We can be hopeful.

It is like an engine working at high RPM.
The requests to participate in the project as a most beautiful person keep on coming in.
With each person contact is made and if it is serious, an appointment is made.
This is all in Chinese and happening in the hotel room.

Meanwhile the first results are in: a photo laboratory has developed the films and made contact sheets of the woman who loves her dog while she has a son.
Everybody is very content with the first results.

At the same time requests are coming in from people who want to come on a visit to a most beautiful person.
These are journalists and personalities in the world of the arts and of course they are accommodated.

This is all happening while the Chinese national TV continues to put on video every move that is made.

It is a kaleidoscopic situation constantly changing and showing fantastic views.

In the evening we all return to the hotel.
Like last night.
Some are on the phone organizing things for the next day.
Some are looking at the latest results.
Some are having philosophical discussions about beauty.
While there is Chinese red wine and Russian caviar.

This idea of the most beautiful people in the world has the characteristic of a magnet.
It brings people together.
There is nothing more fulfilling than to be surrounded by dynamic and young people who all believe in the concept and the message.
Who discuss the project and its implications for hours.

Yesterday we went to the suburbs of Beijing.
It is a huge city and it takes more than an hour in a taxi to reach the suburbs.

We were seeing a young man of 29.
He lived in an apartment building that makes even an optimist depressed.
Grey, broken down, detoriated, dirty, scary.
He had one room, a small kitchen and a tiny bathroom.
But surprisingly in his apartment was a very positive and dignified atmosphere.
He had created a place for himself where he obviously felt happy and in balance.

It took a while to interview him and to come to a concluding statement why he believed to be the most beautiful.
This was not because he didn’t know or was complicating things.
It was because he wanted to be sure that the text exactly represented his opinion.
He had great concern for it and that was fabulous.
Eventually it was the following he had to say:

"I can find beauty in all experiences like in separation and reunion.
In sadness and in happiness.
To discover and enjoy and create this beauty are the only reasons for me to live".

That, fervent and loyal blog readers, is a stunning and powerful statement.
It is giving us so much hope.