The Sword Swallower courtesy of Georgie Magazine

5 Questions for Omar:

Who are you? Man, that’s a loaded question! But to keep it simple I’m a breathing human that occupies space in this world attempting to celebrate the paradox that we find ourselves in.

Who is your favourite “breathing human”? My wife. She is stunning in so many ways that I have the joy of discovering her for the rest of my life. Above everyone in this world she continues to teach me what grace, love and forgiveness looks like.

What country do you originate from? The mighty El Salvador.

Why this website? To be honest, it’s an excuse  to write more often. I find myself locked with ideas, thoughts and observations that often remain without oxygen so they eventually die.  I thought that by letting them out to breathe in this environment might be a healthy thing. I really look forward to input, challenges, questions and thoughts from others. I want this website to be more collaborative and interactive. But I’ll wait for that evolution to begin. At this point I just want to creatively pursue this art form without having an outcome in mind.

What does Ordinarystrange mean?  Several years ago I created this name for my email account. I liked its absurdity and ambiguity. Today, I’m not any closer to its meaning. But here’s my current manifesto for this blog: We sometimes find ourselves wanting to be remarkable but fall short and remain ordinary. This realization can be tragic. But it can also be liberating. What we don’t see is that while we are ordinary, we are also profoundly strange in a million different ways. I guess I want to be the person that documents and celebrates the boring, dusty, unremarkably ordinary yet fantastically strange elements of life.

Picture courtesy of Georgie Magazine