Keep Calm and Follow The Paintbrush

Something interesting that I came across and though I'd share it...since I haven't posted in a very long time (October!)

RE: What Is Love: Eye Love You.

Depicted is Le mur des je t’aime, also known as the “I Love You Wall”. This piece of art is located in a park, near Montmartre in Paris, France. Painted on the 612 tiles of enameled lava is the phrase “I Love You” in all (or at least most) of the languages in the world. Fragments of broken hearts are depicted as well, showing humanity torn apart, in which the Wall hopes to reunite. 

Beauty does not necessarily need to be natural, majestic, or of a grandeur scale – it can also be something as simple as a couple of phrases or a series of words. Everybody who visits this wall of love will be able to find the phrase in their native language, printed alongside many other languages. This shows us that we are all united as one within our world full of diversity and culture. 

As Oliver Platt once said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, which is why I decided to title my photograph Eye Love You. This wall serves as a subtle but effective reminder for Parisians and other tourists that they are loved.  Love is not always beautiful, but when you join with people who are the same as you and mend the broken fragments of your heart, it is the most beautiful and happiest feeling in the world. This photograph is not of something concrete, but rather stands for something abstract: the human’s natural feeling of love.

Validation - Smile!

validate: to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of

This was shown to me by a teacher during one of my trips, and it instantaneously clicked with me.

The message about smiling, about validating/saying nice and encouraging things to not only friends and family, but strangers as well - all this made it such an inspirational film.

See for yourself!

So I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

To wrap up this blog post of a lesson, get a name-tag, and write with me:

"I will validate."

everwandering-mind

dear wandering minds,

welcome to a new fragment of metamorphosis. here you will be able to explore new things related to the every-day life, ponder about the art of writing, and follow me as i unleash my hidden creativity.

JOURNEY ONWARDS AND IMMERSE YOURSELF.

RE: Once Upon A Time...

I have a confession to make: a majority of the time, I only half-listen to the homilies...but I am trying to change that...because I tend to not understand them or it does not really connect with me.

Oh, for those non-Christians, a homily is the priest's sermon following the readings, usually in response or in relation to the message presented in the Gospel reading.

However, a recent homily definitely caught my attention.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote something related to happiness.

Coincidentally, or by fate (whichever you believe in...I know I am a strong believer in fate), the homily that the priest gave on the following Sunday was on happiness.

I'm gonna keep this short and to the point.

He said that happiness is in sharing and helping others.
I believe that is definitely true.
But I also believe it is only one kind of happiness, and there are many more forms of happiness to explore.

What makes you happy?

And the priest also gave out a little homework challenge to the youths of the congregation: do something this week to make your parents smile.

Sadly for our parish, he is going back to Africa to preach there. Although he has been here only for a short time, his homilies will be remembered by many. I pray that he will change lives and help many of those in need there at Africa.

God Bless him and all of you readers ✞