Tag Archives: vibrant

Visual surprise

“Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.” — Derek Walcott There’s nothing like a good dose of the Caribbean to warm and brighten the dullest March.  There are places more elegant, more prestigious, more affluent or trendy, but I’ve never …

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Visual surprise

“Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.” — Derek Walcott There’s nothing like a good dose of the Caribbean to warm and brighten the dullest March.  There are places more elegant, more prestigious, more affluent or trendy, but I’ve never …

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Vibrantly alive

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées as seen from l’Arc de Triomphe, Paris 2005 “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” — Indira Gandhi I love the city; I find its nonstop life energizing and stimulating.  Even in the midst of the rush, we can pause long …

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