Mish Aminoff
Bata Drums: Percussion at London Lucumi Choir rehearsal today
I sing with the amazing London Lucumi Choir, led by Daniela Rosselson de Armas. We sing songs from various Afro-Cuban genres, accompanied by percussion. Today’s percussionists were Collette Boardman, Bill Bland and Dave Pattman.
The tradition of the reclining nude …
My last post earlier today got me thinking about the “Anna is a victim” message and I connected it to the image below; one of the last images I took on my trip to Israel this week. It was one of many business card-sized images I found strewn on the ground near my hotel in … Read more
deep messages: text and nature
Came across this cry for help on a tree in Jerusalem the other day. The dash in G-d is common practice in orthodox Judaism. The custom of substituting the word “God” with G-d in English is based on the traditional practice in Jewish law of giving God’s Hebrew name a high degree of respect and reverence. … Read more
Mysterious sign in Tel Aviv this evening
My cousin Susi has since solved the mystery for me. The graffiti is basically a Hebrew pun; the question mark symbol asks why? The word for why in Hebrew is lama. This is juxtaposed with a representation of a llama.
Tel Aviv
I’m off to Tel-Aviv tomorrow for a short holiday; haven’t been since 2008. Here’s one I took back then
glue glyphs: texts and abstracts
Came across this today .. i like the mystery .. who is Clive? I’ve been taking lots of “gluey” abstract images over the years; here are a few examples. Another couple with text: And a street abstract: