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segunda-feira, junho 22, 2009

The master's teachings 

A guilty conscious is heavy to bear. Don't get one.

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sábado, junho 20, 2009

Staccato unhappiness 

"Staccato [...] can now describe anything — not just sounds — made, done, or happening in an abrupt or disjointed way".

Talvez possa descrever a nossa (in)felicidade?

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quarta-feira, junho 17, 2009

Guilt complex 

Estava ontem a conversar com alguém que passou 3 meses em África, por entre voluntariado e férias. E assim perdeu muitas - se não todas - as ilusões sobre a ajuda ao desenvolvimento.

Eu, ouvindo, e chorando e rindo, pensei como essa ajuda é também a dispendiosa forma dos ocidentais fazerem a sua psicoterapia da culpa.

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segunda-feira, junho 15, 2009

My 

Suggestion for a tattoo:

"nothing permanent".

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domingo, junho 14, 2009

Youth 

"Um era um homem e o outro era mais... ou menos do que um homem. Seja como for, ambos já morreram, e a senhora Beard morreu, e a juventude, a pujança, o carácter, os pensamentos, as façanhas, a ingenuidade... tudo morre, faça-se o que se fizer".

Joseph Conrad, Juventude

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quarta-feira, junho 10, 2009

Rock stars 

We should give it to them

They are sharp;

in their 20s, they manage to come up with lyrics that capture and communicate the substance of what is in and around us (discard the "baby, I love you" babble); they write verses (even if they just happen to casually stumble upon them *) carrying insights that most of us mortals may not discover by the time we have kids their age;

And they are brave;

they dare to try to get it, and the girls with it, by playing, by giving it time, against ridicule, laziness and boredom of not knowing any better.

(*) interesting (old timer ?) prejudice here?

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The good old times 

Chris Cornell and friends

They were really professional, they carried the house (a small one, a true privilege);

even if his singing can be a bit theatrical at times - well, most of the times, really - but, oh well, he's a rock start, right ?

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segunda-feira, junho 08, 2009

Cenas 

Não sei que expectativas irrealistas contruí, ou como fui fazendo as escolhas que fiz, ou que raio aconteceu à margem da minha intervenção;

e não sei como algo por entre isto poderá mudar no futuro.

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domingo, junho 07, 2009

Coca-cola 

Sobre o tema do holocausto nuclear

Dr Strange Love / On the beach

E em ambos, a soda tem um papel interessante, ora a libertar as moedas para que se possa telefonar para o Presidente, ora a manter a esperança - infundada - na vida para além da guerra.

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Tóquio, França 

Ao pé do Palais de Tokyo, logo ali ao lado

Gromaire, Fautrier

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Mais justos 

Les justes
Camus

vendredi5juin
athénée.théâtre Louis-Jouvet

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terça-feira, junho 02, 2009

Pleasure, involvement, meaning 

"Dr. Martin Seligman, a University of Pennsylvania research psychologist, [...] has boiled down true happiness to three components: pleasure (things that feel good), involvement (being immersed in things like family, work, and hobbies), and meaning (using personal strengths to serve a larger end).

Of the three, Seligman says, pleasure (the one most closely linked to material gain) is the least consequential, a finding that has been reaffirmed in numerous follow-up studies worldwide.

For example, studies by Dr. Ruut Veenhoven, a sociologist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, show that the extremely poor - those earning less than $10,000 a year - may be rendered unhappy by the relentless stress of poverty. Yet [...] After a certain level of income, typically enough to meet basic expenses, money ceases to be a factor".

www.huffingtonpost.com

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