..
Trancaram-me na taberna do campanário panorâmico
De cima, via a cidade
Ondas de gente, pedra sobre pedra, túnicas, cimitarras, adagas, cavalos com y sem asas, prostitutas, videntes, pedintes, assaltos, brigas, zugirates, armaduras, templos, machados, nenhuma criança, fontes, riachos serpenteantes, cordas erguidas, flautas em som, gatas em cio, cantigas, urros, chamados, choros, doidos, imundos, portões y portinhas, tantos bichos muitos sem conta, mercenários, ladrões, sonhadores, em carroças, barris, carrosséis, hostes mesmerizadas, travesseiros onde jazer, infantas a engravidar, relíquias desecradas, balancés, hermafroditas protótipos, coretos fantasmas, tesouros encobertos, pergaminhos ante cataclísmicos, a pedra y os seus, y tudo em volta circundava, dia o dia todo, putas que os pariram..
estava enlaçado
..
.. de shaya2 livroII.4
“
Estavam marcados dois assentamentos telúricos no vale, que era verde. O primeiro dos dois deles era um menir alto. Um homem, apoiado nos ombros de outro, teria de elevar o braço para poder tocar o seu cimo. O segundo dos dois deles era somente uma rocha da mesma grandeza da caveira que estava poisada por cima. Estávamos em seu redor.
Nin-gishzida, En-kidu y E-u. Tentávamos perceber o que a caveira tentava comunicar com manifesto esforço. Batia as mandíbulas, a superior de encontro à inferior, com largos movimentos de expansão que lhe deslocavam a testa em tal ângulo que não se concebia como se aguentava sem tombar para trás.
“
.. de shaya2 livroII.17
“
Um habitante de Moo olhou para mim, pela carapaça, meio a espreitar, desconfiado.
¾ O que eu queria saber é se falhar todas as partes implica falhar o todo - evaporou.
¾ Bem, se falhar o todo de certa maneira falha nada - senti-me redundante y óbvio, como sou.
Ele pensou y não respondeu.
¾ O que eu quero dizer é que falhar todas as partes implica falhar nada
Ele olhou y não pensou.
¾ Você está a gozar comigo, seu fróidiano de meia tigelada y meia
¾ Ah, mas tigelada meio vazia ou vazia até meio
Ele olhou pensativo como quem não vê.
¾ Você está mesmo a gozar comigo
Venha daí, vamos tomar um copo
¾ Sempre tive dificuldade em engolir vidro
Faringe y goela sensível
Ele pensou fixamente.
¾ Os copos são de madeira - disse.
“
.. de shaya2 livroII.4
Dec 7, 2011
..charlie jade
..is a fairly unknown tv series, specially for the general public.. even among sci-fi aficionados it’s not one of the most recognized effort.. it’s visuals are works of art, in pantones, in dressing or in framing, done with limited resources and that’s why everybody ussualy works harder and happier and that’s why it works well and tastes so good..
..not very simple to follow, nor rather complex, the screenplay follows evenly along episodes that seem tame and that takes its time, just as life does.. then simple things are described in a way that can be neglected by the passing eye, but that appears as a joy of understatement to the seeing eye..
..it has a flair which grows on you and without great fuss it becomes a ride well worth to take..
..hey, maybe some material is corny, but that just adds at the knowing ambiance which nerds welcome..
..better than good enjoyability..
..is a fairly unknown tv series, specially for the general public.. even among sci-fi aficionados it’s not one of the most recognized effort.. it’s visuals are works of art, in pantones, in dressing or in framing, done with limited resources and that’s why everybody ussualy works harder and happier and that’s why it works well and tastes so good..
..not very simple to follow, nor rather complex, the screenplay follows evenly along episodes that seem tame and that takes its time, just as life does.. then simple things are described in a way that can be neglected by the passing eye, but that appears as a joy of understatement to the seeing eye..
..it has a flair which grows on you and without great fuss it becomes a ride well worth to take..
..hey, maybe some material is corny, but that just adds at the knowing ambiance which nerds welcome..
..better than good enjoyability..
Dec 3, 2011
..black cake, by hans van manen..
..when done by sublime aesthetics synchronized minds choreographers, modern dance can be the most soul uplifting form of art, be it in versatility between human body form and musicality patterns, or just plain beautiful movements that neglect the limits of the five point pentagram that enclosure the human within its skin..
