February 2012
16 posts
“Well, it’s unique in artistry when you compare it to sculpture or painting or...”
– Walter Murch
008 - I listen to a lot of different live performances of songs I like, even those whose bands aren’t very fond of changing or experimenting a lot during concerts. It never fails to surprise me in some way.
19 PRINCÍPIOS PARA A CRÍTICA LITERÁRIA
1. Acusar os críticos de mais de 40 anos de impressionismo, os de esquerda de sociologismo,os minuciosos de formalismo, e reclamar para si uma posição de equilíbrio.
2. Citar em alemão os livros lidos em francês, em francês os espanhóis, e nos dois casos fora de contexto.
3. Começar sempre por uma declaração de método e pela desqualificação...
“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
I feel like I’ve been wasting my time for so long I don’t even know what it is to actually profit from it.
Feeling like The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) siblings…
“Youth isn’t just about running pell-mell at the sun yelling, ‘Damn it all to...”
– Hayao Miyazaki
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
“Tenho que escolher o que detesto – ou o sonho, que a minha inteligência odeia,...”
– Fernando Pessoa
Digna de pena.
January 2012
22 posts
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control...”
– Jack Kerouac (via thesaltwaternight)
It’s that struggle to prove you’re worth and your existence in other people’s eyes that can trip us up so much of the time. It’s finally when you let go of what other people expect you to be or other people’s perceptions of you and… that you’re able to be the version of yourself that you’re supposed to be like, in God’s eyes, you know. It doesn’t matter if you’re half crazy or, you know, you’re...
“I think a big reason many girls shy away from calling themselves feminists is...”
– Tavi Gevinson, Rookie (via humbertlearns)
Everytime we say g'bye →
I die a little (siamese cats/humans symbiotic relationships)
Feeling like Paul from After Hours (1985)
“What we have to learn to do we learn by doing.”
– Aristotle
O fracasso parece nome de perfume Daqueles ocres vagabundos E ninguém está pronto a dizer: “Sou um fracassado” Aos 20 anos, estudante O pior da sala, mas o mais aplicado Depois os empregos vão mudando: “O meu patrão não tá com nada” “Esse trabalho não é pra mim” Se chega aos 30 Ainda morando em casa A criança grande do fracasso Às vezes são pessoas inteligentes...
Thom Yorke at Musique Plus (part 1) →
Despite all kinds of trouble they might end up getting people into, I love interviews. I think they capture an energy at a point of somebody’s life nothing else does it quite the same way. However, the only ones I post here are those which have changed my views regarding a matter, and this one has definitely done that. I have a roll, or something alike, of people who I admire profoundly. And...
Sighing myself into oblivion.
“Things happen in the world because of the efforts of dedicated and courageous...”
– Noam Chomsky
L: A conclusão a que eu chego é que não passa de uma questão de bom senso, que eu nunca tive...
H: E alguém tem algum?
loveyourchaos:
Fleet Foxes - It Ain’t Me Babe...
“It is no measure of mental health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick...”
– Krishnamurti
“I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...”
– Leonard Cohen
To keep me busy throughout the next couple of weeks list:
buy myself a calendar & a diary;
do something, anything, about my hair;
do something, anything, about my allergy;
get my car washed (inside and out);
go to the movies watch Ces amours-là;
invite some friends over;
learn a new recipe and cook it;
leave clothes for the seamstress to sew;
look for an apartment and a...
December 2011
42 posts
“Though we knew this day would come, still it took us by surprise.
In this town...”
– Arcade Fire, Half Light II (No Celebration)
“Life itself is a journey after all, and what matters most is not what you are...”
– The Secret Letters of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
“It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.”
– Emily Haines
“I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am...”
– Augusten Burroughs (via light-essence)
