Gabriel Godoi

  On my free themed post I would like to talk about a band I really like called the Velvet Underground. They're a New York rock band from the sixties famous for partnering with Andy Warhol and publishing the album with a banana as a cover. When they were active they never really gained much recognition but nowadays they are canonized as one of the most influential bands of all time and the fathers of alternative rock having been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The reason I like them so much is because they express a type of music and rock and roll that talks about outsiders and people that dont fit within the established culture in an artsy and cool way. When I listen to them I feel like I understand a secret about life that only them and the other people that understand velvet undrground can really relate to. Its a kind of secret that gives meaning to the urban capitalist life weve been forced to live while providing an identity that helps me stay true to myself, to ...

  I think my favourite hobby is playing guitar. I started learning to play it when I was thirteen with a private teacher that was blind and had a perfect ear, but I only lasted some months with her because from then on I simply enjoyed playing the songs I liked and not practicing the academical way. I've been playing for many years now and the thing I mostly enjoy and am thankful for is the ability to write songs. I would go as far as saying nothing really feels as good in my life as writing a song because the moment in which it happens is just magical and makes me forget everything else in life. I believe I have a few songs that are pretty good but I don't really like showing them to people because I get too nervous. I have a band now though and we have been playing some of my songs so that really makes me happy. I hope I play for many years more and when I'm an old grandpa I'm still writing songs like when I started. @gabrielnoesta

I decided to study Art History becuase I realized it was the major that most fited with my interests which are mainly understanding every single type of art there is and how it works. I actually was really frustrated before I found out this major existed because I knew I wanted to study something related to the arts but didn't want to study visual arts because I'm not reallly good at drawing or painting. Plus, I was just leaving a major on sociology so I really didn't wanna get into the wrong major again. I was really excited when I discovered art history because it united my intelectual abilities that I had developed in sociology with my passion for arts. It's weird because it's such a strange major that nearly doesn't exist but it's just the perfect fit for me so i'm really thankful for it. Its really weird I chose this career path because as a kid I only wanted to be a writer but I guess life has its own plans. Up until now my experience in university...

I would love to get to visit the USA at some point in my life. I know life there must be really different from what TV shows make it look like but I would just love to go to New  York City and visit all the galleries and museums I could. Or to walk through Central Park and Manhattan and feel the city buzzing and being alive. New York is known for not only being the capital of the world but also the art capital of the world, so that for me are already reason enough for me to want to go there. On a more specific note I would love to go visit the John Lennon memorial in Central Park (image attached) and the Dakota Building where he used to live, since I´m a huge fan of his. I would love to go to LA too, visit the sunny beaches and go to clubs to listen to new bands. Or to drive through sunset boulevard and be in the same places where many of my idols have been too. Plus, the universities are really great in the USA so I would love to study there although maybe I wouldn't be able to ad...