Art

 I once heard the phrase "in every artist's mind there is a masterpiece" and I agree. Since I was a child I found art interesting but I don't think I was born with the gift of being an artist. When I had to choose between music or art in school I always chose art because I really liked the idea of transferring my thoughts to paper. I enjoyed painting and creating things but I had no talent. I remember seeing my classmates' drawings or creations and feeling a little jealous because they were so good. I would have liked to have developed that artistic ability in my childhood but I didn't. That's why I don't know much about art or art movements. But if I have to choose my favorite artistic expression I would definitely choose very colorful paintings and about nature. I think visual arts are very important in society because they are a good way to organize thoughts and convey a message to others about their own reality. The truth is that I would be lying if I said I have a favorite visual artist. I don't. But I think there are some very good ones like Salvador Dalí, Vincent Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

MY CHILDHOOD

 There are so many things that remind me of my childhood but the smell of cinnamon is the one I remember the most. My mom used to make tea with cinnamon and my dad would take us to Santiago to buy cinnamon ice cream, imagine traveling more than 60 kilometers from Paine to Santiago just to enjoy its flavor!

I think one of my earliest memories is when I was 3 years old and I always walked around with a hairdo that looked like a palm tree. It was very funny looking. I also used to tell people "le yuyo" to offer them my help hahahah. Thanks to that now my brothers call me "yuyo". We are 6 siblings, so mess and fun were never lacking in my house. 

I remember getting up at 6 a.m. to watch Looney Tunes on TV, I loved it! I would also watch SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons. But then I started liking the Animal Planet channel. 

I definitely wish I could go back to being a kid, it was such a fun time.

The best holidays I've had

I used to travel a lot when I was a child with my family. We traveled through many beautiful landscapes of our country from Iquique to the island of Chiloe.  But definitely my favorite vacation has been in Los Vilos. We would go every summer and stay for about 2 months until March when we had to start classes with my siblings.  The house was very small. It had only 2 bedrooms and we were 8 people so some of my brothers would camp out in the yard. It was a lot of fun because we would get up in the morning, have breakfast and go down to the beach which was a few meters from our house. Then in the afternoons we would go for a walk, ride our bikes or go for a drive. In those years it was possible to see many fish, sea lions and other marine life on the coastal reefs.  I loved swimming and spending hours in the sunlight watching the sea. It has been my best memory because I loved to see my whole family laughing and sharing.