Check out Joan Manuel Serrat singing this famous poem, and observe these amazing Civil War photographs from Spain. Hernández wrote the poem in a Nationalist prison, upon receiving a letter from his wife saying she and the child were living on bread and onions. Here, Maria de Medeiros sings it. Axé.
…so as to get into things. This version of Viva mi patria Bolivia, from the concert at Sing Sing, was gone from the Internet but it is back, so we will post it again. Here is the original. ¡Adentro! Bolivia is one of the very best countries. Axé.
…these were some new songs, and I think of them in spring. Axé.
So it seems that what people are eternally learning is that you do not need large blocs of time in which to do work, you just need to actually use the time you have. The claim of needing large blocs of time is a delaying technique. I agree, but with one caveat: they do not … More Postscript on Time
It is another sweltering night. Some thing is moving on this page. You who can not be the sun’s right hand or the left thumb of the goat god Pan, the sun’s blood goat Pan, you must then be love. The bad love the stars give, all glitter eyeliner. What began as a sort of … More Es otra noche sofocante
…Ignoro lo que será del enfermo esta mujer, que le besa y no puede sanarle con el beso, le mira y no puede sanarle con los ojos, le habla y no puede sanarle con el verbo. ¿Es su madre? ¿Y cómo, pues, no puede sanarle? ¿Es su amada? ¿Y cómo, pues, no puede sanarle? ¿Es … More Las ventanas se han estremecido…
If I accomplished something, it must have taken too much time. If I am planning something, I must be planning to take too much time. If I am doing something, I must be going too slowly. I feel guilty about time, or fearful. But really, the key to everything is to give yourself enough time, … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 7
Around freshman courses I feel fear, shame, guilt. This, of course, has to do with the way I have been exhorted about time spent upon them. I want to get a handle on this. Due to the exhortations I received about such courses and the fear I thus attach to them, I procrastinate on the … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 6
My failure to take enough research time has me depleted and oppressed. I have to take this time for my own reasons, not out of duty (as it is said one must) or fear (as it is also said one must). I have been told so often that it is arrogant and egotistical to do … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 5
I think a lot of people believe life is suffering and think the above kinds of attitudes are normal. I think a lot of other people believe that pointing out problems is just letting off steam. I do not agree. Neither do I relate to the truism that change is hard — which seems to … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 4
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