La de arena

Life (or another wild goose-chase)

«She remembered she had opened the diary at random about a year ago, and had winced at something written when she was twenty-two. The more recent entries were apt to be about moods and thoughts. Such as one she remembered quite well written at least eight years ago:

‘Isn’t it safer, even wiser, to believe that life has no meaning at all?’

She’d felt better after getting that down on paper. Such an attitude wasn’t phony armor, she thought, it was a fact that life had no meaning. One simply went on and on, worked on, and did one’s best. The joy of life was in movement, in action itself».

(Edith’s Diary, by Patricia Highsmith)

Worse than tilting at windmills...

«non fuyades, cobardes y viles criaturas,
que un solo caballero es el que os acomete»

Parte I, Cap. VIII

Waterproof memories

Some memories are as hard to remove from our minds
as the imaginary blood from Lady Macbeth's hands.

(Don't?) Play with your food!

Take this picture as a little present, as a reminder of the boundless powers of imagination. If you liked it, you'll find some more nutritious pics here and here (though I like the first link better). Bon appétit !

Silence shall avenge me

Silence. Silence renewed day after day, month after month, like a promise, like an oath. Revenge is nothing, but the fulfillment of a vow. Silence shall avenge me. His hope to see it broken shall be the means of my vengeance. His thirst for words, my dutiful friend. Silence. Silence renewed day after day, month after month, like a promise, like an oath.

Casablanca (in 30 seconds)

Casablanca

This video might verge on blasphemy, but it's an awfully bunny, err, funny remake of Casablanca. I strongly recommend the website where I found it: www.angryalien.com. Of course, you miss a lot with this version. However, their remake of Titanic is quite an improvement! And it saves a lot of time too!

Epiphany

There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it.
But not for long...

They all deserve to die.
Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why.
Because in all of the whole human race
Mrs. Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two
There's the one staying put in his proper place
And the one with his foot in the other one's face
Look at me, Mrs Lovett, look at you.

No, we all deserve to die
Even you, Mrs Lovett, even I.

It's sooo true

No comments, just a suggestion, follow this yellow brick link to find many other brilliant cartoons. This one was originally titled 'The slippery slope', he, he, he. Enjoy!

At long last

(Re)presentación

Sin ánimo de rebajar la palpitante verdad de 'Casa de Muñecas', muchas veces he pensado que lo más apasionante del argumento propuesto por Ibsen comienza justo cuando termina. La infinidad de posibilidades que el portazo de Nora inaugura, los mil interrogantes resumidos en el estruendo final y que se prolongan y multiplican a su vez en otros mil, según las vibraciones del eco, es para mí su enseñanza más valiosa. El destino de Nora suscita nuestra curiosidad porque es una imagen de la indeterminación y apertura de nuestra propia vida. Por eso quiero comenzar cada día bajo la resonancia de ese portazo fundacional, y recordar el impulso que guió a Nora Helmer: "Quiero pensar por lo pronto en educarme a mí misma". Para ir dejando constancia de este aprendizaje, abro hoy este blog*
*Originally posted on August 2006.