Songs that ease my mind

Songs that make me feel better.
Songs that make me smile.
Songs that I consider as relaxing.
Songs that help me to disconnect.
Songs that wake me up.

... A lot of categories of songs that save me from sadness, boredom or worries.

If there is a group with a song for each situation, this is COLDPLAY. No, you can't be the only person in this world that isn't aware of my favourite music band. They are fantastic. Their songs are sublime.

Don't you think so?

Paradise, The scientist, Fix You, Yellow, Strawberry swing, Another's arms, Always in my head, Atlas, Christmas lights, Clocks, God put a smile upon your face, True love, Us against the world... I could go on and on and on... and mention every song.

But now, in this moment, these days my favourite one, the one I like most, the one I can't get tired of listening to it once and again is...

MAGIC.



I have no words. I think it is simply... PERFECT. As magic is always...

Thoughts about photography

Do you like photography? I think it is very interesting and it is an art. As a very clumsy and non-type art person, I am so fond of people who are able to capture some aspects of life that are astonishing. For example, I usually have a look at science magazines like "Muy Interesante" or "Quo" and I always find incredible photos, like these ones.

As you can see, they are very different from each other, but each one is very powerful, in my opinion. They make me think a lot about what I am watching in each photo... for some minutes.

I love also very old photos that show unknown people. Some of them speak volumes (this means they tell a story about something, a very powerful story indeed!). For example,

I can spend a very long time imagining the personal stories behind all these people. Where did they live? Did they have a good life? Were they happy?

Yes, I am very curious and I love guessing stories...

Things in common...

We are all different, that is so obvious that I won't focus on differences. I want only to highlight the things we all have in common, even with people we don't agree with or people we don't like at all.

We all have need of basic things like food, water, a place to live and some friends to love. All have a family and we care about our dearest ones. All bleed reed blood if we get hurt. All suffer when we are in pain. Everybody has got some problems sometimes.

Like every other person, we all get worried when things don't happen as we expected they would. Each of us get angry when others talk at our back. Everybody hates lies and dishonest people.

All of us hate injustice, but we all know that sometimes we have to accept things we wouldn't want to, but life is like this.

So... let's think about what other things we have in common, because we have more similar characteristics than we thought before.

Because we are all human... we are all HUMANS.

We all have got two eyes...

... but we don't all see the same things.

Or, at least, we don't understand the same.

I have just seen this video and as I am very fond of my cat (the other one unfortunately died) I am sure that my interpretation would be very different from yours.

I have an idea. Maybe this idea could be for next year's blog, but maybe you could save this video, or even write about it now and save it as a draft...

My idea would be something like this. You write about what you see and feel about this video... not only two sentences, but a text. Try to imagine how the two protagonists feel, what they think, what they do and whey they do it... and your own feelings about it.

I suppose not a lot of people would feel like doing this... but... who knows?

Here you are the video.



Omelette from Madeline Sharafian on Vimeo.

B&B

I have recently started to see this series called B&B and shown in Telecinco. I am watching it online so I don't know if it is over or not. I think I read somewhere that they have signed for a second season... but I am not sure.

The characters all work for a magazine titled "B&B", thus the name of the series... and I would classify it as a comedy. There are very famous actors and actresses like Belén Rueda, Gonzalo de Castro, Fran Perea... and my favourite one, Dani Rovira.

Why is he my favourite one? Not only because his role, Juan, is so tender and friendly... but because I admire Dani a lot as a monologuist, and after I saw them recently as the protagonist of "Ocho apellidos vascos" I am a fan! He is so funny!!!

Here you are the presentation of this series (with a video). Give it a chance!

"La que has liao, pollito..."

A lot of us, who use Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp or Line, receive sometimes a video or a picture which is on everybody's mouth these days. This is called as a video "goes viral", and everybody is talking about it. It has happened lately with a very funny video of a little girl who is drawing on a sheet of paper while a little chick is eating corn by her side... and it seems that the cute girl is a bit annoyed with the chick... If you haven't seen the video yet, don't wait for longer... have a look! I hope you will like it.




The strange thing is how it has become a viral video... her parents recorded her and sent the video only to their Whatsapp friends... and then someone shared it with someone... and one day, they discovered that it was a huge success on Youtube!!! So they decided not to get angry and publish the complete video... Here you are the complete story of Iune (the girl) and her pollito...

Burst into tears

Do you know the meaning of this idiom? It means "to start to cry suddenly".

Have you ever burst into tears? Can you think of a situation where a person suddenly starts to cry, feeling a deep sorrow? I can. Unfortunately, I would say... I know very well how it does feel when a pain makes you burst into tears... and it is not a comfortable nice situation, but on the contrary, it feels very desperate... because when you do so, it is because you are in a great distress.

I hope nobody in this world felt this way... but I fear this is not in my hands. So many people are suffering a lot these days, and I am sure that near you someone would appreciate it a lot if you cared...

Enjoy the silence

A word has come to me... SILENCE.

What is silence? How would you define this word, and how would you explain its meaning? Difficult... I mean, it is easy to define... but not in silence.

After this word has come to me... a song has. This song. It is called "Enjoy the silence" by Depeche Mode. It was a hit in the 80s, and I remember listening to it on the radio with my sister... now it is one of the songs that go with me during my car trips.




And then... I have googled the word "silence" and I have found these three pictures related to it. I think they are so meaningful, each of them...

Silence, sometimes, speaks loud...

Contradictions...

Sometimes you live a series of contradictions... you may want something but at the same time you don't want it because... who knows...

Sometimes you like something but then you discover that doesn't suit you anymore and you finish by hating that...

Sometimes you feel like doing something... but then a person suggests or orders to do so... and you don't feel like doing it at all...

Why humans are so contradictory?

Making a short and basic film

Look at what I have just found out while surfing on the net! Dvolver.com, a website where in a couple of minutes you can create a short (and very basic) film. It must be in English, yes... but it is interesting. I have made one myself... and it has no limit of scenes, so maybe you could use that tool to a school project or simply for fun.

Have a look!