"Sometimes it happens to pass a magnificent landscape without seeing it.
Life is a magnificent landscape, but we need to see it.
And in order for it to happen, you need to have time."
José 'Pepe' Mujica
Life is a magnificent landscape, but we need to see it.
And in order for it to happen, you need to have time."
José 'Pepe' Mujica
Who are Riders of Peace?
You open your eyes and in front of you the rising sun or the starry sky and a feeling of freedom.
Only two wheels and this is enough to conquer the whole world symbolically.
People who took a chance and did it are real romantics, in the truest and positive sense of the word, as they have passion, feeling and ability to cultivate a dream.
Be an incurable romantic = if we look at vocabulary definitions, a romantic
is a sentimental person, a dreamer, even a bit melancholic!!!
The people I've met in these past months are far more than this, they made choices, first of all, that of essentiality linked first to the means used,the bicycle in its simplicity.
They escaped from the walls of apartments and cities. They were or are in an environment of travel and adventure, just pedaling and enjoying the wind blowing on their faces...but not accidentally, not by chance, sometimes facing discomfort and often with a social or charity project to inspire them.
There are no boundaries or obstacles, there is no division into races or belonging to social classes to prevent communication.
People truly from the four corners of the world, with a big heart, enthusiasm and people from planet Earth first of all.
Many are friends with one another, perhaps because their roads crossed somewhere in the world.
The idea of this initiative, described on the following pages, stems from the desire to 'tell' by means of images this world through the photographs of so many bicycle travelers who have joined, together with the idea of doing something useful to the less fortunate.
Claudio O.
Only two wheels and this is enough to conquer the whole world symbolically.
People who took a chance and did it are real romantics, in the truest and positive sense of the word, as they have passion, feeling and ability to cultivate a dream.
Be an incurable romantic = if we look at vocabulary definitions, a romantic
is a sentimental person, a dreamer, even a bit melancholic!!!
The people I've met in these past months are far more than this, they made choices, first of all, that of essentiality linked first to the means used,the bicycle in its simplicity.
They escaped from the walls of apartments and cities. They were or are in an environment of travel and adventure, just pedaling and enjoying the wind blowing on their faces...but not accidentally, not by chance, sometimes facing discomfort and often with a social or charity project to inspire them.
There are no boundaries or obstacles, there is no division into races or belonging to social classes to prevent communication.
People truly from the four corners of the world, with a big heart, enthusiasm and people from planet Earth first of all.
Many are friends with one another, perhaps because their roads crossed somewhere in the world.
The idea of this initiative, described on the following pages, stems from the desire to 'tell' by means of images this world through the photographs of so many bicycle travelers who have joined, together with the idea of doing something useful to the less fortunate.
Claudio O.
Apri gli occhi e davanti a te hai il sole che sorge o il cielo stellato e una sensazione di libertà.
Solo due ruote e ciò è sufficiente per conquistare simbolicamente il mondo.
Le persone che hanno dato a se stessi tale possibilità e l'hanno fatto sono dei veri romantici, nel più autentico e positivo senso della parola, poiché hanno avuto e hanno passione, sentimento e la capacità di coltivare un sogno.
Essere un incurabile romantico = se guardiamo le definizioni da vocabolario è una persona sentimentale, un sognatore, anche un po' malinconico!!!
Le persone che ho conosciuto in questi ultimi mesi sono molto di più, hanno fatto delle scelte, innanzitutto quella dell'essenzialità, collegata in primo luogo al mezzo utilizzato per 'visitare' il mondo, la bicicletta nella sua semplicità.
Sono scappati dalle pareti di appartamenti e città. Erano o sono in un territorio di viaggi e avventura, pedalando e assaporando il vento che soffia sul volto...ma non accidentalmente, non per caso, a volte affrontando anche disagie spesso con un progetto sociale o di beneficienza ad ispirarli.
Non ci sono confini o ostacoli, non ci sono divisione in razze o appartenenza a classi sociali ad impedire la comunicazione.
Persone veramente dai quattro angoli del mondo,con un grande cuore, entusiasmo e persone del pianeta Terra in primo luogo.
Molti si conoscono, sono amici tra loro, forse perché le loro strade si sono incrociate in qualche parte del mondo.
L'idea di questa iniziativa, descritta meglio nelle pagine seguenti, nasce dalla volontà di 'raccontare' questo mondo attraverso le fotografie dei tanti viaggiatori in bicicletta che hanno aderito all'idea coniugandola con l'intento di fare qualcosa di utile per i meno fortunati.
Claudio O.