Summer Plans

 Well, since the government announced the regrowth of covid-19 for january, I do not know if make plans for the summer has any sense. Of course i would like to go out with my friends, dancing, or go to the beach, etc. Also, if this were a normal summer would like go to the theater and watch some plays of the billboard, or just hanging around in a park or something. Anyway, i do not think i can get out or do any of these activities if we have to do another quarentine. In my mind there is no so much will to go to the beach at least, but with the high temperatures of the summer maybe change my mind. In a way or another, i will manage to see some friends. If it becomes to difficult to go out, maybe it will be a good ocassion to work and advance on my pre-thesis work.

God, this summer could be really boring. I came to realize this writing this post. Now i'm really concerned. I really hope, really really hope, for our health and will to live that the vaccines came soon and save our vacations. I have been months without hanging out, just a month ago i started to go out and stuff, i do not feel at all that it is enough. It's time to go out now, before it's too late, see you people, i will go out right now and invent any panorama just to use this wonderful time before the quarentine.

Bless y'all

Tv shows and stuff

 If i had to choose inmediately one tv show to be my favourite, I would say without hesitation that it is "Breaking Bad". It is the best representation that i have ever seen yet of the modern feeling of alienation and the lost of meaning in life, at the same time, it show us what happen when we try to fill the void with raw power and ambition, without love. I would not say that all the tv shows i enjoy are in the same vein of "Breaking Bad", in fact, I enjoy a variety of genres. The thing is they tell me something about humanity or the modern social deseases, that's what I enjoy. Following this criteria, there is a lot, an unfinishable list of tv shows I think could enjoy. There is no way someone could watch every tv show that appear interesting. In fact, may be I choose to see some magnificent shows again, to digest all the richness of his concept, instead of watching every new show that potencially interests me. Also, i think noticeable how the quality of tv shows has improved in the last decade or so. There is more money invested in good quality shows instead of lucrative but boring and old formulas. And it is not just tv, the movie industry may be part of this as well. 

 

 

My future job

Definitely, i would like to have a job which I could love, because for me there is no reason at all to have one without a purpose. Even if a job is a medium for getting what one love, then it’s fine. What can not be (at least for me), is to job without any love, without any interest in it. So, I think I cannot say what will be my job, but I’m sure that it will be loved. I can imagine that in this future, I will woke up with energy in the morning, because I have to, and i want to, do something that I am interested in. I’m not interested in travelling, or making a lot of money, I just want to love my day to day, not experience the routine as a gray and boring experience. I need to keep studying, but I can not know where my interests are going to take me, so, I know I want to study a lot more, just can not know all the process before it happens. It’s all about following and developing my creative intuitions, and sharing this with other people. Of course, my interests in particular are linked to the conceptual problems of the good life and freedom, in a socio-theorical manner.

Never look away

 Well, i feel almost impossible to pick some favourite something, in movies especially, because there are so many good movies, that relate very different experiences and stories. Anyway, if I had to pick one, and certainly I have to, It would be "Never look away", a german film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (also known for directing "The live of others", a very recognized german film), which I totally recommend it, in fact, i recommend both. I pick this one because is one of the last movies I saw that really really captivated me, it's about a german painter who lives and experiences the art in all versions of second world war Germany, he learns about art with his aunt, who is euthanized by the nazis because she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The protagonist sees how art is conceived by the nazi Germany, later in the sovietic Germany, and finally, in the occidental Germany, where he can find his genuine artistic expression, following the teachings of his aunt. I like this movie because tell us about the different ways in which the different versions of Germany conceive art and culture, and how the protagonist has to find himself against this different contexts, trying to express through his paintings. I think that my favourite kind of movies are the kind that tell us something about humanity, art, technology, or something about me, about anyone, that touches universal human experiences. And both of this films from von Donnersmack make this with maestry.

Jorge Drexler’s 12 segundos de oscuridad concert

 

In september 2007, the uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler performed his album “12 segundos de oscuridad” in Chile. Definitely, his darkest work, charged with the bitter feelings of a recent heartbreak, a divorce the artist went through. Even if this album is the saddest, or darkest yet, I deeply feel that “12 segundos de oscuridad” could be Drexler’s masterpiece. It took place in the Caupolicán theatre, in Santiago de Chile. I went with my dad, who brought Drexler’s music into my life. Drexler’s music is some kind of remix that takes latin-american folk, pop and alternative music. “12 segundos de oscuridad” is his 10th studio album, and implies a gloomy moment of his artistic expression, the rest of his carreer, before and after this album, his music tends to be more cheerful, but always with some sad tone. I will always remember how he play with the darkness and the lights in the scenario, he really made a dense and sad atmosphere, which could capture the concept of the album. I felt really connected with the feelings, I don’t know exactly why, but I was absorbed in the sensations evoked by the music and the illumination. Also, I remember that the seat organization was a mess, so when we arrive at our place it was already taken by some people, we were reassigned and ended up in a much better location than the original. It was a resonant experience.

 

 

If I could travel to other country

 Well, definitely, if I could travel to visit other country, it would be Germany. These days people really like to travel and stuff, but i'm not really interested at all. In fact, I would choose Germany exclusively to study there. Because they have a rich tradition of sociological thought, which is intertwined with their culture. They have so many important figures in a lot of fields, like arts, science, philosophy, politics, modern history, etc. There's a great deal of things that we can learn from german culture. But I would like to study with social theorist and social philosophers in particular. And that's it. Turism and other stuff don't really excite me, as i said. Of course, in one way or another I would end visiting some important places here and there, but it is not at all my main focus. Some of the teachers I would like to listen impart in Berlin, Jena and specially, Frankfurt. I'm thinking in Axel Honneth, Rahel Jaeggi and Hartmut Rosa. They are all contemporary thinkers with whom I feel very close