miércoles, 30 de mayo de 2007

The Open World

I rattled along from village to village, from town to town, in a hay cart or on a rickety bus—private cars were a rarity, and even a bicycle wasn’t easy to come by. My route sometimes took me to a village along the border. But it happened infrequently, for the closer one got to the border the emptier the land became, and the fewer people one encountered. The emptiness only increased the mystery of those regions, a mystery that attracted and fascinated me. I wondered what one might experience upon crossing the border. What would one feel? What would one think? Would it be a moment of great emotion, agitation, tension? What was it like, on the other side? It would, of course, be … different. But what did “different” mean? What did the other side look like? Did it resemble anything I knew? Was it inconceivable, unimaginable? My greatest desire, which gave me no peace, which tormented and tantalized me, was actually quite modest: I wanted only one thing—to cross the border. To cross it and then to come right back—that would be entirely sufficient, would satisfy my inexplicable yet acute hunger.



http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/05/070205fa_fact_kapuscinski

Spätwerk



martes, 29 de mayo de 2007

Go With The Flow


It’s hard to hate this film even with its flaws, as DiCillo’s passion for indie film shows through. A kicking soundtrack, flowing cinematography and a cast that appeared to have fun with their roles make this worth investing a short 106 minutes


viernes, 25 de mayo de 2007

Rosell Rosell Rosell ...



miércoles, 23 de mayo de 2007

Table Manners

Table Manner
-When having a meal with the elderly, wait for the elders to hold their spoon first.
-Do not hold the spoon and chopsticks together in one hand. When using chopsticks, the spoon is rested on the table. Spoon and chopsticks are not rested on any bowl or dish. Do not hold the rice bowl or soup bowl in the hand.
-At first, taste soup or kimchi juice, and then try rice or other dishes. Use spoon for rice and foods with liquid such as kimchi, stew, or soup; use chopsticks for other foods.
-Do not make noises while eating and using spoon or chopsticks.
-Do not rummage rice or side dishes with spoon, and do not pick out what you don't like or shake off seasonings.
-Do not leave any trace of foods on spoon while eating. Pour sungnyung (boiled water in the rice cooker or scorched-rice tea) into the rice bowl, and drink it at the end.
-Use individual plate for foods served for a crowd, and also for sauces such as soy & vinegar sauce or sweet & sour hot pepper soybean paste.
-During a meal, uneatable parts such as bones or fish bones are quietly discarded by wrapping them in a paper. Do not put them on the table or floor.
-When coughing or sneezing during a meal, cover the mouth with hand or napkin.
-Try to keep pace with others by eating not too fast or too slow. When having a meal with the elderly, wait for them to put the spoon and chopsticks on the table at the end of the meal.
-After a meal, put spoon and chopsticks on the spot where they were placed first and put used napkins on the table as it is.
-When using a toothpick, cover mouth with hand.



El Mito Tragico del Angelus de Millet ...

Según el mismo Dalí el método paranoico-crítico se trata de "...un método espontáneo de conocimiento irracional basado en la objetivación sistemática de asociaciones e interpretaciones delirantes..."

Dalí pensaba que había algo escondido en la tela debido a un sentimiento de angustia presente. También creía que el tema no era sólo el ánimo reverente de la oración si no que además había una represión de tipo sexual. En 1963, una radiografía reveló que Millet había pintado entre los campesinos que rezaban, el ataúd de un niño. Esta parte fue sobre pintada por el artista para hacer más vendible el cuadro. Simplemente la imaginación, la sensibilidad y la inteligencia que tuvo Salvador Dalí, parecen no tener límites.

http://www.3d-dali.com/


martes, 22 de mayo de 2007

The Most Dangerous Game ...

NEWSWEEK: The Zodiac case still inspires a cottage industry, with books, films, Web sites, T shirts and a whole subculture of amateur detectives. Why is this still going on 40 years after the murders?
Robert Graysmith: I don’t think it’s good writing, a dashing detective or whatever. It’s the bizarre costume and the cryptograms. It has been called the most cerebral murder case of all time. You have to take the human anguish, the human loss out of the equation to solve this, you could not deal with it. You have to look at the ciphers and the odd costume. You realize there are still cryptograms that haven’t been broken, such as “My name is …” or a map, “This is where to find me.” Anybody with any sort of curiosity wants to know the entire story. The only thing we had comparable to this back in 1969 was Jack the Ripper, and there are about a hundred books [about that case,] and they all have a different ending.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17423350/site/newsweek/


domingo, 20 de mayo de 2007