Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts

Monday, 25 July 2011

Joan Didion

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It has become quite obvious for me that the people whose style I feel drawned to are always those whose personalities I find interesting. As Jean Cocteau would put it, “style is a simple way of saying complicated things”. According to this theory, Joan Didion must be a fascinating women. It hasn't been long since I know who she is and I am already willing to read "The year of magical thinking" or any of her books, to get to know her world.


Friday, 22 July 2011

Jack London, the photographer

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You probably know Jack London for being the author of novels such as "Call of the wild", but did you know he was also a photographer? During his lifetime, he travelled the world and his adventures not only enriched his literature but also filled his camera with magical moments. He covered international conflicts like the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 and the Mexican revolution,which considering the time, can be regarded as a landmark in photojournalism.


Friday, 31 December 2010

Happy New Year (?)

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"Sabés, lo terrible de ese momento de la juventud es que en una hora oscura y sin nombre todo deja de ser serio para ceder a la sucia máscara de seriedad que hay que ponerse en la cara, y yo ahora soy el doctor fulano, y vos el ingeniero mengano, bruscamente nos hemos quedado atrás, empezamos a vernos de otro modo aunque por un tiempo persistamos en los rituales, en los juegos comunes, en las cenas de camaradería que tiran sus últimos salvavidas en medio de la dispersión y el abandono, y todo es tan horriblemente natural, Mauricio, y a algunos les duele más que a otros, los hay como vos que van pasando sus edades sin sentirlo, que encuentran normal un álbum donde uno se ve con pantalones cortos, con un sombrero de paja o el uniforme de conscripto."

Me identifico irremediablemente con este extracto de "Relato con un fondo de agua" de Julio Cortázar. Se acaba un año pésimo y comienza otro lleno de incertidumbres. El abismo se hace más grande y las opciones en lugar de sosiego, sólo aportan confusión. Echo de menos el candor y la sencillez de la inocencia, pero me regocijo en la complejidad de la edad adulta. Pura contradicción. La única solución al alcance de la mano es dejarse llevar y agarrar las oportunidades que vayan saliendo al paso aunque sólo conduzcan a la frustración.


The text above is an extract from "Relato con un fondo de agua" by Julio Cortázar. It hasn't been translated to English yet and honestly, I don't have the guts to do it. It is about getting older and I can't help but identify with it. A horrible year ends and another one starts full of uncertainities. The abyss gets bigger, while choices instead of giving peace only bring confusion. I miss the simplicity of innocence but I rejoice in the complexity of adulthood. Pure contradiction. The only way to escape is letting yourself go, grasping the opportunities whenever they show up even knowing they 'll only lead to frustration.

Friday, 30 April 2010

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

World book day

Celebrating world book day with Morrissey and Marcel Proust.



“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” Marcel Proust
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