I never recovered from my first trip to Spain, made when I was a small child, and this was a good thing. Later I spent several months in Peru and also never recovered; this was again a good thing. Here is part of the 2007 Candelaria festival in Puno, with Los Sicuris, a traditional Aymara … More Candelaria 2007 Pasa Calle
Today the weather was lovely and I was up early and worked all day, getting a lot done. My job at its best involves drawing pictures and saying things, much like a blog, if more officially serious (although I would say that it is in fact less serious). One narrator in my unfinished novel Madrid … More More on MADRID
En el blog de Lisa, supe del escritor noruego Per Petterson, quien dice: “If you consider it, what you say has less importance in your life compared to what you think. The words you say are also outnumbered by your thoughts.” Per Petterson “I wanted to do what the good writers did, and I knew … More Per Petterson
This documentary is great, and you can understand much of it without understanding the words. Axé.
This is El Greco’s Portrait of a Cardinal. It is at the Metropolitan Museum but the largest collection of El Greco’s work outside Spain is at the National Gallery. The Counter-Reformation raged, and he painted its spirit. The cardinal in question is believed to be Fernando Niño de Guevera (1541-1609), Grand Inquisitor and, from 1601, … More Portrait of a Cardinal
By Monty Python, via Momo. Axé.
Ralph Ellison and Octavio Paz? I am not sure this would work, but it occurs to me. Read this and think about it: Ralph Ellison and alienation: It would seem an obvious pairing. After all, he won his initial acclaim for extending the most fashionable affectation of the 1950s onto black America. Yet he may … More Dissertation Topic
The maestra and her students on a flamenco-style rumba. Axé.
Here to entertain you is an English translation of the preface to my unfinished novel, Madrid. As you can see, it is an avant-garde text. DANGER! Madrid is a place in your mind, or your body, we do not know which. The encyclopedia of our historical moment is Madrid. That song you cannot get out … More Madrid
Finals week is almost over, so it is almost time to sing. Here are two songs about struggles harder than finals. The first one especially is unmissable, de ne pas manquer. Antiviolent Hip Hop This is the Rio de Janeiro band AfroReggae, about which we can learn even more in the film Favela Rising. Rosemary … More Imagine
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