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Halloween thoughts and autumn feelings
At this time of year I always get asked the question: “Was Dracula real?” Growing up in Transylvania, in a small town in the mountains,...
Columbia Hillen
Oct 22, 20142 min read
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How does it feel to be YOU?
I have left parts of myself in each corner of the world where I have travelled. The moment I stopped and fully realized I was THERE, a...
Columbia Hillen
Oct 8, 20141 min read
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Learning from the water how to master change
"There is no such thing as "change for the worse." Change is the process of Life Itself, and that process could be called by the name...
Columbia Hillen
Sep 29, 20141 min read
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Columbia Hillen
Sep 22, 20140 min read
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Learning about street fashion photography
...that's how I met Cristiana, who had just arrived at Vama Veche beach, on the shores of the Black Sea. ...and I asked her if she minds...
Columbia Hillen
Sep 11, 20141 min read
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Proud to be among winners at "Vama under Oscar lights" international photography festival
After a hard-working week, a perfect ending, with my collection of seven photographs being awarded third place in the "Street Fashion...
Columbia Hillen
Aug 31, 20141 min read
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Tapping on the core of street photography
For the last two days I have landed in a sort of heaven - a week-long festival of photography on the sunny coast of Black Sea, in the...
Columbia Hillen
Aug 25, 20141 min read
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Waking up into the real dream
I lay in the grass with the pain of inner questions running through my mind, and my heart. And I wonder whether when we lie down for the...
Columbia Hillen
Jul 23, 20141 min read
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Perfection
I know it exists, Because I'm not. I know I can be, Because I dream. I know I once was, As the roots of beauty Remind me I strongly...
Columbia Hillen
Jul 9, 20141 min read
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Seventh wave
As the wave comes in, The stone seems to be moving. But it’s only my thoughts Ever more changing. Can we ever say That different waves...
Columbia Hillen
Jul 2, 20141 min read
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I love Paris in the spring time...
I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles I love Paris every moment...
Columbia Hillen
Jun 25, 20141 min read
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Under pressure
Why do I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders? It's light. It's light when I clothe my soul in a different skin. It's light when...
Columbia Hillen
Jun 18, 20141 min read
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Cnoc Fola or among rocks with soft hearts
Rows of dark memories Layered by winds of acceptance. Tiny mounds lifting Like hands in a prayer. Heather caressing Lullaby of hope....
Columbia Hillen
Jun 9, 20141 min read
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An average dream
Could not even remember where exactly, but I saw this phrase: ‘average dream last only 20 minutes.’ And I could not help myself stop and...
Columbia Hillen
May 29, 20142 min read
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Hidden joy
Small drops of rain. You can’t even see them, but you feel them. And the automatic reaction is to consider the day as if it never was,...
Columbia Hillen
May 19, 20142 min read
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Epicurean Sicily
Perspective is many times what makes a place heaven or hell, philosophically speaking. From a traveler's point of view, it's important to...
Columbia Hillen
May 12, 20141 min read
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Exercises in defining Sicily
There is an old saying that a life well lived is when you succeed in defining who you are, every day, in every action or thought. And...
Columbia Hillen
May 5, 20141 min read
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Wisdom of rocks
Thinking of miracles I always imagine something surrounded by fireworks and colors, song and light. But then I remember that it’s in the...
Columbia Hillen
Apr 27, 20141 min read
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Spring at our feet, but we step on it
I live by the sea. I also live nearby an enchanted forest that sings to me every day. They say that the first people who inhabited...
Columbia Hillen
Apr 20, 20142 min read
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Life
One must be extremely strong in mind and spirit to survive more than a year in Donegal. I don't even know why I say that, it just came to...
Columbia Hillen
Apr 13, 20142 min read
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