October 15, 2010

Trip to Tiradentes - Minas Gerais

Hi Everyone,

These are some pictures of a trip I made to Tiradentes.
Tiradentes is a cute historical city from Minas Gerais, a realy rustic State.
It is filled with art and history.  Tiradentes was an important figure that proclamed the State indenpendency back in the years.

Now, the city hosts big events and fairs like the gastronomic fair, the harley davidson encounter, and the book fair. My parents have being there during the gastronomic fair. Imagine, the best chefs, a cold weather, cooking classes and eating eating eating all day long without any rest!

So, let me show you some stuff..
Below it is a really cute wooden dog I found in the most chic hotel called Os Inconfidentes. I wish I could take him home!



The city has thousands of white flower trees. Look at our car!
It seems like a "just married" car!


Ok, when I loaded this picture, I thought it was me, but thats my sister.
Check out this store and the sculpture!



The sculpture below is a huge lion made of wood - ONE WOOD STALK!


Getting in the main part of the city! Its lovely!


A nice thing to do is to take a poney or a horse ride!
The poney is so cute and tiny!!


You can notice that NO HIGH HILL is needed. Please, tennis shoes are the best! Look at those little stones. It drove me crazy!

You can see that the architecture is really original and unique! All streets and houses are like the ones in the photo.



I stayed in a lovely and rustic hotel. This is my bathroom..


Check out the bathroom´s view!
I guess someone has made her dress dirty before the wedding! 





Here is a really artistc burrow in an art gallery


Check out these flowers with the white stripes.


Miniature dresses hanging sculptures.


Did you notice? That's a real iron!




Typicall food from Minas Gerais = Okra + chicken!
Minas Gerais is known for its food...cheese, milk sweets, cheese bread, guava sweet (goiabada) and the plate above!



As the houses' windows had a straight view to the streets. The ladies used to pass long times on the window flirting with the passengers! ;)
The position above reflects the most famous sculptures from Tiradentes - as Namoradeiras (the flirters)!


Above is the old prision. Tiradentes was confined in this prision.
Now, it is a museum. Its interesting to notice how small and simple it is.
Seems that the prisioners also could flirt to teh passengers!
Joking...


Typicall food and drinks store. Here you could buy anything you want form alcoohol drinks and sweets.




Taking a walk..downtwon..



Tiradentes


Main square with the horse rides on the side.


Art made out of offscourings. Interesting and disturbing store...
Check its interior below:




So, you think this is a free-nudity?
No way!
This black lady below is actually a alcoohol bottle if you take her head off..and her boobs are not free-nudity, they are just more space for drinks....
clever!





Here they are..the NAMORADEIRAS flirting!



I really liked the painintg above!



I just had to stand next to him...to show how tiny he is!


The city has a rail that takes tourists to visit the places and also takes people from one city to another! Bummer...I got there and the last train was alreday gone!!!





The cutest namoradeira I found!
If I had a house, I would buy and put in my window..


Chec out this interetsng house...flowers growing on the ruff..



Can you see that next to the church Matriz there are a little open cemetery. Every priest of this church was burried there!


This is a family portrait for remembrance!

I hope you liked.
This is a really interesting little city from Brazil. Small, really hot during the day, REALLY cold at night, filled with history and good food!


October 10, 2010

Holidays

I am about to take my holidays. Tomorrow is my father´s b-fay, 12th is Children´s Day in Brazil and on Wednesday my HOLIDAYSSSS start!!! I have thousands of plan for it...exersicing, blogging, taking care of my eating habits, growing stonger nails, finishing my thesis, walking by the beach, going to beach bars to see the sunset. Also, Erica, a friend from work gave me more than 15 movies..so I will be busy with that.

One thing I know, I will have fun, relax and take a ddep dive in arts.

Count on great ánd interesting posts coming up soon!

XX

October 2, 2010

Ellection Day!

Yeah, Saturday again! Tomorrow is ellection day in Brazil. As you know, in Brazil:

1. Every citizen 18 years old and higher is obliged to vote;
2. No drinks can be sold or consumed during the ellection day. Yeap, no open bars!
3. No political advertisement can be done during the ellection day.
4. We need to vote to: president, vice president, governor, senator, federal congressman and state congressman.

I have no idea yet in which one I will vote! I guess there is a lack of options!

Let's see!

September 28, 2010

My Sunday walks by the beach

My beach walks in the weekend are always fun and definetly funny! Its unbelievable what you bump into in those walks...haha!

Last weekend, I walked by Copacabana Beach. If you dont know, Brazil is passing through an ellection time. Dilma (Lula´s protegé) X Serra X Marina!! People are crazy walking in the streets with numbers clued to their chest, flags, colours, screaming political things, and poluting the floor.




In the middle of that mess, I found a really cute old lady band singing old samba and bossa nova songs in a kioski at the beach. I made I video for you to see.
I hope you like!
Those are really old ladies with all problems that this great tie of life can bring you..some are even blind. It is so rewarding to see them overcoming their limits and reality and making art!


September 26, 2010

No art, no reward ...

Seth Godin´s yesterday´s e-mail also talks about art...I guess he always thinks about marketing and art in his analysis. Here it is: 

"The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out.

The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better.

Not much of a choice, I think. No risk, no art. No art, no reward."




September 25, 2010

Wait it up!

I dont know if I have ever said this here, but I work at IBM and I am an artist on the free time (every free time). Its really hard to have a double shift, but really reawarding when I see the results and the comcretization of some projects.

Right now I have some projects going on and I have that feeling that I bet all producers and artists have to feel like you are useless. Sometimes you want it so much to happen (and fast) that you can not wait for the burocracy stuff. I am on that spot, where waiting and waiting started to feel like a default sittuation.

My friends know about my projects and always ask. My family knows about my projects and always ask. I know about my projects and I always have to ask: when will it ship?

This is not good to feel. I just wanted time to pass...months later...to the release, to the autographs, to the reactions, to the critics... For now, I am in default mode ... waiting.

So, I am trying at least to be actively waiting for some to happen. I a doing more and more, thinking more and more...producing more and more...calling and not getting answers, trying and not getting anywhere, contacting and networking and nothing concrete happening...but...at least I lfeel alive in the meanwhile.

Cest la vie!

Have a nice weekend. Wait!

Have a nice wait.


September 23, 2010

Hugh McLeod



Get off your phone, you backberry-evil, your computer, your twitter, you facebook, Ipod, Ipad, and come to life!
Its time! We are here...alive and next by!


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