..dramatic, funny, details to relish, color, form, weightless carcasses, beauty for its lovers..
..when done by sublime aesthetics synchronized minds choreographers, modern dance can be the most soul uplifting form of art, be it in versatility between human body form and musicality patterns, or just plain beautiful movements that neglect the limits of the five point pentagram that enclosure the human within its skin..
..dramatic, funny, details to relish, color, form, weightless carcasses, beauty for its lovers..
midlake – the courage of others
..an album that seems to have been written under the auspicious of hermes, so much occultist meaning it contains, although OD can´t be sure if it was a purpose or a consequence, it requires little ov mind but lots of feeling..
..just immerse yourself into this work of outstanding art..
..an album that seems to have been written under the auspicious of hermes, so much occultist meaning it contains, although OD can´t be sure if it was a purpose or a consequence, it requires little ov mind but lots of feeling..
..just immerse yourself into this work of outstanding art..
..a guide to the good life....abstract yourself from the rather lame self-help kind of title, considering that marketing issues are as part of life as anything, and you can enjoy a wonderful personal take on stoicism, a clear and inspired work on the art of stoic perception of life..
..upon experimental discovery, William reveals the fundamental of stoa in a simple and straight-forward manner and sometimes goes to lengths of describing some complex notions in simple phases (the ones not evident), which, OD thinks, imprint their meaning with ease for the ones less acquainted with the pneumas of stoa in its various periods of development..
.. for philosophy interested people, it supplies very much all the clay their require in order to apprehend the essence of stoa, for the ones who were born stoic, it will give lots of inner smiles..
Oct 25, 2011
..poppins shall probably be my favorite movie character until outing time&space sensitivity.. nobody knows who he is, no one has ever heard of its existence, few have noticed him even slightly and even if you saw ‘you can’t take it with you’ you’ll never suspect who I’m talking about.. this work has no place in this blog, apart from the personal idea that nutty black&white scenes liberates us from the shackles of calendar day reverie..
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/y/you-cant-take-it-with-you.shtml
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/y/you-cant-take-it-with-you.shtml
Oct 15, 2011
Robert A. Heinlein quotes
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help.
Of all the strange crimes that humanity has legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most amazing - with obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place.
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful, just stupid.)
One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by H.Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the sacharrine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not recieve this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there.
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything... just give him time to rationalize it.
There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.
The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.
Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.
He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings, but short words were slippery, unpredictable changing their meanings without any pattern. Or so he seemed to grok. Short human words were never like a short Martian word -- such as grok which forever meant exactly the same thing. Short human words were like trying to lift water with a knife. And this had been a very short word.
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help.
Of all the strange crimes that humanity has legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most amazing - with obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place.
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful, just stupid.)
One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by H.Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the sacharrine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not recieve this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there.
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything... just give him time to rationalize it.
There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.
The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.
Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.
He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings, but short words were slippery, unpredictable changing their meanings without any pattern. Or so he seemed to grok. Short human words were never like a short Martian word -- such as grok which forever meant exactly the same thing. Short human words were like trying to lift water with a knife. And this had been a very short word.
Aug 10, 2011
Cyril Connolly quotes.
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
"Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but the middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
"No city should be so large that a man cannot walk out of it in a morning.
"Inside every fat man, there is a thin man struggling to get out.
"We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
"Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.
"A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts forth, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts, and to second-rate friends.
"Perfect taste always implies an insolent dismissal of other people's.
" We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
"Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but the middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
"No city should be so large that a man cannot walk out of it in a morning.
"Inside every fat man, there is a thin man struggling to get out.
"We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
"Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.
"A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts forth, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts, and to second-rate friends.
"Perfect taste always implies an insolent dismissal of other people's.
" We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
Jun 23, 2011
Jun 6, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
..aaltra is indeed a somewhat different kind of movie, not exactly because is something out of this world, but probably because it is of this world in its daring cynical approach and mostly for being as left-field as a movie can measure to be.. not an easy one to get through without the right frame of mind, we guess..
..the lead characters are true scum of the earth, low-life bastards, deserving all the scorn they deserve. Don’t know if that was intended but we’ll always have this one to point out when talking about the least enjoyable anti-heroes on film ever..
