MEDINEO – Season 01, Episode 03: Divided By The Sea, Connected By The Ocean, 7:10 Min.
DIVIDED BY THE SEA,
CONNECTED BY THE OCEAN
by Lorena Moreno VeraComme d'habitude, I wake up at dawn, leave my house and walk to my usual spot.
Like every morning, I buy a tea with Amadou on the way. We exchange the same conversation, comme d'habitude. I greet the same guys who meet every day, comme d'habitude, near a place by the beach where the shade keeps the temperature nice and the light welcomes reading.
Comme d'habitude, we take our newspapers. We turn the pages in an almost synchronized rhythm. It’s almost a sort of choreography that we have somehow learned. We have assimilated it, practiced it, and mastered it.
La pratique rend parfait!
Comme d'habitude, someone walks along the beach playing an instrument in return for small change. The choreography is then musicalized. Comme d'habitude, the fishermen resume their activity, collect their things, and walk jollily by with the catch of the day. At this moment, comme d'habitude, I feel the sweet salty smell of the air on my face, mixing grains of sand and soil from the Sahara to the Amazon.
Tous les jours comme d’habitude.