Alecio de Andrade. Louvre and its visitors.

My choice for today is a mix of two sides of art that I am highly attracted to. Photography and painting. The way Brazilian photographer Alecio de Andrade captures the essence of the moment becomes powerful given the chosen location: a museum.
People- their movements and reactions, sitting, walking, starring- and the angles of the photos arouse an emotion in me when looking at the walls. Walls that also breath their own stories- that passed and yet are there for us to  cut slices of them, take them home inside our mind, heart and memories.
We actually exist as a reaction in others. Art is a way of finding a corridor into somebody's private universe.

Kasia Derwinska. Reflections of soul.

La esperanza se muere la última.
At a first sight, I had the impression that Kasia Derwinska's photos are tragic. Pessimistic. Beautiful. Still sad.
It's been already more than one year since I discovered her in the digital artist universe. And now, looking at her creations, I can sense a deeper meaning, an inner reflection of one's self in an artificial solitude. The truth is the hardest challenges we have are inside us, the place where we are -and feel- naked and genuine.
The most dramatic reality that we face it is the one when we keep our eyes shut and allow the journey to the profound ego start.

Tanya Coolinich - Beauty versus Art

I like the representation of woman as a sublime creation of nature. Though the Romanticism and Renaissance period are long gone, sometimes we need to approach the idea of Human as an ideal. The perfection beyond all our imperfections. It is a miracle to look back at our development, at our evolution, at all things the mankind succeeded at during the centuries.
And the most amazing thing is that we can operate this change starting with ourselves. We can be whatever we want to be -with a bit of determination and with the understanding that a long journey is composed by many little and precise steps.
There is no important goal to be achieved without significant effort. There is no musician playing guitar in the crazy way of Rodrigo & Gabriela, no ballerina performing main role in "Nutcraker" without thousands of hours spent studying, trying, failing, trying again, trying again. It is indeed just a matter of investment: your soul, your time, your dreams.
This post is dedicated to the miraculous energy that lies in us, the one that drives us to the top and makes us art. We are art.
So start fighting for your dreams, today is just the perfect day, don't procrastinate and -the most important- believe in your uniqueness.
You can be whatever you want to be, you have it in you.

Jacques Henri Lartigue, photographer

I discovered Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) work a few months ago and I was touched by the vibe and the emotions his photos captured. 
Though he was perceived as a successful photographer of his time, being highly appreciated for modern subjects and approach as automobile races, planes and Parisian fashion models, I sense his spirit trying to lock the profoundness of the soul behind the glamorous and superficial lifestyle.
I especially connect with the contrast between old and new in the pictures below.