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Debate | SLAM, Trap, rap e repente: o que isso tem a ver com literatura? Acauam Silveira (SP/PE - SESC) conversa com Patrícia Naia (PE), Okado do Canal (PE), Raiane Margot (PE) e João Lídio Cantador (PE)
Foto: Fran Silva/ Secult PE - Fundarpe
Le masque de l'affliction et du repentir domine Magadan. Dans cette région marquée à jamais par les goulags, ce monument, dessiné par Neizvestnyi (« Inconnu » en français), a été érigé dans les années 1990 en mémoire de ces pages noires de l'histoire.
De repente,
cuando despierto en la mañana
me acuerdo de mí,
con sigilo abro los ojos
y procedo a vestirme.
Lo primero es colocarme mi gesto
de persona decente.
En seguida me pongo las buenas
Costumbres, el amor
filial, el decoro, la moral,
la fidelidad conyugal:
para el final dejo los recuerdos.
Lavo con primor
mi cara de buena ciudadana
visto mi tan deteriorada esperanza,
me meto entre la boca las palabras,
cepillo la bondad
y me la pongo de sombrero
y en los ojos
esta mirada tan amable.
Entre el armario selecciono las ideas
que hoy quiero lucir
y sin perder más tiempo
me las meto en la cabeza.
Finalmente
me calzo los zapatos
y echo a andar: entre paso y paso
tarareo esta canción que le canto
a mi hija:
“Si a tu ventana llega
el siglo veinte
trátalo con cariño
que es mi persona”
At one of the town hall meetings being held by Pete Stark about Obama's Health Care Reform bill. I didn't get into the actual meeting due to the numbers of people there, but I took photos of the crowd gathered outside.
I wore my camera and took pictures and talked to both sides. Most people were civil, but there was a marked difference between the people against health care reform and those in favor; those in favor were generally quiet and well behaved, and those opposed were louder and much more vocal, some actively abusive to others.
Those who got into the actual meeting had very mixed feelings; those opposed came out frustrated and felt that Stark's people stifled them, telling them to sit down and be quiet and let people take turns speaking. Those in favor were saying that the opposition people had gotten there early in order to dominate those present; they were larger in numbers, they got more opportunity to speak, they were louder and much more vehement, and those in favor of reform came out of the meeting with a sense of frustration and lost hope.
De repente se sorprendió, después de observar el retrato de un desconocido, conociéndolo por casualidades increíbles de la vida. Se imaginó feliz, cogida de su mano en una playa en una tarde de invierno. Imaginó que sonreía como nunca antes lo había hecho. Se vió en su cama, contándoselo a sus amigas, ellas felices contando cosas similares. Imaginó una vida de risas y abrazos, de besos de la persona idónea en los momentos precisos, de estudios increíbles en la ESCAC, de alfombras rojas y de recuerdos felices de su infancia, de los amores de su adolescencia. Y descubrió que su corazón palpitaba a una velocidad insospechada con tan sólo unas imágenes sacadas de los sueños, de los rincones más recónditos de su extraño cerebro lleno de serrín. Se dió cuenta, también, de que por un momento se había sentido una persona. Que había sentido vida en su interior. Con las manos en la cabeza recordó que no debía abusar de la imaginación, porque solía jugarle malas pasadas, solía darle esperanza. Pero siempre volvía a caer en sus redes. Ya no podía dejarlo y cada vez augmentaban más los chutes de imaginación. Simplemente para seguir, decía. Hasta que un día jamás despertó.
La encontraron en su cama, sonriéndole a nadie, mirando a un invisible con la mirada brillante y vacía.
Fr. Glen, the priest and pastor said "Repent and believe in the gospel," as he smudged the ashes upon my forehead in the sign of a cross with his thumb.
Many professing Christians believe they are safely on their way to heaven because they have prayed a prayer, been baptized, joined a church, built friendships at church, learned the “church-talk,” or enjoyed church fellowship activities. However, Jesus Christ Himself said that many would be shocked and horrified on the Day of Judgment when they are told, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” (Matthew 7.21-23). They said they followed the Lord, but they were just pretending!
