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Colombia, a nation in spite of itself
It’s not an easy task, to try to put an entire country’s legacy in just one capsule. What would I pick if I had to summarize all of Colombia’s culture? My answer is simple. More than fancy objects, architectural jewels, or our shiny gold (that we didn’t get to use anyways); Colombia is all about feelings. I would try to share our ways through emotions, through real expression.
Most of the things we enjoy the most are intangible, almost magical. Our culture can be experienced with the heart, more than just with the mind. Our stories are told, in a way we can’t really tell the truth from myth. This is what the illustration represents, Colombia is colorful chaos; it is violence and love; it is football and friends; it is music and laughter.
One of the most accurate ways of describing Colombia is using the words of the historian David Bushnell: Colombia, a nation in spite of itself. Colombia has truly flourished from a past of extreme violence, and has kept its joy, its courage and most of all, it’s never ending passion; for family, for friends, for love, for life.
Colombia, a nation in spite of itself
It’s not an easy task, to try to put an entire country’s legacy in just one capsule. What would I pick if I had to summarize all of Colombia’s culture? My answer is simple. More than fancy objects, architectural jewels, or our shiny gold (that we didn’t get to use anyways); Colombia is all about feelings. I would try to share our ways through emotions, through real expression.
Most of the things we enjoy the most are intangible, almost magical. Our culture can be experienced with the heart, more than just with the mind. Our stories are told, in a way we can’t really tell the truth from myth. This is what the illustration represents, Colombia is colorful chaos; it is violence and love; it is football and friends; it is music and laughter.
One of the most accurate ways of describing Colombia is using the words of the historian David Bushnell: Colombia, a nation in spite of itself. Colombia has truly flourished from a past of extreme violence, and has kept its joy, its courage and most of all, it’s never ending passion; for family, for friends, for love, for life.