I had to change account, as I moved ago to Gmail, and wasn't able to figure out how to make this blog the one for gmail... It all seems very confusing (like, gmail users have their own blogspot account... Same as with youtube...).

But here, moving here: http://mayrahr.blogspot.co.uk/

Some weeks ago I had this dream...

And just remembered I wanted to write it down here...

It was one of those 'Apocalyptic dreams', with something like the end of the world...

I can just remember there was an alarm of a tornado. I was in this house... Can't clearly remember how I got there, but at that moment, everyone was getting ready for the tornado, when we saw it in the distance. There it was, coming towards the house. The windows shook, and I can just picture myself almost making it, almost getting free of the tornado -and it involved getting out of the house-, yet from out of nowhere came a force that pushed me inside the house and into a darker room, full of things and other people who was wondering how did they get there. It was my dream, that's how. There was no longer any tornado, but ratter we felt ourselves being agitated by an earthquake. Slowly first, and then stronger. "So that's it, they don't want us to escape" I thought when facing this earthquake and after being pushed back when trying to get out. And then, my perspective changed and now I was seeing everything in 3rd person... My view went through a window, and then saw the house becoming smaller, or better said, my viewing getting farther away. I saw how the house was being shaken by gigantic hands, hands which finally let it rest after a while beside what looked like a river over a mountain. And the mountain just looked plastic. Like a scale model.

When I woke-up later I associated it with Men In Black (1997) and how in the ending there's these aliens playing marbles with the galaxies...

I have been writing more in the latest posts as I haven't drawn anything yet...

Here, and 'The Dark Knight Rises' in Gotham city

Success of studying tons of things these holidays... Not very much.

I think my problem is my curiosity for so many things. And laziness, of course!

Ah, but it's life, therefore whatever you enjoy doing is what you should do. Or something of the sort...

Last week I went to watch this movie. It was really awesome:

Batman. The Dark Knight Rises. 2012.

It was a great day that one :). I dragged along my beloved ones, and even though one of them didn't like this sort of movies, she loved it! I thought about something I heard once about films, catching you entirely for some moments, all your attention and self. It was like forgetting about our world and actually going to Gotham City and living part of all those extreme emotions! And I think you can't stop wondering about film technology XD.

Pff.

Evaporating

I see everywhere, and my mind keeps marveling about everything there is: museums, parks, events, workshops, music, markets, food, theatre,... There's some issues happening at the moment here in Mexico, and I have so many things I would like to say about us, yet I am not a person of words... I think that here we have a nation, which sometimes looks divided, yet everyone is fighting for the same reasons, or moved by the same motive..

I also entered some free workshops at 'Injuve'. One of them is Art Therapy. We made these drawings:

 

Self-portrait left-handed, looking at a mirror, and without looking at the paper.

 

 Self-portrait right-handed, looking at a mirror, and without looking at the paper.

 

 

Quick drawing about what I thought Art Therapy was  about.

For the self-portraits, we created a dialogue between the two drawings... I thought it was related to finding yourself in these two drawings. Mine was a small conversation where they meet and analyze their factions, ending with complementing/helping each other.

I have been moving quite a lot, going here and there. I keep practicing a little bit of juggling (I am becoming a little bit addicted to clubs now..)

Ah, and I musn't forget, though my mind is moving so much and wanting to do so many things, I need to practice for animation! Reading something about the Story in Film... Ahh, but I think I need glasses now... I feel a little bit blind at times when reading..

Secrets and signs in photograps. Unrelated title.

Aha!

Back in Mexico! So far, haven't made anything from my 'to do during holidays' list apart from reading...

It's been great, though! Fire fire fire mixed with water. Mmmm.

That's me, and that's life. It's just feeling the flame.

These are the main things I would like to do during holidays:

- Learn After Effects
- Learn Premiere
- Practice juggling
- Make 100 animations (:p)

Secondary things:
- Read (& read those animation books...)
- Watch animations
- Practice japanese
- Draw

- Make a website
- Learn how to use my camera u.u

Seavacuee Test image 7

Seavacuee Test image 5

I am working with a friend for this project (collaboration, helping a Film & TV student with the animations in his film). I made one image before... Aaahhh, it really really sucked... This one is better, though...

There's seagulls outside flying all around... I hadn't noticed they were here until last week. They make it feel as if we were right in the shore.

The sky is getting clearer as morning arrives.

Test image 1

Ostrich

It's been a while again. I have been doing many things; from doing nothing to doing a lot haha. It varies...

I'm currently working in an animation with an ostrich, and other things...

Jan Švankmajer - "Sucumb totally to your obsessions"

"I don't think the real, physical world that we live in is quite enough for us human beings... Which is why many of us keep watching films; maybe we would like to peel back the layer of what we see before us, and see what's underneath."

Svankmajer quoted in Shoji, Kaori. 2011. 'Surviving Life' [internet]. The Japan Times Online. Available @http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20110902a3.html [Accessed March 19th 2012]

Life Drawing. The Return.

I am working in this project at the moment (in some hours I need to finish it!). It's an animatic, but ahhhhhhh, I need more time!! And I am so sleepy...

(Secretly, I would like to be like her :p)