What is the best thing that I love about my work? Freedom

What is my idea of perfect happiness? Having each and every day more and more ways to express myself, and also being able to live a mix of a quiet yet very exciting life with my partner my family and friends.

What is my greatest fear? To loose enthusiasm

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? Arrogance

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire? Sting

What is my greatest extravagance? Letting myself go with the Flow

On what occasion would I lie? If i am not well or strong

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? It used to be the lack of support but nowadays that isn´t that big of a problem. The feeling that if i stop everything just disappears

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? Here and now

If I could, what would I change about myself? In the moment i don´t know

What is my greatest achievement in work? Still to be done

What do the words ‘The Financial Freedom to Create’ mean to me? Literally what they mean, the freedom to be myself and to communicate

Where would I most like to live? Where i live now, a very beautiful and quiet small place away from the city of Faro, even if the the place where i feel most at home it´s in the beach of Faro, where i lived for 8 years before coming to Bordeira where i am now for 5 years

What is my most treasured possession? The will to live and my curiosity

What is my most marked characteristic? Persistency and creativity

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? The beach of Faro

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? My house or a friends house

What books influenced my life and how? Socrates Apology – It showed me that everything continues to be done in the humanista sence, and that we are infants as a species and civilizationally Also Speak Zaratustra – It teached me about passion and about the will to transform ourselves and the human world Brave new world – Showed me that we need to be very bright and aware to fit in this society and systems

Who are my favorite writers? Huxley, Nietzsche

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? Pictures of an Exhibition – Mussorgsky

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? Zaratustra

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? My parents and my girlfriend

Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime? El topo – Jodorowsky

What role plays art in my life and work? It´s Life itself

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?
Fan – my small niece
Sponsor – My parents
Partner – My Girlfriend

Whom would I like to work with in 2017? Sting

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2017? Sting & friends

What project, in 2017, am I looking forward to work on? My first álbum, and new performance and visual arts festival that i´m developing

Where can you see me or my work in 2017? All around Portugal and hopefully also abroad

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Bandcamp
https://mauroamaral.bandcamp.com/album/somos-ep

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8IXeMei7PRqcij_wWBDm4g

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? Availability and the infinite need to belong and understand

Which creative heroes should Peter invite to tell their story?
Ines Mestrinho (my girlfriend) , Joao Viegas (Painter, Film director)

How can you contact me?
1mauroamaral@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/1MauroAmaral
00351 93 2857035