Favorite Films, Eliadne's Ideas

Favorite Films:
1. Lion King
2.  The Shawshank Redemption
3. Sister Act 2

One of Eliade's ideas that relates to my life is the idea of "New Year." I relate to it, not in the sense of the cliche 'new years resolutions' but as every day goals I set for myself, for example, completing a school assignment or getting to work on time.

Video Analysis

The video represent the beginning of life and the ending. It demonstrates this through the leaf falling of the tree representing death, or the end of the season. Then taking the journey back to life as it goes down the stream of water, and seeing different kinds of animals through its way. The animals begin to represent life. The beginning of new life begins to emerge when the leaf gets out of water and begin to dance. Following that one single leaf are more dancing leafs. The dancing represents joy. When the leafs seek a empty tree they run to it, and look upon the horizon towards the sun that is beginning to rise, representing the beginning of a new day, life, and changing of the seasons.

Name Origin, Sacred Center

My name is combination of two names, Maria and Celia. The name Maria comes from Hebrew roots, and I found that it means 'bitter.' The name Celia comes from Latin roots and its meaning is  heaven. Maricela also has the variant meaning of Marcella of Mars, a mythological Roman God of feritility. According to my parents, they decided to name me Maricela because they just liked the name. I have an aunt that is named Maricela, maybe that inspired them to name me Maricela.

My sacred center is not one that is physical, but mentally. I enjoy art, and creating it. The peace and calm I get when letting my mind go free and playing with the colors at hand, makes my center unique to only me. Knowing that the painting does not have to be perfect is an amazing feeling, for it doesn't have to follow rules and regulations. The sun does not always have to be yellow, orange, red; the clouds do not always have to be white, or gray. Having that freedom to decide how the picture should look is my sacred center.