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578, 13.04.03

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Opportunity

A green bird darting in the night.
Will you be able to see it?
Will you be able to catch it?

Cling to Tao like a shadow.
Move without a shadow.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Laurent de la Hire

Astronomy, 1650, oil on canvas, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans

Laurent de la Hire was born February 27, 1606, in Paris, France.

Predilection

Those who follow Tao do so
From their own predilection.
There are no promises,
Yet the rewards are immeasurable.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Elihu Vedder

The Old Well, Bordighera, 1879, oil on canvas, 19 ¾ x 39 ¼ inches, Maier Museum of Art

Elihu Vedder was born on 26 February 1836, in New York, USA.

To My Sweetheart...

Muteness

The more you dwell in the spirit,
The farther you are from common ways.
If you want to speak of Tao's wonders,
Few will listen.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Jeunes filles au piano (Girls at the Piano). 1892. Oil on canvas. 45 5/8 x 35 3/8 in. (116 x 90 cm). Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France, on February 25th, 1841.

Division

Problems cannot be
Resolved at once.
Slowly untie knots
Divide to conquer.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Winslow Homer

The Gulf Stream, 1899, oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.5 x 124.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Winslow Homer was born on 24 February 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts.

David Sylvian

47, today.

George Frederic Watts

After the Deluge: The Forty-First Day, 1885-6, oil on canvas, 104.2 x 177.8 cm

George Frederic Watts was born on 23 February 1817 in London, England, United Kingdom.

Adversity

A tree hemmed in by giants
Requires tenacity to survive.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Dois.

Un chien andalou (1929), de Luis Buñuel (nascido a 22.2.1900).

Um.

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Arthur Schopenhauer (nascido a 22.2.1788)

Guy Wiggins

Winter, New York, oil on canvas laid down on board, 12.01 x 15.75 inches [30.5 x 40 cm]

Guy Carleton Wiggins was born in Lyme, Connecticut, on the 22nd February 1883.

Imbalance

Sleepless nights.
Diet, mind, conditions
Hold the possibility of correction.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Mais quatro anos...

...a esconder o lixo debaixo do tapete.

McSocrates

Até na primeira intervenção a falta de ideias é tão grande que Sócrates decidiu copiar Paul Bremer quando disse "Ladies and Gentlemen, We got him!". Sócrates achou que lhe ficava bem começar, também, por "Amigos e camaradas... conseguimos!" . Dá-lhe um certo ar de...bolha.

Nonconformity

The world is dazzling,
I alone am dull.
Others strive for achievement,
I follow a lonely path.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Henry Wallis

The Stonebreaker, 1857, oil on canvas, 25.75 x 30.98 inches / 65.4 x 78.7 cm, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Henry Wallis was born on 21 February 1830 in England.

Déja vu

Tal como previra, Pedro Santana Lopes - apesar da pesada derrota - não se demite da liderança do partido.

Eleições AR 2005

Vencedor: Jorge Sampaio.
Perdedor: Portugal.

Batatas

Entrada de 20 de Fevereiro de 1938 n'O Ofício de Viver, de Cesare Pavese:

Das coisas do espírito (arte, moralidade, dignidade, conhecimento) mastigaste bastante para te deixar na boca o gosto; depois, regressaste ao teu pão e batatas.

Quem come batatas, peida-se.+

Beauty

Lavender roses.
Incarnate fragrance,
Priestly hue of dawn,
Spirit unfolding.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Honoré Daumier

The Chess Players, c. 1863-67, oil on panel, 24.8 x 32 cm, Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

Honoré-Victorin Daumier was born in Marseille, France, on February 20, 1808.

O Teorema de Gödel

In 1931, the Czech-born mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated that within any given branch of mathematics, there would always be some propositions that couldn't be proven either true or false using the rules and axioms ... of that mathematical branch itself. You might be able to prove every conceivable statement about numbers within a system by going outside the system in order to come up with new rules and axioms, but by doing so you'll only create a larger system with its own unprovable statements. The implication is that all logical system of any complexity are, by definition, incomplete; each of them contains, at any given time, more true statements than it can possibly prove according to its own defining set of rules.

Esse teorema - ON FORMALLY UNDECIDABLE PROPOSITIONS OF PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA AND RELATED SYSTEMS - pode ser lido aqui. E, para mim, é um dos mais importantes, senão mesmo o mais importante, de toda a Matemática.

Chopin, Étude in c minor, Op.10, n.º 12

El Corrillo Café

El Corrillo Café, 05.01.03

Interaction

We make life real
By the thoughts we project.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Gabriele Münter

Breakfast of the Birds, 1934, oil on board, 18 x 21 3/4 in., National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Gabriele Münter was born on February 19 1877 in Berlin, Germany.

Death

Death is
The opposite
Of Time.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Anders Zorn

Outdoors, 1888, oil on canvas, 133 x 197,5 cm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum

Anders Zorn was born in Mora, Sweden, on February 18, 1860.

Knowledge

Life is
Beauty,
Terror,
Knowledge.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Raphaelle Peale

Orange and Book, circa 1817, oil on panel, 22.86 x 30.48 cm (9 x 12 in.), private collection

Raphaelle Peale was born in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, on the 17th February 1774.

Impermanence

Tidal windstorm
Splits trees and rocks,
Yet cannot last a day.
So much less, man's work.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Andreas Schelfhout

Winterlandschap, 66,3 x 85,8 cm, Dordrechts Museum

Andreas Schelfhout was born on 16 February 1787 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Hoje, na caixa do correio...

No envelope: SE NÃO COSTUMA VOTAR, LEIA ESTA CARTA.

A carta:

Caro(a) Amigo(a),

Não pare de ler esta carta.

Se o fizer, fará o mesmo que o Presidente da República fez a Portugal, ao interromper um conjunto de medidas que beneficiavam os portugueses e as portuguesas.

Portugal precisa do seu voto para fazer justiça.

Só com o seu voto será possível prosseguir as políticas que favorecem os que menos ganham e que exigem mais dos que mais têm e mais recebem.

Você não costuma votar, e não é por acaso.

Afastou-se pelas mesmas razões que eles nos querem afastar.

E quem são eles?

Alguns poderosos a quem interessa que tudo fique na mesma.

Incluindo a velha maneira de fazer política.

Eles acham que eu sou de fora do sistema que eles querem manter. Já pensou bem nisso?

Provavelmente nós temos algo em comum: não nos damos bem com este sistema.

Tenho defeitos como todos os sers humanos, mas conhece algum político em Portugal que eles tratem tão mal como a mim?

Também o tratam mal a si. Já somos vários.

Ajude-me a fazer-lhes frente.

Desta vez, venha votar. É um favor que lhe peço!

Por todos nós,


Pedro Santana Lopes

Organization

Pattern and creativity
Are the two poles of action.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Charles-François Daubigny

Boats on the Seacoast at Étaples, 1871, oil on wood, 13 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (34.3 x 58.1 cm)

Charles-François Daubigny, born February 15, 1817, Paris, France.

Um cinéfilo feliz

Ontem, na 2:, Éloge de L'Amour, de Jean-Luc Godard;


hoje, Saraband, de Ingmar Bergman.

Duas obras-primas.

Circulation

Spirituality begins in the loins,
Ascends up the back,
And returns to the navel.

in Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations.

Valentine Cameron Prinsep

Ayesha, 1887, oil on canvas, 902 x 698 mm, Tate Gallery, London

Valentine Cameron Prinsep was born in Calcutta on St Valentine's Day 1838.