I noticed the Café Gran Premio a block from my house and thought it looked interesting. Then I went back to this tab on surrealist places in Mexico and discovered that the Café Gran Premio was one. I am not sure how this is possible since the café was only founded in 1962? But I … More L’hasard obectif

“For Arendt, the political emancipation of the bourgeoisie was the cornerstone of the modern nation-state, in which political laws were governed by the private interests of businessmen who had found it necessary to take over the apparatus of the state in order to deploy the military in their colonial ventures. It was this co-option of … More The nation-state

Starting on day 7, or the sixth full day, but with a division, as I’m counting the weekend on its own. 16- January 1, Monday. I could try for the pharmacy, item #2, today. I’m interested in the Bosque, going up on the mirador and into the castle if possible, and in a stroll to … More The next log

21 December, winter solstice. Morning: Rappi came! I think I will go to the Anthropology museum today and Coyoacán Saturday, there’s some kind of live crèche with villancicos in addition to the other things I want to do (Cineteca Nacional, Xoco). Sunday is also good for Coyoacán, although the cineteca will be closed. Evening: Actually … More The log

I always want to give it right but never have time for all the reading and all the film catch-up. I should actually take a sabbatical just for this. People take sabbaticals for course development–why not me? Axé.

And here I am saying it, so I will remember, but nobody else had better beat us to this selection. Axé.

We can start with this Sánchez Prado article when it comes out. We can see all of Guzmán with a better selection of accompanying texts. This will take some work. But it may be worth it. We’ll study the references in the films, Zurita, Neruda, Jara, etc. I won’t be intimidated by the amount of … More Seminario Guzmán

I am more interested in other questions, on the relationship between professional and amateur work, and on what we mean by terms like “radical.” On the first issue, I have wanted a law degree because those skills and that license would permit me to do work I cannot. But as we also know, professional work … More Another paragraph I am redoing

René Char, “Arthur Rimbaud,” Recherche de la base et du sommet, Œuvres complètes (Paris: Gallimard, 1983), 731: “Avec Rimbaud la poésie a cessé d’être un genre littéraire, une compétition. Avant lui, Héraclite et un peintre, Georges de La Tour, avaient construit et montré quelle Maison entre toutes devait habiter l’homme: à la fois demeure pour … More Avez-vous lu Char?