Thursday, July 3, 2008

The pretty bloggers



Me he levantado y la tos había desaparecido. Tras más de veinte días, había desaparecido. Y he pensado a ver si mi cerebro empieza a funcionar normalmente, que con tanta tos iba a trompicones. Últimamente he dejado algunas cosas a medias y lamentablemente me he olvidado de cosas importantes, porque aunque quizá a veces dé la impresión de abarcar mucho, de hacer muchas cosas, es una de las fantasías de los blogs. Crean espejismos.
Yo, por ejemplo, me imagino a los bloggers con los que me relaciono guapos, con buen gusto, con una casa preciosa, con buen ojo para la moda y buen oído. Con una vida llena de actividad, con unas familias de anuncio, con buenos amigos, fiestas, exposiciones... Ya sé que no será así, no soy ingenua, pero es parte de la fantasía de internet. Hay un montón de gente creativa ahí fuera, eso seguro. Yo a todos los creo guapos.
Y ya que estoy en eso, y últimamente el concepto amable/agradable me viene a menudo a la cabeza, no quisiera olvidarme de hablar de Design for Mankind. Más concretamente de mi primera aparición en una revista estadounidense: MankindMag ya ha nacido, con un artículo sobre mi Proyecto Manos y mi nombre está en la portada!
Gracias Erin. Aquí no hace falta echar mano de la fantasía: sé que ella es guapa, tiene buen gusto y lo demás lo doy por supuesto.


I woke up and the cough was gone. After more than twenty persistent days, it was gone. And I've thought let's see if my brain starts functioning normally. It was staggering lately.
For the past couple of weeks I have left some things halfdone and unfortunately I've forgotten to take care of a few important things. Because even if sometimes I give the impression to cover many areas, to make many things, that's one of the fantasies of blogs. We build mirages.
I, for instance, imagine bloggers I interact with to be handsome, with good taste, a wonderful house, good eye for fashion and good taste in music. I imagine them fully active, with marvellous families and friends, and parties, and exhibits, and... I already know that couldn't be always the case. I am not that naive, but it is part of Internet fantasy. There's a lotta people highly creative out there, that's for sure. And I imagine them all nice and pretty.
And now that I'm talking about this and feeling that lately the nice/kind concept comes to mind very often, I don't want to miss the chance of speaking of Design for Mankind. More specifically of my first appearance in an American magazine: MankindMag has been born, featuring my Hand Project and my name is on the cover!
Thanks Erin, thanks. Here I don't need to use the fantasy: I know that she is pretty, she has great taste and I'm assumming the rest too.



Today's music:
Bon Iver, Lou Barlow...

27 comments:

ROSA E OLIVIER said...

"E'l naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare."...!?

ciao e un caro saluto!

sixcerezas said...

enhorabuena!!
me encanta la portada, un dibujo precioso.
muuaaa!!!

Unknown said...

Me encanto la portada!

Anonymous said...

Jajaj... oye, mola lo de la revista.

Lo que hablas de los blogs ya lo he pensado muchas veces. Supongo que eres consciente de los demás te ven así cuando entran al tuyo. A mi me pasa aunque te conozca y sepa que no toda tu vida es tan perfecta como pueda parecer...

Pero lo que ya fue rizar el rizo fue sentir la misma sensación respecto a mi propia vida cuando vi el post que nos dedicaste a Vir y a mi... Es curioso pero por un momento me envidié a mi mismo... fue una sensación agridulce pero muy intensa y agradable. Como una peli de Clint Eastwood o como comer wasabi... Un poco rollo "Hurts so good"

fliss said...

Your words make me smile :)
Congratulations... that is very exciting. I'm going to upgrade my flash to preview it, and see your work.
:)))

Cannelle Et Vanille said...

zorionak esti... que bien no? yo tambien te imagino guapa, con vida de pelicula, en la playa en sopelana estupenda, con unas hijas de anuncio... bueno y lo del buen gusto para la musica... eso esta dado! lou barlow mi idolo y amor de quinceañera y bon iver mi nuevo descubrimiento.

mado said...

yo tambien imaginava su vida como un sueno...congratulation for your "Hand project" in the Mankink mag!

Gratistotal said...

Pues hija, yo siento decepcionarte: tengo un mal carácter que no veas, me están saliendo mis primeras arrugas, soy quejica y mandona; mis cosas buenas son las que salen en el blog, y eso es lo que nos pasa a todos, por eso parece el mundo perfecto, xq mostramos lo que nos gusta, lo que amamos, y eso siempre es positivo. Si teniendo un blog se ve lo chungo de tí mismo, cómo serás en persona!! (aunque yo, sabiendo que no eres perfecta, ni falta que te hace, chata)

La Ballena Elena said...

Tu post de hoy, que me ha encantado. Me da que pensar, en que la blogosfera nos dé el reconocimiento perdido.
En la blogosfera se reconocen los méritos de uno ( ser original, ser creativo, pintar bien, fotografiar bien ....) cuando en la mayoría de los casos los que nos rodean están acostumbrados a vernos hacer eso que se nos da bien.
Me parece precioso compartir de esta forma, las fotos, vibencias, recetas, ideas ....

; said...

WOW! congratulations, that's great news! :D
I have also that kind of imagination about all the bloggers, it's funny:)

Jo said...

