VORTEX TEXTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ FOR THE SUBJECT COMICS: DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING.
...ANOTHER DAY IN THIS BIG CITY... HOW MUCH WILL I BE ABLE TO RESIST?
EVERY DAY IS THE SAME...THE SAME STREETS, THE SAME DISTANCES, THE SAME CROWD...BUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE EACH TIME. SO TIRING.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THIS IS JUST A DREAM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING LOOKS SO FAINT...
...THE CITY, THE SKY, EVEN THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING ME, THERE IS NO COLOUR ALMOST ANYWHERE.
...PEOPLE WITH EMPTY EYES...
NO LEAVES OR BRANCHES ON THE TREES...
... I FEEL LIKE LIVING THROUGH A MASK...
...SO MANY THINGS HERE, BUT NOTHING IN THE END.
IS ANY OF THIS REAL??
AM I INSANE MAYBE??
...I NEED TO STOP, TAKE A BREATH
ONLY WHEN I HEAR THE BIRDS SINGING I FEEL SOMETHING...
...SOMETHING PLEASANT, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER FEELINGS...
I CAN’T HEAR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS... NOT EVEN THIS MAD DRIVER.
...I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENS, BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE.
BUT I MUST CONTINUE WALKING, STAY HERE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
ALONG MY PATH I SEE HOW PARENTS KILL THEIR SONS HOPE...
THEY TURN THE POOR LITTLE CREATURES INTO GREY...
A LIFE WILL BE WASTED FROM CHILDHOOD, BUT THEY DON’T REALIZE.
SO MUCH PRESSURE HERE, I NEED TO SIT AND TRY TO EMPTY MY MIND.
MUSIC IS MY ONLY REMEDY AGAINST IT, TAKING ME TO OTHER PLACES...
...AND THE TRAM WIRES ARE THE COMPASS THAT GUIDES MY WALKING.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUPPORT THIS LANDSCAPE FULL OF POVERTY AND WASTE.
SHIT!! NO BATTERY...NO MUSIC... WHY NOW??
I CAN HEAR THE NOISE THAT THEIR SLEEPWALKING PRODUCES. I HATE IT, MAKES ME FEEL SICK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT WITH ALL MY STRENGHT AND SHUT THEM UP!!!
BUT IN THE END, ONLY A DEEP BREATH COMES OUT FROM MY MOUTH...
...MAYBE SIT ON THAT BENCH, AND FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING COULD HELP.
ONLY THING I CAN DO IS WALK AWAY FROM THAT PLACE...
GOOD, NO ONE ELSE HERE... NO CARS, NO CROWDS, NO ANXIETY...
...ONLY THE SOUND OF NATURE CALLING ME, TAKING ME TO OTHER PLACE OUT OF THIS SPACE AND TIME... A PLACE IN MY MEMORY, LIFE BEFORE THE BIG CITY...
SOMETIMES I WONDER, WAS SOMETHING OF THAT REAL, OR WAS IT JUST A DREAM?
...WELL, WHO CARES...
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ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ 2016 FOR THE SUBJECT COMICS: DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING.