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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Talvez possa descrever a nossa (in)felicidade?
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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Eu, ouvindo, e chorando e rindo, pensei como essa ajuda é também a dispendiosa forma dos ocidentais fazerem a sua psicoterapia da culpa.
segunda-feira, junho 15, 2009
My
Suggestion for a tattoo:
"nothing permanent".
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"nothing permanent".
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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Joseph Conrad, Juventude
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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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?
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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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 ?
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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e não sei como algo por entre isto poderá mudar no futuro.
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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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.
Tóquio, França
Ao pé do Palais de Tokyo, logo ali ao lado
Gromaire, Fautrier
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Gromaire, Fautrier
Mais justos
Les justes
Camus
vendredi5juin
athénée.théâtre Louis-Jouvet
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Camus
vendredi5juin
athénée.théâtre Louis-Jouvet
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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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
