A humble Photography

                         

Finally, I upload some photos that were promised,
maybe they are not the best, but was an interesting experience.


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Sometimes, we want to do some activities, that commonly

are  stopped by simple, so simple reasons. I hesitate that happens

to everybody, but, I think it's pretty normal. 

In this case: The lack  of a good camera and a studio.

       This past summer, I went with my closer friends to a Resort placed in the 5th region. They were great vacations, because, we could do lots of activities; in fact, I played pool, tennis, ping pong, and tried some exercises like swimming, stretching, cycling, and others...It was just so funny.

Well, as you see, that simple presentation isn't the main content of this post: it is the low production of some photographs my friends and I took.

It was a nice experience, but, the best was: One night, after finish the daily program of activities, we got inside a bedroom. At first, all we did was just talking and talking...and talking (yeah, sooo productive). But, with that, we began taking photos too; bad ones, good ones, pretty good ones, and of course pretty bad ones jaja. Inside there was nothing more than a painting on the wall, a light in the roof, and  two beds. We were amazed by the way our photos changed.  

At the end, we used a bed, the white wall, the light above us and a sweater. Yes, a sweater was our best companion  in the work of change the lights and shades qualities, same goes for brightness.

Al least, we could obtain some nice shots (I think, I´m not a photographer). I hope getting- today afternoon-  the approval from the model to share some photographs with you.

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We could get quite impressed, from the results of simple imagination.

Thanks for reading, see you soon guys! 



The Night Sky

Life is not just day, or what we are seeing in the clearly and bright light. There's another way, how a low brightness can illuminate our normal time in a pretty special moment: the night.

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It is quite common to see an spectacular Starry starry Night, as McLean says, in a second place in every movie or love novel when the main pairing spend a romantic situation, and the beautiful sky it's just left behind. What about make of the night the leading host and being its guest? It could be too an amazing love story, I think.

Since I was a child, I used to look at the sky with my brother and parents. We play finding satellites; who's the most skillful searching them, and, after that, fallow them with the gaze until they disappear. 

It happens that one day, I met my godmother's mate; he really like knowing about stars, planets, and that sort of things. That's the moment my life get a new topic to discover such a wonderful and complete parallel world. He taught me lots of things, I truly enjoyed when I could seek for a new story from sky. Thinking of it, I suspect I talk about it too much; because, those years, remember have had several books, posters, magazines, cd´s for PC (all that with universe as theme) and my black telescope as gifts. (I thank all people who gave me those fantastic things).

Years passed away, and I let behind the night sky, what a sad matter...Till now.

Something occurred at this time on me. I began looking overhead again; slowly, progressively and giving it a sens. For the way, results that some day I talked to a friend of mine, about stars, and such, and he got interested. Whoaaa! I felt something marvellous: the bliss from share the night's friendship.

Right Now

I use to look heaven. Especially, paying attention the few things I can locate. The place where I live (Santiago from Chile), it's not possible to see many stars, but that's what make of simple travel something impressive. Just a few kilometers far away, are necessary to see the stars revealing their delicate light.

Try to

Learn just a bit. Probably one of the easiest constellations to recognize is Orion. I usually watch it. It's pretty easy to find. The other you should try to know (especially if you are southamerican like me), it's the circumpolar constellation Crux (we call it "Cruz del Sur"). A circumpolar constellation is one who never lacks in a given latitude on earth. In ancient ages, sailors use to be conscious of these constellations to orient their journeys in nights. Other very well known circumpolar object it is the North Star, which fulfil the same function of Crux, but, as the name says, it is visible only on north. It´s pretty interesting that both of them could help us finding north, south, and, therefore, east and west.

Time ago, I never could find Crux. My friend saw it once, and never forget it. I can't deny I were a bit jealous (jaja). After that, I learnt  it's form, now is unforgettable.

I love greet Crux, now I can appreciate it (jajaja).

Orion

Crux

There's always more to say...I let you the task of investigate the most you like about the night sky; you could be all your life on it.  

I really enjoyed writing. Time flew jaja. I hope you delight reading this topic as much as I take pleasure telling you my experience.

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Since we can move our eyes and head up and down,

don't we should benefit our being, allowing us know above the horizon too?

Thanks for reading, see you soon guys!

An ambition

Sometimes people have an ambition, what's part of human kind and most of all, a way to get our body and mind moving with the power of a desire.

Today, I'd like to tell you one of my ambitions for future. It's related with movies and things I saw and read since I was little. The immediate reason for center my attention in the stuff I'm going to talk you about, really, I don't know, just cannot remember. 

An instrospective or extrospective trip?

That's my wish, a great trip around those places that had been part of history. Especially, where architecture is touchable. Sometimes, I feel putting my hand above the walls, or the floor, I'm part of whatever happened there; and maybe, someone did the same, placing a hand centuries ago.

The trip, should have two parts or ways of view. One of them it´s the inner view, and the second, it's the contact with people. I imagine it like a formula:

Introspective: inner me + architecture    and   Extrospective: inner me + people

I don't know why, but churches, monasteries, abbeys are my aim. When I look at them I feel something pretty special inside my chest, something untouchable for others, even for myself in words; but, at the same time, it's the most real sensation ever.
Travel and know about history, could be the best. Europe cause me a lot of expectation, because I know (just a bit, I think so) what Catholicism produce in architecture's terms. Without let behind what mixes cultures could create, like "Palacio de Alhambra" in Spain. When I say, my aim are those sacred places, I need to clarify, they are a priority, but I enjoy with every part of me, forms, colours, such stuff made by men hands (with years above, of course).

Now, the other element which never could lack on a trip, is people; without it, we can't understand the essence from a place, the true nature of it. Last year I've been traveling to Curacaví, here in Chile, Santiago; it was for homework. At this moment I can see clear that, if people were not there, my journeys would not give me the bliss I could obtain.

I like to talk about some others places in Asia and the entire world; but, It means to much for giving it just a few vain words. I love the topic!

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Maybe, places are, because we exist.

See you later!

The day's book: Il nome della Rosa

Author: Umberto Eco

1a Ed: 1980

Il nome della rosa it's what I'm going to talk you today.

I can recommend such a nice book for those ones like me who like medieval stories, mystery, terrible murders and a big mind putting all his enforces to discover a veiled truth.

At the first moment, I thought the book's story was full of  quite a big investigation behind it, because, Eco, could tell us, a pretty complete context, where symbols are posed in every part.

The main story 

The development happens in a monastery in the year 1327, about two weeks of great mystery.

William de Barskerville, a pretty smart franciscan, travel with his little disciple Also de Melk, to a lost monastery on mountains, specifically Italy. At a time like that, franciscans, the order, are in trouble to live its religious ideology of austerity; and, because of that, are looking a meeting with the pope to get peace with him and the Vatican.

Above that, the main event are 7 different murders related with prophecies. And William actions take form trying to discover what's going on in such an apparently sacral place.

Thinking...

Umberto Eco, is a very well known Italian thinker,  and a man of semiotics. I'd like to mention this, because Il nome della Rosa, as I said before have a big registry of symbols and from that, a lot of signs.
An interesting and common topic of discussion is- and I left it to you- what's the meaning of the rose in the title?
We need considering the rose has lots of signification, and it depends on context. From that, we should obtain a  mix of analogies and maybe, could reach the knowledge of main purpose.

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I read the book aproximately six years ago, when I was in high school. I remember myself seeking for sacral stories and because of that, I pick it up. The little details are -lamentably- forgotten in my conciousness.

Don't loose the oportunity of  read it. 

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"Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus"

See you soon guys!