Thoughts Throw Through Toughness

I'm not a woman who gives her opinion to anyone, other women can relate, they are going to judge us anyway, and may treat us like a piece of filth just for speak out, but since this is for college, here I am:

-What is your opinion about child labor?

 Many children work nowadays, and it doesn't bother most of people, many don't even see, that actually, are thousands of children working 'happily' in entertainment companies and music industry, but seems that no one care if that children is being abused, even if parents want money or sees a 'natural talent' and want to exploit that, I don't think a child can have the power to consent working. For example if a child really really wants to sing or act and implores to their parents to let them work, do yo

think it's ok since the child wants it and don't need the work? (to subsist). I believe it's still child abuse, because they don't and they can't realize all the responsabilities and duty that comes with it. Every child deserves and have to live their childhood in free, even if the children don't want to, and prefers to work. They can take advantage of their 'natural talent' or skills or anything, but not work for it, because they'll be working for their parents, not themselves.

-What is your opinion about killing stray dogs to prevent sanitary problems and animal over population?

It's horrible, I think it's cruel and make people believe that the biggest problem are dogs and animals and not HUMAN. Also most of people who abandon their dog, are men (It doesn't surprise me). Then, the problem yes it is an animal, but the human, not others. Instead of killing animals, government should give prison sentence to everyone who abandon an animal, they should put more security cameras and reinsert those dogs, cats and others into a new family, sterilize them first and give them up for adoption, either create refugies, sanctuaries or both of them, give free sterilization to anyone who requires it for their animal, but I don't think any government cares that much for animals to do that.

-What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?

In my opinion, it should be legalized, all of it, how then? Because countries like Portugal, Suiza and Holanda among others, have this system, where drug adicts can go to a 'drug center' and consume safely, with supervision and quality drugs that won't kill them, or can start rehabilitation if they want it, they are treated like humans. They have a disease and have the right to receive treatment without judgment and prejudice, without being in jail for being an addict. If you put enough money to that project, It can work.

-What is your opinion about getting rid of trees that trigger allergies.

From my perspective, isn't the fault of trees neither people who have allergies. But getting rid of it, isn't that too much? Because, a tree is not going to grow up spontaneously and I don't see anyone replacing them once they pull off the ground. I personally hate when people (by their own or by command) take a tree out of the ground. It gives us shadow, fresh air, lower the temperature, beautiful landscapes, etc. I just can't understand it. People should take their medicine and avoid places with trees that trigger their allergies.

Too much, too little

Being an art student it's difficult, we have to do a lot of work week by week, since process in art it's crucial, we have to be on projects constantly without pause. But it's more difficult to do it with a poor infrastructure and tools. The faculty of arts lacks in quality buildings, I mean, it can resist an earthquake, but a little rain can make a total mess. Our classroom are cold in summer (glad of it) but in winter it seems to be an iceberg and we don't have any type of heater, and some teachers don't allow food and drinks, so you have to deal with it, no options available. Also, bathrooms are in poor condition, and people in there don't take care of them, I mean students, I've seen cleaning assistant doing their job and some stupid students just throw their trash to the floor, leave hair in the wahsbasin or don't even flush the toilet, plus the administration don't improve better conditions on it.  

Also we have too much of unnecessary subjects that don't have any to do with art, but it keep in the curriculum map (I think it's just so we can stay longer in the degree and pay more money to university), we should have just the essential subjects for our degree, it could take less years to finish it (as many of universities outside Chile). And to finish, because I could go all the way and back listing complaints, we have too little space for the amount of students we are, the cafeteria it's not enough, microwaves don't fill the demand, there are just a bit of tables, in summer is horrible, like a big sized oven and the smell?? omg, sweat and food combine and became a stink bomb. Please don't go there in summer, I prefer to eat my food without warming it up.

I would look up for better bathrooms, a ceiling don't rain on, air conditioner (cold and hot), soundproofing in every classroom and auditorium, pay salary to teachers, ventilation in cafeteria and classroom, less unnecessary subjects, too much to do, too little I can do on my own.

Still waiting you

I'd travel to past, my cat is lost since april this year, I miss him so freaking much, he was like my best friend, I can't treat him otherwise, he was not just an animal, he was my partner and my tears tissue, without him I feel a little empty and lost, that's how much crucial he was for me.

I'd go to past summer, any summer, and lay in the garden with him even if i'm sweating and dying of heat. I'd sleep beside him and pet his head and tummy all day, hear his purr and meow, count his scars, give him all the seafood I could afford and he could eat, spending the days with him and not letting him go like that, just vanishing.

