daydreaming as usual

You can wonder why such a small country endures so much and at the same time was able to show a different world during the XV century, sailing across the seventh seas. You can wonder why we put up with so much evil and exploitation. But we know why. We learned to enjoy the beauty and the peace. And to wait patiently until fates shows us right. Happy is the path of the one who knows better...

Oporto (Portugal) artists gather every year to show their work These guys move us with their art. Freedom of thought, letting go of what moves them too. Great artists that have to fight hard to keep working and making a living and not letting go their dreams.

text and image: all rights reserved by marita moreno ferreira those magic moments we share and somehow fail to live througly where fear manage to break all things apart all those shattered little pieces that broke our heart for we forget love is the choice that keeps us whole

image and text: all rights reserved by marita moreno ferreira light gardens flash into our lives shooting stars of strong brief emotions summer flings loose in the skies one can not escape them believing for a moment light gardens are forever

"nine words to describe love", digital work by MMF - all rights reserved It sure feels like love that first moment you loose yourself near a significant other; that instant you can't even remember properly and yet it is carved deep inside you. You do not remember what happens, you just know you surrender to something greater than anything else. And you live your life looking for it again and again. That moment is love, not lust, not passion, but pure love. You are and you know it.

When I got to Seattle, summer of 2001, Karl had took my fourteen year old daughter into his Tae Kwon Do class, in Tukwila Community Center. She had grown up, as all kids do over summer, and I was taken by surprise seeing her fight men an women twice her age and size. There were some amazing and very young kids doing stuff I only saw in the movies. But I was so proud of mine... Karl and his family looked after her like their own and will be forever grateful to his kind attention to her. Never had the chance to learn more from him and I just heard he entered the Spirit World four years ago. I felt very sad. We always hope to enjoy people we like for a little longer, though we foolish throw away our chances and never give them a second thought. Even if  I wont be seeing Karl again in this world, I am sure he still keeps an eye on us back here. And we will all join him in a while.