Walk through Palma’s old town and you might miss it. A narrow gap between weathered stone facades leads toward Carrer de l’Almudaina. But slow down. Look through the wide portal of Ca n’Oleo, and something stops you in your tracks. Beyond the shadowy entrance, the courtyard opens into a flood of light. Right in the center sits a sculpture glowing in an electric shade of grass green: Posidònia by Juan Carlos Nadal. Visitors who weren’t even looking for art find themselves drawn in anyway. They…
Las Calmas de Enero: Beyond Silence
The sky an endless blue, no single cloud, and the sea like a mirror. Reflecting the low winter sun that already feels warm on your skin in the late morning. Nothing moves, including me. In the absence of wind even the seagulls stay on their lookout. The holidays seem far away, although it’s only been a few days since Christmas, New Year and Los Reyes Magos. When all of a sudden the heartbeat of the island slows down. We call it Las Calmas de Enero. The poetic term for the calms of January…