 

I'd like to stay there forever, impede him go away, staying by his side till he die, here, with me, not alone, not in who knows where, how, when. Keep him with me, that's why I would go to past. But I dont regret anything, my life with him was full of love, food and cuddles. I loved him with every part of my soul, I still do. I still wait for him, it's less painful, less grievous than give up, than thinking of him died. I still hold on. Maybe he's alive, I can't know and I can't be sure. I just really hope he come back.

Certainly Uncertain

 My future? What a small question but a huge reflection. I'm studying Visual Arts so as expecting everybody I should take something retaled. It's funny because I don't see me as an artist or working in something about art. I've always liked to be a singer, but I don't have a voice. I'd love to be a languaje teacher, I LOVE to learn new languages, I'm into korean, japanese and italian right now, I don't take formal classes (too costly) so I learn from Youtube and online books, all autodidact, I learned english the same way, translating songs, watching movies and tv shows in english, searching in translators and dicitionaries, taking Youtube classes, most of all, listening and talking to myself in the language I want to learn. I also love spanish, always
searching random and odd words, always reading something (a book, a magazine, an article, a paper, etc) so I think teaching spanish in some country in the world would be very nice.

My inner dream it's to travel a lot and live outside Chile, teaching spanish could be an option for that, being an artist too (maybe that's why, unconsciously, took art as a major). I can daydream about register my work, photos, drawings, blogs, videos, experiencies and make money from that, possibly delusional but totally possible. Whatever job I'll have, It has to be flexible and abroad, not from an office (just the precise time if I had to) so I could visit any country I feel like, any part of this world I want to see, I have to see it, I'd love to do that and if they pay me for it, even better! Imagine having a job where they pay you to travel (and if it's not too much to ask, also food) my dream, that's my biggest dream. Travel through Chile and the world.

Why Art?

 Something interesting about me, being and art student, is that i'm not into art. I mean, in school I chose art instead of music, but that's because I was so afraid of music, I tought I had no talent for so it wouldn't worth it, also I've always drew well so it seemed like the only choice was that. Besides I barely visit art museums, I find them boring and I don't even know If I enjoy art, but here I am, determined to have my visual arts bachelor's degree.

Since I'm not an innate artistic person, I don't think I'm good enough for this, all my classmates have been artistic all their lives, at least most of them, I don't know their stories either, I'm just babbling right now. But that's why, guessing, I'm always jealous of other's work, 'cause I'm not THAT artistic.

I'm simple and ignorant about art (yes, I know I must know more of this topic since I'm studying it), so I don't know what kind of art I like the most, but I'm kind of trapped, caught by baroque and impressionism, I don't search it in google either visited museums that had it, only the ones that teachers present in class, guess I'm more into those epoch than art itself (I've always liked history, from Chile, Europe, Asia, first civilizations, etc) I didn't grew up in an artistic family either but graffitis from my town are in a great quantity and some are huge, same as murals. I find them interesting with an unusual beautiness, I always try to figure out what it represents or says, sometimes it's pretty difficult. 

I don't know if I said this in my other post, but I'm not the kind of 'favourite things' person, so I don't really have an artist or art work one. Sorry about that. Instead of that, I can give you what kind of art do I search for. I'm a textil artist (at least I'm trying to) so I have to look into textil art, sculptures, installations, site-specific, maybe drawings, maybe fashion designers and fashion weeks. I put some pictures I like. So, why art? Who knows! something dragged me here and here I am yet I like it, this career, studying this, not in the online way, personally hate it, but what can I do. 

A little me, a little of me

I remember we (me and my mom) used to listen to Shakira, Silvio Rodríguez, Miranda!, Los enanitos Verdes, La oreja de Van Gogh, Julieta Venegas, Celine Dion, Withney Houston and the list can continue  and continue with no end, any song of them, sometimes, reminds me of my childhood (I mentioned I don't remember that much). It reminds me more kind of a feeling that memories itself, it's a lot of nostalgic, sadness for the (g)old times, I particularly enjoyed sang to Shakira and Julieta Venegas songs, two women I've been admiring till today.

Since I can't force my mind to go to my earliest memory, (I admire if someone can do that) I'll tell you a history my mom have been telling everyone she knows, something that makes me laugh all times. When I was around 4, my brother told me to take a cup and grab it by the ear, while he would fill it with juice, the thing is, I was holding my own ear instead of the one in the cup! hahahaha I was just 4, he was expecting big things from a tiny human girl hahaha 

I can't remember how and when I learned to ride a bike or swim, but I learnt. I used to hate school and don't have terrific memories about it. So considering that would be boring, I'll talk about my favourite tv shows when I was a little thing. 

