The best way to remember you will always be through music. Saturday Selections No 7


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Today I've walked mountains of kilometers. If you notice my words trembling or feeling heavy, it's because of the elephant sitting on my feet. Maybe it doesn't have much to do with it, but the tiredness I feel is closely related to the speed of my thoughts... a mere 0.1 KB/s.

I don't know how to use Google Maps to know exactly how many streets and avenues I crossed, but judging by the pain in my legs, I must have walked more than 15 kilometers... not much?... on foot?... at my age? I'm ridiculously amazed... nothing else would occur to me to think of something crazy like this!
The truth is, I didn't think about it; if I thought about it, I wouldn't do it. Traveling from one end of the city to the other is quite a feat these days... especially since there's no transportation, and electric cars, the most common way to do so, can barely recharge at night... but, anyway, I did it: and that proves to me that the universe puts you where you're meant to be.

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The shortest part of my trip.

Resolution.

People learn by inheriting an attitude, although you can react in very particular ways through your genes, but there's a code that you won't break if you were taught well, and you understand it as a fair and enforceable social norm... but, if you don't think you can live with that norm, you simply let it go and move on with your life... Let me give you an example: in my case, I don't like to visit cemeteries. So I only visit them fairly infrequently, and without much enthusiasm, even though I've been taught all my life that visits have set dates and that the best way to remember is to return "there"... what a pain!

Although today entering the cemetery no longer produces that suffocating effect of yesteryear, and as soon as I pass through the entrance door my legs automatically know how far they can go, this is how my body moves forward...and I'm watching from behind.. The first crypts on the left are beautiful, and in the second one exactly, there is the photo of an extraordinarily beautiful young woman who always, always, her place looks impeccable with its fine marble imported from the Isle of Youth or some famous place in Belle France.

I don't like taking pictures there, it's sacred, you know. But it's also a beautiful place where there is no falsehood, because everyone visits it out of love and respect. So right there I took out my crunchy cookies, and sitting on a bench I shared them with the underworld... who watched in amazement at the size of my hunger.

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A place of strong silences...and peace.

Music in the cemetery: Yes.

Generally, the music you choose is conditioned by your mood, but this first one I bring you is terribly beautiful. It was one of the most popular themes of a highly watched series internationally, at least here in Latin America: Grey's Anatomy.

Today I've selected tracks with amazing lyrics, and the links will take you to the music with subtitles in the languages I publish in...it's not fair for anyone to miss out on the lyrics to these magnificent songs.

It was so easy to lie on the ground and connect with the ancestors, in a way so peaceful and special, like only those who have managed to find a new way of loving over time... Time teaches, time shapes and strengthens your memory, time is strong and loyal... Would the people who saw me think I'm crazy? Although... you can think that too.

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A mural on an old store: La Colosal...I loved it.

This song is one of the best ways to miss someone: Snow Paltro with Chasing Cars... If you want, listen to it and you'll understand me very well, words would be unnecessary.
The second part of the journey was far from there, especially from a spiritual point of view, although life and death are united and separated by a simple thread that is cut only by a cursed circumstance.

That's why listening to Take That's magnificent ballad "Back for Good" is a powerful antidote to any uncomfortable memory that leaves sad cobwebs in your head... remember, one of the best therapies is listening to good music; it's just a matter of choosing well.

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My feet feel like elephants...heavy.

And finally, remember that I'm under the enormous fatigue of a gray elephant. I bring you this very special song that I discovered a few months ago, performed by Susanne Vega: Luka.
A very well-crafted song to denounce and give a voice to all those children who may be suffering from child abuse... despite being a rather sad subject, Susanne manages to tell a very hard and real story about a child's own interpretation of their circumstances... evidently, the lyrics of this song are the true protagonist of a beautiful song that screams a denunciation.
Music, and art in general, are the best weapons to protect and defend human beings from their wars, their ruins, their pain...

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My phone was taking pictures only inside my bag...Hmm...maybe someone inside the Campo Santo was interested?...😅

I hope you enjoyed these three tracks and that you all have a beautiful Sunday paying tribute to the mothers in your family.


Always very grateful for your reading.



The text is entirely my own
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Translation done with Deep Translate, free versión



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I've discovered songs I didn't know reading your posts. I admit that for a while now I've been away from music a bit. 😟 Well, that's not quite so, as my neighbors keep me updated with their "music" At work they are amazed, that at my age, I know the "reparto" hits 😜 They even wonder if I run away from home on disco nights 😃😃😃😃
But well, back to music, the real stuff, I feel I'm a bit out of date. Of your 3 today I only knew Take That's.

Cemeteries to me don't have the meaning that our culture's funeral rites have assigned to them. I feel neither love, nor rejection for these. They are just the place where our bones go when we die. I am trying to convince those who survive me not to bother to bury me, but it happens, because of where I live, making me ashes can be even more cumbersome. Anyway, the important thing in remembering someone is not where the memories are invoked.

