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8_bit trip

2009-08-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Guillermo.

(Un)Allan Watts by South Park

2009-08-05T15:13:00.000-07:00

Bank's and ownership links

2009-07-31T15:07:00.000-07:00

European banking ownership links uncovered.

Our brain is plastic

2009-06-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

PLASTIC, n. and adj.

B. adj.

I. That moulds.

1. Characterized by or capable of moulding or shaping clay, wax, or other soft or formless materials.

2. Causing the growth or production of natural forms, esp. of living things; formative, procreative; creative.

3. fig. Generating or adapting non-material, aesthetic, or intellectual ideas, concepts, etc.; creative.

II. Able to be moulded.

4. a. Of non-material things and conditions: able to be moulded or modified; impressionable, pliable; susceptible to influence; fluid, flexible.

b. Of a material: that can be (easily) moulded or shaped; pliant, pliable; that readily takes a new form.

c. Biol. Relating to or exhibiting an adaptability to environmental changes; spec. relating to or exhibiting an ability to alter the neural connections of the brain as a result of experience, in the process of learning, etc.

5. a. Relating to or produced by moulding, modelling, or sculpture.

b. Relating to or involving a permanent change in shape of a material, without fracture or rupture, by the temporary application of a force.

6. Med. Capable of, exhibiting, or producing organization; forming tissue, esp. fibrous tissue.

III. Of or relating to plastic as a material.

7. a. Made of or containing plastic; of the nature of a plastic.

b. fig. Artificial, unnatural; superficial, insincere.

La invasion de los espias

2009-06-28T16:07:00.000-07:00

Un articulo de Juan Gelman sobre un programa de la CIA para financiar estudios en areas estrategicas de conocimiento.

The Wedding at Cana by Peter Greenaway

2009-06-24T10:28:00.000-07:00

Check a review in the nyt.

Years pass, ideas evaporate

2009-06-17T22:14:00.000-07:00

I have seen so many movies that I frequently don't remember the titles. Sometimes it is hard to remember the director, the actors. Sometimes different movies blend into one. Like those first Jim Jarmush movies are just one long movie.
What remains is a blurred dreamlike juxtaposition of images, sounds and personal mental states:

a)fumado
b)borracho
c)sereno(?/!)
d)enamorado
e)...

Something similar happens with books and music. Everything melts like wax and the more you access an old memory, the less accurate it becomes. Years pass, ideas evaporate.

The fog of war

2009-06-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

A documentary about Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary with JFK and Johnson during the Vietnam war. His views on war and politics during a crucial historical era adorned with music by Philip Glass. A must see as far as I am concerned; even more if for free.

HOME, a documentary.

2009-06-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

Check out a great documentary about your home, the earth.

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

2009-06-05T17:18:00.001-07:00

The lovers took an elevator to the gallows

2009-06-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

The lovers took an elevator to the gallows. miles davis was softly wispering, and he did it not once but twice. De repente un disparo y un hombre cae al suelo. Otro hombre esta encerrado en un ascensor pensando en su amante.

He feels like the freest person in France. He is rich and successful, he need not worry about tomorrow. No matter what he does or what happens, he doesn't need to worry about tomorrow. At this point, in his 30's, he's freed himself from almost everything. Morally, religiously, in practically every way.

Pero ella esta en Paris, huye del aburrimiento de una vida provinciana y de un desagradable marido. No puede ayudarle, in fact, while her lover is trapped, she is at a polo game. She is about to go to bed with a handsome spanish polo player.

Tomorrow things will be different. Both together now, she will be driving her car, followed by the police who suspects them in a murder case. De hecho, ha sido ella, so suspicions are well founded. ella se escapa, y deja a su marido y a su hijo detras. Su carrera, la de el, hubiera sido la misma en todo caso. La de ella no.
Un amor furtivo cambio su vida para siempre.

References: "The lovers", "Elevator to the gallows", Louis Malle interviews.

El barbecho es un geiser silencioso

2009-05-03T10:57:00.000-07:00

A veces no es momento de plantar ni de recolectar; ni la tierra esta preparada, ni las semillas germinaron. Es el momento del barbecho. El momento de que la lluvia penetre en lo mas hondo, humedezca un corazon acelerado y ahi se forme un vapor subterraneo que asciende lentamente desde el calor magmatico hasta la superficie y desde alli a la atmosfera exterior y el espacio estelar.