Let's start with 'Sakura card captor', I loved Sakura, I loved her and her best friend, they did a terrific couple, fighting evil cards, with fashion and style, without losing their childhood, collecting mysterious being whom escaped from cards of an old and enigmatic magician, god I loved it! I used to watch a lot of anime, Doraemon (Nobita was so dumb and Doraemon was always saving his back), Dragon Ball (I watched all episodes till GT), Inuyasha (How cute was Kirara, I wanted a cat like it), Sailor Moon, Meow Meow Power (I REALLY love cats), Detective Conan (I was madly in love with Shinichi/Bobby), Knights of the Zodiac and a lot of cartoons too, like Winx Club, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (a lot of laughter with this one), Looney Tunes (my favourite was Bugs Bunny, I still have a teddy of it), Billy and Mandy (one of my favourites, I'm a totally resemblance of Mandy's attitude in real life, plus she was my favourite character), Teen Titans, Sponge Bob (A classic), Powerpuff Girls (Again, I'm like the 'grumpy one' and most liked, guess who?), The Fairly Oddparents, I could go all night long with it. 

What a memories I have of this! I always saw it alone but I loved it till the roots, nobody bothering me, chilling by myself, eating what I wanted, laughing and screaming and all sort of things kids do when they watch tv. Good memories, nothing to complain. I can't deny It was a little sad being on my own since little, with no close friends to talk about it, but I can't change my past, so why make it a nuisance or something to regret, it's preferable relive it with happy nostalgia instead of surrowful nostalgia (? I guess.

RBD, my first concert

My first concert ever was in Movistar Arena, with RBD, a mexican band which was initially part of a television show. I used to see every episode sacredly. I went with my mon, because a I was just 10 years old, I couldn't have gone by my own. They were 6 members, 3 women and 3 men in the band, their artistic names were (from left to right): Diego, Mía, Roberta, Miguel, Lupita and Giovanni. My favorite character was Roberta because she was a woman with a strong character, she always said her thoughts and ideas out loud and was passionate everything she did, in the TV show of course.

Back to the topic, the concert was in 14th December, 2008. 12 years ago (how time flies! can't believe it), we had to wait for around 2 hours for them to appear! When they finally arrived at the stage I started to scream and tell my mom who knows what! hahaha I was crying all the time, I barely remember anything because I don't have a good memory (it happens with a lot of moments in my childhood) but for sure I enjoyed it, my mom was with me every second, she held me and supported me with my screaming and everything, hahaha, It was pretty crazy, that's mainly what I remember. When the show ended me and my mon took a cab to our house, and guess what: I fell right asleep, all night long (or maybe not, I can't remember).

A country to go

Argentina.

I would love to comeback to Argentina. I visited Mendoza for the weekend with my best friend and her parents years ago, in springtime, however, didin't have the chance to explore the city as I wanted, we were there just for business (of her parents, of course) and they invited me because I'm like their daughter too. So we arrived in the hotel and just went to a restaurant the first day, the second one we went to another place to eat and later we did shopping, but it was expensive, for real! so we didin't buy anything. 

And have seen the streets there? It is beautiful, so green, full of trees, all over the place, nothing compared to Santiago or at least the town where I live. The first picture is from an avenue in Mendoza, I don't remember it's name, but it's nice for sure, isn't it? We spent the night a few blocks apart frome there and right around the corner there were restaurants, buffet and pubs.

Also, I have a friend from Argentina that i haven't met her yet. I'm curious about the town where she lives, what is her family like. I want to meet her other friends and meet her, of course. We talked about it and we would hang out somewhere, museums, cinema, restaurants, amusement parks. We both like to walk in the streets for hours and lay down on the grass of some park, so we will do this some day. It is nice to have things in common, we could do a lot of together.

Her name is Margarita but I adress her as 'magui'. She's the same age as me. She lives in Buenos Aires in a one floor white house with a cute front garden. Take a look at the picture she sent me! I think it's quite a pretty house, I'm wondering what it looks like inside.

I told her I will visit every place I find interesting and that she must follow me everywhere. I also told her that I must visit Mendoza again. She is looking forward to the moment when we can meet each other, face to face, I'm expecting it too. I know we will have a lovely time together and we will might strengthen our friendship.