Portugal

do you want to see the world?

Travelling

Kublai Kan - Caminhas sempre de cabeça virada para trás? - ou - O que vês está sempre nas tuas costas?

Tudo para que Marco Polo pudesse explicar ou imaginar que explicava ou imaginarem que explicava ou conseguir finalmente explicar a si próprio que aquilo que ele procurava era sempre algo que estava diante de si, e mesmo que se tratasse do passado era um passado que mudava à medida que ele avançava na sua viagem, porque o passado do viajante muda de acordo com o itinerário realizado.(...)

Chegando a qualquer nova cidade, o viajante reencontra o seu passado que já não sabia que tinha: a estranheza do que já não somos ou já não possuímos espera-nos ao caminho nos lugares estranhos e não possuídos.(...) Os futuros não realizados são apenas ramos do passado: ramos secos.

- Viajas para reviver o teu passado? - era agora a pergunta do Kan, que também podia ser formulada assim: viajas para achar o teu futuro? E a resposta de Marco - o algures é um espelho em negativo. O viajante reconhece o pouco que é seu, descobrindo o muito que não teve nem terá.

Kyoto 京都市

Religion is not in prayer, but in an underlying way of life.

God is not confined in a name, or in a certain way of thought, but in light.

Enlight.

Welcome to Japan.

With mind and arms wide open, alll good hearts are welcome, regardless of their beliefs.

Moving on Up,

...climbing on down. The world is a set of perfectly paired opposites, claimed Parmenides. Each one carefully fitting into self-contained preconceptions of right and wrong. good and bad. Others called it Yin and Yang. Black and White. Good and Evil. But then came those who asked if weight could be weightless and lightness unbearable. Came those who looked at all the shades of grey and the world sprawling within them. Still, in Japan, most of those haven't came around. Conditioned. tagged. pre-defined. Logical. Accepting. Abiding. And Kundera by my side still pondering on this unbearable lightness of being that here, most don't seem to understand. Because they haven't even reached the point of even posing the question. Silent acceptance. On the way to work. On the way from work. In their homes. Outside themselves. Japan is this silent sea of ever-moving unquestionability.

Waking up (in different places)

Lo svegliarsi di una città, che avvenga con la nebbia o altrimenti, per me è sempre più commovente dello spuntare del giorno in campagna. Ci sono molte più cose che tornano alla vita, ci sono molte più cose da aspettarsi quando il sole, invece di limitarsi a indorare (prima di luce oscura, poi di luce umida, infine di oro luminoso) i prati, le sporgenze degli arbusti, le palme delle mani delle foglie, moltiplica i suoi possibili effetti sulle finestre, sui muri, sui tetti [...]. Un'aurora in campagna mi fa star bene; un'aurora in città mi fa star bene e male, e perciò mi fa star meglio. Sì, perché la maggiore speranza che mi arreca possiede, come tutte le speranze, il sapore lontano e nostalgico di non essere realtà. Un mattino in campagna...

Bernardo Soares "Il Libro dell'Inquietudine"

Aishiteru 愛する

He encontrado el lugar justo donde se ponen las manos,
a la vez mayor y menor que ellas mismas.

He encontrado el lugar
donde las manos son todo lo que son
y también algo más.

Pero allí no he encontrado
algo que estaba seguro de encontrar:
otras manos esperando las mías.

Roberto Juarroz

(love in Japan is a set of rules. from white day to darker days, love is still just an english dictionary definition stated and publicized by large corporate companies. love is dangerously close to mandatory "i love you" box of excquisite chocolates and daydreamy foreing inspired cards. and obligation dawningly close to the necessity of women transpiring naif virginity. but breathing ignorance, submission and sex. And all that is left for the 30 year old ex-Lolitas is a cold bottle of water to grasp sharingly.)

Unasked for (piece of advice)

wisdom is self-reflective evitcelfer-fles

Tsukiji #05

"Return is the reconciliation with life's finitude"

Milan Kundera

Japanese mind frame (chinese wisdom)

"Some things, though right, were considered wrong
for generations. Since the value of righteousness
may be recognized after centuries,
there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation."

Koan de Zengetsu, dinastia T'ang.

Tsukiji #04

Tsukiji #03

Tsukiji #02

Tsukiji

Happy Easter

Wine Winning Wining Whyning

There's more to the countries wine sector than Madeira, Mateus and Port.

I'm not the one saying it, he is.

On the Agenda for the weekend

" Welcome home, Man of the house.

Would you like your maid to serve you some tea?

And some therapeutic care?

Please unwind and make yourself at home "

Note to Customers:

PINK : The Maids dressed in PINK offer a higher level of service, such as therapeutic care. They’ll help alleviate all the stresses of the day.

BLACK : The Maids dressed in BLACK AND WHITE specialize in cafe service.

If you require any assistance, please ask

Kaizen #04

For the next couple of days, you can find me (on display) over here

Lost in Translation

...when you come to Tokyo, you can't escape some common place clichets.

Like visiting the New York Bar at the Park Hyatt's 52th floor.

Or sometimes feeling like this:

meme

meme

A contagious information pattern that replicates by parasitically infecting human minds and altering their behavior, causing them to propagate the pattern.

An idea or information pattern is not a meme until it causes someone to replicate it, to repeat it to someone else.

All transmitted knowledge is memetic

(welcome to everyday life in Japan)

stolen from him