o zen dos dias

"O conhecimento é o processo de acumular dados; a sabedoria consiste na sua simplificação".
Martin H. Fischer


Anna Pozarycka Photography

Proof of God?

“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC”
- Kurt Vonnegut, (1922 – 2007), from “Vonnegut’s Blues for America“

música e tirania

Self Portrait

Vivian Maier Self-Portrait

Helmut Newton Self-Portrait with wife and Models, Vogue Studio, Paris,1981

Genevieve Barnhart Self-Portrait with Raymond Barnhart

André Kertész shadow self portrait, 1927

Portugal, Lisboa self portrait by Paul Nieuwenhuysen

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Self-Portrait, 1928

Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931

Gerard P. Fieret self portrait with Inge, ca.1960

Norman Parkinson self portrait

Tony Little johns self Portrait

dias felizes

Markéta Luskacová, Children in a Playground (London)

Accidental Genius

Photographs by Miroslav Tichý

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau by Dan Budnick, 1962

borboletas de Jade

Opium Den in Chinatown, Calcutta

A little snooping in Chinatown will turn up the little opium dens stuck down an alley (not recommended without police escort). Actually, the smokers shown in this picture do it legally. Each den is licensed for so many pipes. Each pipe costs a rupee, a phial of opium five rupees. Average smoker consumes aphial a day and there are about 186 pipes licensed in Calcutta.

A memória...

A vida ama a consciência que temos dela diz René Char
(A memória não é o que recordamos, mas sim o que nos recorda) diz Octavio Paz

a memória pode-nos trair, mas a lembrança é nos sempre fiel

merece o que sonhas

Why Music Matters.

a song for love - © A. Madestra Dell

Accept all the goodness

«Life is just what happens to you,
while you're busy making other plans»

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy (1980)

Black & White Spider Awards

Black & White Spider Awards 2007
Honorable Mention
Kid, Lisbon, photo by Stephan Jouhoff - Germany

Ascenseur Pour L'Èchafaud (Lift To The Scaffold) : Original Soundtrack

MILES DAVIS
Ascenseur pour l’èchafaud - Lift to the scaffold
Paris, 4-5.12.1957
Original Soundtrack

01. Generique

02. L’Assassinat De Carala

03. Sur L’Autoroute

04. Julien Dans L’Ascenseur

05. Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees

06. Diner Au Motel

07. Evasion De Julien

08. Visite Du Vigile

09. Au Bar Du Petit Bac

10. Chez Le Photographe Du Motel


Total time 73:45

Miles Davis - trumpet - Barney Wilen - tenor saxophone - René Urtreger - piano - Pierre Michelot - bass - Kenny Clarke - drums


Audio CD (October 2, 2003)

Label: Universal 


01. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees - (take 1)
02. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees - (take 2)
03. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees - (take 3)
04. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees - (take 4)
05. Assassinat - (take 1)
06. Assassinat - (take 2)
07. Assassinat - (take 3)
08. Motel
09. Final - (take 1)
10. Final - (take 2)
11. Final - (take 3)
12. Ascenseur
13. Le Petit Bal - (take 1)
14. Le Petit Bal - (take 2)
15. Sequence Voiture - (take 1)
16. Sequence Voiture - (take 2)

17. Generique
18. L'Assassinat De Carala
19. Sur L'Autoroute
20. Julien Dans L'Ascenseur
21. Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysee
22. Diner Au Motel
23. Evasion De Julien
24. Visite Du Vigile
25. Au Bar Du Petit Bac
26. Chez Le Photographe Du Motel

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Jeanne Moreau et Miles Davis

Paris 1957

Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber - Passengers 1976

01. Sea Journey (by Chick Corea) (9:19)
02. Nacada (by Pat Metheny) (4:15)
03. The Whopper (by Pat Metheny) (5:33)
04. B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) (by Pat Metheny) (8:27)
05. Yellow Fields (by Eberhard Weber) (7:02)
06. Claude and Betty (by Steve Swallow) (6:16)

Personnel:
Gary Burton - Vibraharp Pat Metheny - Electric Guitar Steve Swallow - Bass Guitar Dan Gottlieb - Drums Eberhard Weber - Bass

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INCOMUNICÁVEL

Tinha fome de letras. Comia o “s” dos plurais, o “d” dos gerúndios, o “r” dos verbos. Insaciável, deu também para comer palavras inteiras, até se tornar incompreensível.
Não satisfeito, passou a devorar frases, orações e períodos completos.
Restaram-lhe grunhidos e interjeições. Em pouco tempo, roeu-os até a mudez total.
Agora só lhe resta devorar o silêncio.

gORj > o muro e outras páginas

AS I WAS SAYING TO THE POPE THE OTHER DAY...

"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."
-- Jan Sterling in ACE IN THE HOLE

Catherine Deneuve

Linda Darnell

Tippi Hedren

Bette Davis

Jeanne Moreau

Brigitte Bardot

Lucille Ball

Louise Brooks

Anna

os peixes morrem pelas bocas

Words

Be careful of words,

even the miraculous ones.
For the miraculous we do our best,
sometimes they swarm like insects
and leave not a sting but a kiss.
They can be as good as fingers.
They can be as trusty as the rock
you stick your bottom on.
But they can be both daisies and bruises.
Yet I am in love with words.
They are doves falling out of the ceiling.
They are six holy oranges sitting in my lap.
They are the trees, the legs of summer,
and the sun, its passionate face.
Yet often they fail me.
I have so much I want to say,
so many stories, images, proverbs, etc.
But the words aren't good enough,
the wrong ones kiss me.
Sometimes I fly like an eagle
but with the wings of a wren.
But I try to take care
and be gentle to them.
Words and eggs must be handled with care.
Once broken they are impossible
things to repair.

Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)

Venus

Venus, de Sandro Botticelli. Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie.

Venus, Nu, 1946. Fotografía de Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969)