Cycling

  About two times a week (or three, when I have time), I go in my bike to tour some parks near of my house. I believe that cycling is known for to most people, for this reason I will not explain you that it is, but I will give you my personal opinion about it, and is that the cycling is to me, a form of meditation, I have time to see the things, to see people and reflect in peace about my troubles, only with my my own thoughts.

  I started doing cycling, around the five years old, when my father gave to me a bike, I have very clear these memories, because was on christmas day and this bike made me a very, very happy little girl, from that day, whenever I was coming out to play with my friends, I was riding on my bicycle.

  In my life, I remember having about four bikes, first, the small and green bike, later one blue bike.... and on third place, a called "Bicicross", this ultimate was extreme =)

   

  My adventures with the Cross were memorables, with my friends we traveled by many places, including the "Cajón del Maipo" and the Saint Cristobal Hill until one day, my Bike was Broken and my father gave to me another bike, but this time was an Mountainbike. 

  Today I travel around all the places with my mountain bike, and if I have wanted to go to the hill or mountain, always have my mountain bike to accompany me.

A tango from the past

 

  An important song of my past is the tango “Uno”. The name of it, is directly related to the lyric, a complaint from a tormented soul. Libertad Lamarque is a grear singer, so I chose this version, how you can see, is a song in a movie then is more interesting, or is more interesting to me. =)

  This reminds, a part of my life a little dark, depressing, I only had 18 years and recently I had finish with my boyfriend, I really was in love, but well, sometimes the things doesn't works. One day I listened this tango in the AM radio, and the lyric expressed my feelings, was an intense emotion, was a thrill to hear it. Through the time, this song has meant different things on my life, fortunately now are only memories.

  How you can listen, this song is a tango, well, according to the history, the tango is a dance form, that derives from the Cuban habanera, the Argentine milonga and candombe, and is said to contain elements from the African community in Buenos Aires, influenced both by ancient African rhythms and the music from Europe, mmm but about that, is not quite correct, because it is said that in the nineteenth century France, at the cabarets, the predominant music was something so similar to the tango, but these are only oral histories about how this music was, then is very difficult say exactly if the tango is or not, a Latin invention or an european exportation, can you draw their own conclusions, in any case, is not important to me, I like its ability to express feelings.

  Listen and enjoy, she is Libertad Lamarque.

One on one with Marta Harnecker, a hard experience.

  If I had the opportunity to do a face to face with someone, definitely I choose Marta Harnecker, because she is a great woman, very smart and a great thinker of the contemporary world in Latin America.

  My first question, would be related, to her relation with the venezuelan revolution and why she decided leave the charge of Chavez adviser. Well I have my own ideas but would be great listen her reasons. In second place, I would ask about her concept of the new Latin America, the united Latin America under the  figure of Bolivar, Rodríguez and Martí, maybe, now she have other concept about that, will be interesting listen this. Well, on third place, I would ask her about the current crisis of neoliberalism on europe, and if she believes it could expand to the rest of the world, if she see proyections or something about that.

  Finally, I like speak with she about the current situation of the art or the artistic movements in Latin America, how they are articulated in relation with the society, or if she can see new artistic tendencies, that have how concept the contact with the popular society, olso, how she see the relation with the young artist with the local reality, specially on the Chilean case.

  Marta is a very, very smart Chilean women, and speak with she, would be an experience from another planet, no doubt.

A place that time forgot

Some years ago, maybe 2 or 3, I traveled on bus by some states of Brazil, well, really I arrived to Brazil on airplane, but isn't important. I found many great places, with very much nature, and one special place was the town of Paraty, because It was almost literally a place that time forgot. It was one of the richest towns in 17th-century Brazil, maybe because is located between the gold mines of Minas Gerais and the portugal ships, well, I don't know fine the real history, but as I was told, it was forgotten for a long time until he became a heritage site.

All the things in the city are old, is like a old picture, the centre is beautifully maintained, the houses are painted traditionally with white walls and brightly coloured doorways. When I walked by the streets, it felt much bigger than it is, maybe because the stones that formed the floor was very large, you can never see beyond a few blocks. The citizens told me, that there were two reasons for this: one, to protect the town from sea winds, and two, to hide it from pirates, I remember that I thought it was cool.

If you have time and money, go to Brazil, because it have wonderfull places waiting for be discovered.