"the rider #1" (nick cave / warren ellis)

(pintura de georges rouault, "qui ne se grime pas", s/d)

"
'When?' said the moon to the stars in the sky
'Soon' said the wind that followed them all

'Who?' said the cloud that started to cry
'Me' said the rider as dry as a bone

'How?' said the sun that melted the ground
and 'Why?' said the river that refused to run

and 'Where?' said the thunder without a sound
'Here' said the rider and took up his gun

'No' said the stars to the moon in the sky
'No' said the trees that started to moan

'No' said the dust that blunted its eyes
'Yes' said the rider as white as a bone

'No' said the moon that rose from his sleep
'No' said the cry of the dying sun

'No' said the planet as it started to weep
'Yes' said the rider and laid down his gun"

nick cave

"news" (r. hütter / f. schneider)

(instalação de lee holden, "we neither confirm nor deny", 2006)


"Here is the West German Broadcasting Station with the news
Fifty nuclear power stations will be built in the West German Republic
In the next ten years
Each one can supply a city of millions with power..." (1)


kraftwerk

(1) retirado do cd radio-activity (1975) dos kraftwerk. a tradução inglesa foi encontrada neste site (aqui).

cancro e sentimentos de culpa

(fotografia de andreas gursky, "hamm, bergwerk ost", 2008)


"Alguns doentes de cancro também têm fortes sentimentos de culpa. Culpam-se a si próprios, assim como muitas crianças que adoecem e julgam que a doença é um castigo por se portarem mal. Embora não seja ideal, esta atitude não é totalmente destrutiva por conduzir frequentemente a uma noção de participação mais realista no começo da doença. De facto, uma grande quantidade de investigação efectuada em pessoas que sofrerem catástrofes provou que aquelas que sentem que contribuíram para ela (mesmo que não tenham contribuído) ultrapassam mais facilmente o trauma do que as que se sentem totalmente desamparadas" (1)

bernie s. siegel


(1) SIEGEL, Bernie S. - Amor, medicina e milagres. 1ª ed. Lisboa: Sinais de Fogo, 2004. ISBN 972-8541-47-3. pg. 147.

a vontade de viver

(pintura de charles laval, "les joueurs de pétanque en bretagne", 1890)


"A longo prazo...nenhuma vontade consciente poderá jamais substituir o instinto de viver." (1)

carl jung



(1) JUNG, Carl apud SIEGEL, Bernie S. - Amor, medicina e milagres. 1ª ed. Lisboa: Sinais de Fogo, 2004. ISBN 972-8541-47-3. pg. 143.

Convite para lançamento de antónio rebordão navarro, no estoril

"dedicated follower of fashion" (ray davies)

(serigrafia de walter dahn, "sweet silver angel (g.p.)", 2006)


"They seek him here, they seek him there,
His clothes are loud, but never square.
It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

And when he does his little rounds,
'Round the boutiques of London Town,
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery.
One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes.
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

They seek him here, they seek him there,
In Regent Street and Leicester Square.
Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on,
Each one an dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
His world is built 'round discoteques and parties.
This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly.
In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
He's a dedicated follower of fashion.
He's a dedicated follower of fashion." (1)

the kinks


(1) retirado do cd dos kinks, the kink kontroversy (1965) e daqui

edmund spenser

(pintura de susan breen, "for fear of flight", 2007)


"Still as he fled, his eye was backward cast, as if his fear still followed him behind" (1)

edmund spenser

(1) SPENSER, Edmund apud PULLMAN, Philip - The Amber Spyglass. London: Scholastic Press, 2001. ISBN 0-439-99414-4. pg. 156.