Chani's Creative Space

Sometimes it is best to walk through a field without thinking about what is happening in the world. No matter what country, everything is scary. My body is in Madrid, but my thoughts are in Málaga and Gaza. Tomorrow will be another day where some people will need me to get some hope and then I will be full of energy again. Tonight I just walk, with a small bird as only company. I wish my husband were here, and my dog too, but they are far away. The wind is picking up, which means it will be dark soon. Path in Galapagar (Madrid, Spain)

Time again to marvel at small things, like a small plant between two large rocks.  Seen in Torrelodones (Madrid, Spain)

This week will (finally!) bring more rain. Yesterday we were near the beach looking at the sky, it was kind of pink with some bolts of lightning. Then a storm came last night (all night!). I cannot stop thinking about this Mediterranean Sea as a connection to my friends in Palest1ne. It is the same landscape, the same water, the same salt.  At Carihuela Beach, yesterday evening At Carihuela Beach, Friday evening

If you did not already know, at once you understand that life does not take place online, but in nature, and that the most beautiful moments are silent. You may hear a bird, a donkey or a dog, but not a radio or a car. If I won the lottery, I would buy a (small) house in Cercedilla , near Madrid, but a totally different world, and I would never leave. Well, I might leave for one month in the winter to go back to Málaga, but no more than that. ;-) Enjoy some pictures of the beautiful nature around Cercedilla! As always, prints and other stuff can be purchased though my website .

Like my dog peering over a moss-covered wall on a hike, I am curious. In the world of art, curiosity is the driving force behind creativity. The ability to see what others do not see, to experiment and to imagine. What did Nubi see or smell over there? I will never know. Probably a whole world. Nubi peering over a wall

Fall is almost here, and that is good. I love the shorter days, the prospect of getting back to standard time (even if it not the time that corresponds to our meridian), eating chestnuts, taking longer walks without dying of the heat. Finding some chestnut trees on the path from Pampaneira to Bubión (province of Granada, Spain)