The doors of perception

Sometimes you don't want to feel like home

2011-11-20T15:09:00.000-08:00

Vermont, USA
July 2011

We were driving along those lonely streets in Vermont. No one was there, we were the only one going up and down those green mountains with the pouring rain beading the windows of the car. I loved that feeling of being lost in nature, far away from my ordinary life... until I saw that fast food! It was like a black spot on a white painting. That shiny M was too familiar to my eyes and sometimes you don't want to feel like home.
C.

Cherry Blossom

2011-03-13T04:24:00.000-07:00

Piazza S. Stefano, Milano
Italy

I was strolling with my camera yesterday afternoon and I suddenly saw this pink cloud in the middle of a grey city... it was like an oasis, an happy spot and my camera began to take picture, because I wanted to capture the small treasure that I found!
At the foot of the tree there was a pink and soft carpet of petals and at every wind blowing the flower were dancing in a scented rhytm... it made me happy! I'm usually amazed by simple things, like the couple of an old man and woman that were slowly passing by holding hands...it was the perfect moment and I found myself smiling!
The cherry blossom is a traditional happening in Japan, every year in April the parks are full of people waiting for the spring and life to come back after the cold winter... I hope that the cherries will blossom this year too!
Have an happy sunday!
Cami

Take a look around

2011-02-19T00:05:00.000-08:00

Naples, Italy
July 2010

Love is everywhere, you just need to seek for it...and it doesn't hide so well!

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around."
from the movie Love Actually

Have a "discovery" day,
Cami

Close your eyes and imagine

2011-02-16T12:45:00.000-08:00

Venice, Italy
17 November 2010

The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye.
J. Joubert
Sweet dreams, dreamers!
Cami

Would you be my Valentine?

2011-02-14T00:19:00.000-08:00

February 2011

Happy Valentine's day to everyone, because we are all lovers of someone or something... and I think that every occasion, even today (but I should admit that I dont like S. Valentine's day that much...), is a good excuse to party.. :-D
Have a lovely day,
Cami

Insane Love.

2011-02-13T04:08:00.000-08:00

Naples, Italy
August 2010

This woman reminds me in some way Alda Merini... She was a woman, a poet, a patient of a psychiatric hospital, but above all she was a lover... Love goes always side by side with insanity.
Have a poetic sunday,
Cami

A diamond in the rough

2011-02-02T05:24:00.000-08:00

April 2009

It's universally known that dogs are man's best friend and it's true! He's Jaky, my irish setter...he's a red hairy puppy full of love, when he looks at me with those sweet eyes I feel my heart shrinking in my chest...he can't speak, but I can "feel" that he loves me and he cares...
This is exactly what happens with true friendship: you don't need to talk for hours or the be sticked together with glue 24/7, but you feel that your friend is there for you and you are there for her...She's your diamond in the rough and you feel blessed to have her by your side! The bound that keeps you united is built day by day, with constance and fairness, and has time passes it gets stronger and stronger, exactly like diamonds...if you find your balance, you know that nothing is going to scratch the perfection of that jewel that you are going to protect fighting with tooth and nail...
But you have to pay attention to fake...some gems are shining like if they are precious, but they are not, they are only glass, even if they pretend to be diamonds...those friendship are fragile, easy to break and overestimated, they are not based on respect and caring, but only on selfishness and you have to pay attention if you don't want to hurt yourself when they sliver...
"Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in the reflection".
Have a precious day,
Love
Cami

The effort of building love

2011-01-31T06:01:00.000-08:00

Naples, Italy
July 2010

Passion, passion in building what you love, this is what I felt when I saw this man standing at the window of his house while I was strolling in the "Quartieri spagnoli" in Naples...He dedicated himself and his experience to making a violin from a piece of wood, he was turning nature into music, ha was spending his time to make others enjoy his effort... Don't we do the same when we are building love? We mix blood and sweat and sometimes it doesn't pays you back the effort, it's like a sand castle on the shore, you put all yourself into it and then a small wave destroys it... but at the end, even if there are no towers or ditches and the only thing that remains is a bunch of wet sand, you know what it was, you know that you invested the much you could to make it look the better castle of the beach: you were choosing the finest sand and nicest shells, you were spending your time and yourself for something that was worthing...you feel that that castle could have been perfect, it would have made you proud of your care... if that wave stopped a few inches before...if someone told you to protect it from the salty water, now your castle wouldn't be covered in tears... Don't be the wave, before attacking the castle, try to stop and think what you are going to do, who you are going to hurt... TRY and THINK!
Have a "passionate" monday!
Love,
Cami

Sitting. Waiting. Wishing

2011-01-30T02:36:00.000-08:00

Nagarkot, Nepal
September 2010

Sitting.
Waiting.
Wishing.
...but nothing changes!
Why do we have to waste our time waiting for something to be different? Just act and move on, the world is plenty of things to feed our existence...so stand up, stop looking at the horizon for someone to come and do your own things...Life is yours and make your own happiness!
Have a happy sunday wherever you are!
Love,
Cami

Peace and bubble gum

2011-01-28T00:01:00.000-08:00

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
December, 2008

Walls built by meanness and arrogance will always fall.
Peace will be the last one standing.

