I love to read, mostly science-fiction back when I was a kid and even
through my late twenties. Now I dedicate most of my time to reading the
Bible and Christian books (doctrine, theology, practical living and so
on). I also enjoy reading children's stories, and two of my favorite
books are "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and "The
Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis.
I also like to write. When I was a teenager and when I was studying at
the university I liked to write short-stories, and I was able to
collect all of my poetry in three volumes, from my early "experiments"
to my more "mature" (if I may say so) works, which you can download by
clicking the links below (the four books are in Spanish, although some
of them contain some poems originally written in English and Hebrew).
Antes del
nuevo sueño Poemas Poemas para Anel (Sorry, I haven't
registered this one, so hopefully
it'll be available soon) Sueños (This one is new,
still unregistered too)
Another activity I enjoy is drawing and painting, although I don't do
it as regularly now. I like to draw still-natures
and landscapes. My favorite technique is pastel, due to its versatility
and the way you can quickly sketch and compose a scene to later add
detail with so rich textures and colors.
Lately I've tried to do some things using my computer and my digital
still camera. The first "video" I made (more like a slideshow really)
was a gift for my best friend Chu-Chu (love ya!) when she left the
company to go somewhere else to work. She wanted this to be a special
occasion, so she planned everything so this day would fall on her
birthday. The year before I gave her one of my paintings, so I really
didn't know what else to give her this time, until it occurred to me
she'd love to see pictures of her friends and co-workers when we used
to hang out together or at parties. She said she was so moved when she
saw the video that it brought tears to her eyes (this is something
seldom happens). My second try at "video-making" was a slideshow of my
life (yes I know this sounds too selfish, but hey, I really didn't have
that much pictures of my friends or relatives at parties or from our
travels together).
And well, from this you might assume that I also like photography, but
I don't have a good eye for composition or even to shot a good scene
when I see it, but I try to from time to time ;-). I guess this is
because I don't really feel the lens to be a part of me, but you'll see
that in the "Pictures" section of this website.
Antes del
nuevo sueño