family reunion 2010

July 11th 2010

SPAIN CONQUERS THE WORLD!!!!

summer summer

been a while I'd say!
The air is hectic here with Spain on the finals of the World cup for the first time ever. Would be swell if we win.
excitement
I'll throw in a few pics, and as for an update...
I finished freshman yr and have a few good months of vacation in my hands. I went for a week to the beach, then came back and did a course at the Prado museum on art conservation and um..now I'm painting. Have a big storage of blank canvases to use, and hopefully I can pull out an exhibition sometime this summer.
Ive started this great routine that wakes me up in the morning and keeps me energized for the day despite the summer lows. I get up super early and workout, then take a swim and then come back for breakfast, that wayI've already lived a whole day before everyone else gets up.
its all very useful

end of classes party

United in history

painting for the Army, for a contest.

it shows the strength of the army through the unity of the soldiers throughout its history. you can see the soldiers of past times in b&w and the actual soldiers in color, all of them marching together under the same tempestuous sky.

Holy Land

You would expect a trip like this to change your life.
You would expect something real, a smashing event that changes your whole world.
And then… it didn’t happen, there were no fireworks, no, nothing of the sort. But yet, something did change.
Perhaps I went there to get away from everything else, from the works, the stress, the life, the problems, the people, especially the thoughts…just to get away, to find a bit more of reason in my life, to find strength to go on, to find the truth of what I believe in….to find him, to get if just a tiny bit closer… I don’t know.
It was the day by day, each word that someone said, each place that we visited, each sight that took my breath away, each situation that brought tears to my eyes when I actually thought about where was I really standing on. Everything is so different from what it used to be, from how it once was when Jesus walked around there. There are huge constructions, way too many decorations, too much noise and countless distractions…..2000 years have gone by, and, you can’t expect everything to stay the same as it was. All these things are like a wall standing between you and what you want to perceive. I went to each place and just saw the superficial, the shallow, it could be any other place but it’s a holy place because of the name it has. That doesn’t really tell me anything…there are too many things standing in the way, preventing me to understand, preventing me to feel. I just had to.. to get up and over that wall, to cross the the gap between me and Him. It was the moment that I thought I was actually there, standing where he stood, looking at what he was looking, that I imagined him there, I stood there by his side, I watched as he would cry.
Someone told me during this trip that this wasn’t about feeling things, it is not the point of it, and feeling or the lack thereof shouldn’t be what dictates my faith, my experience. I know. Thank you, for telling me, for being my light during this time. I know I have this need to feel in order to live and to express what I have inside, but I also know, that I need to believe and live without this need. I know that faith is the most beautiful thing I could get, if anything, out of this experience. I hope I took it with me, I hope I didn’t forget it there. I hope.
Perhaps the places didn’t tell me much, it was more the relationship with each person there. It was the long talks, the sharing of thoughts, of experiences, the words exchanged, the laughs. It was the moments we shared all together, it was all of it. Perhaps it could be that I got more out of the conversations I’m taking with me than from the ruins I saw.
Im trying to remember, all that I took with me, all that I’m leaving behind.
If I could list all that I thought….all that I realized while there….the light it has brought to my life… I just wish it never fades away. I know at times though, it will. But if I could engrave something in my mind… it would be “don’t forget in the midst of darkness what you have seen clear in the light”.
I walked around Jerusalem at night…. And magic was all around.

Abstract paintings

to the music of Moby and Sigür Ross

I never had a special liking to abstract painting, but I've gotta admit it is a powerful way of expressing oneself.. not so much for the espectator tho, it's nearly impossible to understand what on earth the artist actually meant or wanted the painting to portray. Being downright subjective, theres no way to have a general view or idea about the painting that everyone shares. Each one of them would be different....and in this aspect, communication in art fails. Thus, abstract fails.

those are my 2 cents about it.

I do love it tho.

it's just so....

abstract.

Enjoy.

Late christmas pictures

well at least I got to it now. better late than never!

hush

hush now.. What's the matter?
Sometimes you just want to be found, but no one's looking.
There always comes the moment, the most dreaded moment when you know old friends have left you, forgotten. People come and go..but never stay for long enough. Life has changed..it goes on..but what are you gonna do, give up?
Well, you can moan about it, regret it, but nothing's gonna change; you have already tried before to hang on to the hopeless, to keep alive a flame that had long ago died. On the other hand, you can keep all your treasured memories behind and look ahead, look out for all the new faces that you are yet to meet. There are truly amazing unknown friends out there. … Don't regret the past, be excited for the future.
You know your life is as bright as you let it be, so open up the curtains, let a smile take over.
Maybe it's a question of wanting to be heard, wanting to be noticed. Is there an use for that anyway? Is there? You know drop dead well it's just an useless call for one self's pride. To be noticed..for what? I’ll tell you for what.. to simply.. have an understanding hand to hold on to, to be able to open up your heart and not being afraid of showing what's inside, to know someone cares, deeply cares for you, and sometimes..sometimes to merely be held, when all you need is a hug. It's so simple, as simple as that.
It's true you do your best to always there for others, but when the moment comes that you need them you won't find them... 'cause no one likes a frowning face.
But do not fret about it...it's just the way life is. Surely one day you'll find someone who cares back...and won't be scared away. All hopes are set high, don't let them fall, keep them up there, they light up the sky in the night.
Cheer up, please, smile, it's not worth it to be sad, life is brighter when you smile. ...Maybe you'll light up someone else's life.
29.12.2009

Hollywood party + random times

Audrey Hepburn..wannabes
Santi, Viky and me

All of us

again

I like this pic

I look all stressed there in the background

A little bit too happy

At home

um...Marina and Elena and Marina's birthday. thts a yummy cake.

All my class at the cafe. See if you find me.

Taking notes at the museum

more party pics

just going a bit crazy..

Me, Lore and Santi

Group pic

Me and Elena