So have a day "against the wall"!!
Love and peace,
Cami

Stand still

2011-01-26T14:26:00.000-08:00

Kathmandu, Nepal
September 2010

You can't even imagine the mess that there was around these cows and they were staying there so relaxed and calm among people running everywhere, cars and litter... We should learn something from them: sometimes we need to calm down and take a break, let's not be in a rush 24/7 and let's try to appreciate the small things in life... but maybe not sitting on a bunch of rubbish =) !!!
Good night dreamers,
Cami

Oasis

2011-01-26T07:48:00.000-08:00

Solferino, Italy
May 2010

This blog is becoming day by day my oasis where I spend my breaks from studying...
My style in taking pictures is very chameleonic, I go from the brilliant colors to the black and white (that it's my favorite ;-) ), depending on my mood and on the subject... Which one do you like the most?
Love,
Cami

Ps Follow me on Bloglovin... It's easy, just follow the link on your right... Thanks!!!

Hide and seek

2011-01-26T02:09:00.000-08:00

Isola Bella, Italy
October 2009

Hide and seek was one of my favorite games when I was a child and, as I grow up, I can sadly see that it's also one of most loved "games" played by adults. We always hide from someone or something, sometimes we also hide from ourselves...we try not to be vulnerable to others people eyes, because we are afraid to be hurt and to be known from the very deep... we spend our entire life in the perfect hiding place that we found, watching everything from our detached position, and,even when we could have the possibility to come out and win the game, we prefer to stay there where everything is safe and secure...
but, you know what, the time of the playground is over and I feel like I can finally peek out and go for the winning, because I don't want that the fear of striking out keeps me from playing... Seek me!
Have a revealing day!!
Love,

Cami

Ps I think that all this studying it's making me think too much... Gosh, I need a vacation!

Yesterday and today

2011-01-25T03:04:00.000-08:00

Hoi An, Vietnam
August 2009

The matter changes with the passing of time, but the substance remains always the same...
It doesn't matter what helps you to see through the dark, the most important thing is that you get the "enlightenment"...
Have a bright day!!!

Cami

ps My day won't be very bright, I already know, but I hope I will find the light through my books... It's a confession of a bored student!!!

"Reflections"

2011-01-24T12:03:00.000-08:00

Venice, Italy
November 2010

What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror?
Think about it.

Cami

Upside down

2011-01-24T00:21:00.000-08:00

Palermo, Sicily, Italy
August 2010

I love this picture and today I love it more, because Im feeling exactly like this mannequins... Im falling into pieces... I need a vacation asap and it's only the first day of the week!!
Have an explosive monday!!!
Cami

I can almost feel the waves

2011-01-23T12:51:00.001-08:00

Costa Smeralda, Sardinia
August 2010

I wish I were on the beach right now...the feeling of the sand and of the salty water on your skin, a good bottle of wine and a good friend... best time ever!
I'd better go back to study now...stop daydreaming!
Cami

Where the sun is always shining

2011-01-23T00:33:00.000-08:00

Erice, Sicily
August 2010

After you have been to Sicily you can understand why is an island divided by the rest of Italy: it's a totally different world...You are between the crystal clear sea, the shining blue sky and the sunburned countryside, you are the middle of this storm of senses where food mixes with culture and with the local way of living, so it's not of no consequence to you and this is what's so magical...
It has been one of the most beautiful vacation of my life...sometimes you don't have to cross the oceans to find what you where looking for...
Cami

ps I met the old sleeping man twice in Erice, in two different places...I first thought that he had a twin...or maybe he was narcoleptic... =)

On my way to Siem Reap

2011-01-22T00:30:00.000-08:00

You never know who you can meet on your path...This was a lucky day!
On my way to Siem Reap from Phnom Penh, Cambodia
September 2009

Have a shiny Saturday!
Cami

Om Mani Padme Um

2011-01-21T15:57:00.000-08:00

Tamshing Phala Festival, Bumthang, Bhutan
September 2010

New born blog!

2011-01-21T15:18:00.000-08:00

Hi! Ciao! Salut! Hola!
Im Camilla... I'm 22 years old and I'm a med student from Italy.. I've a deep passion for photography and for travelling, because it feeds my soul and I completely agree with S. Agostino when he says that "the world is a book and those who don't travel read only one page"(I've also a magnet on my fridge with this "truth")..
I've been thinking for a long time before opening this blog...maybe I was too lazy or maybe I was too afraid to show you the world through my eyes, however Im finally here... and I hope you like it...
Have fun and keep smiling!
Cami