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Anora, rediscovering Mafalda, dreams with loves from the past, my new hate for Valentine’s Day, having unrealistic expectations and making a movie about it, this and more on this month’s entry.
Hello, I’m writing this one day before the month ends and I just wanted to update you on what I’ve been up to. At the end of January I watched Anora completely blind, I didn´t watch any trailers, I didn´t know anything about the plot, the cast or the crew or I just had heard it was really good and it was!
Honestly I do this all the time I rarely read the synopsis or reviews If I like the poster or the title I´ll just watch it, for example I discovered a channel called Europa Europa, where they screen European movies, my favorite thing is too look for a title that I like and let myself be amazed, that´s how I discovered The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guédiguian and Summertime by Gabriele Muccino, director of The Pursuit of Happyness which is one of my favorite movies ever!
Going back to Anora, I was really surprised to find such a fun and chaotic movie, I swear I have never seen a theater laugh like it did with every joke but at the same time it´s a beautiful and sad film. I loved Mikey as Ani, I think she did such an incredible job and I hope she gets the Oscar.
Zapping (what year do I mentally live in?) I found a Mafalda documentary, I remember having a giant Mafalda book that I was obsessed with when I was a kid, it was so much fun to revisit the comics and learn the story behind the characters and Quino of course, I have such an admiration for his work, making a timeless piece of art that anyone can relate to in all the world is amazing.
This is probably my favorite vignette, it´s such a simple concept, and at the same time so deep and reflective, It reminds me of the sensation I used to feel when I drew as a kid and that made me want to be an artist
Has it happened to you that you dream of a life that you never had but had always want? - What if I could still try? What if I reached out? I mean we didn´t ended up in bad terms we just part different ways. What does this dream mean? Could she also be thinking on me? - this what I woke up too an early February morning at 5 am. not being able to go back to sleep until I figured out an answer of any kind.
Sunflowers are my favorite, but I used to have a bittersweet relationship with them, it was also her favorite. It´s been 12 years and I still remember that. It wasn´t until Van Gogh made me fall in love with them that it became my favorite too. Memories attached to objects. Memories, that´s it.
That was the answer, memories of who we were, what we liked, what we dreamed. That´s no longer there and it will never be, but the memories will prevail and that´s enough for me.
I usually don´t mind Valentines day to me it´s just another day, but wow that changed this year, I hated everyone I saw buying flowers, I hated seeing couples holding hands, I hated everything I didn´t have and It all started a week before, when I met someone, I thought I saw a tiny little spark that I couldn´t ignore, I tried to light a fire from nothing and only ended up burning myself. I just saw what I wanted to see I guess.
I was feeling so down that what I imagined didn´t become a reality, the worst thing is that I didn´t have any reasons to believe it would, so as the artist I try to be, I channeled all those feelings and bad energy into finishing the short film I was working on, and I have to say I´m very happy with the result! So here I present “misread” A movie about creating false scenarios and putting false expectations on others, just hurting yourself at the end.
Finally I want to recommend a few things I have really enjoyed lately!
Books:
PENELOPE by Lidia G. Merenciano
I loved this book so much I think I finish it in under a week, and I´m a slow reader. I´m planning to illustrate some of my favorite characters / scenes form this book, so keep an eye out!
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
If you are an astrology person I could bet your are going to enjoy this book, I´m not and after finishing it I was so invested into knowing all about my planets and all that, I already read everything I could on Astro dot com.
Movies:
Little Forest by Yim Soon-rye
this movie feels like a hug, it´s beautiful and calm. I´m gonna go live on the mountain no cap.
6nations
Idk if this is out of character for my internet persona but I do love some sports and Rugby is now my favorite, I watched the world cup, I watched the Olympics, this is my second 6nations, I´m supporting France, sorry, also I support Italy to not be in last place haha, seriously tho watch the documentary on Netflix and watch the current games I swear it´s so badass!
That´s it! Thank you for reading! And see you next month!