a origem do mundo
gustave coubert (1866)
Em Portugal, as colunas de opinião ou assentam na ideia estrambólica de que quem escreve opinião tem de ter rasgo literário (o que explica a sobrevivência de colunistas onde o brilhantismo estilístico serve para esconder a preguiça intelectual) ou limitam-se a um conjunto de afirmações que dispensam sustentação ou, pior ainda, dependem de um par de trocadilhos combinados com uma ou duas frases de belo efeito, preferivelmente no registo engraçadinho que tem feito escola. Quando a opinião deveria partir da defesa de um argumento com base em factos, ideias ou conhecimento disponível (por exemplo académico), o que nos é oferecido em Portugal é, frequentemente, um exercício preguiçoso baseado na fulanização, em processos de intenção e na desvalorização da capacidade de raciocínio.um excelente texto, de pedro adão e silva, sobre a opinião que se publica em portugal. (e que melhor prova do que o pedro escreve do que os comentários ao post original?).
The day with its cares and perplexities is ended and the night is now upon us. The night should be a time of peace and tranquility, a time to relax and be calm. We have need of a soothing story to banish the disturbing thoughts of the day, to set at rest our troubled minds, and put at ease our ruffled spirits.And what sort of story shall we hear ? Ah, it will be a familiar story, a story that is so very, very old, and yet it is so new. It is the old, old story of love.Two lovers sat on a park bench with their bodies touching each other, holding hands in the moonlight.There was silence between them. So profound was theire love for each other, they needed no words to express it. And so they sat in silence, on a park bench, with their bodies touching, holding hands in the moonlight.Finally she spoke. "Do you love me, John ?" she asked. "You know I love you. darling," he replied. "I love you more than tongue can tell. You are the light of my life. my sun. moon and stars. You are my everything. Without you I have no reason for being."Again there was silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench, their bodies touching, holding handls in the moonlight. Once more she spoke. "How much do you love me, John ?" she asked. He answered : "How' much do I love you ? Count the stars in the sky. Measure the waters of the oceans with a teaspoon. Number the grains of sand on the sea shore. Impossible, you say. Yes and it is just as impossible for me to say how much I love you."My love for you is higher than the heavens, deeper than Hades, and broader than the earth. It has no limits, no bounds. Everything must have an ending except my love for you."There was more of silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench with their bodies touching, holding hands in the moonlight.Once more her voice was heard. "Kiss me, John" she implored. And leaning over, he pressed his lips warmly to hers in fervent osculation.
God knows how I adore life
When the wind turns on the shores lies another day
I cannot ask for more
And when the time bell blows my heart
and I have scored a better day
Well nobody made this war of mine
o silêncio, a solidão, o tempo. as canções de sandy denny são para tempos de recolhimento, contemplação. e que voz, a de sandy denny. solo.there’s a time to be talking
and a time when it’s no use.
só quando ouvi a outra canção de chris bell é que percebi - conheço isto de qualquer lado. os this mortal coil têm, afinal, versões de ambos os temas. melhorzita a de you and your sister. o original é, porém, comovente.Every night I tell myself,
I am the cosmos,
I am the wind