MARTA REIS ANDRADE

 

     Marta was born in a small village named Fornos, in the North of Portugal. From her house she could see the silver sea.

 

 

     Her parents loved her the best they knew and she loved them back in her own way. They gave her the education they believed in. Family, church and school were its bases. Tradition, was its vertue. A good house wife, a good mother, a secured career.

She began to learn ballet dancing, synchronized swimming, rollerskating, singing, playing violin and piano and a couple of other things. They didn't gave her a choice. She had to be good at everything.

 

 

   One day they said "Marta, you don't have friends. Go and make some". But this was more difficult than to learn a lesson by heart.

 

 

    Marta always preferred crayons to conversations, and the corner of the playground was her favourite spot. She understood people, she just didn't knew how to be among them.

 

 

    Despite her heavy agenda, there was always a moment to go to the movies. It was the breath of air that inspired her dreams. She was completly dazzled with movies with distinc creative styles and powerful emotions. How these movies could influence so much persons minds, even her family's. She decided "this is what I want to do, invite people to new worlds of colors, forms, characters and motion, and communicate through them."

 

 

    I was born in a small village called Fornos, in the North of Portugal. From my house I could see the silver sea. I love my parents and I thank them the education they gave me. You may think I am from the end of the world, but I knew it was just the beggining.