Well, currently I’m in third year of Bachelor of Fine Arts and in these years, I lived the decadence of studying Fine Arts in Chile, specific, in the Universidad de Chile. Luckily, the curriculum changed from this year for the new generation,  so I hope that it’s better that the one with which I entered, because the subjects in the first year was horrible, a kind of “common plan” but sincerely, I have used less than 10% of what I was taught in that year throughout my career.

However, I don’t have any complain about the workload, even in pandemic, because the administration of the career always try to give us all the facilities to finish the year with a good grade, I mean, there are some exceptions, but the administration and the teachers if you have interest and you do what you can do to get good grades, they almost all the time, they give you a chance.

Otherwise, the infrastructure of the faculty where I’m study is fatal, it’s an old school of nuns from what I've been told, practically disarming herself with each passing day. Since I start studying there, I have heard claims of the place, because it isn’t adapted for the needs and machinery of the different art specializations, it has asbestos roofs which can cause respiratory health problems, and even cancer. Also, I remember that in November of 2018, it rained relatively hard, but it was enough for the faculty, because was completely flooded, like cascades were made over the lockers, because the ceilings weren’t well sealed, it was impossible to enter the underground rooms the next day. So, the faculty need a “extreme makeover” because everything in that place it’s wrong.

It’s kinda weird talk about the use of technology, I think that we have a locked room with high-end computers and we only use that in two class. The other type of “technology” is the machinery that we use in some workshop (ceramics, engraving, photography) but they’re super old machines, even some don’t work.

And finally, teaching methods, as in any university/career there are teachers who don’t know how to teach and other very good teachers, to this must be added how the ego affects many teachers, more in the artistic field. So, I have had self-referential teachers, those whose jobs must be related to what they do and normal teacher. In the present year, I can say that I have very good teachers, fortunately.

The super powerful cuicui's

 Well, I want to talk about something that I live in my everyday

Well, today I want to talk about something that is part in my everyday and have the “opportunity” to live the experience even if I wanted or not, owning an exotic pet (or three, to be more specific).

To contextualize: In 2017, my older sister felt alone living in an apartment in Santiago when she started studying, so she bought her a guinea pig, and learning about them, she read that the guinea pig can’t live without a partner, so she bought another one, and with the past of the years, one became two, and later, in three. Nowadays, we live again in the same house with the three guinea pig, a cat and a dog, and I can confirm that it’s difficult take care about the exotic pets compared to typical pets, because (in my case) we have pets that are normally prey to others, so they don’t let us to pet them, or grab them and when some of them are injured or something that it’s really hard to care and make the healings.

The cuicui's of my sister

In my opinion and experience, have exotic animals is hard, because they need a special care, alimentation and it’s difficult to find a veterinary for them in a small town like where I live. And I hate to make a “controversial” declaration but I’ve always thought if you want to have an animal/pet, you need to have the means to take care of it; like money, time, dedication, and this thought grows when we talk about exotic pets, because if I can’t buy the food, I can’t take them to the veterinary, it’s better not have one.

Also, depends about the animal/pet because some of them cannot be domestic, and if we force them, we can hurt them or maybe the pet will never feel comfortable with one.

Jobs, jobs, jobs

Hello again! 

The subject of the week is “Future Job”, the thing that always tries to don’t think about it.

At the moment, I’m studying and working at the same time to cover some expenses and things that I need in my day by day, and well, part of me think that I’m going to work in the same company for many time, because it’s very difficult find a good work in the art area in Chile.

Let’s talk about my dream job, I want to work in a study, be a freelancer, make some illustrations in the digital and traditional media or to become an illustrator/concept artist for a company. Also, I always want to participate in some Expo’s like the “Salón del Manga de Barcelona” so I hope that one day happens, and travel to different countries to sell my illustrations. 

About the salary, I’m not a complicated person, I want to live with dignity, I don’t necessarily seek a life of luxury.

When I finish my career (with my bachelor’s degree and my college degree), I hope to get a diploma in conceptual art, but a major like a master/magister I don’t know yet, but maybe I will take one about digital art to complement my career. 

The Geek show

 

Well, today is recommendations day so I'm going to talk about the docuseries or documental "High score".

High score was created and directed by France Costrel. This show, released in August 2020, features interviews and records about the development of video games in the 80’s and 90’s. Every episode shows different elements like the massification of Nintendo in America; the creations of the fighting games, the first RPG games, etc.

There is no main character because each episode is about a different theme but always related to video games. It’s only 6 episodes of 45 minutes, so you can see the show while you carry out another activity, because you don’t necessarily have to be totally focused on it.

I think that if you like the videogame world or you just want to learn about, this series is perfect, it doesn’t delve much into the subject, but it does provide very interesting data about the old’s games and its creators. Also, like an extra tip or curiosity, the series is narrated by Charles Martinet, who also make the voice of Mario, in the Super Mario franchises, what’s better?

Summer, 2012

 Well, my family hardly ever go on vacation, because my parents are hard-workers so, they don't have many free-days and my older sister and older brother have different lifestyle of us with different time, so we don't see us a lot. But, the last vacation or holidays that we have together that I remember, was the 2012 summer. 

We traveled to Puerto Montt, in the south of Chile, in a car for 16 hours straight, to go to some auntie's house for 5 days. In that city, we went to natural park and I saw for first time a "copihue", the national flower, also I went to a lake, but the water was so cold that I spend the evening in the lake edge.

"Copihue"

After that, we leave Puerto Montt and we visit a lot of cities as we "went up" through the country to the capital, like Osorno, Valdivia, Villarica, Temuco, Concepción and some little cities like Lebu, Niebla, Nacimiento, Constitución. Also, we spend some days in Cobquecura, the epicenter of the 2010 earthquake and we saw the earthquake damage, both structural like in the houses as in the rise and fall of the tide.

"Cobquecura"

The land of the rising sun

 I have never traveled out of the country, I have also never traveled by plane, but since I was a child, I always want to go to Japan.

I heard about the country when I was 6 years old, in a documentary film about animation, and since that day my heart race for the japanese animation and culture.

During my high school, I went to Japanese classes to learn about the language and the culture, I learned to read hiragana, katakana and basic kanji, and also I prepared for an exam to go to study on a scholarship to Japan, but that never happen for personal reasons.

I want to go for a certain period of time, hopefully in spring, to go to festivals and some celebrations, visit some temples, etc. but I know that the Japanese people are very closed with foreigners, so I don't want to live there more than one year, maximum. And, always have a fear that because the global warming, the country disappear, so, I hope that one day make my day come true.