Where Do You Find Harmony?
The Harmony is hosting a video contest and there’s still time for you to enter! In honor of our latest contest, we’re sharing an interview by Malone Matson with Stephen Milner, a photographer and surfer who won a week at our Surf Survival Camp in our first contest. HB: There’s no denying that the Harmony is a very […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Longboard: Right tool for this job. Winter in Costa—the fecund warmth, the vibrant colors, the buzz of life, alive. Out of the wetsuit back home and into some playful peelers. Down right liberating. Making effort look effortless. What a beautiful thing. Photo by Surfing Nosara
Central Creatives Introduces Esteban Pedra León
This week’s Creative Central post focuses on Costa Rican artist Esteban Pedra León, whose work has also exhibited in Brazil and the Netherlands. I read about him on ArtNews.org and was so happy when he agreed to be featured on the Harmony Blog. Name: Esteban Piedra León Where do you live?: I live in San […]
Harmony Hotel Video Contest is Underway
The Harmony Hotel is hosting its first ever Video Contest asking, “Where do you find harmony?” Share your original video showing us where you find harmony (anywhere in the world) for an opportunity to win a free stay at the award-winning Harmony Hotel. Submissions are open now through April 14th. Here’s what you need to […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
As in Life, sometimes the Wave looks ideal and perfect… until…Well, it’s often best to combine previous experience with faith—position yourself and commit. And so he has, regardless of shoulder hoppers, paddlers, and distracted Mothers! Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Beautiful World of Cecilia Paredes
Name: Cecilia Paredes Where do you live? I live between Philadelphia PA in the US, San Jose, Costa Rica and Lima, Peru. What is your main artistic practice? My main artistic practice is performance, sculpture, photography, installation and drawing, not necessarily in that order. Tell us about a project that brought you to Costa Rica. […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Sheer Exuberance! Untainted by the sometime arrogance of the highly skilled…Why do some of the most gifted Surfers become jaded, even demeaning, losing sight of the larger, elemental beauty at hand? We can commune. We can evolve. But why then condescend? Who is the Best Surfer in the Water? The One having the Most Fun! […]
Central Creatives: Photographs from Kathryn Gaitens
This week we were able to catch up with Nosara photographer Kathryn Gaitens, whose thoughtful work explores a range of subjects and style. Name: Kathryn Gaitens Where do you live? I divide my time between Costa Rica and Toronto, Canada. What is your main artistic practice? Contemporary portraiture: expressions of beauty with layers of meaning. The […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Over in seconds, our dance with any given wave is intense but brief. How often have we watched the Pelicans dip and skirt, between wave after wave, wingtips on water, the length of our visible coastline? How far is their transit? How large their wave count? photo provide by Surfing Nosara
TEOR/éTica: a Space for Art and Thought
While trying to familiarize myself with the artist community in Costa Rica, research led me to discover TEOR/éTica, a sure stop on my next trip to San José. TEOR/éTica is a private, non-profit independent project in San Jose, dedicated to contemporary artistic and curatorial practices. What does that mean, exactly? Rather than describing themselves solely as […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Surgical Snap: elegant redirection in the blink of an eye. No arm waving, no head jerking, no looking back at his spray. Connecting the dots fluidly with speed, purpose, and grace, he’s already planning for the section ahead. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Envision Costa Rica, February 20-23
I first came across a flyer for Envision Costa Rica at a small coffee shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where I live. When I saw the number of bands on the playbill I knew I had to check out this growing music/meditation/arts festival, a Burning Man of sorts in Central America, where creatives gather to party […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Little Man with Big Ideas! What constitutes a “Natural”? Uncanny, this little Guy, right in the Hook, navigating the critical section of his chosen wave—and grabbing his rail to boot—as if He’s been doing so his whole Life. Grown Ups in the line up might draw inspiration from such an enlightened approach from one so […]
Juanli Carrión and the Outer Seed Shadow
This week’s Central Creatives post features Juanli Carrión, an artist in New York City whose current project, the Outer Seed Shadow, investigates the diversity of migrant communities and the immigrant experience in New York City through the plants that are native to their countries. Read more about his exciting work below. Name: Juanli Carrión Where […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
So many incarnations of wave riding tools—all with their own unique qualities. Using excess speed from the drop, a bodyboarder can lay it on rail for an early bottom turn as hard as his stand-up counterparts. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Invisible Birds of Central America
One of the most rewarding parts of contributing to the Harmony Blog involves the people and material I would have never otherwise learned about. This week, as part of our Central Creatives series, I’d like to ask that you read the following poem by Craig Arnold. Arnold was an American poet and professor, a Fulbright […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Tico Turn: There was a time decades ago when traveling Surfers from near and far passed through the Nicoya and ooooooooo-ed and aaaaaaah-ed residents with their abilities. That time has long since passed. Now, on any given day along the peninsula, even if the Surf is momentarily not world class, the Locals’ Surfing certainly is. Photo […]
Central Creatives: Lee Fritz and Jenna Morse on the Solar Women of Totogalpa
NOTE: Today we launch a new series: “Central Creatives”—Wednesday posts featuring artists who create projects in and around Costa Rica! We hope you find their work as exciting as we do. Kicking it off are Lee Fritz and Jenna Morse, whose incredible short documentary Adelante Con El Sol: The Solar Women of Totogalpa was an Official Selection […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Poise, not Pose: Subtlety on the Inside Rail. Next Up ? Stall for Toes on the Nose, or Drop the Knee to Bring It Around, Back to the Source… Her Call. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Creative Retreat at the Harmony
In early November my partner Nathan was hired to work on a nature documentary shoot in Costa Rica. We seized an opportunity to spend time together at the Harmony Hotel before his work began. For some, a vacation involves detailed itineraries chalk full of organized tours. Others gravitate toward the kind of trip that ensures […]
GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
CLOSE OUT: The Wave’s Final Act, and thus The Surfer’s too. Foot on the Tail Pivot trumps Contemporary Acrobatics for Elegance and Grace. Denouement, for both Ocean Pulse and Rider. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Is this Wave a Shut-Down Close-Out, or Make-Able, Race-Track Thrill ? Wave Selection, a more nuanced skill than rote physical practice, is as much Art as Science. The answer to the Original Question lies in the Timing, Agility, Equipment, Commitment and Experience of the Rider. You’ll Never Know, Unless You Go! Photo provided by Surfing […]
