I always like it when I can have a Mediterranean schedule as I am convinced it gives you more time in the day. Here is how I did it: 7:30 get up, drink coffee, read mail, leave 8:30 meeting, then errands 10:00 the merienda — I actually ate a whole lunch-type salad at this hour, … More Mediterranean schedule
For research yesterday I went to a talk and bought a book. Today I thought about it. An implication of 2012 and 2013 publications on plaçage, which is a myth, for my work is that Cuba’s national novel really is about the white fear of the mulata who will undermine the “restraint” required of white men … More Al cavilar…
For Burden of Dreams Les Blank was always my favorite filmmaker. My devotion intensified upon first looking into Always for Pleasure. I finally threw him over for Alejandro González Itañarriatu because of his film Biutiful. This is fortunate since Blank has died; had I not thrown him over I would have no favorite filmmaker now. Nonetheless … More Les Blank
I said I would start working normally, if minimally, today and I have. Thomas says we should be able to write a coherent paragraph of six sentences in 27 minutes. Mine has three sentences but they are very long; in English they could definitely not be that long, so I am calling them six. There … More Writing Monday
Entre los matorrales del silencio la obscuridad lame la sangre del crepúsculo . Las estrellas caídas. son pájaros muertos en el agua sin sueño del espejo y las artillerías sonoras del atlántico se apagaron, al fin, en la distancia. Sobre la arboladura del otoño. sopla un viento nocturno: es el viento de Rusia, de las … More Vrbe IV
I am an advisor in my own right now, because I am actually coaching someone. For free, like a priest serving the gods, I offer what I have. I know standard advice but I also give another view. Everyone always says I am true and my views are inspiring. I am here to conquer and thrive; … More That contrarian coach
I was out walking and came upon one of the bailes de cuna Villaverde describes taking place in Havana, but that we also have here. A grandfather in a green silk suit waved me in. Another one grabbed me to dance. I like your step was his first salida. Caribbean men. He was one of these jinetero … More Baile de cuna
I would quite like to see this book. I really should not buy books but we do not have them in the library. They have it at Rice. We can not only construct and resist Spanish modernity; we can also visualize it, and that book would also be fun to read. Axé.
Pérez Galdós has the inglesa speak Spanish like this: -¡Oooh!… usted… mi quejarme al coachman… usted reventar me for it. ♦ We have read a novella describing a trip on Madrid’s first ever public tram, which started running in 1871 and was horse drawn. The route began in the barrio of Salamanca, went down Serrano … More Englishwoman vs. Spaniard on public transportation, Madrid 1871, and more evidence of my avant-garde nature
«Não se vêem vírgulas entre as casas, o que torna tão difícil a sua leitura e as ruas tão cansativas de percorrer. A frase nas cidades é interminável». –Henri Michaux I have to find it in French. I got it here. “There are no commas between the buildings, which makes their interpretation difficult and the … More My new favorite dictum
