Ser Sociavel

Cada um será tanto mais sociável quanto mais pobre for de espírito, e, em geral, mais vulgar (o que torna o homem sociável é justamente a sua pobreza interior). Pois, no mundo, não se tem muito além da escolha entre a solidão e a vulgaridade.
Fonte: "Aforismos sobre a Sabedoria da Vida"
Autor: Schopenhauer , Arthur

The Story of Stuff

I love this video. It shows such a complex and cruel reality in such a simple way.
In fact, it's so simple to understand, that I'm amazed in how hard it is to really take action based in this
knowledge.

How tempting it is to buy something for 2€ or $2 or whatever currency you have, when we know deep inside that
the value is completely unfair and someone, somewhere had to pay it for us, in the hard way.

We really need to know, were are the things coming from, how are they done, and were do they go after we use them.

And what makes me nuts is, we all know this! Common... we do, we know we do. But why is it so difficult to make the
right choice? I'm speaking for my self here. This questions are rolling on my mind for years, and I've reduced A LOT on
my bad choices. But even so, now and then, I do the wrong choice.

Maybe that's just being human. Maybe that's just me excusing myself.

All I Need ( Radiohead )

Today I was remembered by a friend and ex teacher, Suzana, about this song and video.
I saw it once on the TV and it stayed dormant in the back of my head, and today booom,
all the lights ignited once more.

It's incredible how such a mundane gesture, that is, to buy something from someone, can have
such a huge impact ( negative or positive ) in so many lives.

In our en raised culture, were we must have so much more, and the always new and shinny, we forget that
a huge impact is being made behind the scenes.

Even food for crying out loud! Food is a subject that hurts me bad, because, it's something so basic in our existence
and we just can't seem to make right decisions on it.

Just some pointers

"More than a third of all raw materials and fossil fuels consumed in the U.S. are used in animal production. Beef production alone uses more water than is consumed in growing the nation’s entire fruit and vegetable crop."

"As Eric Schlosser noted in his best-selling book Fast Food Nation, “Americans now spend more money on fast food—$110 billion a year—than they do on higher education."

"In his book The Food Revolution, author John Robbins estimates that “you’d save more water by not eating a pound of California beef than you would by not showering for an entire year.”

"Harvard nutritionist Jean Mayer estimates that reducing meat production by just 10 percent in the U.S. would free enough grain to feed 60 million people."

The full article:
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?142

I'm at the moment trying to put a volunteer network together ( http://migos.org ) and I hope to get a group of people dedicated to social awareness programs in that area.

I've mentioned that we can also take positive impact buying things, and that's true. If we buy less, but buy products that are made taking in consideration the people instead of the profit. That can be food, cloth, or even computers. Research how stuff is done and you will make the right decision. And this just gave me an idea for my next post... The story of stuff.

Amanhã será um novo dia…

Amanhã será um novo dia…
O vento soprará na face dos mais incrédulos…
O sol brilhará sobre a mente de quem já perdeu a esperança…
O hoje será apenas uma simples lembrança remota…"

Ana Gisela, 2008

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Familia, para sempre :)

Morre Lentamente, Pablo Neruda

Morre lentamente de Pablo Neruda

Morre lentamente quem não viaja
Quem não lê,
Quem não ouve música,
Quem não encontra graça em si mesmo.

Morre lentamente,
Quem destrói seu amor próprio,
Quem não se deixa ajudar.

Morre lentamente,
Quem se transforma em escravo do hábito,
Repetindo todos os dias os mesmos trajectos,
Quem não muda de marca,
Não se arrisca a vestir uma nova cor,
Ou não conversa com quem não conhece.

Morre lentamente,
Quem evita uma paixão e seu redemoinho de emoções,
Justamente as que resgatam o brilho dos olhos,
E os corações aos tropeços.

Morre lentamente,
Quem não vira a mesa quando está infeliz,
Com o seu trabalho, ou amor,
Quem não arrisca o certo pelo incerto,
Para ir atrás de um sonho,
Quem não se permite,
Pelo menos uma vez na vida,
Fugir dos conselhos sensatos…


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Um beijinho grande para ti Sónia, que sempre
me soubeste mostrar dar uma palavra amiga quando precisei.

IF - Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

Six Feet Under

Much as been written about this television series.
In short words, I will say that i agree with the ones that say, it is a master piece.

But, once again, the purpose of this forum, isn’t to make pure reviews on the subject, but express what it made me feel. Why is it inspiring to me.

We live emerged in a chaotic cloud of noise. The world has become a place full of antagonic messages, that can cause severe blindness of what we are and what we want to be. It can make us feel confusing and frustrated with our most precious gift, our own life.

In six feet under we are confronted with situations, and characters that expose some of our darkest fears. Who am I ? What should I say or do ? What is wright and wrong? 
The oh so many crossroads of our lives.

Has time passes, decisions get harder and harder to take. Because you know that the time for going back and try another path, if at all possible, is shorter and shorter.

Seeing this beautifully written stories, gave me strength and understanding that it is OK to fell bad, fell sorry, do mistakes, ask forgiveness, and above all, get back on our feet and keep going no matter what.

Life is short, we ear so much.

But we only really understand the true meaning of that, when we know that each breath of ours can be the last.

Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen!

I just love this music and video clip. I'm sure it's not new for most of the people, but it's always good to remember.

I wish that it was easy to change our life's in that way...

The lyrics is written by Mary Schmich and was published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997, the music was a single by Baz Luhrmann.

Michael Muller

Michael Muller has an extensive body of work, ranging in a lot of themes and styles.
From portrait, to fashion, to movie posters. From monochromatic to a full hypnotic color range. He also has the boldness of drawing a $63K car to make a shot, and to dive with white sharks.



Bottom line, he does it because he loves it, and that show’s in is work.


I love to wander on his site and dwell over the images, so many that it feels I’m always finding something new.

There is a great small video on youtube were we can see is wonderful personality:

QBN Sessions Presents Michael Muller

To learn more about him, there is also a great podcast that interviews him, check it out.
http://www.studiolighting.net/lightsource-photography-podcast-e032-michael-muller/

Gregory Colbert - Ashes and Snow

Animal Copyright Launch Speech

Gregory Colbert dedicated ten years filming and photographing in a very poetic way the relation of humans and animals across places like India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Dominica, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tonga, Namibia, and Antarctica.
This work culminated on a film and a group of pictures with the name of Ashes and Snow, that is gathered on a nomadic museum that travels the world,
He is also engaged in a project , the animal copyright , that tries to make corporations pay a fee for using animals on their commercials, like any actor would charge.

I have bought one of the hand made books of this work, and I've seen the movie, and i can say that it is a soul engaging experience. I recommend to everyone that at least one time in life to have this experience.