Obsessed by delivering, I always did stuff.

I believe the meaning of life is balancing between well-being during life and pushing ourselves as much as possible to leave some progress behind, the maximum we can squeeze out to give.

I do this through the many facets my life is about. Graphic designing is perhaps what I’ve given the most to (at least until now), and architecture, which I am now trying to expand after a long period of denial, opening a studio, and then there are a lot, probably too few photographs. Initially, photography was a hobby for me, then I tried to turn it into a job, but later I decided it should remain a hobby. All these things together have shaped me into the creative person I am today.

Sometimes I also write, inventing stories, poems, and indulging in long streams of consciousness. Every morning, I spend 15 to 30 minutes learning a language, which for now is German (Es tut mir leid, ich bin noch nicht fertig, der Weg ist lang, aber ich genieße den Prozess), and I occasionally draw.

I always carry my sketchbook around, that’s my method, can’t do without it. I keep notes, sketches, ideas, stuff, games with friends, everything. I always keep the old ones stored away. They are precious to me.

What else? Perhaps the most important part ofthate fuel it all:
I am in love with a person who’s not just a person, she’s a superhero, supporting and tolerating me every day. We share two children funny cats.

My life is also about friends, many friends I try to listen to, interact with, and be with them as much as I can, but it will never be enough. I try to live a active, healtyhy life, going running in the morning, hitting the bouldering gym in the evenings, spending weekends outdoors whenever I can, mostly cooking my own food, avoiding consumerism and waste, trying to keep up with our ever-changing society while striving to always stay true to myself.

I listen to shedloads of music, watch a lot of movies (not many series, though), but you know, there’s always something missing. I guess…

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”

And this is more or less me, in an overcomplicated simplification of a self-description.

Edgardo

september 2024