In which São Paulo is a “Gallicism bellowing in the deserts of America”

25/02/2013

São Paulo! comoção da minha vida… Os meus amores são flores feitas de original… Arlequinal!… Traje de losangos… Cinza e Ouro… Luz e bruma… Forno e inverno morno… Elegâncias sutis sem escândalos, sem ciúmes… Perfumes de Paria… Arys! Bofetadas líricas no Trianon… Algodoal! São Paulo! comoção de minha vida… Galicismo a berrar nos desertos da … More In which São Paulo is a “Gallicism bellowing in the deserts of America”

Conservative modernism, and conservative modernity

24/02/2013

Here is some poetry of an actual Fascist, very circumspect. Then there is noucentisme, Eugeni d’Ors’ movement, which is really quite strange, and there had been regenerationism as well. I have just read a fairly current Spanish novel I believe to be about memory but think is about evasion. It has touches of Vargas Llosa, Borges and … More Conservative modernism, and conservative modernity

William Jenkins

23/02/2013

I have never been able to stand this man and I am so glad the Daily Reveille recommends standing up to him. “I was impressed with the commitment of everyone in the room to do what’s right for LSU,” Griffin said. “We all believe there are wonderful ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness through technology. I … More William Jenkins

Ouidad

23/02/2013

I have no middle name and was always told I could choose my own. I toyed with this as a child but in the end could not choose just one. My youngest brother, who is adopted, chose his own name in the end but made it out of pre-existing elements: his name in high school … More Ouidad

What I mean, #4

22/02/2013

“If you can think of the mind as having one hundred ergs of energy, and the average man uses fifty percent of his energy dealing with the everyday problems of the world — just general kinds of things — then he has fifty percent more to do creative kinds of things that he wants to … More What I mean, #4

Poesía y guerra

22/02/2013

The post of the day is from Clarissa and gives step by step instructions on how to deal with my ex — who actually said, when I left, that I had no right to do so since I did not have his permission. I said this to him: 1. I am not responsible for your illness, … More Poesía y guerra

Sondé miroir

22/02/2013

It is strange Occupying this name, coldhearted scientist, since it does not go with the blog concept — which was (a) an anonymization game, I was speaking from beyond the grave and beyond our culture, and (b) a project designed to enable myself to rise up in real life. All the names I have had … More Sondé miroir

On democracy in America

21/02/2013

DJ: You begin the book with a quote from Edmund Randolph, General Washington’s aide-de-camp and the country’s first Attorney General, speaking to the Constitutional Convention: “Our chief danger arises from the democratic parts of our [state] constitutions.” It should be no surprise to those well-read in American history that our founders were critics of democracy. … More On democracy in America