04.05.22

04.05.22

“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.” —Ernest Hemingway

Jet lag is finally wearing off a bit. I was travelling for the first and second and didn’t sleep for over thirty hours. Now for some Spanish immersion (y un poco de Euskara).

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.” —Ernest Hemingway

You may not be where you want to be, but you’re also not where you used to be. Take a second to realize how far you’ve come.

—Aldous Huxley, from Brave New World

the actual truth is that i’m loved . like regardless of what i achieve, there are people in my life that see my heart. that’s where fortune is. being seen and being loved. so i am rich in this way.

my last polaroid of 2020

11.05.22

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” —Robertson Davies

Spent most of the day (re)reading in the shade of the park. As much as I respect my target language’s own books, I enjoy seeing the changes made during translation too much.