Mutianyu

(Mutianyu, China)

 "Tenemos dos vidas. La segunda comienza cuando nos damos cuenta de que solo tenemos una"

"We have two lives. The second begins whrn we realize we only have one"

(Confucio)

 

Life and colour

(Madrid, Spain)

"Si hay música en tu alma, se escuchara en todo el universo" 

"If there is music in your soul, it is heard across the universe" 

      (Lao Tse)

Dream

(Chicago, USA)

“La vida es un sueño. En un sueño es imposible cometer errores. En un sueño puedes ser todo lo que quieras. Todo… Tienes que volar, volar y volar. Tienes que ser libre.”

(To the wonder)

No te rindas - Don't give up

(Boston, USA)

No te rindas que la vida es eso,

Continuar el viaje,

Perseguir tus sueños,

Destrabar el tiempo,

Correr los escombros,

Y destapar el cielo. 

Don't give up, that's what life is
Continue the journey,
Follow your dreams,
Unstuck time,
Move the rubble,
And uncover the sky.

Mario Benedetti 
 

Look for me...

(London, England)

"Les contaré un secreto: no leemos y escribimos poesía porque es bonita. Leemos y escribimos poesía porque pertenecemos a la raza humana; y la raza humana está llena de pasión. La medicina, el derecho, el comercio, la ingeniería... son carreras nobles y necesarias para dignificar la vida humana. Pero la poesía, la belleza, el romanticismo, el amor son cosas que nos mantienen vivos".

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

(Dead poets society)

The Promise

(Boston, USA)

"Sigue, sigue adelante y no regreses,

fiel hasta el fin del camino y tu vida,

no eches de menos un destino más fácil,

tus pies sobre la tierra antes no hollada,

tus ojos frente a lo antes nunca visto." 

(Luis Cernuda)

Bournemouth

(Bournemouth, England)

Si te sirve de algo, nunca es demasiado tarde o, en mi caso, demasiado pronto para ser quien quieres ser. No hay límite en el tiempo. Empieza cuando quieras. Puedes cambiar o no hacerlo. No hay normas al respecto. De todo podemos sacar una lectura positiva o negativa. Espero que tú saques la positiva. Espero que veas cosas que te sorprendan. Espero que sientas cosas que nunca hayas sentido. Espero que conozcas a personas con otro punto de vista. Espero que vivas una vida de la que te sientas orgullosa. Y si ves que no es así, espero que tengas la fortaleza para empezar de nuevo.

For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.  

(The curious case of Benjamin Button)

Free after school

(Toronto, Canada)

Cuando tenía 5 años mi madre siempre me decía que la felicidad era la clave de la vida. Cuando fui a la escuela, me preguntaron que quería ser de mayor. Yo respondí: "feliz". Me dijeron que yo no entendía la pregunta, y yo les respondí que ellos no entendían la vida.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

(John Lennon)

SUPERTRAMP - SCHOOL

I can see you in the morning when you go to school
Don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule,
Teacher tells you stop your play and get on with your work
And be like Johnnie - too-good, well don't you know he never shirks
- he's coming along!

After School is over you're playing in the park
Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
And grow up just like them - won't you let it work it out
- and you're full of doubt

Don't do this and don't do that
What are they trying to do?- Make a good boy of you
Do they know where it's at?
Don't criticize, they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to
Don't want the devil to
Come out and put your eyes

Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right
But while I am still living, I've just got this to say
It's always up to you if you want to be that
want to see that
want to see that way
- you're coming along!

Rue Notre-Dame

(Québec, Canada)

"Supongo que podría estar bastante cabreado por lo que me pasó, pero cuesta seguir enfadado cuando hay tanta belleza en el mundo. A veces siento como si la contemplase toda a la vez, y me abruma, mi corazón se hincha como un globo que esta a punto de estallar. Pero recuerdo que debo relajarme, y no aferrarme demasiado a ella, y entonces fluye a través de mi como la lluvia, y no siento otra cosa que gratitud por cada instante de mi estúpida e insignificante vida. No tienen ni idea de lo que les hablo, seguro, pero no se preocupen: algún día la tendrán"

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry, you will someday."

(American Beauty)

On the road

(Ottawa, Canada)

‎La única gente que me interesa es la que está loca, la gente que está loca por vivir, loca por hablar, loca por salvarse, con ganas de todo al mismo tiempo, la gente que nunca bosteza ni habla de cosas comunes y corrientes, sino que arde, arde como fabulosos cohetes amarillos explotando igual que arañas entre las estrellas.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

(On the road, Jack Kerouac)

Imagina - Imagine

(New York, USA)

 "La vida es así,
me la estoy
inventando yo."


"Life is that,
I'm making it up"

   (Ajo)

¡Vive! - Live!

(Covent Garden, London)

 

¡Vive! - Charles Chaplin

"Ya perdoné errores casi imperdonables.  

Trate de sustituir personas insustituibles,
 de olvidar personas inolvidables.  

Ya hice cosas por impulso.  
Ya me decepcioné con algunas personas,
mas también yo decepcioné a alguien.
Ya abracé para proteger.  
Ya me reí cuando no podía.  
Ya hice amigos eternos.
Ya amé y fui amado pero también fui rechazado.  
Ya fui amado y no supe amar.  
Ya grité y salté de felicidad.  
Ya viví de amor e hice juramentos eternos,
pero también los he roto y muchos.

Ya lloré escuchando música y viendo fotos. 
Ya llamé sólo para escuchar una voz. 
Ya me enamoré por una sonrisa. 
Ya pensé que iba a morir de tanta nostalgia y...
Tuve miedo de perder a alguien especial y termine perdiéndolo 
¡¡pero sobreviví!! ¡¡Y todavía vivo!! No paso por la vida. 
Y tú tampoco deberías sólo pasar...
¡¡¡VIVE!!!
Bueno es ir a la lucha con determinación 
abrazar la vida y vivir con pasión. 
Perder con clase y vencer con osadía, 
por que el mundo pertenece a quien se atreve 
y la vida es mucho más para ser insignificante."

Live! - Charles Chaplin

I forgave mistakes almost unforgivable;
I tried to replace people irreplaceable;
I tried to forget people unforgettable;
I already did things for impulse
I have disappointed some people, and I have been disappointed by others.

I have hugged to protect someone
I have laughed when I couldn’t
I have made friends forever
I have loved and I have been loved, But I have also been rejected.
I have been loved, and I couldn’t love them back

I have screamed and jumped of happiness
I have lived on love and made eternal promises, but I have also broke them.

I have cried listening to music and looking at photos
I have called to hear a voice.

I have fallen for a smile
I have thought I was going to die of sadness …

I have felt the fear of losing someone special
And I ended up losing it…

But I have survived and I’m still Living

I don’t pass by life without enjoying it…
and You shouldn’t either… so…
LIVE, Enjoy, take the opportunities.

Be determined, hug life and live with passion
Lose with class and win with courage.
The World belongs to those who face no fear and life is very valuable to feel insignificant.

(Covent Garden, London)