Es el momento de que los gusanos digieran la tierra pintando Pollockuadros, surcos de oxigeno y venas de nitrogeno, caminos para que la lluvia descienda hasta el magma inflamado y lo envuelva en un abrazo calmo y de regreso, evaporado, devuelva el calor a una atmosfera fria para asi renacer en medio de la primavera.

Leonard Cohen doc

2009-04-27T20:34:00.001-07:00

Overlapping sound loop

2009-04-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

This weekend was the best since I got back from Spain. I did a bit of everything and I also did nothing. So it was rather complete.
A friend was in Chicago and we got to hang out a bit. It made me feel i was home while being in the US which is a remarkably unusual feeling. It might only happen when i sleep.
So today I got to work and I heard barely any noise; that made me think that either the construction work was over or I had become some kind of minimalist composer. The latter being more likely than the former i will stop writing to focus on the overlapping sound loop, so that whatever happened will happen again.

Coming in like El Nino

2009-04-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

El Nino is spanish. It is the spanish word for child. Like all things spanish it is dangerous. It kills people and burns down trees. This is more than a child. It is a storm. A deadly storm that kills people and burns down trees.

See the rest at and have a good laugh.

The sound projector

2009-04-13T17:19:00.000-07:00

The Sound Projector is a UK radio show and magazine. They have numerous playlists available on their web ranging from folk, progresive, post-rock, jazz, minimal, electronic dub ...

A quote on their web says "It’s a music magazine so esoteric that it makes The Wire look like Smash Hits". I guess the sentence gives guidance as to what to expect.

You can even download the music to your comp. simply a mind blowing discovery.

Bankruptcy's the American way of life

2009-04-09T20:16:00.000-07:00

It is the beginning of the end. the pieces are already scattered in the floor -- she said. i thought she was totally right, but as i was coming from far it stroke me anyway. with the fog that distance creates, i did not think any friend saw the band the same way i did, but it had happened before and it will happen again. a group is like a heart expanding and contracting, like a star sequentially exploding and imploding.

LUCAS: Yeah, bankruptcy's the American way of life. Think of all the great corporations that have disappeared in our lifetime. Oh, I'm sorry.

- That's ok. No worries.

People take different directions because they are different. but there is less to lose in america. in europe everything's older so if you choose to rebuild what you end up with is really not the same. on the contrary, here everything's new so it can be destroyed no problem. or i might be a small town catholic boy with a bias towards the familiar;

-- did i say that?
-- i don't know but that's ok as well.

Amanece que no es poco

2009-04-09T18:09:00.001-07:00

Esto es un regalo del cielo para todos los mortales. Una pelicula que muestra la Espanya profunda, del pueblo, el vino tinto, el cura, el borracho, la puta, etc. en clave de un humor algo surrealista. Ese humor que a veces te parte de risa y a veces no entiendes. Con algo en comun con muchachada nui o los monty phyton.

La podeis descargar gratuitamente. Simplemente seguid los links y las instrucciones en megavideo. Si estais puro gueviando podeis aprovechar para descargar otras peliculas en castellano del mismo sitio.

Especialmente dedicado a Aniol, Arnau, Evan, Felipe, Irune, Koldo, Tomas y Willis. Much love cabrones!

On memory deletion

2009-04-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

Some time ago I posted a radio show on a scientific discovery. A chemical substance that could delete specific memories. To me, that seemed sci-fi but it was the state of affairs in neuroscience. Now, the NYT writes about this topic.

It seems that after all, a spotless mind will be an option. Or maybe not?

A couple classics at your fingerprints

2009-04-05T13:19:00.000-07:00

Check out this blog if you like rock. You will be able to download a couple classic albums. If you are into jazz, try this other one...

Que dia mas productivo, joder!

Gossip

2009-04-05T07:16:00.000-07:00

Interesting NYT article about how some schools tackle gossip in a classroom. Something like this should be implemented everywhere in light of what happens in my sister's school.

However, I think many adults would benefit from some of this too. LOL.

