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Street Photography Secrets, Paris (2026)

07/05/2024

🌈 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 🥳 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 🎉 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙃𝙔?
www.ParisSetMeFree.com

This is the 4th 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 in 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 of 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟰 of my 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨:
9 photos and 9 texts in a sexy square grid. OK, in a grid.

My artistic challenge is to offer 729 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 like this to the Paris-Photo-Chronicle-Curio-loving universe in only 18 short years.

This is 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗡°𝟳 and 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡°𝟮𝟱𝟲...
𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨! 🤗

Take part in the creative fun by letting me know which ones you like and see if anyone else chooses the same! 🤓
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05/04/2024

🫣 𝗪𝗛𝗬'𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗬? 🤔
(Paris Masterclass: ParisSetMeFree.com/Master )

𝙏𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝟯 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩. 🤨
Or even slowly:
"𝘞𝘩𝘺'𝘴 - 𝘴𝘩𝘦 - 𝘴𝘰 - 𝘴𝘩𝘺?" (x3) 😏

Think I'll do a reel to prove that you can't!
Nope. 🤭
Not possible.
Uh-uh. 😌
No can do.
Be-do-be-do-be-do! 🤪

(𝙋.𝙎. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙀𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?)

15/01/2024

🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯

𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 🥐: Join my 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master ☕️
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𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟮𝟬𝟲 (Think again... 🤔 🐝)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟯 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 1
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-3

📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

You can't always get what you want, sang the Rolling Stones. Like rolling stones, various key elements present in this photo were in constant motion. And nothing is ever as perfect as you want it to be, said Brian Patten, one of my favourite poets. I'm tempted to think that this photo is far from perfect, not exactly what I wanted and certainly not as good as it could have been. Take that great gowk blocking half of my lovely bright yellow postbox, for instance. Grr..

What would 'perfect' have looked like? I have no idea. The green, blue, yellow and red all 100% visible and aligned? Maybe, but life ain't like that. The four-coloured photo idea only appeared when the woman in green did. The character in the blue beret is not unknown to our services, BTW, as the French police say! My boy...

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Louise Danielle, a lovely coach from the good ol' UK whose birthday is in... 2 DAYS - have an inspiring one, Louise! 🥳 🎈🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

09/01/2024

🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯

𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 🥐: Join my 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master ☕️
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𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟮𝟬𝟬 (I Can See🗼Four Miles 🤓)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟮 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 4
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-2

📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

I CAN SEE 🗼 FOUR MILES

From the top of Eiffel's tower
We look down on the trees and smile
We're finally greater than nature
It was tough and it took a while

But now we're the kings of concrete
Cast iron has no secrets left
We've shown radio waves how to behave
The cosmos is feeling bereft
🐦
We're the bosses of bison, raw metals our bi***es
A click of our finger brings bitcoins and riches
Oil mining's a gas, see how fast friendship switches
And labour's dirt-cheap; throw the dregs in the ditches
🌳
But dancing on lava
Is proving a bore
And drowning in icecaps
Quite dreadful a chore

There's just one more towering ambition
Now we've conquered Mars and the moon
To bring back some life to our poor little Earth
We've burnt all our bridges too soon
🍂

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Oum Imran from my Psychopédagogie Positive training from a few years back, whose birthday is in... 2 DAYS - hope you're fine and have a positive one, Imran! 🥳 🎈🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

05/01/2024

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟵𝟲 (Dance, horsey, dance 👨‍🎨 🐴)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟭 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 9
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-1
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🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯
𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 🥐: Join my 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master ☕️
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

Ahh... the little jobs. If there's something that touches me as much as seeing the homeless folks camped out under bridges or on metro platforms, it's the humble professions. Modest, yet oh-so-more heartful than those working in banks or brokering deals or designing perfume packaging.

Heck, whadda I know? Maybe he's a deal-brokering merchant banker specialising in luxury fragrances when he's not playing with his wooden ponies, although with a beard like that...

I don't mean the fly-guys selling illegal ci******es in Barbès or Eiffel Tower keyrings and fake Louis Vuitton handbags from a grab-an'-run sheet on the street. Nor the crooks draining your cash when you misguess which cup a ball's under.

