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Jul 2, 2014Mar 10, 2017 M Blurb

“faith is a fine invention when gentlemen can see”

There are things you shouldn't have to believe in. You should simply know.

Jun 16, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M My Eye

Weekly Photo Challenge: Double

Jun 5, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M Orphans

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

Jun 2, 2014Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

forest (II)

Jun 2, 2014Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

forest (I)

May 30, 2014Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie

(I hate the word, by the way...)

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 26, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M Blurb

“então, o fim-de-semana, correu bem?”

é office speak para "atão?, tens vida que valha alguma coisa fora daqui?"

May 26, 2014Sep 9, 2016 M Blurb

15 anos depois

Às vezes compensa esperarmos pela idade/altura certa para ler certos livros.

May 23, 2014Mar 19, 2019 M Orphans

correspondências

O teu pai era assim, não perdia tempo para pôr-se em contacto com altos personagens, fosse quem fosse. Escreveu ao Papa Pio XII a falar-lhe do Subud, e ao General de Gaulle a explicar-lhe as suas teorias de geo-estratégia mundial. Provavelmente terá escrito a bastantes mais pessoas, mas não me contou. Eu, ficava todo ufano de … Continue reading correspondências

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, 2014Sep 12, 2018 M Digital, My Eye

Weekly Photo Challenge: Overexposed

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