 12 exhibits are in Black and white and will be available for viewing from the 28th of March till the end of July 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays only between 10:00am and 12:00pm or by appointment on info@birmula.com. You can also visit the exhibition any day during the Holy Week.

Special time only during the Holy Week

Sunday 28th March: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Thursday 1st April: 8.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Friday 2nd April: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Sunday 4th April: 9.00 am – 11.00 am

This photographic exhibition will be inaugurated by his Excellency Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici in an official opening at the Bir Mula Heritage, 79 St. Margaret Street, Bormla.

How to Arrive

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A pebbled path

May 27

Gozo, Nature and Thought, Outside world, the past, The sea

Looking at my past, lost in the depths of the sea, pushed ashore today I rest on this solid ground, dried out from my luxurious shine by the scorching rays of the god of light. Overlooking my fellow companions, watching them following the path that I hath laid.

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Dawn of a new beginning

Apr 1

architecture, Malta, the past, The sea, Valletta

Blue skies, cumulus clouds, inspired by the dominance of the silence that lays beforth me. Valletta was speaking again or else it was myself who started to listen again. Hopping from one rock formation to another, beneath the fortifications I realize the grandeur of this architectural marvel. It is unbelievable that this fortification has undergone two great wars and they are still standing, and which probably will still stand triumphantly for the years to come.