writing
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Was it my first act of self determination?
I was listening to today’s Gibraltar Today discussion on how National Day came about and the issues of self-determination, and was thinking: why is it that it has, to this day, continued to be a central focal issue? Indeed, the SDGG has done absolutely incredible work through the decades, but the fight for self-determination started… Read more
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Beyond Earth: Rethinking Humanity’s Future
There is something rather strange about the way we think about the future. We look at the Moon and see a barren world. We look at Mars and see an inhospitable planet. We look into space and see distance, danger and enormous cost. And yet perhaps we are looking at all of this from entirely… Read more
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Slow down, create, and become part of the solution
It’s been a hot summer, hasn’t it? It certainly has for those of us living in southern Europe. Of course, there are always people who will say, “It’s summer—it’s supposed to be hot.” I tend to ignore those comments. Not because they’re entirely wrong, but because they often become an excuse to dismiss the bigger… Read more
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a change is coming
It was September 17, 2016, some three months after the Brexit referendum, that I last crossed the border into Spain. I had already made my decision before then not to bother crossing while the restrictions on Gibraltarians would be so great following Britain’s decision to leave the EU. However, a friend asked me to cover… Read more
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A concept of time, infinity and time travel
Let’s not talk art for a moment. Or better said, lets talk about the ultimate art. People often ask why, if time travel is possible, we do not see evidence of people travelling back from the future. I believe the answer lies in the nature of infinity. If infinity truly exists, then it is difficult… Read more
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Making “My Streets”
It all started to make sense as the design layout of this book took shape. All the anxieties about what order the images should go in soon dissipated. There was no need to provide an order. The moments captured during a period of some seven years had their own narrative as single captures. Mixed into… Read more
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NOGAF
What makes this series important is not the artist behind it, but the communication itself.The work is designed to speak directly, openly and without elitism. Art, after all, is a language. If it cannot communicate, if it becomes so abstract that nobody can connect with it, then it risks becoming decoration for intellectual circles rather… Read more
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Women with the Closed Door – The Story Behind It
(Listen while you read: https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZZlgcTu9AFLaPRY9qUlwH?si=5d7c825bd0d74ec7) You look around you—check social media, read the latest posts, maybe even watch TV—and all you seem to see are people chasing their fifteen minutes of glory. Many get thousands of hits, even millions, sometimes for the most futile things you could be watching, reading, or listening to. It seems… Read more
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Responsibility of a Creative Towards Sustainability
That’s a heavy title, isn’t it? You’re probably expecting a long lecture about climate change, saving the planet, and all the usual talking points. I’m not going to do that—at least not in the way you might expect. Instead, I’ll start with one simple statement of fact: I am just one person. I cannot change… Read more
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Between notebook and camera
My return to the creative field after seven years on the police force was always going to be a difficult one. The need for a stable income—something I could step back into quickly while still giving me the space I needed—led me to begin again through freelance photography as my first step. It was a… Read more
