segunda-feira, 14 de setembro de 2009

Life seems wind


I thought about going to New York City in September 9, 2001 because it was my birthday and I could have a short vacation. Obviously, as a turist, I would visit the WTC twin towers during those days. I am happy because I changed my mind and didn't go. The terrorist attacks happened 2 days after my birthday, on September 11. I stayed in Boston, and watched the terrible news on tv.

I felt this tragedy as each of the victims was from my own family. I am Brazilian, but I put an American flag in my hat, and another in my door. Even now, 8 years later, I feel me sad during the September 11 day.

I never thought seriously about going to United States. When I was younger I did want to know the Disneyworld, as every kid. Later, I did want to know the main cities in the world, like Paris, Roma, London, and sure New York, as everybody, but that was not too important. Sometimes I daydreamt about it but soon I had forgotten.

However, after almost 10 years divorced, I met an American man and we got married. This is why I went to live in Boston from 2000 to 2003. It happened so fast in my life that it seems that a gust of wind took me to the United Sates and brought me back.

As soon as I got there, I found that I had a pre-cancer and had to make a surgery. Then, I stayed in Boston until the surgery was successfully done and I was completely healed. Probably, if I had not gone to USA, I wouldn't have found about it and it could have developed until to become really a cancer. Maybe I would find it when it was too late. So the entire time I did live in Boston, I was very worried about my health. After September 11, I became really really sad for everything.

But I made a lot of friends in Boston and I can tell they were too important for me. I was used to tell them stories about my life in Brazil. Sure, I ended up talking about my miniatures and some friends did ask me to make some miniatures, so they could see it.

I didn't know where to find the natural clay and the stuff I was used to make my miniatures. I did walk a lot in Boston and found everything in the Pearl store. I made about 20 miniatures to show my friends. And guess what? They wanted to buy all of them. I had got even orders.

It made me happy during several months. Then, someone invited me to show my miniatures in the Sommerville Museum. There was a local artists exhibition and I was one of them. I thought that no one would go there to see the exhibition because there was a snow storm during the night. It was too very cold, but the people from Boston is brave and the Museum was full of people. I sold almost everything I had.

For the first time I had orders in Boston from people that I didn't know personally. I made business cards and became busy. The American people liked my art.

However, the same wind that made me go to USA years before made me also be back to my country. The relationship between my husband and I wasn't good. So, I decided go back to my home in Rio de Janeiro. Now I feel as I have and love two countries: Brazil and USA.