I'm talking about the accordion players, the living statues, the lovely, lonely violinists straining under Louvre arches, the caricaturists and, of course, the happy-go-lucky horse-jigglers.

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Alexandra Schermer, a powerful positive person from my MindValley days, whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a lovely one, Alexandra! 🥳 🎈🐦🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

30/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟵𝟬 (Things are looking up... 😄 🦅)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟭 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 3
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-1
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🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯
𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 🥐: Join my 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master ☕️
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

Bridges are wonderful metaphors for change and moving safely from one thing to the next, for progressing and creating links and bonds. Holding out olive branches and healing old wounds, too.

This is the Pont Alexandre III, reputedly Paris's most beautiful. It's certainly the grandest and arguably gaudiest, with its bling-bling art nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged gold stallions à gogo. It symbolised ties forged by the Russian Tsar through the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. At least the bridge is still standing... 🌁

Then there are the birds flying overhead, eschewing barriers and mocking stupid boundaries, showing that things always look different from an elevated viewpoint.

The high-flyer on the right is Sammy Seagull, a key character in my forthcoming fictional series of Paris adventures... or is it... key, forthcoming or fictional? I'll let you decide in due course, as connections are made and divides spanned.

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Adam Bogicevic, who helps people write fast (with wizard tendencies), whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a magical one, Adam! 🥳 🧙‍♂️ 🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

29/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟵 (Don't look down... 🙄 🚇)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟭 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 2
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-1
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🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

The son grows, ️the passion for the Paris metro remains. The father doesn't seem about to lose his penchant for angles and other urban oddities either.

What a joyous mishmash of lines and ligatures. And how tightly I'm linked and lashed to this mythical transport system too. Tracks 2 and 6 are particularly enchanting as they include elevated sections which allow you to fly high above the boulevards. 🚇

You can enjoy a grandstand view of the impressive building-high murals, train your eye on the changing quarters you trip through, and of course wave to Lady Eiffel as you cross the Pont de Bir-Hakeim between Grenelle and Passy.

But admiring the exceptional architecture of those underground stations themselves, which happen to be overground, reveals a whole new photographic universe. With help from other intrepid explorers, I hope to be bringing you aerial inspiration for many years to come. Any requests (and don't say 'Jump!')?

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Jean Hedstrom, wonderful photographer, chocolate-lover and 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 member, whose birthday is in... 3 DAYS - have a high-flying early one, Jean! 🥳 🐶 🎈🦅 🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

28/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟴 (In with the new! 🤩 🗼)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟰 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟭 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 1
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-1
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🎯 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🎯
𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 🥐: Join my 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master ☕️
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

Welcome to Volume 4 and the second third of the Paris Photo Chronicles. Six years down; only twelve to go! Thanks for sticking with me so far. Yesterday, the 27th December, 2023, coincidentally the last day of Volume 3, was the 100th anniversary of Gustave Eiffel's death.

Without him, there'd be no me, not in this current form, at least. I almost certainly wouldn't have spent the last 30 years in Paris. And I wouldn't be obsessed by this long-running photo series also known as When Lady Eiffel Smiles. So, yeah, thanks, M. Eiffel; what can I say? Bravo!

There's a lot we can potentially be profoundly shocked or deeply impressed by in life. But we can't experience everything. As I've said about giving and purpose recently, it's better to give something or to have some sort of purpose or to feel some strong emotions rather than none.

To this day, Gustave's accomplishment amazes me, from its conception to the engineering prowess and audacity required, to the obstacles it faced, to the feeling I get when I look up at it, wide-eyed, thinking, hey, I'm next to the Eiffel Tower; how about that! Maybe you feel the same. About something.

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Jean-Marie Guéro, committed community man, whose birthday is... TODAY - have a great one,Jean-Marie! 🥳 🎈🤗
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🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
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27/12/2023

🌈 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 🥳 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 🎉 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙃𝙔?
Paris Set Me Free: https://tinyurl.com/yu8n8j36

This is the second-last 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 in 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟯 of my 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨:
9 photos and 9 texts in a sexy square grid. OK, in a grid.

My artistic challenge is to offer 729 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 like this to the Paris-Photo-Chronicle-Curio-loving universe in only 18 short years.