..somehow, the potential is there.. the under acting is on the spot, the camera work is not proficient but adequate, the thin as paper screenplay is no problem.. however it lack momentum, some rhythm stitching the scenes unto an all, maybe a handful of equally pointless scenes to make the point/the stand of in-your-face dark humor are missing..
..OD recommends the viewing, don’t get it wrong, there are some very cool scene to make us smirk.. it’s just heartbreaking seeing something that could have been grand falling short due maybe some over confidence from the authors.. there was nothing to lose, so why not go nuts all the way, you lame tetraplegic bastards..
..the lead characters are true scum of the earth, low-life bastards, deserving all the scorn they deserve. Don’t know if that was intended but we’ll always have this one to point out when talking about the least enjoyable anti-heroes on film ever..
..somehow, the potential is there.. the under acting is on the spot, the camera work is not proficient but adequate, the thin as paper screenplay is no problem.. however it lack momentum, some rhythm stitching the scenes unto an all, maybe a handful of equally pointless scenes to make the point/the stand of in-your-face dark humor are missing..
..OD recommends the viewing, don’t get it wrong, there are some very cool scene to make us smirk.. it’s just heartbreaking seeing something that could have been grand falling short due maybe some over confidence from the authors.. there was nothing to lose, so why not go nuts all the way, you lame tetraplegic bastards..
I believe in..
..max ernst, delvaux, dali, titian, goya, leonardo, vermeer, chirico, magritte, redon, duerer, tanguy, the facteur cheval, the watts towers, boecklin, francis bacon, and all the invisible artists within the psychiatric institutions of the planet..
..the impossibility of existence, in the humour of mountains, in the absurdity of electromagnetism, in the farce of geometry, in the cruelty of arithmetic, in the murderous intent of logic..
adolescent women, in their corruption by their own leg stances, in the purity of their disheveled bodies, in the traces of their pudenda left in the bathrooms of shabby motels..
..the gentleness of the surgeon’s knife, in the limitless geometry of the cinema screen, in the hidden universe within supermarkets, in the loneliness of the sun, in the garrulousness of planets, in the repetitiveness or ourselves, in the inexistence of the universe and the boredom of the atom..
..the non-existence of the past, in the death of the future, and the infinite possibilities of the present..
.. the derangement of the senses: in rimbaud, william burroughs, huysmans, genet, celine, swift, defoe, carroll, coleridge, kafka..
..the designers of the pyramids, the empire state building, the berlin fuehrerbunker, the wake island runways..
..migraines, the boredom of afternoons, the fear of calendars, the treachery of clocks../..anxiety, psychosis and despair../..the death of the emotions and the triumph of the imagination../..in alcoholism, venereal disease, fever and exhaustion..
..all excuses, all reasons, all hallucinations, all anger, all mythologies, memories, lies, fantasies, evasions..
..my own obsessions, in the beauty of the car crash, in the peace of the submerged forest, in the excitements of the deserted holiday beach, in the elegance of automobile graveyards, in the mystery of multi-storey car parks, in the poetry of abandoned hotels..
..the beauty of all women, in the treachery of their imaginations, so close to my heart; in the junction of their disenchanted bodies with the enchanted chromium rails of supermarket counters; in their warm tolerance of my perversions..
..the death of tomorrow, in the exhaustion of time, in our search for a new time within the smiles of auto-route waitresses and the tired eyes of air-traffic controllers at out-of-season airports..
..madness, in the truth of the inexplicable, in the common sense of stones, in the lunacy of flowers, in the disease stored up for the human race by the Apollo astronauts..
..the next five minutes..
..the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen..
..I believe in nothing..
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930–19 April 2009)
..max ernst, delvaux, dali, titian, goya, leonardo, vermeer, chirico, magritte, redon, duerer, tanguy, the facteur cheval, the watts towers, boecklin, francis bacon, and all the invisible artists within the psychiatric institutions of the planet..
..the impossibility of existence, in the humour of mountains, in the absurdity of electromagnetism, in the farce of geometry, in the cruelty of arithmetic, in the murderous intent of logic..
adolescent women, in their corruption by their own leg stances, in the purity of their disheveled bodies, in the traces of their pudenda left in the bathrooms of shabby motels..
