quarta-feira, 3 de setembro de 2008

CHANGE


Will Barack Obama be the next president of United States of America?

While the Republican conference suffered the consequences of Gustav in New Orleans, and the main topic of attention has been the pregnancy of the 17-years-old daughter of the vice-president candidate Palin, I wonder if is there chance for McCain to win this election.

The Democratic week was simply fabulous, Obama acceptance speech inspiring and the Clinton support determinant to win the vote of those supporters of Hillary who are totally into no-voting or voting for the Republicans. I believe that we (as Latin American) must have Hope that this time the rich cousin’s house will have a cohesive and prudent administration, focused on PEOPLE.

Meanwhile I have faith…

segunda-feira, 25 de agosto de 2008

I quote...

"I feel monotony and death to be almost the same."
Charlotte Bronte
(1816-1855)

sábado, 23 de agosto de 2008

Blame on Art


I know a nice man who has the body covered with tattoos. He works as a home care support, which means that he will be dealing with old people. In his opinion his tattoos are not a problem at all, since he is very communicative and captivates people easily.

When I asked him why he did so many tattoos the answer was simple: I like art, tattoos are body art. When he said it I immediately looked one of his tattoos that, in my opinion, does not look good. I couldn’t stop thinking: is that art?

Someone may say, if something is vulgar can not be called art. Or, if something is ugly could not be called art. But who determines the parameters of what is vulgar or what is ugly? What I may infer is that certainly my tattooed friend with his bunch of valuable images of Celtic mythology is not a display of art at all.

quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2008

In between: eric clapton and me



After reading my first autobiography for pure pleasure, I found myself totally absorbed in the life of Eric Clapton. Since I was child my father was a huge fan of Eric Clapton. Sometimes he told me about his life, his problem with drugs and his son death. However, reading the book I could experiment a sensation of understanding about what his music really is. Is it pop, rock or blues, or something in between?

While I was reading Eric Clapton being so sincere about his relationships with women, drugs and alcohol I wondered about hundreds of thing in between that will no be said, that are not important, maybe, about all things we will not put in our autobiography. I guess there are a list of mistakes I won’t be an example for the future.

segunda-feira, 28 de julho de 2008

The diary issue

Some weeks ago I decided to create a diary. I prepared a notebook, not fancy, simple like me, with a dark blue paper covering it. Inside, a big word in Chinese that means “fall”. But, the problem started when I finally decided to write something. What am I suppose to write?

I started the diary trying to define what is this diary for (what is not written is forgotten) and to establish a pattern. However, I couldn’t find the real nature of a diary: is it to describe our everyday-grey life, or to focus on main happenings? Moreover, should we talk about our thoughts and impressions about the past and future (and forget the present)?

It was suppose to be easy. But it is not an easy job to write about what our inner self think or do. So, the diary is alone, waiting for me to stop pretending difficulties and to start working on my every-day-thoughts-and-lilac-life diary.

Meanwhile, I BLOG!

terça-feira, 22 de julho de 2008

A blog to be - project

My objective here is to write. It is to express what I think about art, life and experiences in general. Besides, my English is to bad, and it’s a good excuse to practise doing something I like: write. Different from my first blog, this one doesn’t have to do with people away from me, or my constant need to define de meaning of life. This blog is entirely concentrated on creating, commenting, small taking, experimenting and being more ‘me’, or more free to talk about subjects that puzzle me a lot.

Let’s see!