Field Notes – Solstice Roads my new post on The Polymath site is Field Notes from a Solstice journey between Porto and Lisboa. A day of buses, trains, sea water, unexpected encounters, a lost scarf, and the quiet arrival of summer. It can be read here.
My joy of photographing exhibitions is back. 🙂
João Penalva Galeria exhibition at Galeria Nuno Centeno, one of my favourite places in Porto.
The exhibition runs until July 31st. Tuesday to Saturday, 2-7pm. Free entry.
There’s a photo gallery on our Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/
The Difference Between Action and Contact, my new post at The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice and The Polymath sister site – approaches the difference between action and contact in men’s lives. How constant doing can replace presence with self and others, and how real connection requires staying internally present even within action. You can read it at The Listening Room HQ site.
Gemini New Moon, June 15 – The Things That Remain, my new post at The Polymath, is not an ordinary astrology post.
It starts with real every day life things, a song – The Irish Goodbye by Bernard Butler – conversations, a exhibition – Sentimento Monocromático (Monocromatic Feeling) by Gustavo Sanches de Castro, a poem – Na Spailpíní Fánacha (The Wandering Spailpín) read by Ian Duhig – a radio show – RTE Arena 100 – to arrive to what, for me, endures.
There’s pigeons, swings, sliders, ice creams, conversations too. You can read the full post here.
We have a photo gallery of Gustavo Sanches de Castro interesting and though and feelings challenging Sentimento Monocromático (Monocromatic Feeling) exhibition on Mondo’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/
Sentimento Monocromático is on display at Alameda Art Spot, in Porto, during June. 50% of the processeds from the exhibition go to APPDA-Norte (Portuguese Association for Developmental Disorders and Autism).
Painting 1: Jogo de Família (Family Game)
Painting 2: Folhas soltas de um diário (Loose pages from a diary)
Returning to Swimming in the Atlantic is my new post at The Polymath site.
After more than twenty years away from ocean swimming, I returned to swim in the Atlantic. Returning to Swimming in the Atlantic is a very personal thing, and post, to mr. Sea swimming, bodily memory, presence, the North Atlantic coast of Porto, Foz, rediscovering a relationship that had never truly disappeared. You can read it here.
When Sadness Becomes Mortal – On the Death of Marjane Satrapi is a post on The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice and The Polymath sister site – prompted by The death of artist Marjane Satrapi, said by those close to her to have followed a year of profound sadness after losing her husband, raises questions about grief, loss, the brain, and the hidden impact of sorrow on men’s lives. You can read it on The Listening Room HQ site: https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/2026/06/when-sadness-becomes-mortal-on-death-of.html
Full Moon in Sagittarius, May 31: The Difference Between Knowing and Participating the new post on The Polymath site speaks of on creativity, culture, astrology, symbolism, and exploring the space where knowledge becomes participation. It can be read here.
Call of The West is a beautiful black & white photography exhibition by Victor Torpedo portraying Portuguese rock-‘n’-roll band first trip to the United States in 1997 can be seen at Casa do Infante | Gabinente do Tempo in Porto.
Monday to Sunday: 10am-5:30pm
Closed on Mondays and public holidays
You can see more photos on a photo gallery on our Instagram http://www.instagram.com
Field Notes – Porto, The Mountains, and Human Crossings my new post on The Polymath site https://www.thepolymathisme.com/ is a lived note on Porto, exhibitions, transport hubs, mountains, symbolic conversations, creativity, and the unexpected human crossings that open new possibilities, and of how, often, the path appears afterwards. It can be read here.
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