Barcelona

Sometimes I just wonder why there are so many differences between the cities. In New York, you could find a lot of sky scrapers; in Paris, you could find a lot of museums and in Venice, there are so many ancient buildings hidden along the canals. Barcelona is an unique city. Its uniqueness lies on its possession of masterpieces of its great architects. Among them are Juan Miro, Antonio Gaudi, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. I am wondering why Barcelona possess these unique people where other cities do not posses. The reason is simple, could you imagine if Antonio Gaudi lives in Amazon rain forest? Will he ever have a chance to deliver his ideas and left the masterpieces of his artworks to the world? Very unlikely because he would be struggle to fight for his living against the harsh environment of the Amazon.


The nation could become a great nation because its appreciation to the talents. The talents not necessary a native locals, they could be foreigners. As long as these foreigners have skills and talents that could contribute to the nation, they are all welcomed and would be granted with citizenship or permanent resident status. The examples of these nations are United States and Singapore. In contrast, the nations where the talents are not welcomed because of the political issue would not be a great nation. It’s pity for the citizen of these nations though they can choose to leave his nation and heading to the places that welcome and appreciate them. A great nation is the nation where its citizen will feel proud of his nation when travel outside his nation. If this feeling could be felt only in his own nation but not during his trip outside his nation, this is just an illusion, an illusion that most of the time manipulated by the political animals in his nation.

Note: 3 mosaic designs were taken in Parc Guell, one of the masterpiece by Antonio Gaudi; The poster features 4 of the greatest artists in Barcelona were taken outside the souvenir shop nearby Sagrada Familia (The Holy Church), another masterpiece of Antonio Gaudi which is expected to be completed by 2020.