Tenho curtido vários reencontros, no Brasil, nos últimos meses. Há poucos dias, por exemplo, voltei a me encontrar com a poesia de Thereza Kolbe. Em 2016, numa livraria do bairro Gonzaga em Santos, encontrei um dos seus poemários, Livro do Rio (2005). Li alguns poemas na livraria, gostei deles, e levei o poemário comigo para … Continue reading Thereza Kolbe: Mensagem
For several months now, I have been keen to read, again, Henry David Thoreau's ideas about houses and homes in Walden. Now that it is summer and I have time to read in the shade while the heat blasts on, I have finally returned to reading my good ol' friend Henry. I had missed him, … Continue reading Thoreau: Economy
Se ha estrenado la película Perfect Days (2023) de Wim Wenders en mi querido Cine Magaly, en San José. La he visto dos veces: la primera, en Angelika Film Center, en el barrio de SoHo, Manhattan, y la segunda en Brooklyn Academy of Music, en Fort Greene. Estas tres salas de cine son importantes para … Continue reading Wim Wenders: Perfect Days
I am thankful when I find time to read to nurture my inner life. This semester, for sundry reasons, I have been engulfed in academic, political, and intellectual matters. It has been difficult to find time to read for nourishing the heart and cultivating the inner life that sustains all other vital affairs. I have … Continue reading Wagamese: Fortitude, Love and Longing
It is a cold, rainy morning in New York City. I have been drinking my café from Tarrazú and reading quietly. Gratitude and a tranquil joy have pervaded my days, recently, and today I am in that vibe. At dawn, I decided to return to a short, poetic reflection from Richard Wagamese's Embers that has … Continue reading Wagamese: Mountains, Prairie, Ocean
Ascendimos de nuestro valle, por las laderas del coloso, hasta el mirador del cráter en el Parque Nacional Volcán Poás. Mi mamá y yo no habíamos subido juntos desde hace unos ocho años. Esta vez nos acompañaron mi tía Zaira y nuestra lejanísima prima Isabel. Gran parte de mi sensibilidad contemplativa en la naturaleza la … Continue reading Los elementos en el cráter del Poás
Aproveché el viaje a San José para visitar, en Moravia, el Parque Los Robles. Es mi parque josefino favorito por varios motivos: el enorme árbol de fuertes y extensas raíces, ancho tronco y copa frondosa que lo abriga desde la esquina suroeste; la brisa y el frescor del ambiente; la tranquilidad; la vibra eroagápica que … Continue reading Filosofando en Moravia
A new friend has arrived to enrich my life. Richard Wagamese is speaking to me from the pages of his Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations, a poetic photobook of vital philosophy. I have welcomed his arrival at La Libélula, a sacred land in Tárcoles, Puntarenas--sacred to me, at least, and to the animate beings that are … Continue reading Wagamese: Light
Esta mañana regresé al Parque Nacional Carara en busca de una maravilla y un misterio: el cafecillo (Erythrochiton gymnanthus) en flor. Esta planta es endémica del Pacífico Central costarricense; yo solamente la he visto en el sotobosque del bosque tropical de transición (húmedo-seco) de Carara. El arbusto en sí ya es una rareza improbabilísima de … Continue reading Maravilla y misterio: Cafecillo en flor
Magnolias rosa se entregan al placer de Primavera. Jardín Botánico de Brooklyn
