These are absolutely Dickensian times for my country (and –if you let me tell it– also for me and my family). — On Friday, October the 27th – 2017 at 15:27, the Independence of Catalunya, my homeland, was solemnly declared. Today, four days later, my people and I are living in the República de Catalunya i
The plights of Saint Anthony the Great (or Anthony of Egypt or Anthony Abbot) during his extremely long sojourns in the Egyptian desert around the 3rd and 4th centuries, and all the torments supposedly inflicted to him by the Devil, are an often-repeated subject in history of art. After the first narrative by Athanasius of
[Duc aquí aquest post en anglès, tal com va ser escrit fa temps per a un altre blog. Demano disculpes a qui no l’entengui bé, però també m’ha fet l’efecte que deuen ser ben pocs, avui dia.] I never liked Salvador Dalí as a person, and moreover, I learned to deeply dislike him when I