Walking

Walking has become part of my life. It seems that I like walking since childhood. When I was in high school Iused to walk with a friend in rainy days, feeling the drops falling down, walking together without a word. There is a park near the house I used to live in, where I used to have long, long walks, watching everything around, catching any smell there was.
There is no better way to see a city than walking. It is the speed of walking that allows you to watch, to discover places, to be with people. I'm a city dweler, and I know that nature is present within the city. By walking you can hear nature, you can find some wild animals living in the city and look at them.
But for me, one thing that I have found during my daily walking, is myself. I like to walk early in the morning, when there's no much people and noise, so you can be with yourself. Thinking, enjoying being alive, even praying.
Guillermo.

If you happen to be a walker, I invite you to join a yahoo group I found, it is called Holylanders (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Holylanders/) :

Holylanders is a group for people who walk for health, for meditation and to enjoy nature. In addition Holylanders is a discussion group for people who enjoy the writings of nature authors and nature mystics such as Saint Francis of Assisi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and John Muir

Teaching and art work.

When I started this blog I decided to writte at least two times a month. That hasn't happen at all. But it is now a good time to star it over.
After starting school again, I have been thinking about what will happen, in the near future, with my carreer as an artist. If I intend to focus on teaching, how would that affect my art.
I'm starting a two year program that focus on education. That is, I will be prepared to be a better teacher, I could work in the developement of curricula or into administrative work within the educational system.
More and more my work is related to education. The hours spent in a classroom are more, as well as the time spent before and after the class. Recently I have closed down my serigraphy studio, because I don't have the time required for a printing run. Painting has become harder for the same reazon: lack of time. What is left is drawing.
Although little prints where my first passion (mail stamps), drawing has been one that has lasted more. Drawing demands focus. It is possible to be drawing for hours, but it is also true that there are drawings that require short periods of time. I love drawing, so why not give it a chance.
After the scientific illustration workshop taken a few months ago, I rediscover drawing from nature. I have been looking into the work of botanical and wildlife illustrators and found some incredible body of work.
Why shouldn't I try to follow two passions from childhood? First, the love for nature, animals and the human body. Second, the love for drawing. Time will let me know what will happen. For the time being, I'll keep on drawing with love the ten thousand things with all my heart and a blade of grass as myself.