POST 4: ART

"The painting has a life of its own. I try let i come through." - Jackson Pollock

Hello everyone! This week I'm going to talk about the importance of art and paintig for me.

To start, as it happened to me with music, my closeness to painting started when I was a very young person. When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my father gave me the chance to enter a oil painting academy, to which I attended until I left high school.

Even though I (and my teachers) usually painted realistic images, I always felt a intense admiration for abstract art. For example, for me always it was always a delight to appreciate paintings of Joan Miró or Vasili Kandinski.

Another artist who recently caught my attention enough (which reminds me a little of the works of Jackson Pollock) is Ushio Shinohara, a Japanese Neo-Dadaist painter who often do his work with boxer gloves, by which he hits the canvas. In 2013, he with his wife and director Zachary Heinzerling filmed a documentary about their crazy marriage in New York and the ways in wich both work together.

Here a trailer of the film, which I recommend you see:

To my taste, passionate and chaotic artists like him makes the painting has a real meaning. For me this is the true art.

Well, that’s all I have to say today.

Bye!

POST 3: MUSIC

"The only love story I ever had was the music." - Maurice Ravel
 
Hello everyone! This week I'm going to talk about the meaning that has had the music in my life.

To start, my relationship with the music began when I was a child. I could say that has always accompanied me. At present it's like a refuge for me.

In my family there are many musicians or music teachers: cousins and uncles, so much for the maternal side as on the paternal side. All of them very talented.

In fact, a cousin taught me to play drums when I was 10 years old. However I was never very good like him and I never training enough, so I only know the basic moves. 

I think it's not for me play music. I simply enjoy listening.

As most people, throughout my life I liked different music genres. In the last time I've been very fascinated with the instrumental and atmospheric music. For me is a very intense experience listening to bands like Sigur Rós or This Will Destroy You. I like that the melodies can be emotional and peaceful.

An example of this can be the OST of the last chapter of "Hey Arnold!" (one of my favorite animated series of my childhood), composed by Jim Lang.
Oh god! Everytime I hear this song I stay shocked.

Definitely my life without music would be empty, and more especially with this kind of music.

Well, that’s all I have to say today.

Bye!

POST 2: THE BEST CONCERT I'VE HAD

Hello everyone. Today I'm going to talk about the best concert I've had: Zorbas Crisol + Dayanandrea.

Actually it wasn't a big concert as Lollapalooza or other massive festivals. This was more like a "house concert", in a little basement. It happened on April 8 this year.

Zorbas Crisol is a band of Santiago of Chile founded in the summer of 2008. It's composed of 4 members: Tomás Burgos (a guitarist), Rafael Estrada (a bassist), Vicente Pangolin (a drummer) and "Mel Odioso" (a saxophonist. They are a very masterful music players.

The name "Zorbas" came from a character (a big, black and fat cat) of the book "Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar" of Luis Sepúlveda and their supreme inspiration is the band Mr. Bungle from Californa, United of States.

On the other hand, Dayanandrea is a band founded in 2002, also from Santiago. It's composed of 6 unknown members, but they use nicknames: "Nub Shigurath" (a clarinettist), "Arcoiris" (a saxophonist), "Karmagedon" (a bassist), "Astralopitecus" (a drummer) and "Kaskada" (another saxophonist). They, like Zorbas Crisol, wear masks and disguise themselves when they take the stage. It's crazy.

The atmosphere during the event was very "bizarre" but at the same time comical. The two bands are very strong in their musical styles, so I felt very powerful. I enjoyed it because I love this kind of music and I went with some of my best friends, like Alejandro Múñoz.

Here a live presentation of Zorbas Crisol and Dayanandrea respectively:

Well, that's all I have to say today.

Bye!