Ya van casi tres días de temporal. Arraial do Cabo se engarza en una península que se adentra en el Atlántico, de noroeste a sureste, desde Cabo Frio, en la costa de Rio de Janeiro. Como el viento oceánico la azota constantemente, casi no llueve en la península y el clima es semiárido. Abundan dos … Continue reading Sueños de Aurora en Arraial do Cabo
Percorrer as trilhas do Pontal do Atalaia no Parque Estadual Costa do Sol e me deter nos mirantes para admirar as vistas do Atlântico, oceano cor de esmeralda e zafiro; Caminhar pelas praias de areia branca, macia e fina no Arraial do Cabo e apreciar os reflexos do sol na água clara perto da orla; … Continue reading Musement em Arraial do Cabo
Odysseus has become a pseudo-Christian, white, Anglophone man, anxious about the crumbling of the United Statesian Empire (which he equates to Civilization), in Christopher Nolan's recently released film The Odyssey. The transformation of Odysseus from a pagan adventurer, schemer, and lover into a brooding, moralizing prude, anxious about the fall of his own civilization, thoroughly … Continue reading A Pseudo-Christian Odysseus for a Late Empire
Sometimes reading takes us out "on a walk." For many years I had longed to return to the Egyptian-Lybian desert and to the hills of Tuscany by reading Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient (1992). About a month ago I was finally able to let Ondaatje's lyrical storytelling take me on that walk. I have … Continue reading The English Patient: Nationlessness and Namelessness
