Pen – Page 5 – Isidora Works

Jul 18, 2014Mar 22, 2018 M Best Of, English, My Pen

Isidora & destiny

Even if our destiny is written, does that mean that we should just stop acting or do you continue doing what you think is right in the moment? Jeff Pinkner My recent binge (re)watching of Fringe has brought back one of my favourite existential questions of all time: destiny vs. free will. I was in … Continue reading Isidora & destiny

Jul 16, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

europa geht durch mich

This past week, the Manic Street Preachers released the brilliant Futurology and I realized I never truly felt that sense of Europe they talk about - maybe insular eyes see it as something a lot more close-knitted than it really is. My country joined the EU four years after I was born, back when it was still the EEC. Along with … Continue reading europa geht durch mich

Jun 4, 2014Jul 17, 2018 M Blurb, Pen

04-06-89

I am merely a discarded wooden plank powerless to resist the crushing of steel still, I want to save you no matter if you’re dead or still barely breathing, breathing Liu Xiaobo, June Fourth Elegies Translated from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang Graywolf Press, 2012

Jun 3, 2014Mar 22, 2018 M Best Of, My Pen, Pen, Português

a série que me está a fazer deixar o Game of Thrones na prateleira

A fórmula não tem muito de original: Equipa all-stars composta por personagens da literatura vitoriana? Check. Sangue e sexo semi-gratuitos por todo o lado? Check. Vampiros? Check. A Eva Green a fazer de bruxa? Check, check e check. Penny Dreadful traz-nos o Dr Frankenstein e a sua criatura (ironicamente, talvez a personagem mais bela da série), o hedonista Dorian … Continue reading a série que me está a fazer deixar o Game of Thrones na prateleira

May 30, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Isidora & impatience

Found this jotted on a notebook from 2010 I had completely forgotten about. Four years later, I think impatience is just another excuse for lack of discipline. Yes, lack of speed is a challenge. The dyslexia that comes from thinking ahead of the words you're writing is a challenge. But isn't the ability to work … Continue reading Isidora & impatience

May 28, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English

Make a wiSh

Today is World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day and the official website invites everyone - whether you have been diagnosed or not - to make a wish related to MS.You can also take the opportunity to learn more about the disease and maybe demystify some preconceived notions - as well as understanding the real effects it has on all those who … Continue reading Make a wiSh

May 20, 2014Oct 9, 2016 M Blurb, Papi

projectos

A organizar outro blog no WordPress totalmente dedicado aos textos do meu pai - artigos antigos em papel, textos publicados em blogs e sites alheios, excertos dos livros que publicou.Brevemente, numa blogosfera perto de si.

May 20, 2014Mar 22, 2018 M Best Of, English, My Pen, Pen

connection

Detachment Movie Poster ©Lafar88 How are you to imagine anything if the images are always provided for you? Doublethink. To deliberately believe in lies, while knowing they're false. Examples of this in everyday life: "Oh, I need to be pretty to be happy. I need surgery to be pretty. I need to be thin, famous, … Continue reading connection

May 16, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English

revamp galore

I think this blog must be feeling like Sleeping Beauty's dress.

May 15, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Story #2: true story

This is harder than I thought.

May 14, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English

oh, canada!

Canadian music: feeding my soul since 2005.Individual praises here, here and here.It may be the cold, or the boreal forest, or the openheartedness - but I'm more in tune with their words and notes than any other on this side of the Ocean.

Apr 17, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Story #1

Easily inebriated, he fell into her.

Apr 14, 2014Mar 22, 2018 M Best Of, My Pen, Pen, Português

Obediência

Ver filmes sobre os quais só se sabe o título tem as suas vantagens. A história começa com o início de um dia de trabalho num franchise de fast food. Conhecemos a gerente, o empregado calão, a loirinha mais interessada em mudar as capas do telemóvel do que em atender clientes, e tudo filmado em … Continue reading Obediência

Apr 11, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M Pen

“Adrian Mole, c’est moi”

Sue Townsend (2 April 1946 – 10 April 2014) Adrian Mole (1982 - 2009)

Apr 9, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English

helping hand

WordPress: looking out for you & your well-being since 2003:

Apr 7, 2014Feb 12, 2019 M Digital, My Eye, Português

Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture

Domingo foi dia de ir ver paisagens nórdicas. The Prado collection of Flemish and Dutch landscapes. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga / National Museum of Ancient Art

Mar 25, 2014Feb 28, 2018 M My Pen, Pen, Português

“I’ve been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else”

Always the late bloomer, foi preciso chegar aos trintas-e para ouvir de forma obsessiva álbuns com 20 anos (1994 já foi há 20 anos...?), que gritam angústias existenciais, revolta contra políticos e psicopatas, e me fazem cantarolar na rua there ain't no black in the union jack. O belíssimo Journal, com o melhor dos dois … Continue reading “I’ve been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else”

Mar 19, 2014Feb 28, 2018 M My Pen, Português

ver a doença invisível

Numa época em que toda a gente fotografa tudo para todo o mundo ver, sabe muito bem encontrar projectos um bocadinho mais relevantes do que a actividade gastronómica do alheio - como fugir um pouco aos nossos umbigos e tentar ver uma realidade que não conhecemos. A esclerose múltipla é uma doença autoimune e degenerativa … Continue reading ver a doença invisível

Feb 7, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Pardel’s Tale (I)

Everyone went quiet for Pardel to start. Loud as they were, all pirates enjoyed a good story. He held a silent pause for dramatic purposes before beginning: 'There was once a young couple who lived near the shore. They were happily in love but the girl was as barren as the deep desert. She grew … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Pardel’s Tale (I)

Feb 6, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M My Pen, Pen

Chemical Emotions Compendium: D

D Dream distillation. image: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771

Feb 3, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M My Pen, Pen

Chemical Emotions Compendium: C

C Calcified Pain Image: Luc Beaufort, CEREGE (Univ. Aix-Marseille/CNRS)

Feb 3, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M Blurb, English, Lady of the Sea

‘Lady of the Sea’ – the illustrator returns

©Daniel Lopes

Jan 28, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, My Pencil, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Peafowl

Lord Peafowl hadn’t really meant to kill his father. Granted, he had waited impatiently for his father to die, even secretly prayed for it on occasion during mass, but he didn’t intend for the old man to die by his hands. If only he hadn’t said those things to him, shouting that he was useless, … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Peafowl

Jan 23, 2014Feb 28, 2018 M My Pen, Pen, Português

destinos

- Uma vez leram-me a sina, há muitos anos atrás - conta-me ela à luz do pequeno candeeiro que já lhe fere a vista. Abre a palma da mão em frente à cara: - "Você devia ter casado nova. Agora já não casa." Devia ter sido o João. Era tão apaixonado por mim... Eu fui … Continue reading destinos

Jan 22, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Isidora & the goblins & Ian Beck

It's the goblins! It's always the goblins. They broke my MacMini last December, constricting my online existence to: a) my not-so-smart-phone b) my no-social-networking-in-the-workplace access at work. Fair enough, little goblins: it means less distractions and I've been writing more & drawing more and even ventured into paints and canvases. But when I receive an … Continue reading Isidora & the goblins & Ian Beck