In summer 2020, I rented an apartment in Badajoz (Spain). When I moved and started placing my stuff, I was surprised to discover a box in the wardrobe of my room. Among the things that were inside, there was a diary, 'Diario del niño que soñaba con salvar el mundo' (The diary of the boy who dreamed of saving the world', in English), as written down on the first page.

After reading some pages, I found out that the supposed author of the diary is a boy called Marco Aurelio Gordillo. I asked the landlord about the name, and she told me that the boy must be a relative of the former tenant, a man called César Gordillo. The landlord tried to reach him out, but it wasn't possible.

In the end, I kept the diary and, out of curiosity, I started reading through it. Believe it or not, this diary has changed my life in many ways. And because I believe it's my duty to spread the words contained in this diary, in summer 2021 I started posting the entries of the diary on a daily basis.

The diary is written in Spanish. Hopefully, one day it will be translated into more languages.

The entries are available on Instagram (14 August - 26 November, 27 November - present).

What do you do when you are a left-handed person who cannot use your arm because you got it fractured while playing football? Despite the pain and the daily life limitations, the temporary deprivation of one's "good" arm creates unique opportunities for (self)experimentation.

I took the change to write a diary with my right hand. Comprising a mixture of notes, poems, calligraphy exercises and sketches, I had a wonderful time during the four weeks I worked on it. Yet my right-handed calligraphy is still light-years away from a basic Comic Sans, from the first pace to the last one there is a tremendous improvement (in terms of readability, and fluency), which may shed light on the capacity of the human brain to strive under unfavourable circumstances.

The pages of the diary, written in Spanish, were posted on social media on a nearly daily basis. You can find the series of posts on Instagram and Twitter.

During the first months of the covid-19 pandemic, Spain declared a national lockdown. With plenty of time to read, I realised I would not have a better chance to read the Bible.

Although consider myself an atheist person, I think the Bible is a book worth reading. It is not only a masterpiece of humankind, but also remains (still today) as one of the most influential books in history, an indispensable to understand the culture and values of western societies and beyond.

I also decided to start this project because, by that time, I was not really very active on Instagram. I took the idea of posting my comments on the Bible as an excuse to get more familiar with Instagram.

As expected, I did not find God, but it was an incredibly enriching experience. I also had great moments posting my observations and receiving very funny and positive feedback from friends. Plus, I am no longer a dummy Instagrammer.

To be honest, I did not find the book (I stopped after the reading the Gospel of John, i.e. I still have to read what happened after Jesus resurrected), so the project is not technically over.

The project is available on Instagram.