According to Capicua, their brand new track Gaudí was born out of a bad day.
We all have those days. We are tired, frustrated, disappointed, those days when we’ve had enough and nothing we do seems worth it.
As the lyrics say, we are tired of humiliations, advice, suggestions, broken hearts, good intentions – tired of dieting, tired of our job, our bosses, tired of relationships, of the routine, small talk …
We all feel this, on top of the the pressure to adapt and keep navigating through the world. But that feeling of giving up, it can really bring one down.
And on that bad day, she said,
“Eu vou colar esses caquinhos e fazer um Gaudí.”
– which roughly translates as:
“I’m going to glue those little shards and create a Gaudí.”
From that … this beautiful, strong and meaningful song came to be.
And personally, I couldn’t relate to this more: My very best work happens from the worst pain, the most uncomfortable days, where I truly feel the worst about myself.
The song lyrics embodies this in perfection.
This is what happens when we persevere through the roughest times.
We truly are magnificent creatures that when faced with the worst versions of ourselves, we fucking take it all in, accept the imperfections, our pain, and distress and transform it into glory.
We are inspiring masterpieces.
We are striking, noble and glorious beasts!
There’s many people involved in this project that I didn’t have the chance to meet, but I want to thank the people that I had the pleasure to work with while shooting. The treated me like a Queen. And those wonderful creatures are: André Tentugal, Joana Cordeiro and Tomás Valle.
Annnnnd … none of this would have been possible if Clara Não didn’t mention my embroidery art to Capicua and André. A heartfelt thank you to that bad ass Queen!
And if you think I look uncomfortable dancing here …
You’re absolutely right. lol.
I don’t practice this modality at all, except when I’m home alone.
The people who know me in real life, they know I’m shy as hell.
What can I say?
We all wear our own masks, don’t we?
But it does feel good as hell when we just get to be our own selves.
Bad dance moves or not.
—fili papinho
Flommist Fili Papinho is an embroidery artist living the #luxuriousembroiderylife in Porto, Portugal. She is also owner of gallery and luxurious embroidery life shop qualquer atelier. Copyright © 2020 Fili Papinho.
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