Buddhism and christianity

2009-04-04T06:01:00.000-07:00

A long time ago, a catholic friend and I had a discussion about buddhism and christianity, and I did my best defending the case of the intellectual debt that the latter had towards the former, but I am afraid I didn't do a great job.
For what is worth, I want to share this link because I think it highlights, at a glance, the common ground.
At the same time, I would never consider buddhism a religion, but that is a totally separate matter.

Fotografia social

2009-04-02T09:42:00.000-07:00

El periodico EL Mundo, segundo en difusion en Espana, nos informa desde Londres sobre las actividades del dia programadas para nuestros lideres.

Creativity in schools

2009-04-02T09:36:00.000-07:00

Sir Ken Robinson welcomes talibans and prophets and destroys a couple pyramids on the way.

New York Times best seller(s)

2009-03-28T14:51:00.001-07:00

A New York Times best seller... but hei, don't judge a book by the cover!

Bienvenido taliban

2009-03-28T07:16:00.001-07:00

Pocas cosas hay mas ridiculas que ver como la gente se autoconvence de que hay un lugar y/o un tiempo donde la vida funciona como a ellos les gustaria.
Los ejemplos son innumerables. Desde un budista pensando que los tibetanos levitan, un humanista que cree que los males del mundo se arreglan estudiando a los clasicos, los judios, que todos sabemos son el pueblo elegido...

Parece que en toda disciplina existen talibanes. Pues yo me rebelo!!! me levanto en armas contra semejante chorrada. Los indios son unos tirados y borrachos. Los judios unos ladrones. Los humanistas no entienden de matematicas. Los tibetanos, por desgracia, unos muertos de hambre.

Y tan verdad me parece una vision como la otra. Y si solamente pudieramos apreciar el conocimiento que proviene de cada lugar, cultura, persona, animal, estariamos todos mucho mejor. Pero tambien os digo, que hay mucho ahuevonado por ahi suelto, que se dedica a hacer de profeta en tierra de todos!!!;entonces, como dice Benny, que se vayan a la chucha todos los huevones!!!

Despachado el asunto que hoy nos ocupaba, solo me queda despedirme con una accion teatral, o psicomagia si lo prefieren. Cojan al individuo por las solapas y al apelar "Budista!!!" le dan un buen tortazo, y ante la cara de estupefaccion del susodicho, arrimense a su oido y susurren: "el Dalai Lama solo vive porque le han cortado la cabeza".

Astral Weeks, dissected

2009-03-22T08:05:00.000-07:00

What could be Van Morrison's greatest album, Astral Weeks, dissected and digested for you at Sound Opinions, a music program at Chicago National Public Radio.

Gema Alava, artist statement

2009-03-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Gema Alava es una artista espanola que acabo de conocer a traves de la gaceta de becarios de la Caixa.

Su trabajo resulta bien interesante. Me he sentido particularmente identificado con la parte en que dice que no le interesa expresar sus ideas individuales y que "su arte no es sobre su persona":

"I try never to produce work that communicates only a single idea. I want to be open to different interpretations and I'm not interested in communicating my own individual ideas. My ideas are not the most important thing. That is not why I make my work. It is not about my persona, it's about things that intrigue me".

Producto chileno de calidad

2009-03-05T09:10:00.000-08:00

gracias a felipe por la recomendacion y....

que se vayan a la chucha todos los huevones, enchufa!!!

boy with balloon

2009-02-04T08:30:00.000-08:00

Poor execution but, oh well, time is scarce. You get the idea anyway.

References: The red balloon, which by the way is an awesome short available on the criterion collection allong with "white mane", an equally beautiful movie.

Royal Canal -- Indians and cowboys

2009-01-18T05:01:00.000-08:00

Crazy irunatarrak!! Check their myspace profile, their song "simulacro alienigena" is fabulosa_joder.

life as a poem without a title

2009-01-14T11:24:00.000-08:00

I know what i need to know, that is, nothing
my brain is naturally fed
neuron induced dizziness,
high quality self-triggered waves.

i am nothing but a man,
which is simple, ok try it, hard.
ellerie showed me the light,
she deserves credit for that,
his name, she said,
is philip glass.

but let's be clear,
some say life is not real.
and i find proof some nights,
my brain melts away,
and its waves die.

still during the day i work, i eat
and sometimes, at night, i am able to sleep.
then again, the beatles sing
good morning, good morning.

a deep feeling is not the point

2009-01-02T01:17:00.000-08:00

To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.

to erase memory is now possible

2008-12-17T00:43:00.000-08:00

Listen to the radio show.

