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Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social

Love has subjugated me: to me this is no surprise, for she is strong and I am weak. Formerly I was rich, now I am poor: everything is lost in love. Hadewijch, 13th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Spirituality #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Poets #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #India

A bare-chested Indian farmer with a scarf wrapped on his head and a yellow lungi around his waist. Before him, he leads two cows with a rope; behind him is a roped calf. Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.
sep 2, 2025, 7:41 am • 23 2

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Gilbert @gulliver77.bsky.social

A wonderful view into everyday life in India 😀

sep 2, 2025, 7:45 am • 1 0 • view
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Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social

Why do I get the impression that you know it well??! 🦚

sep 2, 2025, 7:48 am • 1 0 • view
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Gilbert @gulliver77.bsky.social

I've never been there. But I've watched several documentaries and met some Indian people at a conference where we discussed differences and similarities between our cultures. And everyday life is so much more interesting than sightseeing highlights, at least to me.

sep 2, 2025, 7:50 am • 1 0 • view
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Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social

Ohhhhhhhhh, looking at your own unique style of photography, Gilbert, I doubt you'd ever leave the place with the diversity of subjects, settings and scenarios playing out like a movie every single day. I've never experimented with drugs, but India seems very like what I may have missed if I had!!!

sep 2, 2025, 8:04 am • 1 0 • view
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Gilbert @gulliver77.bsky.social

Thankyou Áine. I really can imagine that. My former boss went to India about 20 years ago. He took his camcorder with him and strolled through Mumbai and recorded almost everything. Only by watching it my senses almost got overstimulated. So in real life, I imagine it would feel like being on drugs.

sep 2, 2025, 9:10 am • 1 0 • view
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Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social

Spent 9 years in Mumbai and loved every one of them. Organised chaos!!!

sep 2, 2025, 11:31 am • 0 0 • view