I set out one night
When the tide was low
There were signs in the sky
But I did not know
I’d be caught in the grip
Of the undertow
Ditched on a beach
Where the sea hates to go
With a child in my arms
And a chill in my soul
And my heart the shape
Of a begging bowl

Leonard Cohen, "Undertow", from the album "Dear Heather" which will be released the ( Read more... )

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"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."
Leonard Cohen

...estamos a ficar muito cosmopolitas...

...o Arqto. Jaime Lerner (ilustre de Curitiba) dá amanhã uma conferência aqui na Universidade o_O (weird or what???) e a nossa fadista Mariza canta em Waimea ( Read more... )

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"Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude."

Miguel de Unamuno

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"True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists in its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental débcle, a débcle so ( Read more... )

...adorava conseguir perder o medo da dor por uns tempos, para finalmente conseguir fazer uma tatuagem... ando a pensar nisso há uns tempos, mas a ideia da agulha tem-me mantido sempre a uma distância razoável dos "tattoo parlours" aqui do burgo ( Read more... )