Hitler said ” Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” to counter the argument that it would be impossible to “get away” with wiping out the Jews. That´s what pushing a genocide under the rug will do; beget another one.
Year: 2011
Catfish and The Social Network: No ode to Facebook
There´s no more reality on Facebook than on the Hollywood-style broadcast of the Irak war.
A beautiful voice (to Roger Ebert)
Though I knew little about Ebert and had never seen him, in my mind, he was not necessarily a “nice” man, more like a Neptune with his trident, letting films pass in front of him, and decreeing which ones would live and which ones would be sentenced to death.
Cherchez la muse
I have a friend who is obsessed with muses. She keeps saying, jokingly, “what did she have that I don´t?” referring to women like Gala, who inspired Paul Éluard, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí alike.
Through inside passage – Cruising Alaska
This land of low clouds
and scattered islands
REALENGO, Rio de Janeiro
No, this is not a post about how wonderful it is to travel round the world. It is about the death of children, the most unnatural of all unnatural things upon our ailing Earth.
DOMINICA, Through the windows of Jean Rhys
The only thing that this little Caribbean island, not to be confused with the Dominican Republic, is known for is because the famous writer Jean Rhys once lived there.
Japan, nuclear tsunamis and what is wrong with “progress”
Recently, Kenzaburo Oe wrote an article about how intrinsically disrespectful of the memory of the nuclear bomb’s victims it was for Japan to keep developing nuclear power
Madrid: Art, flamenco & beautiful gardens
Looking for a favorite painting at Prado Museum and falling in love with Madrid, the Retiro gardens, the nightlife and the flamenco spirit.
RAUL at Punta del Este Film Festival; cinema & pastoral bliss
When my friend Sergio, who was organizing the Fest told me that our preview was going to be shown at Fundacion Atchugarry, I didn’t think much of it. I had never heard of the place, though the prospect of it being en route to beautiful Jose Ignacio and in the middle of the country sounded very appealing.