..the gentleness of the surgeon’s knife, in the limitless geometry of the cinema screen, in the hidden universe within supermarkets, in the loneliness of the sun, in the garrulousness of planets, in the repetitiveness or ourselves, in the inexistence of the universe and the boredom of the atom..
..the non-existence of the past, in the death of the future, and the infinite possibilities of the present..
.. the derangement of the senses: in rimbaud, william burroughs, huysmans, genet, celine, swift, defoe, carroll, coleridge, kafka..
..the designers of the pyramids, the empire state building, the berlin fuehrerbunker, the wake island runways..
..migraines, the boredom of afternoons, the fear of calendars, the treachery of clocks../..anxiety, psychosis and despair../..the death of the emotions and the triumph of the imagination../..in alcoholism, venereal disease, fever and exhaustion..
..all excuses, all reasons, all hallucinations, all anger, all mythologies, memories, lies, fantasies, evasions..
..my own obsessions, in the beauty of the car crash, in the peace of the submerged forest, in the excitements of the deserted holiday beach, in the elegance of automobile graveyards, in the mystery of multi-storey car parks, in the poetry of abandoned hotels..
..the beauty of all women, in the treachery of their imaginations, so close to my heart; in the junction of their disenchanted bodies with the enchanted chromium rails of supermarket counters; in their warm tolerance of my perversions..
..the death of tomorrow, in the exhaustion of time, in our search for a new time within the smiles of auto-route waitresses and the tired eyes of air-traffic controllers at out-of-season airports..
..madness, in the truth of the inexplicable, in the common sense of stones, in the lunacy of flowers, in the disease stored up for the human race by the Apollo astronauts..
..the next five minutes..
..the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen..
..I believe in nothing..
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930–19 April 2009)
Feb 18, 2011
Feb 17, 2011
..apart from being the first feature crappy written by f. coppola, before he knew that there is no clear light under the surface of a pond , a phenomena even less common during nighttime, dementia 13 is as B as anyone like us could wish for.. making little, if even an ounce of, sense, it favorers all the great flaws of corman low-budget production, plot holes big enough so you don’t miss them, unexplained or senseless character behavior, free interpretation of continuity notions, extended tiresome scenes and of course, some cool camera angles..
..seconded by jack hill, this flick happens to give people the weird idea that a good director has always something brewing within him. I’ve read several strange notions about this movie, like “psycho-thriller”, “memorable shocking little sequences”, “surprisingly effective knockoff with unique qualities”, “a little gem of gothic horror”, “gothic atmosphere is suitably potent”, “a unique commodity”, “atmospheric shocker”
..ludicrous claims, they are! don’t let them fool you and fear not. we assure you that you can watch this expecting a bad movie as bad as they come, as any other from his brethren..
.enjoyability? no more than 2/4 if you’re a law abiding citizen, 3/4 if you’re a delusional coppola’s fan, 4/4 if you just fancy having fun at his expense..
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.."..- what exactly is he screaming at?
Existence. He’s realized there is no God and mankind is free. Whatever free means."..
JGB, Kingdom Come
..[“I didn’t see exhibitions of Francis Bacon, Max Ernst, Magritte and Dalí as displays of paintings,” he wrote. “I saw them as among the most radical statements of human imagination ever made, on a par with radical discoveries in neuroscience or nuclear physics.”]..
.."..- what exactly is he screaming at?
Existence. He’s realized there is no God and mankind is free. Whatever free means."..
JGB, Kingdom Come
..[“I didn’t see exhibitions of Francis Bacon, Max Ernst, Magritte and Dalí as displays of paintings,” he wrote. “I saw them as among the most radical statements of human imagination ever made, on a par with radical discoveries in neuroscience or nuclear physics.”]..
“What could possibly get a neurobiologist with no formal training in philosophy beyond a few introductory lectures, to publicly voice his opinion on free will? Even worse, why use empirical, neurobiological evidence mainly from invertebrates to make the case? Surely, the lowly worm, snail or fly cannot even be close to something as philosophical as free will? The main reason is this neurobiologist’s opinion that free will is a biological trait and not a metaphysical entity. ‘Free will is a biological property, not a gift or a mystery’. Today, neurobiology has accumulated sufficient evidence that we can move on from speculating about the existence of free will towards 
plausible models of how brains have implemented it.” “… it appears that if neurobiologists feel compelled to write about free will, they do so only to declare that it is an illusion. Of course, all of these neurobiologists are correct in that free will as a metaphysical entity indeed most probably is an illusion.”
