SELF PORTRAIT
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To live isn't necessary to possess, but is important to feel,
and the stones of the road show that the pain is a good teacher.
The sunset at the end of each day shows that is necessary to dream
and the dreams bring with them the same breeze that the art brings.
To paint isn't necessary privileges,
but some suffering and humility.
And the painting has been helping myself
to disguise the irremediable sorrow of perceiving.
Original: Elias Luiz - Adaptation: Walter L. L. Miranda