PARADISE FOUND
Valparaíso, Chile
A project in the people, poetry and places of Valparaíso: beloved city, forgotten jewel.
Street Map
Ven (imp) Come. (v. plural) They 1. see 2. perceive 3. experience [& thus] 4. understand.
Bienvenido...
a conocer los pasajes y paisajes, historias y caras de este rincón de Sudamerica.
Portraits / Retratos
Meet the storytellers walking the streets.
Conocer (v.) 1. (discover) to visit 2. (see for the first time) to meet 3. (find out about) to get to know 4. (identify) to recognize 5. (experience) to feel 6. (be acquainted with) to know. 7. (master something) to speak (languages). Conocerse (v. reflex.) to know oneself.
Portrait Collections
Stories encountered on the road…and upon the skin.
Blog
Escribir (v) to write (an ode, letter, journal) [in order to] (live, remember, set down {roots}). 2. (informal) have sth. written all over one or one’s face [such as] (awe). Escribirse (v. reflex.) to write to each other [via] (blogs, letters, transoceanic paper airplanes, carrier condors).

This project is dedicated to my grandmother Buzz Rupp, whose eyes, heart, and notepad were always open…
y a Valpo, con amor.

Quiero agradecer a todos los lindos humanos quien han ayudado con la creación de este sitio. ¡Un gran abrazo!
Este sitio fue diseñado por la gringa con amor.