Portugal Keeps Popping Up, I am Being Haunted by Beautiful Portuguese Things

Since launching into the Book of Disquiet all things Portuguese keep emerging in my wanderings. This is just a perceptual shift - I am merely noticing all things Portugal and Lisbon more than usual, I am sure. Here is a painting that in my opinion plays nicely with the prose of Pessoa. I am keen to understand these affinities, and exactly what there is about Portuguese culture that appears so tantalisingly ‘simpatico’ with my current frame of mind. I have never been to Portugal and don’t know much about the place. That should change.

Luisa Jacinto, b. 1984. “Passing”, oil on canvas, 200 x 240 cm