Who am I?

How many of us have made answering this question our life mission? I decided to take the path of self discovery at a young age. Books, therapy, travelling, art, cooking, meditation, and writing are some of the things I have used to connect with my changing self over the years.

Through self-discovery we can stop self-judgement and let ourselves be just how we are. Self-discovery allows us to go deeper and view our thoughts and bodies with more love and acceptance. It allows us to understand why we act the way that we do, what makes us happy, what makes us sad. This understanding can fill whatever we do with  intention.

It is after all a long journey so we better get comfortable being here, as we are. Yet, many times, the more we dig in the more we can get lost in our complex humanity, full of judgement and fear. What if instead of getting lost in our judgements and fears we try to embrace them and see them just for what they are? thoughts, perceptions, emotions. It is not that easy, I am still trying every day.

The only constant in this life is change. Life will happen whether we want it to or not. We will grow and we will age. We will laugh and we will cry. We will like and dislike. But connecting with ourselves and realizing we are much more than facts and preferences can make the ride smoother and more enjoyable.

There are different strokes for different folks so we will all find different ways to get in contact with ourselves. Call it religion, spirituality, love, writing, reading, meditation whatever makes YOU go a little deeper, try it, see what you find in there and love it.

To your lovely self, just as it is: Mucho Amor! lu.

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One more time, I need to break the ice. I’ve been silent for a long time and have the urge to speak up again. Yes, it is not that easy. I am now in that awkward moment that lasts for a full eternal second.  I have that fear again and all those questions are lingering in my head : what’s the best thing to say? how should I say it? why should I say it? is this or that the best way to come back again?  And after that the self-guilt : why is this so hard? why am I overanalyzing? are my pictures and writings worth showing? and so on… maybe you can relate.

2014 started a little later for me than January 1st.  I was having so much fun visiting my family in Uruguay and then coming back and getting started again took me more than a month. I did take a lot of pictures and wrote while I was there, but I took a long break from my computer, my phone and other must have gadgets. Believe me, you should do it sometime, it is not only liberating but very peaceful. It’s a good thing that I celebrate the Western New Year and the Chinese one. I get two chances to get started.

I got stuck with this blog last year because I was only focusing on photography but photography is not my only passion. I decided to forget the “you need to focus on one thing” advice and let myself be myself. After all this is a place where I share all of the things that I am passionate about and that make my life better, so why not include them all?

Like a runner after a bad injury I need to put my shoes on and hit the road. I should not judge my performance… my muscles will take some time to get used to this again. For now, I will do and not judge.

I will start this new year with some landscapes from one of my favourite homes: Uruguay, the land of the green grass and clear skies … and the mosquitoes that I will never miss. This is also a way to justify my tardiness as you will see…it would be hard not to let yourself get lost in those landscapes and the mellowness of the uruguayan people. As one of my good friends said “the year in Uruguay starts after holy week“(you can hear the song here).

Mucho Amor,

lu

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“…Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two.”

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

This picture was inspired by the book Fahrenheit 451 which really got me thinking about our overly informed world. As Eric Schmidt, CEO of google  said, we produce in only two days as much information as we did  from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. Crazy right?. So much information can cause us to  get overwhelmed and that brings inaction  and stillness. The challenge we now face is how to filter that information and how not to overindulge.

Don’t get me wrong, I truly love that we can freely produce and get information so easily. Technology in itself its neutral, even if we are not. The hard part is to focus on what is really important to us and not to get distracted with social media, the latest news and the newest TV shows. It is hard sometimes to take action with so much distraction. We are the ones that need to close the browsers and start doing.

Mucho amor,

Lu.

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