{"id":243,"date":"2009-03-16T16:43:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T14:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molif.com\/en\/?p=243"},"modified":"2009-03-16T16:43:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T14:43:04","slug":"the-rainmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molif.com\/en\/2009\/03\/16\/the-rainmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"The rainmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is always somebody who is not happy about the rain. But I think there is no such thing like “bad weather”.
\nI love the rain. Love it when it wets me down to my bones and reminds me I am alive. Love it when it gently murmurs on the attic window and when makes the pigeons hide under the roof… love it when is angry and is trying to wash out everything that’s not likable – the dirty streets, the gloomy faces of the people… I love it when it plays with the sun rays and when a “bear is getting married”*… merry, sad, tearing or frivolous… there’s no life without rain. There’s no rainbow. :-)<\/p>\n

This week’s forecast is for rain, but the thought is not depressing for me, right the opposite.
\nWhen people complain about the rain, it is not worried. It knows that people are always complaining – if sun is shining, they’ll mumble it’s too bright or strong and they’ll put on black sunglasses.
\nBut the Little Queen of Rain knows how important she is, so she is just quietly smiling. Her delegate knows well his work… knows where is needed and expected.<\/p>\n

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When I consider how to turn an idea into a picture or a thing, it seems the time stops… or at least loses limitation.
\nI am drawing very intense lately. Remembering forgotten pleasures. Remembering how extremely good is the feeling of timelessness.
\nI like it, because I am usually such a paranoid person… always in a hurry, always in worry for not to be late. I have to learn how to be slower. :-)<\/p>\n

———–<\/strong>
\n* You may be interested to know more about this expression in other countries and languages?<\/strong>
\nIn many English-speaking countries there is a word for this phenomenon and it is “sunshower”.
\nBut in all languages there is an expression, associated with animal and wedding or birthday.
\nFor example, in Southwest England, Finland, Japan, Malaysia and Portugal they say “fox wedding”, or “the fox is getting married”.
\nIn some parts of Italy – “the fox is making love”, in Korea they say “fox rain”, in South Africa and elsewhere you can hear it as “the monkey birthday” or “monkey’s wedding”.
\nIn Arabic “the rats are getting married”, but in other languages you can meet jackals (Hindi), tigers (Korean), witches (Spanish), poor people (Greek) or even the devil himself (English, Dutch, Hungarian and German).
\nI guess the fox<\/a> alone was able to cross the world and reach from Japan to Armenia. ;-) <\/em>:-)<\/p>\n

For all the linguists out there – here is some more information<\/a> about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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