¡¡¡felicidades por lo de la revista, qué alegría!!!

me gusta mucho tu reflexión sobre los bloggers.

lo maravillo del universo de los blogs es, creo yo, lo incluyente que es. es un espacio en donde se puede generar la posibilidad de explorar, transformar y de generar reflexión, no sólo observando, sino experimentando y compartiendo las cosas.

como que de alguna manera, todos y cada uno de nosotros nos podemos reconocer y descubrir en este mundo.

aimee said...

oh, esti, this is so true! it's so much fun to imagine the lives of our "e-friends", to think about what they do outside of the blog world. you found just the right words to describe it. palabras lindas como siempre.

your work in mankind mag was beautiful; i can't wait to get my print copy! aimee

mansuetude said...

saw your work in the e mag last night--very nicely done. the writing as well as the art. you're an old pro!!

you bring up some interesting ideas here. Art doesn't come out of people who look and live like magazine articles; does it.?

I am a crab apple. ! :) You know that.

●• Thereza said...

yes Esti, muy buena la reflexion sobre los blogs.

i think about it a lot and always try to be careful not to come across as 'the selling a lifestyle' kind of thing. i treat tinyred as my ideas lab and mostly a way to keep track of my own 'process' as my work is very process orientated. and i'm never afraid to express the bad, difficult day as well as the good and happy... (through a sketch, a drawing, a photograph, etc) that's what art is for, isn't it? forms of expression, representations of our beliefs, trials and tribulations through our never-ever perfect lives!
Perfection is just a crap concept invented by capitalism.
i recognize good blogs by their honesty and truthfulness and long live beautiful blogs like Pinta me el dia!!!!
it brings joy to my day, everyday! :)
T

Alexandra Hedberg said...

You are so right Esti:
I'm stunningly beautiful, have the most well behaved and smart son, time for him and for my love, a fantastic home, I cook marvelous food, never show any temper, stay in touch with all my friends, pay my bills on time, have exhibit after exhibit and sell my all my art pieces...

I could go on and on.

Esti said...

Oh right! Ha, ha, alexandra, I knew you were that perfect!!

Thanks jo, thereza, mansuetude and everybody for your insight thoughts. You are really helpful bringing up your personal view to this subject.

Gracias laura, raquel y todos los demás, por compartir vuestro punto de vista. Me encanta compartir el optimismo, pero no está mal de vez en cuando compartir también un poco de realidad. No se trata de dramatizar, claro, ja, ja...

Alexandra Hedberg said...

Internet fantasy: In February I had an enamel week on my blog: I showed step by step how I made a commission. What I didn't mention was that I had an eye infection, had to wear my glasses that I never wear and just kept dropping them in everything, I had high fever and everything just seemed to work against me: the copy machine, the opening of the oven etc (might have mentioned some technical problems.)

I thought I was going to die - but I had no choice; I had to make those enamels that week - I had taken time off from teaching, I had booked the workshop, I had a deadline - and an upcoming exhibit . It was then or never!

But you know - you don't want to be whining. I basically try to keep a positive tone. If a friend has an exhibit - and it is not any good; I'll just don't mention it!

lisa solomon said...

so deserved... congrats.

and so glad the cough is gone!

/// said...

Glad you're feeling better, and you are too sweet to assume that I'm as fabulous as you think I am.

It's SOOO not the case, but you are a dear for thinking this. :)

And just so you know--- I owe the mag to people like you--- you've earned the recognition for your fantastic project, Esti!!!!

I hope you realize. :)

.girl ferment. said...

congrats esti.
xx

Ciara Brehony said...

(What I love the most about Blog Fantasy is the days I believe me too...)

Congratulations! That is fab news!

Rina said...

Esti, te felicito!, vi el articulo en la revista y es realmente precioso este proyecto y merecía estar ahí y que se conozca más todavía. Es verdad lo de la sensación bloggera, pero así es internet, nos permite fantasear muchas veces y ver cosas lindas, como las que yo veo en el blog de mucha gente incluyendo el tuyo obviamente.

Miss Rosenthal said...

Y las casas no son tan bonitas como se adivinan en los blogs? Yo las veo todas tan blanquitas que me las imagino llenas de flores frescas, bandejas de frutas y suelos de madera que me da una envidia tremenda...
Felicidades por la revista, qué ilusión!
Besos

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Esti said...

alexandra, I totally agree with you and I guess what happened to you happens to every one of us sometime. We keep the whining and the frustrating bits to ourselves; but sometimes i just feel like telling some of it, so I unload my soul and people see more of my real self. I'm on my way to accept my happinness through my imperfect life. I'm still learning. :)

miss rosenthal, aspiro a tener una casa de esas que dices, algun día, ja, ja...

Jill said...

It's so fun to read these comments about percieved perfection on people's blogs! I've had some real-life friends get quite upset at my blog because they think I lead a perfect life from the "pretty" pictures I post. But as all bloggers know...it's all in the camera angle. And nobody or their life is perfect...

Lotte said...

OH NO...how in the...could I miss this post of yours??? THAT IS SO COOL girl...haha
Supernice for you...And so awsome it´s with the lovely hand project...
I´m very proud of you...BIG kiss and hugs and congratulation Mrs. Hernadez...haha