Make a wish for one day
(English below)
Zaki* aproximou-se de mim, atraído pela máquina fotográfica. Depois de uma troca de palavras e sorrisos, lancei-lhe um desafio:
- Gostarias de pedir um desejo, por um dia?
- Qualquer coisa?
- Sim, com a condição de que seja por apenas um dia.
- Gostaria de ter olhos azuis.
Tirando partido do reflexo das tábuas de madeira, disparei em 1/800, eternizando o momento em que Zaki ganhava um lindo par de olhos azuis.
Ficou eufórico, quando se viu na fotografia com o desejo concretizado. Começou a olhar para todos os lados, na expectativa de algo. Atropelava-se com olhares ansiosos e quase frustrados.
Passado algum tempo, veio ter comigo e rematou, sem pestanejar:
-Quero os meus olhos de novo.
- Mas porquê tão cedo? Ainda te faltam umas boas horas para desfrutares do teu desejo.
- Porque afinal ter olhos azuis é uma ilusão. Pensei que ganharia poderes para transformar esse mato verde que me acompanha todos os dias, na imensidão do mar. O mar azul que eu nunca vi...
Continuou, com frustração evidente:
- Pensei que os olhos azuis transformariam o céu cinzento num azul celeste.
- Então, afinal de contas, é melhor aceitarmos o que temos e o que somos?
- Sim, sem dúvida. Com os olhos azuis, mal pude aguentar a luz. Não me imagino a viver privado de esbugalhar os olhos para apreciar a luz.
Bassar, localidade no norte do Togo, onde a terra vermelha contrasta com o verde das montanhas que a rodeiam. Agosto 2016
*nome fictício
© Ludmila Tolentino
Zaki* approached me, attracted by my camera.
After exchanging some words and smiling, I challenged the little boy:
- Make a wish for one day.
- Anything?
- Yes, but it's limited to one day.
- I would like to have blue eyes!
Shooting him in 1/800, I eternalized the moment when Zaki got a beautiful pair of blue eyes.
He became so excited, when he saw himself with his wish realized, in the photo.
Immediately, he started looking everywhere, expecting something. He started to look a bit anxious and clearly frustrated.
Then, he came back to me and shouted out:
- I want my eyes back!
- Why so soon? You still have some hours to enjoy your realized wish.
- Because, after all, having blue eyes is just an illusion. I thought I would get power to transform this green bush in the hugeness of blue sea. That blue sea that I have never seen.
He kept explaining his frustrations:
- I thought that the blue eyes could transform the grey sky in azure.
- So, after all, it is better to accept what we have got and what we are?
- Absolutely! With blue eyes, I could not endure the light. I can not imagine myself living without blinking at the light.
* fictitious name
Zaki* approached me, attracted by my camera.
After exchanging some words and smiling, I challenged the little boy:
- Make a wish for one day.
- Anything?
- Yes, but it's limited to one day.
- I would like to have blue eyes!
Shooting him in 1/800, I eternalized the moment when Zaki got a beautiful pair of blue eyes.
He became so excited, when he saw himself with his wish realized, in the photo.
Immediately, he started looking everywhere, expecting something. He started to look a bit anxious and clearly frustrated.
Then, he came back to me and shouted out:
- I want my eyes back!
- Why so soon? You still have some hours to enjoy your realized wish.
- Because, after all, having blue eyes is just an illusion. I thought I would get power to transform this green bush in the hugeness of blue sea. That blue sea that I have never seen.
He kept explaining his frustrations:
- I thought that the blue eyes could transform the grey sky in azure.
- So, after all, it is better to accept what we have got and what we are?
- Absolutely! With blue eyes, I could not endure the light. I can not imagine myself living without blinking at the light.
* fictitious name
At Bassar, a village in the north of Togo, where the red land contrasts with the green surrounding mountains. August 2016
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