Keywords: post-traumatic stress disorder, selective memory deletion, accuracy of memory, drug injection, sci-fi.

Why are we happy?

2008-12-04T14:35:00.000-08:00

Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. In the same way that optical illusions fool our eyes -- and fool everyone’s eyes in the same way -- Gilbert argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy. And these quirks in our cognition make humans very poor predictors of our own bliss.

hope

2008-11-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

how did it feel? standing in the middle of a huge crowd, surrounded by trees in the heart of chicago, bred by the moisture of the lake and by my friends, accompanied by all and everything? vamos obama, vamos!

helicopters buzzing in the air, the revolution being televised. people talked about the chicago 7, it was a celebration even before it was.
it was pitch dark, surrounded by the symbols of power and oppression, cement towers for slaves and only a few city lights and a tv screen where we were but tv screens scattered all over, the revolution was being televised because winter in america was calling for an end.

a park bore testimony, leaves in the ground, yellow in the trees, it's autumn, but it feels like a summer night dream, spirits are dancing in the fire at the sound of buzzing helicopters in the sky.
as more people join, more will join, the world is throwing a party, it is the coming of age of long struggles. and we still wonder if race will be an issue and yet we think it will be a landslide.
even if mccain would win all the swing states, obama would still sing, yes we can, yes we can.
wait. while still ahead, we need to count, state by state, vote by vote. wait.

sometimes leaves fall from the trees, like rain, like the rain that is about to clean the dirt that resists in the oven were people are cooked. and a leave touches my heart as it falls, an instant of silence in my head. a gong.

all of a sudden, barack obama elected president, says telerevolucion. we all start jumping and shouting and dancing, millions of people, in chicago, in america, in the world, we become the electrons that gravitate around the nucleus of hope, you'd be unable to know their position and movement at the same time, millions of people, it is not one, it is many, no one can be located, we move too fast, we are too many, together but separate, it is the uncertainty principle at work, hence the certainty of hope.

for a second even mccain seems to understand what is happening, he speaks like a man, not like a rat, and palin is just standing in the back, her bridge to nowhere will take her to a long and distant star.

waiting time, we want to listen to obama, the master, the preacher of all traditions blended in one, the leader of all races and creeds, the intellectual poet. we want to listen to the man. we are one.

waiting seems to take forever even if only a couple minutes have passed. we are all excited and it is contagious. the man delivers, our team is the winner of the world series, our favorite tune is radiating the energy of change, of something better. somebody is rising to the challenge, avoiding simple recipes, and simplistic distinctions based on appearance, there is no black and no white, there is only millions of colors in between if we just had the right lenses all the time, oh, if we just had the right lenses, sometimes. but it is true, we are one, we are many but we are one. and we don't have the lenses and are in need of somebody to remind us, but now we can listen, we are blind but we can listen.

it is time to meet new galaxies, to play with them, it is time for creation and recreation, it is the time for everyone to be whatever they want to be, no duties, no obligations, it is the time to overcome darkness and embrace light. a new star is born: it's called new life.

Israel lobby, a documentary

2008-11-01T23:52:00.000-07:00

This documentary is useful in highlighting the workings of maybe the most powerful lobby in the world. Major academics and figures analyze the topic.
Note Biden appears in the AIPAC footage. Overall, I gathered that the jewish were not a minor reason in selecting Biden as running mate.

Tomaz bday party, nov 8

2008-10-24T15:29:00.001-07:00

mindundis

2008-10-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

The flaming lips -- Race for the prize

2008-10-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

La buena nueva, movie

2008-10-08T11:59:00.000-07:00

The movie is produced by a friend and directed by his mother, a very sensitive director. I encourage you to see it if you are interested in Spain and the Basque people or if you simply want to watch a carefully crafted movie.
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La peli esta producida por un amigo y dirigida por su madre, que dirigio tambien Yoyes, y otras que quiza conozcais. Una oportunidad para ver buenos actores y, con toda seguridad, una buena historia.

