ONE SPRING DAY



One Spring Day (2012)

'The West is also the East of the East.'
Poet-monk Simeon from Mount Athos

After repeatedly witnessing the so-called 'Spring Revolutions', I took a long stroll through the streets of New York in spring 2012.
As a candid flâneur or 'botanist' of the urban landscape, I attempted to visualise the relationship between the cultural capital of the Western world and the turbulent 'New East', drawing on my Mediterranean background.





Un jour de printemps (2012)

« L'Occident est aussi l'Orient de l'Orient. »
Moine poète Siméon du Mont Athos  

Après avoir été témoin à plusieurs reprises des « Révolutions de Printemps », j'ai fait une longue promenade dans les rues de New York au printemps 2012.  En tant que flâneur candide ou « botaniste » du paysage urbain, j'ai tenté de visualiser la relation entre la capitale culturelle du monde occidental et le « Nouvel Orient » turbulent, en puisant dans mon expérience méditerranéenne.
















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One old rock gazing towards a new world, an island watching a continent beyond land & oceans.

















One strong need to show you belong somewhere!

















One early drawing of a future Empire!
















One hidden two floor appartment in between, under a sedimentation of buildings.

















One sidewalk and a blooming tree.

















One grip and closed eyelids

















One shoe shinning shop, a pair of tsarouhia, a black cat & two mad bulls on the defence.

















A quick nap commuting to Staten island.

















One sacred space before going on stage.
















One secular Chinese empire is landing in the Western World by the sea.

















One longstanding friendship in a depression era.


















One moment of serenity, for two travellers benched on a rock in Central Park.

















One gaze wandering the streets like Alice in wonderland!

















One melting-pot jabber and a sleepy girl !

















One glass cleaner closer to transparence !

















One emperor's gaze outside a small Chinese restaurant where I tasted delicate & ancient flavors from the far East.

















One Statue of Liberty with an Asian smile !

















One joyful and furtive encounter.

















On the outskirts of the Big Apple an American flag over one huge Chinese store.

















One yellow horse & the lively memory of war !

















One lion's roar trapped under uncertainty.

















One hidden kiss behind the forbidden tree !

















One and multiple strokes of urban light!

















One day earlier I visited the Japanese & Chinese art at Metropolitan Museum's.

















One tired couple at the museum.
















One can't hide its real nature, even under the finest myth, when its only fundament is wealth.

















One quick nap, on St. Patrick's day !

















One white shadow and a tattooed hand.


















One white stick without its bucket of black paint.

















One vertical meditation...

















One spring day and few "Springs Revolutions" away!


















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