seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here
- e.e. cummings
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
- Henry David Thoreau -
Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance since 2003
30.4.08
Class-mates
Bob Briggs went in for Government,
And helps to run the State;
Some day they say he'll represent
His party in debate:
But with punk politics his job,
I do not envy Bob.
Jim Jones went in for writing books,
Best sellers were his aim;
He's ten years younger than he looks,
And licks the heels of Fame:
Though shop-girls make a fuss of him
I do not envy Jim.
Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold,
And grovelled in the dirt;
He, too, looks prematurely old,
His gastric ulcers hurt:
Although he has a heap of dough.
I do not envy Joe.
I've neither fame nor power nor wealth,
I fish and hunt for food;
But I have heaps of rugged health,
And life seems mighty good.
So when my class-mates come to spend
A week-end in my shack,
With lake and wood at journey's end
--They envy Jack.
- Robert Service
Bob Briggs went in for Government,
And helps to run the State;
Some day they say he'll represent
His party in debate:
But with punk politics his job,
I do not envy Bob.
Jim Jones went in for writing books,
Best sellers were his aim;
He's ten years younger than he looks,
And licks the heels of Fame:
Though shop-girls make a fuss of him
I do not envy Jim.
Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold,
And grovelled in the dirt;
He, too, looks prematurely old,
His gastric ulcers hurt:
Although he has a heap of dough.
I do not envy Joe.
I've neither fame nor power nor wealth,
I fish and hunt for food;
But I have heaps of rugged health,
And life seems mighty good.
So when my class-mates come to spend
A week-end in my shack,
With lake and wood at journey's end
--They envy Jack.
- Robert Service
28.4.08
if everything happens that can't be done
(and anything's righter
than books
could plan)
the stupidest teacher will almost guess
(with a run
skip
around we go yes)
there's nothing as something as one
one hasn't a why or because or although
(and buds know better
than books
don't grow)
one's anything old being everything new
(with a what
which
around we go who)
one's everyanything so
so world is a leaf is a tree is a bough
(and birds sing sweeter
than books
tell how)
so here is away and so your is a my
(with a down
up
around again fly)
forever was never till now
now i love you and you love me
(and books are shutter
than books
can be)
and deep in the high that does nothing but fall
(with a shout
each
around we go all)
there's somebody calling who's we
we're everything brighter than even the sun
(we're everything greater
than books
might mean)
we're everyanything more than believe
(with a spin
leap
alive we're alive)
we're wonderful one times one
- e.e. cummings
(and anything's righter
than books
could plan)
the stupidest teacher will almost guess
(with a run
skip
around we go yes)
there's nothing as something as one
one hasn't a why or because or although
(and buds know better
than books
don't grow)
one's anything old being everything new
(with a what
which
around we go who)
one's everyanything so
so world is a leaf is a tree is a bough
(and birds sing sweeter
than books
tell how)
so here is away and so your is a my
(with a down
up
around again fly)
forever was never till now
now i love you and you love me
(and books are shutter
than books
can be)
and deep in the high that does nothing but fall
(with a shout
each
around we go all)
there's somebody calling who's we
we're everything brighter than even the sun
(we're everything greater
than books
might mean)
we're everyanything more than believe
(with a spin
leap
alive we're alive)
we're wonderful one times one
- e.e. cummings
24.4.08
Reis glorios, verais lums e clartatz
Deus poderos, senher si a vos platz
Al meu companh siatz fizels aju da
Qu'eu non lo vi, pos la noitz fon venguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel companho, si dormetz o veillatz?
Non dormatz plus, suau vos ressidatz
Qu'en orien vei l'estela creguda
Qu'amenal jorn, qu'eu l'ai ben coneguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel dos companh, tan sui en ric sojorn
Qu'eu no volgra mais fos alba ni jorn
Car la gensor que anc nasques de maire
Tenc e abras, per qu'eu non prezi gaire
Lo fol gilos ni l'alba
- Giraut de Bornelh
(versões ouvidas: Els Trobadors / Mediaeval Babes / René Clemencic Consort)
Deus poderos, senher si a vos platz
Al meu companh siatz fizels aju da
Qu'eu non lo vi, pos la noitz fon venguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel companho, si dormetz o veillatz?
Non dormatz plus, suau vos ressidatz
Qu'en orien vei l'estela creguda
Qu'amenal jorn, qu'eu l'ai ben coneguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel dos companh, tan sui en ric sojorn
Qu'eu no volgra mais fos alba ni jorn
Car la gensor que anc nasques de maire
Tenc e abras, per qu'eu non prezi gaire
Lo fol gilos ni l'alba
- Giraut de Bornelh
(versões ouvidas: Els Trobadors / Mediaeval Babes / René Clemencic Consort)
23.4.08
My mouth blooms like a cut.
I've been wronged all year, tedious
nights, nothing but rough elbows in them
and delicate boxes of Kleenex calling crybaby
crybaby , you fool!
Before today my body was useless.
Now it's tearing at its square corners.
It's tearing old Mary's garments off, knot by knot
and see -- Now it's shot full of these electric bolts.
