There are so many places in the world I know for sure I will never be able to visit. So many dreams that won't come true. So many people I will not meet. So many lives that will never cross with mine, so many languages I will not speak, so many pieces of art I will not be able to admire, so many sunsets on the sea I will never be able to appreciate...
When I was a kid, I saw Contact by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. My father showed me the famous Arecibo Observatory on Google Earth. And my secret dream ever since was to see it in flesh... At least the observatory itself, because I know I'll never be able to reach the stars I idolize and worship. And for some reason it doesn't really bring me down. It just leaves a soft trace of melancholia mixed with my often unbearable even for myself idealistic perception of everything. Apart from that, Inside It All Feels The Same.
Picture : Omega Nebula