This is 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗡°𝟲 and 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡°𝟮𝟰𝟮...
𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨! 🤗

Take part in the creative fun by letting me know which ones you like and see if anyone else chooses the same! 🤓
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27/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟳 (Out with the old... 🥹 🧤)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟯 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟵 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟵 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 9
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-3-book-9-chap-9
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

And if I cast off this yoke of yearning, this self-imposed manic mantle of Mr. Creator? What if I just… stopped?️

I’ve asked very similar questions before, but exactly one third of the way through a crazy project programmed to last 18 years, or 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 daily text and photo combos… seems as good a time as any to reassess my insanity.️

And no, I’m not gonna stop. I can think of today as the end of Volume 3 or tomorrow as the start of Volume 4 but I prefer to look at it another way.

I’ve just lived 2187 days in a row where I’ve woken up with some sort of purpose. I don’t think it matters what it is, as long as you enjoy it and think it might make others happy too.️

I said yesterday that giving is more important than what you give. Purpose is like that. Having one is better than what that purpose actually is, as long as it seems worthwhile and worthy in some way. I’ll keep going for now… until I'm not.

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Svetlana Nadtoka, a fellow mindmapper in Paris I've still never met (!!) whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a connected one, Svetlana! 🥳 🎈🇺🇦 🤗
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🇺🇦 𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙋𝙏 𝙖 "𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙐𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚" 𝙥𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚.....and contribute a few €s to a refugee charity.
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆² 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: www.i2c.life

🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

26/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟲 (It's still here... )
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟯 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟵 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟵 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 8
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-3-book-9-chap-9
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

This is my Boxing Day 2023 Paris Photo Chronicle, one day before the end of Volume 3 after six years of daily posting.

I admit it's a bit miserable for this time of year, but homeless folks are a recurring theme and actually one of the reasons I do this. To raise awareness and even to remind myself to give them a few coppers when I can.

Coins are becoming a rare commodity in today's virtually cashless society and having empty pockets, as I've discussed before, is a valid excuse for not giving, but not a comfortable one.

So, grab your loose change dump this December and just give it to anyone you see on the street, whatever they might do with it. Does it really matter? The act of giving is as important as what you give, with the added bonus that the human warmth created flows both ways.

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to Diane Burgess, creative lady I know through photography, whose birthday is... TODAY - have a great one, Diane! 🥳 🎈🤗
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🇺🇦 𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙋𝙏 𝙖 "𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙐𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚" 𝙥𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚.....and contribute a few €s to a refugee charity.
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆² 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: www.i2c.life

🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
Paris Set Me Free 🤩 Surf the City of Light & Shadow with 🧩 Sab in Paris

22/12/2023

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗡°𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮 (Just one fix... 😎 💄 👛)
𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟯 - 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟵 - 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟵 - 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 4
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-3-book-9-chap-9
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📜 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗧ᴇ𝘅ᴛ ✏️

Two things constantly amaze me about Paris. Primero, the city's incredibly intricate and constantly evolving public transport system. And segundo, ️the seemingly bottomless market for exorbitantly priced handbags.

To the latter, add perfumes, lipsticks, chocolates, shoes (bien sûr), watches, jewellery, stoopid bug-eye sunglasses and more, serving only one real purpose: screaming you're aisé enough to afford them at all.

That's not totally true. When you are well-off, you may choose based on quality, performance, aesthetic values and just falling for something like anyone else.

Those handbags, though. Paying literally thousands for something that performs its purpose of holding things no better than a model costing tens. Which is why its true function is far from its functionality.

I feel slightly hypocritical, having an iPhone and not a Realme or a Xiaomi, but it is a Version 8 in these days of iPhone 15 Pro Maxes, so my morals are intact for now, although there are serious cracks!

🤪 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © 𝙎𝙖𝙗 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 ❣️️
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🌈 𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Today's 𝙒𝙇𝙀𝙎 is dedicated to dynamic Audrey Akoun, from a positive education (psychopedagogy) programme I did years ago, whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have an uplifting one, Audrey! 🥳 🎈🤗
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🇺🇦 𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙋𝙏 𝙖 "𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙐𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚" 𝙥𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚.....and contribute a few €s to a refugee charity.
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆² 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: www.i2c.life

🌅 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮... ⏳
Today's The Day 🌈 Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

🇫🇷 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚! 🥐 ☕️
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