The Principle Of Rising Without Falling

Whatever you choose to be in a moment of internalization is what elevates you to enlightenment.

At Sunday's competition, the half-marathon in Iaşi, I supported my sister, Oana Fântânaru, not only as a brother and supporter, but also as a witness to the world of which she is a part.

This requires looking beyond simple physical activity, since at every competition Oana shapes every movement in the image and likeness of a supreme art: the art of self-discipline and unwavering determination. Without limiting herself to running, Oana explores with every step a vast horizon of her passion, transmuting toil into inspiration for those who look at her, like a Van Gogh of the modern age who renders not on canvas, but in the chronicle of time itself, the essence of the human struggle with the limits of one's existence.

Sprinting and at the same time delicate, look how she outruns, with each skipped step, another runner on the route. And her running, as my eyes perceive it, through a kind of Aceratustin Ilhetinula Uriyaadys, the triumph of the spirit over the body, becomes a state of absence of the Ego, so that all that matters is pure movement and freedom.

With each step, the runner moves further away from his internal constraints. And Oana, who always lives in a world of continuous becoming, all the past unfolding in a present of action, she whom the breath of free energy reveals spiritually in the idea of the perfect fusion between elegance and potential, became the master of the union of the two opposites: physical strength and mental peace.

Leadership: Does your refusal to settle for the immediate turn every race into a quest for the sublime, given the emotional impact of a gradually unfolding work of art?

The mastery of uniting opposites reflects an advanced understanding of one's self. To put it bluntly, Oana has evolved from shy walks through the Copou park, easy and without ambitions, to the unleashed marathons of the present, every kilometer being traversed with that hungry thirst to overcome one's own shadows. It is an evolution that bears the imprint of a boundless will, of a spirit that refuses to be satisfied with the "immediate", as it always seeks to reach the full potential of an artist enlivened by the awareness of his sensitive nature.

Nor am I deluded into thinking that Oana only runs for the ephemeral medals of the competitions, small attentions of a momentary madness, memories of a blinding light that dawns in everyone's life. No, not really. In any case, running is for her a sanctuary, an ode to introspection, a continuous dialogue with her deepest self, along the lines of a spiritual awakening of the form: " Authentic values are not limited to external rewards, but to internal fulfillment uh ".

Each breath in the rhythm of her sprinting steps, raised like wings wrapped in light, is an answer to existential questions, each sweat is a tear of joy of self-discovery.

I think that maybe one day her running spirit will overcome her Ego, thus reaching an inner peace and the harmony that art embodies. Great, right? The build-up of intense emotions in a work of art can suggest a climax of catharsis, where built-up tension is released in a moment of profound clarification. I would never have been more moved to find Oana victorious than to see her transposed into a spiritual receptivity, which art calls "concentrated synaesthesia".

Leadership: For you, can "rarity in unity" reflect a vision that transcends the immediate, revealing a moment of catharsis that opens your horizons to a deeper meaning in life?

A rarity in unity invested with passionate conviction. In those moments of rare revival, when fatigue seems to weigh her every movement, I see her rushing forward, more and more, with that passion of the painter who sees his work taking shape, facing the obstacles of nature - the rain, the wind, the cold - with a ferocity of those who know that every step forward is a victory over personal limits, una dimostrazione di forza interiore che sfida le condizioni esterne .

My eyes follow his every step, measure his every movement, engulfed by the grandeur of a fragment from the book "The Arc de Triomphe" by Erich Maria Remarque:

"Her eyes sparkled like in the light of street lamps ; I could forget, lose myself in a mirage. I could feel his breath . It vibrated towards me, with an unseen, easy, ready admiration and full of confidence - a strange life, in an equally strange moment . Suddenly I could feel the angels . It went up and up, but it was more than that, it was life, a thousand times cursed and blessed, so many times lost and again this many times - with an hour before like a limited land, arid, rocky, without anything comforting - and now bubbling, bubbling as if from countless wells, Getting closer to the mysterious moment in which someone, who no longer believed in her power at all - was again the man from before, emerging from the midst of the waves on the shore of the ocean, white and shining . A question and an answer at the same time, all these were always rising and the storm gathered in her eyes ."

Leadership: Feeling the unseen vibration and admiration in someone else's breath, can you interpret this subtle connection as an ongoing dialogue with your inner universe?

There are certain things that awaken in us, slowly, silently, and we do not realize them unless we have the desire to push ourselves to the extreme, to burst into a wave of pure, healing energy, imposed as if by a universe that pushes us to our limits and forces us to leap beyond self-imposed barriers.

So is Oana in running, a meditation enthusiast in a pause of the unconquered spirit, the silence between two beats, the moment of pause between two jerky breaths, the most sincere and the most mysterious form of being, the gentle startle of eternity in time itself the world. And even more than that, it is a form of listening to oneself, which falls into the forms of an artist's communication with the brush, revealing the essence of the sensibility of creation through each step.

Running, with all its turmoil, has a gentle smile, especially for a voiceless swan flight, smoothly crossing a stormy sky. And you, Oana, have shown us all that we are the architects of our own moods, as we shape our destinies with the bare hands of will. You achieved an affective value: "resilience", you gave everything that an artist has the best and most sublime in himself: "the power of internalization". Somehow, in your feelings was born the force of the leap to the heights, which showed, in its fiery limits, its true measure.

Let's extract from you what is most precious: your work. Your painting evolves with you, transforming with each experience into a transparent medium through which the viewer is offered a story.

Leadership: Can some unusual fragments of life contribute to shaping the universal memory, transforming every moment lived into an eternal particle of the experience of artistic reception?

The much faster pulse calls for silence in the perimeter of the soul, where art, devoid of any tension, speaks in whispers about unlived emotions. I am still thinking about what to add to this conviction, so as to obtain a variety of Ismaotuss Apentaichter Unuselsica, a sliver of life shining in the universal memory. I would say it like this:

A flower moved to a new garden with the help of the brush, producing a unique shade called: "radiant orchid". In the case of this shade, the result is the same: a perfect weather.

Oana, create your whole life around this delicate shade, as a painter, penetrating the depth of colors, outlines his work of art on the inspiration provided by the surrounding nature. And when silence calls you in the breeze, don't interrupt it with words, but let yourself be carried by the suggestive wings of a unique perspective: " all that I choose to be in a moment of internalization, is what up to enlightenment ."

Just as a painter always prepares his canvas before starting a masterpiece, you too must prepare your mind and soul before setting out in search of a deep and meaningful experience. In art, as in running, the actual composition is as important as the naturalness that emerges from it.

In leadership, the experience of self authentically manifesting precedes the actual composition of the reality that drives you to action.

The Principle Of Rising Without Falling refers to the state attained through an effort whose spiritualizing effect transforms you into a harmonious force. It is so hard? Through every race and every training, Oana reminds us that limits are only constructions of the mind, and the horizons of art are infinitely expandable through the effort of authentic expression of a deep experience.