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? [Luke 6.46]
Jesus said that “by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7.16-20). A true follower of Christ, a Christian, will have a life that bears visible evidence that Jesus is truly his Lord.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words… [John 14.23]
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. [Romans 6.22]
The Bible states clearly and repeatedly that salvation from sin and sin’s penalty (suffering the wrath of God in hell) is graciously given to those who have repented (turned from sin and self) and placed their complete faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ (turning to Christ, to trust and follow Him). That conversion from sin and self, to the Lord will bear genuine, lasting, and visible fruit:
Fruit of Repentance: Turning from sin (Mat 3.8; 2Tim 2.19)
Fruit of Knowledge: A desire to learn Scripture (2Tim 3.15-4.5)
Fruit of Good Works: Obedience to Scripture (John 14.15, 21, 23; Col 1.10)
Fruit of Holiness: Growing in Christ-likeness (Rom 6.22; Gal 5.22-24)
Fruit of Evangelism: An urgency to see others saved (Rom 10.13-17; 2Cor 5.15-20)
The good news of the Gospel is that, even though God is angry with the wicked every day because of their sins against Him (Psalm 7.11), He does not want any to perish and suffer His righteous and just wrath in Hell (2Peter 3.9). God wants all sinners to be saved, and to this end Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for all, and then rose from the dead defeating death and proving He is God. But Jesus said, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13.3). You must turn from sin and self! And you must turn to the Lord Jesus Christ in faith and trust, because there is no salvation outside of Him (Acts 4.12; 16.30-31)!
Nothing is more important than your eternal destiny. Please examine yourself to see if you are in the faith (2Corinthians 13.5), or if you, like so many others, are just pretending.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? [2Corinthians 13.5]
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. [Matthew 7.13-14]
Y si de repente al levantar la mirada me estrello al espejo
y me encuentro
demasiado humana
amordazada
vencida y convencida
Recordaré que yo no soy esa,
yo no hinqué las rodillas ante nada.
Me haré pues una armadura
de sinuoso pez (como Tell con la luz verde)
con algo de animal mitológico -fénix, tal vez-
y mucho de madre monte
Si no es suficiente, y la mirada se me vuelve
juzgante patética
piedra blanca
bandera tricolor
Acudiré a la música, que siempre acude a mí.
En cadenciosa danza derribaré la vacua materialidad
la punzante fragilidad
que conlleva ser/sentirse
demasiado mortal.
Basta levantar los talones y respirar profundo
Basta, pues, empezar
a
s o ñ a r .
"Por eso cuando los hombres y mujeres verdaderos dicen vamos a soñar quieren decir vamos a luchar"
San Francisco. He was out by the Powell Street cable car turntable with this sign most days for over 20 years. Haven't seen him for some time though. Tough sell ....
Y de repente todo es frustrante.
Y de repente todo se frena.
Y de repente ves que gente que te rodea está mal y eso te hace sentir peor.
Y de repente sientes impotencia, vulnerabilidad, que todo lo bueno se escapa y no eres capaz de girarte y agarrarlo...
De repente todo sucede... Siempre de repente.
Y también de repente lo pagas con quien menos lo merece... No sé si lo leerás pero... Siento esa contestación.
"Make me good God, but not yet".....
---Nurse Jackie's prayer
Original quote attributed to St. Augustine (pre-conversion): "Lord, make me patient - right now. And Lord, make me chaste - but not tonight."
I grew up a Seventh Day Adventist. It's basically like being Jewish without the spiffy caps, and Jesus is part of the picture. The Catholic church, somehow, is the Antichrist. Anyway. My memories of (private) school and church are of being judged and guilted into compliance, being constantly reminded of the sinful world we live in, and of our shortcomings. The first time I was allowed to skip church was one of the most blissful days of my young life. Going to church was awful, because during those few miserable hours I wasn't allowed to think what I wanted to think, do what I wanted to do or be who I wanted to be.
Flash forward to the 32-year-old guy you see before you. I'm not a fan of religion... not a single bit, but I do believe that I have more tolerance for the religious, or as they like to refer to themselves, "the faithful", than they have for me or anyone else. Preventing gay marriage?! Come on, what do you care? "Judge not lest ye be judged", however it goes, doesn't seem to come into play very often. I really wish that we could all just view each other as human beings coexisting (no reference to the obnoxious bumper sticker) in a chaotic universe doing whatever we need to get through. "To each their own" is my favorite.
Anyway... I receive rosary beads from my mom (she was raised Catholic) along with a few other things. They both fascinate me and creep me out. The cross has the same effect... I'm much more attracted to all things Buddhist... but I wanted to make use of it somehow. So here it is.
Day 247 - I was at Repent Bar tonight shooting some heavy metal bands from the DC area - Admiral Browning and Ol Scratch. This was between sets at the bar... had to sit the camera down and grab a cold one.
I am not the only one watching. Some kids in puffa jackets hang around, grinning. At the preacher? At the yuppies? At Lady Vervaine? I'm not quite sure. "Repent and be saved by Jesus Christ," the preacher tells me, as I go down on my knees before him, hoping to find my own kind of salvation through the lens.