Ara Balears in English - beauty

Pretty, pretty, isn't she?

Nanda Ramon — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:30:42 +0000

A few weeks ago Ignasi Aragay published an unusual view of Catalonia in ARAIt was a description—partly concrete and partly paradigmatic—of the first hour of the train journey from Barcelona to Girona. The title practically makes reading the entire article unnecessary: The ugly CataloniaThe tone and content are easy to imagine, and yet it's not a skimpy read.

Protect beauty

Cristina Ros — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:29:55 +0000

In just 67 meters, Florence shows us a reality that we can recognize in the Balearic Islands—and in many other places. Barely three minutes separate them on foot. On one side, the Galleria de l'Accademia, with Miquel Àngel's David, is a scene of fame and expectation, with outrageous lines marked out in corridors and controls regulating the massive flow of visitors, a lot of noise. On the other, the convent of San Marco, with its cells painted by Fra Angelico, seems to hide from the world, discreet and silent, as if waiting only for those who know how to look without hurrying. In this literal proximity, we are given an unexpected lesson about how we perceive and treat beauty: what is famous calls, but the discreet can offer a great experience.

The right to beautiful things

Xisca Homar — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:17:14 +0000

Now that summer is starting and the hours are dragging on, the book has come into my hands. The right to beautiful things, by Juan Evaristo Valls Boix. A book that begins by vindicating Emma Goldman and her desire to dance. Goldman championed free love and dance floors, a rebellious anarchism. Feminist movements echo this sentiment: "If I can't dance, it's not my revolution." Emma Goldman understands anarchism as a foreign right, the right of everyone to beauty and radiance. A right that frees us from metaphysical burdens and allows us the lightness of being.