Federico

The soundtrack on this video is by the amazing flamenco singer Estrella Morente, and you really should listen to it. My cat was or is, no sabemos, Federico, after FGL and specifically, Libro de poemas. We will be reading most of this book on this blog in the coming weeks. Axé.

Ali Baba’s Farm

It’s a Turkish children’s song, now resung to a techno beat. It is funny. I need more lullabies for my the spirit of my departed cat — ideally Arabic or Turkish, but perhaps Indian also. Axé.

David A. Bell

It is one thing to say that universities have problems. It is another to argue, as Taylor is effectively arguing, that the universities are the problem—that the system that allegedly began with Kant (in fact it began much earlier) has reached the end of its intellectual and social usefulness, and needs to be swept away … More David A. Bell

Patio húmedo

Las arañas iban por los laureles. La casualidad se va tornando en nieve, y los años dormidos ya se atreven a clavar los telares del siempre. La Quietud hecha esfinge se ríe de la Muerte que canta melancólica en un grupo de lejanos cipreses. La yedra de las gotas tapiza las paredes empapadas de arcaicos … More Patio húmedo