Caroline M. Yoachim

Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:45 UTC

Thank you!! 💜

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:42 UTC

Will you be at @readercon.bsky.social? I have a reading!

Friday, July 12, 11:30am (Salon C)

For you, I am learning how to read|read. Come hear me read alongside a recording of myself to recreate the columns of "We Will Teach You How To Read | We Will Teach You How To Read"!

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:11 UTC

I went to St. Peter's Basilica late on a Tuesday afternoon, and there were chairs already set up in various places because on Wednesday mornings there is an audience with the Pope.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:10 UTC

This area was roped off, so I could photograph it and have the illusion of an empty basilica.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:10 UTC

The ability of sculptors to create the illusion of flowing fabrics in carved stone blows my mind.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:09 UTC

The Altar of St. Leo the Great with Attila, marble relief, 1653. I loved the figures emerging from the stone.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:09 UTC

I did not pass through this door.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

(I did not get a picture of it, but The Madonna della Pietà, a sculpture by Michelangelo, was also being restored. As that was the work of art I was most excited to see in the basilica, I take this as a clear sign that I need to return to Rome someday.)

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

As sometimes happens, a few key elements of the basilica were undergoing restoration. Here, the Baldacchino di San Pietro, by Bernini, is covered in scaffolding.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

A shot that includes people, for realism and for scale. I tend to compose and select shots that do not include the crowds, which makes places seem far emptier than they actually are.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

For the most part, instead of actual flame there were artificial candles.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:06 UTC

Throughout the basilica, there were gorgeous works of art that looked like paintings. Most are mosaics, and looking closely I was barely able to see the seams between tiles. (Here: a 1767 mosaic of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor, copying the 1520 painting by Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino.)

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:03 UTC

I loved the three dimensional effect here.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:02 UTC

Inside the basilica, looking up.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:02 UTC

There combination of the scale of the basilica with the level of detail in the art and architecture was truly awe inspiring.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:01 UTC

St. Peter's Basilica, a thread. The density of art inside the basilica was surreal, I could easily have taken ten times as many pictures as I did (and I'm only posting a small subset of the shots I took).

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

It occurs to me, looking through my many pictures of tiny espresso cups, that while part of my issue upon returning home was jet lag, and part was sleep debt...I was also drinking maybe 6 shots of espresso a day by the end of the Italy trip and I definitely am not doing that upon returning home. 🤣

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:02 UTC

A dramatic dining space, where we had dinner on our last night in the countryside.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Bruschetta!

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Assorted delicious breakfast items, Italian countryside edition.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Another delicious orange marmalade cornetto.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:59 UTC

Caramelized fig panna cotta.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:59 UTC

Pasta! I took relatively few photos at meals because I was in such good company that it felt intrusive to be constantly whipping out my phone. So while early morning solo breakfast runs are somewhat over-represented in the set, ALL the food I had in Italy was outstanding.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

A glass of white wine in the Italian countryside.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

Gelato! It was supposed to be strawberry and pistachio, but instead it was strawberry and 'mystery incorrect flavor that was also delicious'.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Display cases at Bridgerton themed gelato, across the street from my hotel in Rome.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

Pistachio cornetto, acquired on an early morning walk in Rome. Still warm, completely amazing.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

Honeycomb! This was part of the breakfast buffet at the hotel I stayed at in Rome. It was both delicious and a lovely presentation.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

This morning in Italy pictures, food! (a thread) Cornetto with orange marmalade and an espresso, served at the bar, as is traditional in Italy.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:48 UTC

Got my @readercon.bsky.social schedule! See you there?

Fri 7/12
11:30am, Salon C: Reading
2pm, Salon 3: Retroactive Problem Solving in SF
4pm, Salon B: How Psychology Can Inform SFF

Sat 7/13
10am, Salon B: Striking the Right Genre Balance
noon, Salon 6: Autographs
3pm, Basalt: Kaffeeklatsch

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:08 UTC

On another night, a hazier sunset.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:07 UTC

I also love to play with light and glass. Sunset flame alongside a burning candle.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:07 UTC

I take perhaps far too many pictures of the sunset, because I love the colors. This trip I tried to play around more with the foreground of the shots. Here, cacti.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:06 UTC

It is not sunset o'clock here, and not quite that time in Italy, but here are some sunset shots (from a few different nights, all in the Italian countryside).

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Almost an invite for skritches, but I am reasonably confident it was a trap.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Many of the alley cats were shy. This one was not.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

This one walked around with head tilted, as if in a constant state of contemplation.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

Tiny kitten was shy, but I was determined to get a photo :)

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Cat and kitten crossing a narrow cobblestone street.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Only slightly more than an hour's drive from Rome, Vetralla was quite charming, with the feel of a countryside escape.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

I didn't see any alley cats in Rome, but was delighted to encounter several in Vetralla. (Thread.)

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

A view of the Arch of Constantine, taken from the Colosseum.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Me, inside the Colosseum. Possibly also secretly an emperor?

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

This gull is probably also secretly an emperor.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

Shadow photographer, taking this shot of the arena floor.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

But really how could I not? Even the sky was cooperative, with storm clouds breaking up the blue.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

I took probably too many dramatic wide angle shots :)

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

Inside, the colosseum was crowded, but the flow of people was well managed.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

It is difficult to capture the sheer scale of the buildings, but here is a shot taken from the base of the Colosseum, looking up.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

I like this shot as a contrast to the first shot in the thread (from Palatine Hill) because this shot really shows the way the modern world comes right up to the Colosseum.

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