Freedom
On the Bridge of Freedom coming from Paraguay’s duty free zone A biker called Jesus will give back to Caesar what belong to Caesar Or does he cross the bridge to get a handful of nails While the son of Simon drives all the way to the other bank Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Walking around the Hill blowing the vuvuzela The banned African trumpet in fear the white walls crumble But every prohibition brings its new violations, in the name of freedom Invisible walls are built around the people with razor wire and CCTV Fear inside of the fear outside, every home has its own lock-down Mad […]
Riding high into the battle of Shrewsbury Mews on her steed Fending off the crowds and holding back the crumbling walls The spirits and the smokes fuel the illusions as the world starts spinning round An enthralled black man called horse, blinkered with pink heart-shaped glasses Night is coming to our mind as we grow […]
Nothing serious, it is just a twerk meet The pretense of a minute physical rub The rush and the blush, the instant forgotten Like butterflies bumping on each flower The inebriating spirits race to the head Dancing to forget and dancing to remember The celebration of a new freedom at every sunrise Hugh Ardoin The […]
Beauty comes down Chepstow in waves an hues Flagged or unflagged, laughing and giggling Bottle in hand to keep the spirit high Adding to the inebriation of two days of freedom In spite of heavy police presence and profiling Tuesday will only come too soon Opening the next one-year waiting Hugh Ardoin THe Notting Hill […]
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf Beauty is a weapon of mass destruction The lady in red is a strong symbol Be it in bullfighting of to catch frogs (princes) Or the redcoats, the loyalists in the American revolution A Freedom that turned later into the genocide of the red skins Red can be […]
A girl, swooping down from the clouds of a midsummer dream Showing the dimensions of her elation, the instant of freedom The sound-rigs move along with the dancers in a haze of pungent smoke Dreams have wings, angels have halos, humans have hopes in chains Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2014 Carnival Gallery
Like the golden cages of our young age That our loving moms used to build around us To fence our dreams and keep us out of mischief We had this dream of a paradise to fulfil our desires Somewhere beyond the barriers up in the sky We would fly like Timothy Leary we would be […]
Runaway black beauties coming down the hill The need for speed and the inebriation of joy No panting beast running after their heels No other danger than a Humpty Dumpty’s fall The spirit of freedom of those born to be wild Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2013 Carnival Gallery