It’s no secret I like photography and to take photos. Photography is one of my favourite visual arts. The other being architecture.
I took some photos of the 21st Mira Mobile Prize exhibition. They are on a photo gallery on Mondo’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/
21st Mira Mobile Prize runs until August 1 at Mira Forum, Porto. Wednesday to Saturday,3-7pm. Free entry.
Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane my new post on The Polymath talks of a late afternoon walk I took through old lanes and modern pavements reveals layers of architecture, class and memory. Abandoned houses, workers’ housing, porcelain swallows, hidden exhibitions and a clearing carpeted with fallen apples beneath a waxing Moon. Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane can be read here.
In New Moon In Cancer, July 2026 – The Womb and the Sanctuary & One Year of The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice and The Polymath sister site – my new post on The Polymath the Cancer New Moon of July 2026 meets the first anniversary of The Listening Room HQ, exploring home, family, sanctuary, sovereignty, creativity, and the slow architecture of belonging. You can read it on The Polymath site:
https://www.thepolymathisme.com/2026/07/new-moon-in-cancer-july-2026-womb-and.html
One Year of The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice, that offers sessions for men, and maps and reads for everyone.
One year after its birth, The Listening Room HQ first birthday post is a reflection on men, mental health, healing, accountability, creativity, nature and the many paths back to ourselves. It’s written from my personal experience and perspective. You can read it here: https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/2026/07/one-year-of-listening-room-hq.html
To everyone who has read, listened, written, reflected, challenged, encouraged and walked alongside this project: thank you.
My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights is on repeats until mid September.
Amazing Songs & Other Delights is broadcasted on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com to (or on the app). Each same show repeats 1st and 2nd Monday of the month, then another 3rd and 4th Monday of the month, 3-4pm (London time).
Exceptionally, this year The Anniversary Edition is in Autumn.
All shows on mixcloud shows on mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud
The Difference Between Effective Action and Activity the new post on The Listening Room H – The Polymath sister site and my men’s practice – is a follow up of The Difference Between Action and Contact. It talks of when life feels overwhelming, more activity isn’t always the answer. Learn why effective action, discernment and rest often create real change. It can be read on The Listening Room HQ site:
https://www.thelisteningroom.com/2026/07/the-difference-between-effective-action.html
Capricorn Full Moon, June 30 – The Things That Continue is my new post at The Polymath site. Between the Gemini New Moon and the Capricorn Full Moon, what quietly continued? Reflections on tending what remains alive, creativity, the sea, conversation and the slow work of growing a meaningful life. You can read it at The Polymath site: https://www.thepolymathisme.com/2026/06/capricorn-full-moon-june-30-things-that.html
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.