Today is a day when memories come back. I took my mother-in-law to the cemetery (I'm an electric bike man, remember? 😉 ) There were a lot of people there, they no doubt needed it to keep the memory alive. My respects.

The important thing is not to stay there, follow the tradition and celebrate the lives of the Mothers who are still among us. That is what is important.

Congrats to you, as I know (from your writings) how motherly you are. 🌻

Are you really up to date with repartera music? Are you sneaking off to the clubs? My God, your town is a country,
I send you my sincere condolences...😂😂😂😂 Thank you for making me laugh on this dull, powerless afternoon.

It seems we have the same ideas about visiting cemeteries... right now I would be making it very clear what I would like done with my remains: throw them up in the air and let them disperse with the wind... if that weren't possible, let my bones rest next to the bones of my old ladies... done.

Having a means of transportation right now is a blessing... and helping the family is another blessing too. Thank youeeees... I hope you have a beautiful day and a big Happy mothers day to the women in your family, especially your mom and wife.

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Your age? You're not as old as you think you are and certainly don't look that old as you think you are. Nice feet by the way.😁

I don't like cementeries either, I just don't go there, only the one day, after that day I go no more, I don't like it, makes me sad, I rather connect through memories, that's what's left anyway.
However I have had to go many times, many much more than I would've liked to, I'm the last of the mohicans, imagine. As they say...who doesn't want broth, gets 2 cups...

Yesterday I plucked out two ugly gray hairs between my eyebrows with tweezers... that's a great indicator of old age... I've had tons of gray hair on my head for years, but only in my eyebrows after I turned 51... it's like saying a fearful cave comes into your life, and you start accepting it first and foremost. Thanks for the compliment about my feet... but if you notice, I twisted them to hide my bunions... 😂😂

Cemeteries are still necessary classisms in our culture... cremation is much better, but you know where we live. ...and what comes first comes first, it's a family duty...

I took advantage and talked to my old ladies, shared my cookies, brought them flowers, and endured a couple of fights they threw at me... imagine it must have been like 5 years since I last visited them... but as mothers, they finally forgave me... 😂

Have a great Sunday, listening to good music, especially.

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I've known all three songs for years and there really are songs that remind us of someone, they can be a bit sad or melancholic but they are beautiful... lately I remember my aunt who left a little over a year ago... an aunt I adopted... and I loved a lot, she is in my heart.

Hello dear friend, first of all, congratulations! You have a beautiful maternal personality. You're the fairy godmother to your family, and your kitties adore you.

I've noticed that for the past two years, my perception of Mother's Day has stopped being sad... It was hard, but I managed... life goes on, even when loved ones are no longer with us. Music is the most beautiful way to visit them in the afterlife or in the here and now.

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A hug to you, and thank you for always being there.

Mother's Day is every day always, and yes, life goes on. Thank you for those words. Have a nice week!💗

Madre: combinación de dulzura y amor, gracia y ternura, riqueza y valor, belleza y verdad. Este es el ser mayor, único, supremo.
En ella se agolpan los sentimientos verdaderos, la grandeza absoluta, la voluntad a toda prueba, el amor eternizado. La madre es un ser de presente, de permanencia perenne, de necesidad permanente. A ella de manera injusta se dedica el segundo domingo del mes de mayo, cuando en realidad su día lo cubre el almanaque entero.
La madre es el único ser capaz de ser infiel y a la vez ser admirada, porque ama a todos sus seres queridos con la misma intensidad de todo tu ser.
Una vez compararon a la vida con la madre y pensaron que la vida ganaría, pero al faltarle el calor de tu presencia, la bondad de tu alma, tu virtud, tu dulzura, tu juicio, tu comprensión permanente la vida se rindió ante ti y dijo: Nada hay más grande que la madre porque es ella quien engendra vida y amor.
Muchas felicidades en este día tan especial.
Salud y saludos.

Mother: combination of sweetness and love, grace and tenderness, richness and value, beauty and truth. This is the greatest, unique, supreme being.
In her are agglutinated the true feelings, the absolute greatness, the will to all test, the eternalized love. The mother is a being of present, of perennial permanence, of permanent need. The second Sunday of the month of May is unfairly dedicated to her, when in fact her day is covered by the entire almanac.
The mother is the only being capable of being unfaithful and at the same time to be admired, because she loves all her loved ones with the same intensity of your whole being.
Once they compared life with the mother and thought that life would win, but lacking the warmth of your presence, the goodness of your soul, your virtue, your sweetness, your judgment, your permanent understanding, life surrendered to you and said: There is nothing greater than the mother because it is she who begets life and love.
Many congratulations on this special day.
Greetings and salutations.

Thank you so much for your kind words; they show that you are a person with a wealth of very emotional and sincere feelings. I appreciate the opportunity Hive has given me to meet people within my own country who are so close to me spiritually.

Thank you, friend!

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