Slaves to our minds, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

2008-09-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind wanders off. We try to keep stress at bay, but anxiety keeps us awake at night. We try to be good to people we love, but then we forget and put ourselves first. And when we want to change our life, we dive into spiritual practice and expect to see quick results, only to lose focus after the honeymoon has worn off. We're left feeling helpless and discouraged. We all have the potential to awaken from the sleep of ignorance. We can create an alliance that allows us to actually use our mind, rather than be used by it. This is a practice anyone can do

The call to teach by Bill Ayers

2008-09-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

for Alicia, Felipe, Willis and Zurine.

Inquisitiveness, by Chogyam Trungpa

2008-09-09T18:39:00.000-07:00

The notion of looking at things as they are is a very important concept. Look! Why do we look at all? Or we could say, Listen! Why do we listen at all? Why do we feel at all? Why do we taste? The one and only answer is that there is such a thing as inquisitiveness in our makeup. Inquisitiveness is the seed syllable of the artist. The artist is interested in sight, sound, feelings, and touchable objects. We are interested and we are inquisitive, very inquisitive, and we are willing to explore in any way we can.Such tremendous inquisitiveness is the key point in the way we look at things, because with inquisitiveness we have a connection.

Las aventuras de Epi y Blas en el Festival de Musica Primavera Sound

2008-09-08T10:31:00.000-07:00

Gold

2008-09-05T10:45:00.000-07:00

I've seen them in expensive restaurants,
with a bottle and a glass,
with people at their command.

with gold in their hands,
gold hanging from their neck,
their face wrecked.

they live enslaved,
enslaved by what people say,
their gold rope tight at their neck.

they don't breathe,
someone would do that for them.
they're nobody but they pretend,
all too well, they pretend.

but but but,
a burst in the restaurant,
i'm here, we are back,
you are going to die,

standing on the table,
we fuck, fuck your mother,
sh, sh, shoot your father.

Devendra Banhart - Little Yellow Spider

2008-08-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

un regalo para martin.

vetusta morla

2008-08-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

cortesia de koldo.

Hombres bionicos

2008-08-25T09:29:00.000-07:00

la frontera en investigacion de reparacion de tejidos.

Obama

2008-08-24T22:05:00.000-07:00

Obama is a man of ambitions. ok, what more?

you can read an article from 1995 at the Chicago Reader.

Four Tet

2008-08-24T20:14:00.000-07:00

awesome interview to Four Tet.

art and the price of creation

2008-08-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

as i remember from my high school science class, for something to be alive it needs to be able to reproduce. put differently, either you reproduce or you are not alive.

the wide spread of new technologies has brought about many changes in art. not only in techniques and content but also in its distribution. we live in times where it is easier that ever in history to create and share your creations. blogs and virtual communities are examples.

corporations rather than admitting their failure to adapt to the new environment, fight to make their property rights respected and sue individual consumers for sharing contents. every time more people realize that the power of oligopolist distribution companies is diluting. internet providers in europe are starting to collude with multimedia corporations to share the identity of the consumers that share files over the net.

but the price of creation and distribution is going down and everyone is doing something, which, in my view, can only be good.

after all if we are alive, shouldn't we reproduce? Because, what is creation if not reproduction?
and do we really need property rights to be respected? is that really efficient? isn't that old economics? what they want us to think? i am sure a couple economists would agree with tearing down this culture distorting monopolies.

cayo el gris, mostro el verde

2008-08-21T20:05:00.001-07:00

my new friend microkorg

2008-08-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

my new friend microkorg got toasted back in spain. i take full responsibility for the incident and i am sure it won't happen again. i was showing it to my sister, she was having a great time but i had to plug it in with an inadecuate transformer. ejem, un despiste lo tiene cualquiera. ni siquiera pense que pudiera tener un transformador unicamente valido para EEUU. malditos japoneses...

anyway, from my very limited experience using musical instruments i find that trying to make sensible sounds is maybe the most meditative activity i can engage in. in this sense, it is only good to continue devoting time to it. what i also found to be true is that making noise on my own is not comparable to interacting with others through music. a conversation with others is generally more engaging that a monologue. i think i will continue trying to find people with whom i can make some noise and make the noise!

