About the Watcher

Greetings, travelers!

It's dauntingly scary how much our Existence can change in so little time. I've been remembering and reflecting a lot these past few days, and it's a singular experience to compare it to our present reality. And that's why it's so important to do as the poet famously said: sease the day. For the better or for the worst, all we have is the present moment. Maybe our mission is to master living peacefully with it.

I'm watching the sequel to Sex and the City with my partner lately, and I feel like I own to myself to register here that sometimes I feel like a Carrie Bradshaw, writing out my thoughts, with the company of a smoke, and the never ending noise of a busy city. As I wrote before, I'm trying to exercise my writing again, and it's not been easy. Maybe, a bit ironically if I may add, the biggest problem has been that recently I've become more like Sarah Jessica Parker's character: writing has been a core part of my work. Be it via coding or in prose, there's not been a working day that I didn't expend brain power into tranlating ideas and concepts into keyboard typing. Furthermore, I used to write here and to myself in English not professionally, and that makes a world of difference. But, oh well, life kicks these curve balls at us sometimes, right? Yes, my Brazilian brain wanted to express it football/soccer-like, and it made me smile, so I did. I guess that's what I missed the most about writing without that much of a burden on me. And I also guess I own you my gratitude! If I hadn't been expressing myself in English all these years, I truly doubt I'd be able to work not with my native language, and your attention and interaction, even the smallest, has definitely contributed.

I love this photo.

Bella was watching me pet her brother, Lindo Pedro, late night yesterday, and I couldn't help but to take this shot. She's my little Watcher.

I've never been a man of religion. I've always been truly curious about faith and the knowledge that permeates every religious philosophy, but mathematics was my fuel growing up. But as I mature, the experience of being alive gets more peculiar. Maybe I'm the one who's watching more and more every step I take, but there are moments where I feel more connected to it all.