Friday 30 July 2010

Le Tzigane heureux - I have gipsy blood

I have gipsy blood.
There cannot be  no real freedom without chaos,
There can be no real happiness without chaos,
There can be no real creativity without chaos,

Le Tzigane heureux
gives
a delightful  punch
of joy, life and chaos
right in the eye
straight to the heart

let us drink
let us live
and let us dance

to run fast,
naked
to jump,
to fall
to spin,
to  loose control
to laugh,

to break all my plates
and to make  a dance from the shattered pieces

to be free
to be alive
to live

opa, opa, opa
viva la libertad (!) (!) (!)


On DISRESPECT ...


Thinking about my past experiences with people.
The times I disrespected and the times I have been disrespected.
I feel clearly now - there is no excuse for being disrespectful - to anyone, not matter what.
I am happy to have now the strength of mind and heart to banish it from my life forever.

I am happy to say, strongly, confidently: I will not disrespect anyone  or allow anyone to disrespect me.
I know now I have the understanding to be faithful to this believe, and by doing so, I would like to believe I am making a  positive difference in my  life and  in the world around me.

Here is why, disrespecting someone is totally absurd, arrogant, ignorant and ultimately wrong (I figured it out after xx years walking on this world):

1) DISRESPECTING is IGNORANT
being disrespectful towards something or someone is a act of ignorant arrogance - who do we think we are to disrespect anyone/anything (?)
We are nothing but equals, so this is why the act of disrespecting is one of utterly HUMAN IGNORANCE.

2) DISRESPECTING is ARROGANT
    DISRESPECTING is ILLOGICAL
 when you disrespect another human being, have you ever thought what are you really doing (!)
 what are you really saying with your actions (?)
That someone who you are  disrespecting is a person, somehow a product, a work of somebody's else love: this person is someone's son, someone's daughter, someone's beloved friend.

Many people people nourished, invested,  loved in some way, believed in this person, created this person.

Mothers and fathers who loved, sacrificed for this person, to create it, to see this person happy ( isn't all parents dearest wish (?) to see theyre children happy (?)
Who am I to disrespect that (?)


Friends and best friends who trusted, love and rely on this person. People to who this person matters, itis important. People to who this person is important to have in theyre lives.
Who am I to disrespect that (?)



Boyfriends, Girlfriends and  Admirers  people who believed, who were enchanted, who were inspired,  who loved, who saw beauty,  who took care for this person.
Who am I to disrespect that (?)



Now look at all this people, they all had surely reasons to love, to care, to admire this person.
now look at them ALL
and with truthfulness and humility
Ask yourself the next time you are about to disrespect someone:

- Who am I to disrespect this person and all the people in this person life who have loved and cared (?)
- Who am I to SAY this person is not worth of respect (?)
- Who am I to DISRESPECT this person mother, father, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends LOVE (?)
- Who am I to DISRESPECT all the love and affection invested by others on this person (?)


WHO AM I (?)

and finally,

to the one who has been disrespected,
also a important self question:

WHO AM I TO ALLOW ANYONE TO DISRESPECT ME  AND ALL THE LOVE I WAS GIVEN BY THE  PEOPLE IN MY LIFE  (?)

Friday 23 July 2010

7 THINGS that CAUGHT MY EYE today @ ST.MARTINS

Today was really a excellent day -  rich, full in many ways -  its weird but in someway I feel today that I leave some things behind and begin a new stage in my life (cant really put my finger on it, neither say what gone or whats coming, but def. feel I am stepping into new - and its a GOOD feeling ).

I worked at Central ST. Martins on a new class, with a new tutor Peter T. The class was fashion sketching for 16 to 18 yrs old -  was funny to see all the funny things of this age ( the BOTHERED face comes to mind strongly - everything is such a PAIN). Went well, and I got a couple of: thats cool, can we have another one, thats cute ... ( positive lingo I guess in teen world).

It was def. a good day for working, with new work literally falling on my lap:
1) got booked for 5x sessions more on Peters classes @ St. Martins
2) Work falls from sky 1: got scouted for another class for another St. Martins teacher: on my way to the class after lunch, another teacher approached me on the corridor and asked me if I was doing life modeling and if I could leave my contact - COOL - work literally falling on my lap :

3) Work falls from sky 2: phonecall number 1: life modeling course @ToudesJous booked me for Tuesday evenings.
4) Work falls from sky 3: Life modeling drawing course Monday evenings @S. Pauls Church - got rebooked ^^ nice (!)
5) New weekend Job: Got my partime weekend job at Whistles (on the store just 2 m. walk from my appt) - ^^ nice (!)

At St. Martins, creative generosity too - with my eye being caught a couple of times, unexpectedly - over random, interesting details - which in the end formed a kinda of day story (there is I believe a energy to it , that perhaps could be telling whats to come).

Here is the story:


Orange left at one of the studios corridors


charcoal at the window class corner


velcro cue at the window


masculinity


femininity



Jackson dont it (!)



Feet in between



Toillet landscapes - basin sisterhood


and when I close the toilet door -  there it is - a BIG 7, staring back at me
(?) (!) (*******)


Thursday 22 July 2010

Je Suis le Chien Fantastique ...

I found the perfect soundtrack for this pic -  Je suis le Chien Fantastique
09 Le Chien Fantastique.mp3




Friday 16 July 2010

7 SPACES - 7 ARCHITECTS - V&A London

I absolutely LOVED this ex. . There seems to be a  very exciting current art trend -  especially in architecture -  were we are rediscovering, re-eiventing creative sustainable living inspired on the beauty of discovering "what is enough": houses no longer to be homages to luxury or status, but instead to be rescaled, re-thinked, re-sized to the idea of "we only need enough"  in space. That leading us to the idea of a house being or returning to the state of a true shelter : not only phsicical, but as showed clearly at this ex. a creative, emotional and even spiritual shelter: NOT a HOUSE, a HOME.

A HOUSE,  a HOME, a SHELTER: what is that we really need to feel at home (?) what do we need from a inner space to feel at home physically, intellectually and emotionally (?) This are surely the questions ARCHITECTURE must start to ask asap.


































10 minutes@TANGO SPITALFIELDS - London July 2010

Some photos of Tango@Spitalfields this weekend -  was TOO HOT -  so I preferred to take photos instead. The muses were Hiba + Rene (my teachers) +  a mysterious styled girl.

Sometimes watching is way better than dancing ^^

feet syncronicity


where is Hiba (?)



THE embrace



Rene - got caught (!) ^^



and them the bags stopped the music
Entangles: bags versus music - 1



working (?)
Entangles: bags versus music - 2



                                                                 the BAGS must go (!)
                                                         Entangles: bags versus music - 3

victory - music wins (!)
Entangles: bags versus music - 4



the virgin lookalike girl in white stocks + red skirt + chinese top + white hair + lots of hair
who is she (?) - 1



here she is  + the EXOTIC taste of BRITISH MEN
(really strong hair)
who is she (?) - 2



He is REALLY fascinated - so was I (!)
who is she (?) - 3



I follow 



NEVER to LATE to DANCE
(backstage bus action)



and  moi -  doing a forward ocho (?) (!)
the other day@ Regents Park

Wednesday 14 July 2010