Fleet Foxes

2008-08-20T13:48:00.000-07:00

Bet-ancourt

2008-07-11T12:17:00.001-07:00

I bet that the next Colombian president is Betancourt. This might be obvious to some; to those that disagree, how much you want to bet?

snapshot from my work

2008-06-19T00:53:00.001-07:00

Un policía me dijo: ¡Arrodillate!

2008-06-19T00:46:00.000-07:00

China sigue sin desvelar el paradero de más de 700 tibetanos según denuncia Amnistía Internacional...

Centenares de personas arrestadas por el Gobierno chino, probablemente miles, se encuentran en paradero desconocido desde su detención en el transcurso de los disturbios que sacudieron la región del Tíbet los pasados meses de marzo y abril, según ha denunciado en la noche de ayer Amnistía Internacional. La ONG especializada en la defensa de los Derechos Humanos detalla el bloqueo informativo en la región, así como las torturas infligidas a los detenidos.

Desde luego que apoyo la informacion sesgada de este tipo de noticias pero esto es embarazoso para el periodista. Pero por Tutatis, pues no se contradice el tio en las dos primeras frases?

Raimon Panikkar, entrevista en La vanguardia

2008-06-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

Tengo 6.000 años: los viví con los hombres que nos precedieron. Nací en Barcelona de hindú y catalana. Soy sacerdote católico, pero no un funcionario del Vaticano. Todo ser humano, y no sólo los profesionales, tiene vocación de monje y político: si no la realiza, está incompleto.

Obra completa: ¿no es un oxímoron?

Lo es. Además, yo sigo todavía vivo...

Doy fe.

He pasado 80 años escribiendo y lo dejo ahí todo como un testimonio...

Sé que más que escribir, reescribe...

Hasta 27 veces reescribí De la mística...

... Y que jamás lee en público.

No hay que preparar el discurso, sino al orador. Yo no preparo los textos para leerlos en público, sino que me preparo a mí mismo en cada momento de mi vida para ser capaz de hablar.

Y sus silencios también se escuchan.

El silencio forja el sentido. Y lo estamos abandonando a cambio de una superficialidad banal e insulsa. Ruido a todas horas en todas partes para no tener que pensar.

No todos podemos ser monjes...

¡Todos estamos llamados a la meditación! ¡Todos la necesitamos! También todos necesitamos la soledad y el silencio tanto como la sociedad y las palabras.

... Ni políticos.

Ese es el grave error de nuestro tiempo: dejar la mística y la política a los profesionales. La vida espiritual y la vida política no son oficios, son dimensiones irrenunciables de cada uno de nosotros.

Que exigen esfuerzo: más cómodo delegarlas y luego quejarse de los delegados.

Todos estamos llamados a realizarnos en ellas. Sólo si somos todos políticos y monjes podremos realizarnos plenamente como personas. Si no, somos incompletos.

Vida completa: ¿otra contradicción?

Sobre lo que usted pregunta, la duración y el fin de la vida, me he inventado una palabrita, tempiternitat, que no es un tiempo ni largo ni corto, sino único...

No podemos decidir la duración, pero sí la intensidad de nuestras vidas.

La intensidad es parte de la singularidad. Somos singulares. Somos únicos... Miserere Domine, apiádate, Señor, porque ego sum pauper,soy pobre...¡Et unicuus! Y único, dice el salmo latino. ... ¡Unicuus! Esta singularidad... Perdone... Perdone... Que me emocione...

Es emocionante.

¡Cada uno de nosotros es único!

...

Si alguien le dice que usted le gusta porque le recuerda a alguien, es que no le ama: cada uno de nosotros es único e irrepetible. Pero esa singularidad sólo podemos vivirla si renunciamos al pasado, que es sólo un recuerdo, y al futuro, que es sólo una ilusión, y vivimos en el presente tempiterno.

Usted ha vivido y ha creído: ha sido sacerdote del Opus Dei en Roma, budista e hinduísta en la India...

La fe no tiene objeto. La fe no tiene complemento.

Y ha vivido ¿cuántos años...?

Seis mil años al menos. Yo no soy individualista: deploro el individualismo egotista que nos impele a encerrarnos en nosotros mismos y nuestras circunstancias; yo he vivido también en esos hombres que vivieron seis mil años antes que nosotros y me siento igualmente responsable de sus vidas...

