CORDELIA'S JOURNEYS

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain ***If you are looking at this on your phone and want to see posts from the countries I have writen about, scroll to the bottom and press "View web version" and look at the column of links on the right hand side.***

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Monday, January 23, 2023

Monday, January 03, 2022

Street Art is Everywhere in Colombia!

Anyone who knows me has been waiting for street art photos from my travels. Colombia has LOTS of street art. It’s truly awesome. It was one of the reasons I wanted to go back. Everywhere you look, bam! more art, more color, more creativity. I took a wonderful tour with a street artist and learned more about the scene there.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

London Street Art

I spent Christmas week with my sister and her family in London. That gave me a chance to take another swing around and see the new street art. Once again London's art wowed me!

You can see my online album HERE.

Friday, December 22, 2017

Berlin Street Art

Berlin is one of THE street art cities and that meant lots of exploring and plenty to see.

You can see my full album HERE.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

El Macro Mural Barrio de Palmitas - Pachuca, Hidalgo State, Mexico

So perhaps you remember me posting a clip about a town in Mexico that painted a neighborhood? You may not have taken me seriously when I said I had found my next travel destinaton. I'm not sure I was serious, but, look, I went there! And it was beautiful!

Pachuca, Mexico is hoping a psychedelic mural can cement the transformation of a once crime-stricken neighborhood to a safer, more unified community. The government-sponsored urban renewal project, called El Macro Mural Barrio de Palmitas, coated over 200 hillside dwellings in a vibrant layer of paint with striking results.

Click THIS LINK to see more pictures of this amazing painting project

After reading THIS ARTICLE about the painting project in the Guardian, I decided I had to see it first hand.

Sunday, March 02, 2014

The Streets are Lined with Art in Philadelphia!

Somehow I missed this up till now but Philadelphia has an amazing assortment of street art with giant murals covering walls throughout the city. The Mural Arts Program began in 1984 as a component of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network, an effort spearheaded to eradicate the graffiti crisis plaguing the city. The Anti-Graffiti Network hired muralist Jane Golden to reach out to graffiti writers and to redirect their energies from destructive graffiti writing to constructive mural painting. Now 30 years later there are over 3600 murals throughout the city. I got a small taste of them by following the City Center walking tour, which is a self guide walk by 14 murals. Each mural has a plaque and a phone number that you can call to listen to an interview with the artist about the inspiration for the piece and who helped them do it. A big component of the project is to involve community members in the creation of the work. It was a touching experience to listen to the stories.

All in all, I have heard that Philadelphia has made great strides to attract artists by subsidizing housing and rehearsal space and seeing art EVERYWHERE showed they take this seriously. I have always loved Philly, but I now feel a deeper excitement about its vibrancy. I can't wait to go back when the snow isn't falling and the wind isn't blowing and explore other neighborhoods and see their art.

Click HERE to see an online album of some of the marvelous murals on Philadelphia's streets