"De los diversos instrumentos del hombre, el más asombroso es, sin duda, el libro." Jorge Luis Borges Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. In this occasion I'm going to talk (just a little) about of one of the most awesome and important inventions of the human history, the book. Borges says in his famous conference "El libro", that the book (in contrast with all the others inventions that are extensions of the human body), is an extension of the memory and imagination. For me, to read is not too different from to live. I believe that when we read, we have the possibility of recreated or revived the different scenes or images of a text. In the Iliad, for example, We can fight and died with Hector. I buy books very usually because I like to read all the days, preferentially in the afternoon or in the night. I often read out loud to pronounce and heard the words (esp
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. In this occasion I'm going to talk about why I'm studying violin. First of all, it is good to clarify that I'm the only musician in my family and I discovered music for coincidence. This happened some years ago, and I was in the school at that time. One day I went to the School (First coincidence, I hated the school and very usually I missed to classes) and in some class, the teacher took us to the gym of the school because the Orchestra of the university of Concepcion went to do a concert (I found out this after, when we arrived at the gym). I was very amazed for the orchestra (I didn't know that exist a professional orchestra in Concepción, and never before I listened to one live), and particularly for the violin; I loved the instrument since the firs time I heard it. That day I was back to my home with a certainty: "I'm going to be a musician, a violinist" I thought. Before that day (that moment of the day),