Tag: Vol. V Living between borders

  • Unseparable friends

    Unseparable friends

    Before they met, the already knew each other Don Felipe listened with an immense interest. They had met each other, when he was twelve years old and his head was full of aspiring dreams to be one day fulfilled. She was only ten years of age, but already she was enjoying the sophisticated landscapes of…

  • Of professors and lessons

    Of professors and lessons

    Could it be that professor spiders teach  the rest the art of weaving…. “Since the beginning of those long-gone times, the piano was always accompanied by a Tutor. Now, this Teacher, also, manifested himself in the most inconceivable array of names, sizes and styles. Still, in the same way, he always remained, in essence, as…

  • A star is born

    A star is born

    Despite the continual change, there is always something that endures “This is something we have never talked about,” she continued in a low reflexive voice, “perhaps, I have never remarked on this before. Over the many years that have gone by, I have always dreamed of becoming a poet and to write my own verses, I…

  • The price of our dreams

    The price of our dreams

    That is the price of living your dreams… “There, my dear, you have a point we both, absolutely, agree on. The love of books, that pleasure of reading, is certainly something we share, and we have in common.” Great-grandfather, answered smiling. “Whenever we’ve come across the opportunity, we have immensely enjoyed those brief moments, each…

  • Childhood dreams

    Childhood dreams

    And dreams do not respect ages They both sat down, together, on a sofa in the parlour, each was dressed in a warm robe and slippers. Still smiling, Felipe got up and left the room. He came back carrying a silver tray with a bottle of wine and a platter with an assortment of cheeses.…

  • Nocturnal concert

    Nocturnal concert

    And how she weaves those delicate enchantments with the fragile threads of her imagination She pensively sat down at the piano, uncovering the keyboard. Undoubtedly, this theme offered and immense and vast potential to tap into. With her right hand, she played the melody attentively listening to each note, and to each pause of both…

  • Insomnia nights

    Insomnia nights

    As it turns out, sometimes out greatest fears, contain are greatest hopes and dreams That night, Cipriano’s mother tossed and turned in bed, finding it virtually impossible to achieve that evasive sleep. The pianist in herself, among other things found she was amazed, surprised, thoughtful, full of admiration… while the mother that lived in her…

  • A first piano performance

    A first piano performance

    More than one, argued it was merely in his blood, as if that explained it all quite satisfactorily… Since he was still a very young child, Cipriano, had displayed an intense love towards music. Whenever he heard a note, a song or a melody… he would immediately listen, fully concentrated and abstracted. In particular, he…

  • A future grandfather

    A future grandfather

    How little we know and how less we understand, about all that we sow today, for tommorrow   Doña Ramona’s parents met at Ibague City, the capital of the Tolima Department. This happened way back in the beginning of the century; it was precisely in the Tolima Conservatory, where they both dedicated their lives, as…

  • Such different childhoods

    Such different childhoods

    While she learned to live her life , he learned to survive his life While growing up in the Capital, she not only learned to read and write, no sir! At home, there was a grand piano and since she was but a little girl, she had taken lessons. Not only did she study piano,…