“I no longer agree that 'free will' is (like 'life' and 'love') one of those culturally useful notions that become meaningless when we try to make them 'scientific'. The scientific understanding of common concepts enrich our lives, they do not impoverish them, as some have argued.” “Initially, we thought atoms were indivisible. Today we do not know how far we can divide matter. Initially, we thought species were groups of organisms that could be distinguished from each other by anatomical traits. Today, biologists use a wide variety of species definitions. Initially, we thought free will was a metaphysical entity. Today, I am joining a growing list of colleagues who are suggesting it is a quantitative, biological trait, a natural product of physical laws and biological evolution, a function of brains, maybe their most important one.”
Bjorn Brembs
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/14/rspb.2010.2325.full.pdf+html
plausible models of how brains have implemented it.” “… it appears that if neurobiologists feel compelled to write about free will, they do so only to declare that it is an illusion. Of course, all of these neurobiologists are correct in that free will as a metaphysical entity indeed most probably is an illusion.”“I no longer agree that 'free will' is (like 'life' and 'love') one of those culturally useful notions that become meaningless when we try to make them 'scientific'. The scientific understanding of common concepts enrich our lives, they do not impoverish them, as some have argued.” “Initially, we thought atoms were indivisible. Today we do not know how far we can divide matter. Initially, we thought species were groups of organisms that could be distinguished from each other by anatomical traits. Today, biologists use a wide variety of species definitions. Initially, we thought free will was a metaphysical entity. Today, I am joining a growing list of colleagues who are suggesting it is a quantitative, biological trait, a natural product of physical laws and biological evolution, a function of brains, maybe their most important one.”
Bjorn Brembs
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/14/rspb.2010.2325.full.pdf+html
Feb 8, 2011
..probably the best account i’ve encountered to state what makes this superb anime series one of OD favourites is “the coolest thing about Boogiepop Phantom is that it’s just really fucked up.”
..between dream or reality or dream and reality and dreamed reality or real dream, time goes back and forth exemplifying that that is no linearity in it and the scheme of things seem to happen all in the same passing instant..
..names and faces are not important, angles are disorientating, focus is a hindsight, soundtrack is inconsistent, atmosphere is huge, the direction is genius.. an existencial angst animation medicinal bottle..
..even the principal characters are merely a whispers that conveys words that make no sense, for you are out of context. you feel as ignorant about what’s happening as you do every time you face some new circumstance..
..graphics are eerie, music is sound for emotional effect, narration demands attention.. there’s no mystery, only clues.. no reasons, just events.. no purpose, but consequence.. time all over or not, limited space, arthouse for the broadminded..
..Hannah Arendt quotes..
action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless
by its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. from beauty no road leads to reality.
death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject
economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence
forgiveness is the key to action and freedom
in order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism
it is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country
man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity
no cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny
nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses
only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core
only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. the masses have to be won by propaganda
power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance
promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible
revolutionaries do not make revolutions. the revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up
the chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error
the earth is the very quintessence of the human condition
the more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution
he most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution
the Third World is not a reality but an ideology
the trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide
the ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it
total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise
under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think
where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing
wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being
storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it
the sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil
there are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous
this is the precept by which I have lived: prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes
few girls are as well shaped as a good horse
Dec 28, 2010
‘luminismo’ is Ricardo Rocha’s second album and is a really piece of work.. he handles portuguese guitar in a very different way that we’re accustomed by other interpreters (albeit there’s no demeanor implied about all the other great performers)..
..the composition is free of all constrains that fado usually convey. His music is dense, sometimes even impenetrable to the casual listener, but to the hardcore music lover this is as close to a vastness of details as to hearing waves bursting into shore in all their nuances of sound..
..the edition is comprise of two cd’s . the first of studio recordings of themes from Ricardo Rocha, where we can get mesmerized by the quality of his pursue for ‘something else’, and some of his versions of themes from masters like Carlos Paredes, Artur Paredes and Pedro Caldeira Cabral. The second was recorded live at Olga Cadaval, Sintra, and displays piano composition by Rocha, played with feeling by Ingeborg Baldaszti..
