“‘Yo no voy a morir de enfermedad, ni de vejez, de angustia o de cansancio. Voy a morir de amor, voy a entregarme al más hondo regazo. Ya no tendré vergüenza de estas manos vacías ni de esta celda hermética que se llama Rosario. En los labios del viento he de llamarme árbol de muchos … More Sobre la muerte
My feelings about having good degrees from good schools, and about having enjoyed the schools I chose, are guilt and shame. That is because I was made to feel guilty about my studies when I was doing them, not trusted to be able to do them anyway, and shamed for having done them when I … More Question du Jour
The entire film seems to be on line; this is the last part. Axé.
Axé.
We are asked to teach online because we need money and the University of Phoenix has a corner on that market here. I might be better at teaching online than some people just because of my blogging and web design experience, and my interests in media. However, there are serious reasons not to volunteer. Some … More We Are Asked to Teach Online
ONE: The Emeritus Professor used to say you had to be from the upper classes to be an academic. I would laugh, as we are not ourselves from the upper classes, and also because whereas the Emeritus Professor worked at an institution where one could have research expenses paid, I do not; to function I … More On Class
These songs of freedom. Axé.
Apparently these are: 1. Relatedness 2. Creativity 3. Rootedness 4. A sense of identity 5. A frame of reference It seems that items 1-3 are inalienable to me, but items 4-5 can be stolen. The reason for this is not actually bad — it is that cultural flexibility that enables me to adapt, it is … More Erich Fromm on Human Needs
Z: This group is rather odd. I do not know that I can relate. Whiteman: You are not better than anyone else here, and we all have the same problem. Z: I never said I was better than anyone here, nor that we did not all have the same problem. I said it was a … More An Undiscovered Whiteman
Here is a rare interview of Víctor Jara by Nicomedes Santa Cruz, done just a few months before Jara was killed. They are both important people, and if you do not know about them it is easy to find out. I never saw Jara in person and it is not easy now to find a … More El canto del pueblo
coldhearted scientist وداد 