Chani's Creative Space

I find it difficult to look back and to look forward because I am someone who lives in the present. Since I don't know what tomorrow will bring, I don't want to worry too much about what I will do, won't do or should avoid. But one thing is certain: in 2024, I will hold on, just as I did in 2023. Trying not to hurt others, trying to live reducing my carbon footprint. Living with eyes wide open to see beauty wherever it is. Making art out of it. May love and happiness be yours this holiday season! Water greens in Benalmádena (Andalusia, Spain) Shells on the beach in Benalmádena

It's been so long since we've been in Malaga's Lagunilla s neighborhood (2016). Since we were invited to a book presentation in a café there yesterday, we had some time to walk around the streets before the event.  As always, it was a shock to see how Malaga's center has become an intense tourist space. The shops were all open, the weather was nice, it looked like people were buying and eating to forget about what is going on in the world. After navigating through the absolutely crowded center, it was a relief to be back in Lagunillas, not far from those streets where I couldn't find a space to walk and think.  Since 2016, some houses have been demolished, others have been rehabilitated to serve as... tourist accommodations. So it will only be a matter of time before the small shops I saw yesterday ("ultramarinos", "carnicería"...) also disappear, when the owners get too old or die, and no tourist needs to buy there, because they get their food i...

These days, art may be my only refuge. Street lamp in Torremolinos (province of Málaga, Spain)