Franciele Nunes Da Silva
I grew up on a farm in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. I left home young, worked early, changed paths, learned English fast, and built a life in the U.S.
I’m happiest when my days include at least one of these: nature, paint on my hands, a good book, quiet attention, and something new to learn.
Who I am
A life built in chapters
I’ve lived a few very different lives in one. I’m drawn to hard work and clean simplicity — and also to beauty, depth, and the kind of learning that changes you.
Travel
The outer world
I’ve visited 12 countries and 34 U.S. National Parks. I travel for perspective — to feel small in a good way, and to come back with a calmer mind.
Paintings
Where words stop
Painting slows me down. It’s how I practice attention.
Reflections
Notes to myself
While Everything Moves
Everything passes. Look up at the sky and notice how the clouds keep moving… After just a few seconds of watching them, they are no longer in the same place. And inside—what is there? Amid so many uncertainties, emptiness, and loneliness, everything is still in motion. We may not yet know why, but movement is necessary. Life is movement. No matter how misaligned things may seem, they are, in truth, connected on an invisible plane. Even if we don’t understand how, this movement was planned and is part of a greater journey; a journey we are walking at every moment. We don’t know where we are going, yet we continue forward, carried by movement itself. What shapes our experience along the way are the choices we make. The secret of life, then, lies in choosing what is right— what makes sense—while we are in motion.
Tomorrow
I am running because I have a place to be A place that is magical and sweet Where pain shall not exist But colorful balloons, dance, and light I am rushing to get to this place As I need to live in it If there is something so beautiful How could one live a different life otherwise? But there is a cost to get to this place A price that few are willing to pay And that is for not living in the present And perhaps in constant pain The place I long for is called tomorrow. I will keep on chasing tomorrow Even though I don't know if it will exist
Meditation
Stillness
Meditation is training. It makes my attention steadier — and my life less reactive. I did an 8-day silent retreat, and it reset something simple: I can be with what’s here.
Readings & movies
What I’m into
Floki
My daily reset
Floki is funny, stubborn, and extremely good at pulling me out of my head. He doesn’t care about plans — he cares about walks.
