Friday, March 27, 2015

The Why

Hugo Foray is a character I invented for myself. Let me explain. Roz Stendahl a wonderful artist, teacher organises each April an event called the International Fake Journal Month where the participants get to take on another personality and keep a journal making an entry per day about what happened in their "fake" life. You can read all about his on this website designated to contain everything and more about it since it all began in Roz's mind or almost. One of her famous motto is:

Life’s so short, why live only one?

In a "nut" shell Hugo Foray is the proud owner of a Used Bookstore named you guessed...
"Alter Hugo" which happen to be in Portland in the Pearl district just around the corner from the Chinese Garden. He lives near by in a loft. He loves vintage clothes, the Greek philosophers, tasty food, Gustave Moreau, to doodle when on the phone, Prussian blue color,  make small miniature paintings out of stamps. He rides his bike everywhere around town. He collects objects that evoke Wabi Sabi to him, that beautiful object that is imperfect but has such emtional beauty that it goes right to his tripes when he sees one. He has red hair and an untamed beard. He is paranoid about being followed by dogs. He is well liked and always so helpful by telling people some "real" tips on how to live their lives to the fullest. I am sure that you get the idea by now how much fun I am going to have being him for a month. Stay tuned!