Vision

One of the things that will be included in my list of inspirations is the movie Big Fish. I watched it with my son, which to me was very significant, because it teaches us to be imaginative, to be creative in a world where everything seems to be unorganized, complicated and dreary.

Last night, I told him the story of Puff, the Magic Dragon. In my original version and 11 yawns later, Ethan was asleep.

In one part of my life, when I was in fourth grade and a member of the Children’s Choir, we were invited to perform three songs, one of which was “Alleluia”. As we were having our dance rehearsal, five of us witnessed a rather impossible situation. I never saw it, but those who did told us they saw The Virgin Mary, Jesus and Sto. Nino at the balcony, watching us. Is this true? But there were five of them who believe so. On the contrary, can it be possible that they were just imagining?

Quoting Pam Houston, “I write because I don’t believe in truth, in non-fiction, or history or biography, or anyone who says, ‘this is how it really happened.’” I think so too. Human beings are natural story tellers, and since time immemorial, stories were used to amuse people, to explain things that are unexplainable at that time. However, stories that have been told and retold many times will always be different from the original. That is because, as love is, the mind moves in mysterious ways.

I’d like to think that my life is a fantasy, or that I am a fantasy in its sense. I love to create and be original. To the things I’ve written, it must have been 20% truth and the rest was pure imagination.