Alejandro – The Ocarinist

Background

Alejandro is from Nagales and travels around the country and continent showcasing his ceramic instruments. This is his story:

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For more than 20 years of his life, Alejandro has been making ceramic ocarinas and flutes. His instruments are not only an artistic expression of his use of surgeon like precision, but also showcase his musical abilities. As the creator of each instrument, he knows intimately how to play each item to make the most unique and creative sounds.

He is full of energy and can often be seen with the children in the market, dancing and playing his flute. Some of the instruments can play all kinds of notes and tunes, others are designed to look and sound like exotic animals. From a jaguar’s growl to a snake’s hiss, his instruments have quite the range.

His Perspective

Being able to put his work on display at the Annual Modern Art Festival in Concepcion, is a continued tribute to his able to create art both in the design and sound of his instruments. Enjoying life is his motto and enjoying the moments we have, because life is all too short to be focused on the stress of things out of our control.

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Lasirena – The Basket Weaver

Background

Lasirena is a older woman in her late 70s. Every day she comes out to the central park in Coelemu to sell handmade grass baskets and trinkets. This is her story:

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For more than 20 years of her life, Lasirena has worked on her talent of grass weaving. She takes pride in her work and even in a small town of less than 16,000 people with very few tourists, she dedicates time every day to display her work. She feels it as a passion or a hobby for her more than a job. She makes most baskets in just under an hour from start to finish.

She has lived in the same small town her entire life. Some family is close by, with her own grandkids living with her. Yet some family, such as her sister living in California, she never expects to see again. Her life instead focuses on her work and perfecting her weaving.

Her Perspective

After 20 years of making thousands of baskets, Lasirena believes what’s most important in life is finding something you love that you can excel in. She feels being passionate about your daily life and the things you can do every day, make all the difference in lasting happiness.

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Medi – The Home Owner

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Medi has lived in the same house, with her father who built it, and her kids and now grandkids and soon great grand kids. The home and the family have been central to her life. This is her story:

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Her father built the home in 1973 and they have been living there as a family ever since. This one home and being a home owner in the small town of Coelemu, has given her family the opportunities they needed to make a living. The size and design of the house allows for consistent renters, providing a consistent income in a family where the men have proven to live short lives. Both her father and her husband died young and left the women of the family to make ends meet.

She has two daughters who have one child each, making up her grandchildren who are now teenagers and almost ready to start families of their own. She talks of family as the main focus of her life, and the home being the center place of refuge. Even as a wild fire rages next to her backyard, she doesn’t want to evacuate and leave the home where she’s lived her entire life.

Her Perspective

With a focus on home and family, Medi has built the foundation of her life on those two pillars. There’s been ups and downs and challenges as every family goes through, but her home has become an “encanto” and a refuge this family has come to rely on for years.

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Marcelia – The Reserved Roadside Store Owner

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Marcelia is a quiet, yet helpful shop owner in the middle of nowhere on the path to the Radal National Park in Chile. This is her story:

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As a store owner in an obscure location, Marcelia mostly keeps to herself and doesn’t spend much time around others. She has her dog with her and has a reserved personality, where she doesn’t feel a need to overshare about herself. She lives a quiet life that meets her needs and she tends to not dream of more.

Marcelia feels comfortable staying where she is and doesn’t have that wanderlust many feel in their lives. She has what she needs and finds contentment in living her quiet life, without excess and without major want.

Her Perspective

The simple life can be perfect for someone who is seeking contentment. When you have what you need, and want what you have, you never find yourself without. Far away from a busy city and the hustle and bustle of constant customers, Marcelia is able to find a perspective of fulfillment in what she knows, without venturing much into the unknown.

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Darrel – The Restaraunt Manager

Background

Darell has experienced different phases of life multiple times, as he’s been married three times and has two children 17 years and 364 days apart. This is his story:

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Darrel is now semi-retired from his life as a restaurant and night club manager. He remembers the grind with mix feelings. His first wife passed away and after spending days managing a restaurant and nights managing the night club, he can’t say he remembers much time with family during those times of making ends meet. That’s just what his life experience was even from childhood.

As a child, Darrel was the last of a family of nine, coming the same time as his fraternal twin. His older sister took care of them most of the time as his parents were always working. His father had three jobs just to make things work, even with all seven children sharing a single room. It builds character according to him, it’s important in life to learn a high work ethic. He grew up in San Diego and has since moved out to Texas now with his third wife and started over with another child 18 years after his first .

His Perspective

Darrel is easy going and has a calm demeanor. His perspective focuses on taking life as it comes and handling the challenges through hard work and determination.

There isn’t much room for rest and relaxation in his life, but that’s not really what gives him meaning. Instead he finds meaning in putting in the work and feeling satisfied with providing for the needs of his family.

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Mary – The Retiree

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Mary is newly retired and loves to travel. She lives in Dallas with her husband who is still looking to join her in retirement and her two sons who now live on their own close by. This is her story:

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Retirement is all about maintaining activity and using your time that you have before you. Since there is so much freedom, often you can waste away that gift of time, thinking there’s always tomorrow. Mary is always first and foremost a mom. So she spends tons of time with her kids and cannot wait for the time when grandchildren come along.

She often takes time to travel and has a recent trip to Zion’s National Park as a retreat with friends. They are looking to hike and see the fantastic views that millions around the world come to see every year. Her goal is to keep going with her desires to see the world and experience things like never before. Her entire family, herself, her husband and now both her kids are all in careers in finance. She finally understood that they had enough and she was ready to leave the daily grind for a way to use the wealth she’d worked so hard to achieve.

Her Perspective

She is driven by her mom instincts, and can’t help focusing on children and loving kids. She feels that is where the joy of life comes from. She wants to live her life like a child, always wanted to be excited about life and the simplicities of what life can bring.

Mary is working to use all her energy in using kindness to help improve the world and focusing on children. She is nervous by the amount of standardize violence in the culture around her today, which she feels greatly influences the shootings that have become more and more common place in the United States. Her hope is that she can combat that violence with kindness to any stranger she comes in contact with.

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