... ¿Y de sus crímenes?

Sí, también soy responsable de sus crímenes y culpas y sé que puedo lavarlos viviendo rectamente. Vivo cada momento convencido de que la vida es un don único como yo... ¡Qué alegría ser consciente de eso!

¿Usted lo es desde niño?

Mi padre era hindú y mi madre catalana.

Hoy ya no es una mezcla tan exótica.

La inmigración tiene un peligro, el de banalizar su cultura y la nuestra en una amalgama insulsa; de nuevo la superficialidad nos amenaza, pero la mezcla es también una oportunidad de profunda comunión; la de asimilarlos a ellos... ¡Y asimilarnos a ellos!

Sin mezcla, no hay fecundidad.

Por eso necesitamos asimilarlos a ellos y asimilarnos a ellos: ninguna cultura que se encierra en sí misma sobrevive.

¿Sigue siendo usted sacerdote?

Sí, celebro misa. Dependo de la diócesis de Varanasi (Benarés). Soy sacerdote, pero no un funcionario vaticano, aunque en comunión con Roma. Y, en la cadena del saber que formaron mis maestros hasta mí, distingo a Jesús pero no separo a Jesús de Cristo.

¿Y sus alumnos?

Soy alumno: me doctoré en Química y en Filosofía y después seguí siendo alumno con mis alumnos en la Divinity School de Harvard, en la Universidad de California...

¿Por qué volvió de América?

¡Cómo cuidan a sus profesores allí! Trabajé y enseñé y aprendí mucho y bien en América, y me sentí querido y estimulado...

Cincuenta libros: miles de artículos.

Y la palabra: ¡cuántos amigos en cada clase!

Pero volvió.

Hubo un momento en que era feliz allí en el campus, en una casa magnífica, profesor, todo cuanto se pueda desear, unas bibliotecas inacabables y mucho cariño... Pero sentí que mi sitio estaba aquí, Tavertet, entre estos muros y montañas... ¿Escucha qué silencio?

¿Recuerda a algún alumno en especial?

Hoy me han escrito varios alumnos de California. ¡Cuánto cariño en sus palabras!

Regálenos algún pensamiento de los Veda que tradujo del sánscrito (Fragmenta)

La muerte no muere y por lo tanto en la muerte misma está la inmortalidad.

martes, 17 de junio de 2008

Más allá del sueldo

El silencio de Tavertet - ¡qué verde este año!- no aísla a Panikkar, sino que lo conecta en sus lecturas de siglos con maestros védicos, evangélicos y periodísticos, pues también devora la prensa el maestro en su conexión tempiterna.Vuelvo con un propósito en mi alforja: la política es demasiado importante para dejársela a los políticos. ¡Basta de quejarnos de los políticos y militemos, actuemos y sustituyámoslos! La mística es la otra vocación que no podemos ceder a los conventos: silencio, meditación, relajación... ¡Para todos! Son vocaciones que exigen esfuerzo, pero por eso mismo nos hacen personas frente a la única llamada a la oración que sí nos llega a todos cada día: "¡Haceos ricos!".

How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?

2008-06-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

CNET has made a list with the radiation levels that our body absorbs when using cellphones. The list includes many models but you can always google the model along with the word SAR to know how your body is affected by cell use. Mine is mid level, but searching I found large differences for a given phone type. I think I am switching phone.

Orbital - The Box

2008-06-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

Confused mind

2008-06-04T08:26:00.000-07:00

I think I have an interesting story about mind. When I redid my picture on the blog I did not think of anything in particular, simply put colors I liked in areas that thought would compensate each other. To this point not so interesting I know.
Then one day, Zurine, a friend from back home said, "hei that's a very Warholian picture!"...
and I thought, " oh, shit, she is right". Although I see it frequently, I had never realized of the connection before. From that moment until quite later in the future I could not really say how it was not Warholian. Literally there was only that perspective in mind. Asking to be disproved or approved as definitive. And by the way, that really pissed me off.
Anyway, eventually I understood how it was not W. I will skip that part because it is boring; LOL. The point is: I thought the question of who was the influence was over in my mind. I thought it was an interesting story about a conditioned mind. End of the matter.

And now, if you see the Rauschenberg painting below... Shit, I am confussed. LOL I can assure you that none of these connections were in purpose!

