Postcard from the Greek Islands

A week ago, I was watching a video of an interview with Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell. In the interview, one of Bill Moyer's questions was: Are we (mankind) trying to find the meaning of life? Joseph Campbell responded: I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
All these years that I have spent reading Dalai Lama's books, Man's search for meaning by Vicktor Frankel and so on! For me, this answer just hit in the right spot. It also made me think of my purpose of starting my Postcards Series: recounting the experiences of being alive. With this profound subject it also made me think of a totally silly and funny experience while visiting Greece. I travelled to the Greek Islands with 3 friends that I had met at school in Florence. To our shock, in most beaches people were generally nude - didn't matter what age you were, young, pretty, chubby, old - most people weren't wearing anything. The three of us were blushing; One of the them (the naugthy one)convinced us to at least go topless -and we did! - if we were going to do it, it had to be in Mykonos! This was quite an experience that even for a long time I didn't want my mother to know!
Have a great weekend!

South Beach Galleries

Before I came back with more POSTCARD SERIES, I wanted to share with you some of the galleries/artist studios located in Miami Beach, FL (more known as 'South Beach") I love to visit the artists studios and Romero Brito's gallery - always great places for inspiration!

Battle of the Books

I have been busy these past couple of weeks! With work and a trip to Atlanta my hands have been full. Last friday my sister sent me some pictures from an event they had at one of their schools. I designed an illustration and poster for an event called "Battle of the Books" (pictures above), seen not only your own work been printed/displayed but also inspiring people is priceless. Here are some pictures of my work and also from the staff and students. Thanks Kiki and the entire school for always giving me an opportunity to bring a smile to a child's face!

Postcard from my Ship

Months ago I came across a presentation by illustrator Penelope Dullagham explaining how she became an illustrator. When she had finally decided to take a leap to become a full time illustrator she gave a card to the people she worked for saying the above quote. It touched me as a metaphor of life. Each of us drive our own ship, we built it and it’s up to us to decide whether we to stay on harbor or go out to sea. At sea sometimes, we may experience extremely rough waters and we must endure the bad weather, we also may see the most beautiful landscapes that no one who has not sailed has seen before, we may experience beautiful sunsets, the rain, the agitated roughness of the water and it’s tranquility but certainly worth it: LIVING & EXPERIENCING LIFE. I send you this postcard from my ship as I am cleaning it up and sorting out maps to be ready and open for new adventures! Wishing you many great ones too!