..not an easy listening, it build on the tension of complexity, unexpected hints that demands complete attention from the listener.. I’ll go to say that it treats the listener as an intelligent being capable of apprehend all that is going on using a single instrument, not for the sake of technicality, but using it to express higher planes of aural sensation..
..exceptional work of art..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5iZMKYYZv8
http://mbarimusica.blogspot.com/2009/12/ricardo-rocha-luminismo.html
Dec 27, 2010
menteur
..the first feature film, after fourteen shorts which mostly dwell in a mixture of horror and surreal , by Tom Geens is a clean-cut mostly hand-held shot movie that portrays despair in a very straightforward way..
..a superior take on lies and their consequences, should they be known, due to a first-class screenplay, great acting and precise standing camera scenes, this movie is crafted to a state of voyeurism devoid of guilt, a comedy with no laughter, a close portrait of us all taken to the stretch of elastic point of rupture ..
..it has the feeling Brussels conveys to me, barren and uncanny with a thick icing of curiosity about its bleak mood..
..recommended for anyone who favors the finest blends of narration vs illustration.. OD is very curious to watch Geens second feature, this time on British production..
Dec 26, 2010
..Paul Valery..
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
At times I think and at times I am.
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
Love is being stupid together.
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Politeness is organized indifference.
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Power without abuse loses its charm.
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.
The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.
War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
At times I think and at times I am.
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
Love is being stupid together.
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Politeness is organized indifference.
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Power without abuse loses its charm.
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.
The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.
War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
Dec 25, 2010
..a lot of important information coming from the climate science community this week..
Record cold is the new record hot
Cold is a by-product of heat
CO2 affects the Sun
Water vapour is not an important greenhouse gas
Increasing bear populations indicate certain extinction
If it gets any hotter, we will all freeze to death
Screw democracy, we have a planet to save
80% of the world is located in western Europe
Earthquakes are caused by CO2
The polar ice caps will be gone soon
Antarctica is melting down at -45C
Greenland is hot at -65F
Siberia is hot at -80F
..from http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/
Record cold is the new record hot
Cold is a by-product of heat
CO2 affects the Sun
Water vapour is not an important greenhouse gas
Increasing bear populations indicate certain extinction
If it gets any hotter, we will all freeze to death
Screw democracy, we have a planet to save
80% of the world is located in western Europe
Earthquakes are caused by CO2
The polar ice caps will be gone soon
Antarctica is melting down at -45C
Greenland is hot at -65F
Siberia is hot at -80F
..from http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/
Dec 24, 2010
..a friend sent me this little film to watch.. two concurrence came about, talking to him.. months ago I was standing at the exact spot of 1’40 and my friend recognize that he gave water to the black lady at rua do calhariz..
..apart from that ordinary quirk, this is what good editing is all about.. movies are “movement”.. some use it slower, some faster, and the pace of this piece is highly emotional effective..
Look Up at the Stars, Portugal! from Matthew Brown on Vimeo.
Dec 23, 2010
Dec 21, 2010
teenage zombies
..making very little sense, considering they had a story thought out, this piece of film can be quite rewarding if you’re into bad movie that are so bad that stay bad and, for one, OD is not afraid of them..
..so, not really worth to talk about even if inspiration shows up, just watch it if you like it as pointless as every other routine you perform daily..
..enjoyability 2/4 (in nerd mode) 1/4 (if not)..
..the guys from numberwatch made this, so I think it deserves to be seen.. it’s just so good fun..
..a participant in the AGW scheme that now feels that the “climate” allows him to assume certain obvious remarks about “how things work”.. also good fun..
..a simple cartoon about the everyday sense of justice that lives inside ov us all, and the petulance of the ones who think they know better, namely the kind of “socialistic” model that is erasing western Europe from the map.. funny..
Dec 20, 2010
atom age vampire
..an absurdly interesting flick that has little to do with the so call vampire, but which could have been named ‘atom age jeckyl and hyde’ to be faithful to what’s really going on..
..surprising mostly based on some long dialog scenes, it does not forget the monster touch and it succedes in a certain balance between the typical science movie beast and the suspense of a crime story atmosphere of dysfunctional love triangles..
..a low budget movie made with panache..
..enjoyability 3/4..
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