Zing! A resurrection!
Once it was a boat, quite wooden
and with no business, no salt water under it
and in need of some paint. It was no more
than a group of boards. But you hoisted her, rigged her.
She's been elected.
My nerves are turned on. I hear them like
musical instruments. Where there was silence
the drums, the strings are incurably playing. You did this.
Pure genius at work. Darling, the composer has stepped
into fire.
- Anne Sexton
English
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alba (plural albas)
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alba f. (plural albes)
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alba
- a weed
- an uncultivated plant
[edit] Finnish
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alba (stem alb-*)
- An alb; a long white gown worn in various Christian ceremonies by the priest or the parishioners, esp. in a confirmation by the people who are being confirmed.
[edit] Italian
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alba f. (plural albe)
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alba
- nominative feminine singular of albus
- nominative neuter plural of albus
- accusative neuter plural of albus
- vocative feminine singular of albus
- vocative neuter plural of albus
albā
- ablative feminine singular of albus
[edit] Old High German
[edit] Etymology
From a Pre-Indo-European *alb-, ‘mountain’
[edit] Noun
alba f.
[edit] Portuguese
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[edit] Adjective
alba m. (plural albas)
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[edit] Romanian
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alba
- definite feminine singular nominative form of alb.
- definite feminine singular accusative form of alb.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Adjective
alba f. (plural albas)
- feminine singular of albo
22.4.08
Porque é que, na maior parte das vezes, os homens na vida quotidiana dizem a verdade? Certamente, não porque um deus proibiu mentir. Mas sim, em primeiro lugar, porque é mais cómodo, pois a mentira exige invenção, dissimulação e memória. Por isso Swift diz: «Quem conta uma mentira raramente se apercebe do pesado fardo que toma sobre si; é que, para manter uma mentira, tem de inventar outras vinte». Em seguida, porque, em circunstâncias simples, é vantajoso dizer directamente: quero isto, fiz aquilo, e outras coisas parecidas; portanto, porque a via da obrigação e da autoridade é mais segura que a do ardil. Se uma criança, porém, tiver sido educada em circunstâncias domésticas complicadas, então maneja a mentira com a mesma naturalidade e diz, involuntariamente, sempre aquilo que corresponde ao seu interesse; um sentido da verdade, uma repugnância ante a mentira em si, são-lhe completamente estranhos e inacessíveis, e, portanto, ela mente com toda a inocência.
Friedrich Nietzsche, in 'Humano, Demasiado Humano'
15.4.08
Nariz: óleos ligeiros, abertura para encostas com musgo e ramos secos.
Prova: assalto camuflado que ao fim de 8 segundos (sim, estou a escrever enquanto o provo) se desfaz em folhas de chá, tabaco e demais evergreens. Na garganta demarca terra batida com rochas metamórficas e maresia suave, escondida.
Final: não muito longo, intenso de madeira (nogueira) velha a evanescer com sensação de traineiras acostadas no molhe.
Prova realizada sem água. Amanhã, com três gotas, e depois com um dedo inteiro. Prevê-se um espírito que abra para tons verdes e submersos.
Depois da prova já temos jantar marcado :)
Prova: assalto camuflado que ao fim de 8 segundos (sim, estou a escrever enquanto o provo) se desfaz em folhas de chá, tabaco e demais evergreens. Na garganta demarca terra batida com rochas metamórficas e maresia suave, escondida.
Final: não muito longo, intenso de madeira (nogueira) velha a evanescer com sensação de traineiras acostadas no molhe.
Prova realizada sem água. Amanhã, com três gotas, e depois com um dedo inteiro. Prevê-se um espírito que abra para tons verdes e submersos.
Depois da prova já temos jantar marcado :)
(Lord Foul's Bane, Chapter 11, The Unhomed)
Foamfollower's question caught him wandering. "Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
Absently, he replied, "I was, once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
Covenant folded his arms across the gunwales and rested his chin on them. As the boat moved, Andelain opened constantly in front of him like a bud; but he ignored it, concentrated instead on the plaint of water past the prow. Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
Foamfollower's question caught him wandering. "Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
Absently, he replied, "I was, once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
Covenant folded his arms across the gunwales and rested his chin on them. As the boat moved, Andelain opened constantly in front of him like a bud; but he ignored it, concentrated instead on the plaint of water past the prow. Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
Concretizei um sonho. Estive em Glencoe, de pé, entre as montanhas e o lago, com a mulher que amo (por acréscimo a mais bela do mundo) e beijámo-nos. Dali viam-se as Três Irmãs, e mais abaixo caminhámos por entre as árvores até à Grey Mare's Tail. Em Kinlochleven, Ballachulish e de volta para Inverness. Um sonho de sempre, ao lado do meu sonho mais presente, que foi desde há vidas a outra margem do sonho. Amo-te, coisa.
Há-de haver sessão de fotos.
Vieram memórias que hão-de subsistir muito além desta inevitável senescência.
Há-de haver sessão de fotos.
Vieram memórias que hão-de subsistir muito além desta inevitável senescência.
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