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quarantneeds · 4 years
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Now that we can go for a walk 1km around, I am amazed every day with the beautiful buildings that surround me, the number of streets that I have never walked, the long list of unknown restaurants and shops to visit when possible. It is curious that by limiting my movement, I also have the opportunity to discover a whole new universe that has always been here but has gone unnoticed.
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Today is San Isidro, it is the day of Madrid, the day of drinking lemonade, having a squid sandwich and watching the locals dance "chotis". Today we should spend the day on the prairie and end up with friends in "La Latina" having churros. We will not do anything as we had planned, but at the same time we will do everything, because whatever happens we are still cats (the people from Madrid are called cats).
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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Today I need to taste the summer. There are flavours that teleport me us different places or situations. In my case, the taste of cherries is one of them. For me, cherries still taste like year-end exams , even though school times are far gone. Cherries taste like free time, pool, they taste like sun, like promenade, like vacation... Seeing them in the grocery store moved me inside and awakened the excitement of seeing the time pass.
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Today I did something that I hadn't done in a long time and missed a lot. The daily routine takes me behind a computer for hours and it is the first resource I think of when I create. Before having any knowledge of design programs my main tools were scissors, glue, paper and a camera. Today it has been the perfect day to use them again.
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Today I need a bit of imagination. These days I have been watching new versions of Disney movies, including Aladdin, and a thought made me smile. We are like the genie of the lamp, trapped at home waiting to be released. Hopefully when we go out, we can grant 3 wishes.
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Today I need to think about everything I value more than before. We have many things, both material and non-material, that now have a special meaning. Today, a tablecloth made by my aunt, a printed photo with my grandma, or a frozen tupperware from my mother are invaluable. Also, when I think about the first thing I want to do when everything is fine, small details come to mind that I used to take for granted; like hugging my grandparents, celebrating a birthday, or just doing crafts with my little cousins.
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Time is no longer measured in the same way. Now, we queue for everything, we do it in the supermarket, in the pharmacy, even on the street taking a walk. We are much more tolerant with the concept of waiting, we manage to entertain ourselves in a thousand ways or we are simply happy observing the people around us and noticing the small details of each one. Could it be that tolerance has made us more patient or that we have put the handbrake on our busy lives and we have more time than ever?
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Today, I looked up and I saw the bluest sky I have ever seen. Without clouds; but also without planes and without its characteristic  vapour trails. I love to see their tracks in the sky and wonder where they would come from or what their destination would be; but today I could only think how long will it take to see them again and what would my first destination be.
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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Today I am impressed with my neighbours, their energy and their ability to encourage people. Every Friday, without exception, there is a thematic session on the third floor balcony, they invent choreographies, make posters, decorate, dress up and they even make musicals. On Saturdays they do a DJ session and requests are accepted, no matter how far away you are, almost everyday ends up becoming a karaoke if they play your song.
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Today I needed to know what happens to my plants. Now that we have been together for so long and I pay much more attention to them, I realize that some of them are sad and others have been reborn. I would love to be able to read their mind or that they tell me where it hurts, but I still have not succeeded. Perhaps in some way they have also been affected by quarantine. So, following great virtual tips, I will locate them closer to the light, they will listen to music and I will place them together to see if they encourage each other.
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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I need a vacation. It seems absurd to think about going on vacation when the farthest place you can go is to your living room; but time goes by and I need a pause. So this weekend, I will take a few extra days and go to "the beach". I have seen the weather forecast and it will be amazing, so I will put on my sunglasses, read a book and imagine that traffic is the sound of the waves.
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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Every year the PANTONE company launches its color of the year and it made me laugh to think that the next one could be Toilet paper white. White is a color that represents clean, sterile, pure; but also peace, love and humility (that we find around us these days). It also communicates the absence of matter, the void and at the same time the source of everything, light. It gives us a sense of calm when we are close to it, it gives us the absence of darkness, the ability to see beyond. In other cultures like China it is related to death, bad luck. And in India it could symbolize detachment and isolation from society.
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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Today will be the same as tomorrow, the day after, or any day in the last 6 weeks. I got used to the routine and in a certain way I need it. Wake up, laze around, get up, have a coffee, eat breakfast, work, cook, eat, chat, have another coffee, work, try to exercise, take a shower, chat, draw, dine, write, make calls, watch a series, sleep ... and start again. Day after day, I live the same with slight variations and I have achieved what I had never done before, I go to bed at the same time, cook every day and spend time both with myself and with those around me.
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I have the need for social life. Weeks go by and there are some activities that have become routines. No matter if it thunders or snows, the virtual vermouth on Sundays is always there. Although we can not meet in person we still have a lot to tell us and we miss each other. I toast for many more shared moments. Cheers!
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Today I needed to celebrate a wedding. Today it has not been another day, it has been a special day and full of surprises and feelings. Today two great friends were getting married and although it has not been possible to officiate the wedding, the guests have decided to celebrate it remotely. Because a day is as special as you want it to be and a little imagination and good will can bring a smile to the people you love the most. Long live the bride and groom!
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I need to fool myself. I illustrate, cook, comment on series I watch, make parties by video call, applaud, sing, write ... and all of this is nothing more than makeup to bear the tragedy. We live day after day listening to how many deaths, contagions and misfortunes have happened today, seeing pain in the people we love ... and we need to deceive ourselves not to collapse. We call the victims heroes, we silence our screams with applause, we focus all our attention on resisting because recognising that we can no longer handle it will not only collapse us but those around us. Each one faces new situations in a way; My refuge is to create, to write my feelings and to add an extra touch of colourful sprinkles to quarantine, although I think emotionally it will take its toll at some point. What about you? What is your icing?
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quarantneeds · 4 years
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I needed to read much more in these last weeks than in these last years. Despite my addiction to reading, the busy life caused that every time I took a book I had to start it again because I did not remember the details well. It has been a long time since I spent a whole day reading a book from start to finish; since I felt the adrenaline waiting for what would happen on the next page; since I was not constantly tempted to read the end of the story. Today we celebrate the world book day and I could not be more grateful to have them by my side.
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