Homage to Robert Rauschenberg

2008-06-03T12:53:00.000-07:00

Late is better than never; just a small, but well deserved homage. May he find happiness wherever he is.

the israel lobby, over again

2008-06-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

un pais de mierda is a campaign to address stereotypes about Israel in Spain.
I think it's promoters and those who protested about a Dunkin Donuts add are probably good friends. I agree with them in one point: let's try to get rid of stereotypes.

Countdown

2008-06-02T12:05:00.000-07:00

This is an update email on the new regulations that have been announced in the last weeks. The spirit of the law is clear. I do not hang around any kind of people. I will not consider you if you don't know the right bands and painters and writers. Not to mention movie directors or scientific theories. I am not democratic, nor open, nor should I be. I perfectly control my brain and my chemical compounds. My moral is strong as a rock as you can see. It is fully logical so you will find no hole in it.

You are free to circulate around me and even try to interact with me but if you do not pass the screening, you can not blame me. The point is, I am not here to waste my time. I only relate to properly functioning people. The strong and the future is all I care about. I have a duty here.

Now, following the remainder, you will witness the greatest achievement in the history of science. Following emission of this message, unfit members of society will be prosecuted and eliminated in nanoseconds by an ultrasonic decomposer. Starting countdown: ten, nine, eight...

My medicine is blue

2008-05-29T07:46:00.000-07:00

The personal value of this site has been greatly increased by the comments of: Alicia, Aniol, Cesc, Felipe ( !!), Fermin, Irune, Jora, Koldo, Martin, Tomas. Thanks !!!

Soul on Fire

2008-05-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

Un verano fatal

2008-05-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

nouvelle vague

2008-05-09T00:08:00.000-07:00

inside out

2008-04-05T16:19:00.000-07:00

I have been out i know.
I will start writing again.
YES WE CAN, he said, and many people agreed.
The doors are open, so I might as well start walking.
Meanwhile, take care my friends.
I know we will meet soon; one day.
We will celebrate, grill a bbq, be by the lake.
be ba, be ba ba
I can hear the trumpet play,
there is a garden, food,
it is hyde park social club,
we have invited a dj,
his name is Kevin,
a masterclass on soul,
let the people know!!

Homage to Angus Fairhurst

2008-04-05T02:58:00.000-07:00

From an exhibit with his friends.

Back Wall:
Underdone/Overdone Wallpaper, Angus Fairhurst
© the artist/Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Rear left:
The Man Who Sold the World, Sarah Lucas
© the artist/Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Rear right:
Four Billboards, Body and Text Removed, Angus Fairhurst
© the artist/Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Foreground:
The Hat Makes the Man (After Max Ernst), Damien Hirst
© the artist/Courtesy Jay Jopling, London

Let's wake up, more on Israel

2008-03-15T01:45:00.000-07:00

Remember my post on Amos Oz and the US support on Israel? While I have read quite a bit, finding references and data that i can post supporting my thesis is not always easy. But that's less of a problem with Graphwise. ( Vasco, this might be useful for you too). Anyway, some evidence on the military and economic aid to Israel, See pages 830-831.

After the killing of more than a hundred of civilians in Gaza last week it is time to post again on this matter.
Sure, Hamas has been launching rockets to Israel. How many people were dead or wounded? Read it in the NYT, the jewish newspaper. By the way, more than a third of the civilians were children. Usually, Palestinians are represented by Israelis as those without morals, because the blow themselves up surrounded by civilians.... What is the difference then? That the barbarians in Israel are part of the State, supported by a "strong" democracy and the most powerful military in the world.

FREE TIBET

2008-03-15T01:44:00.000-07:00

a tree as human

2008-02-23T17:23:00.001-08:00

Dorian, a cualquier otra parte

2008-02-23T17:07:00.000-08:00

Futbol

2008-02-23T17:02:00.001-08:00

USeAmerica

2008-02-23T16:17:00.000-08:00

Flagged ( click in the pic to enlarge)

2008-02-22T00:04:00.000-08:00

Hope ( faith in people)

2008-02-13T01:28:00.000-08:00

Amos Oz, a loaded dice

2008-02-11T07:13:00.000-08:00

Amos Oz, an israeli jew, received the Principe de Asturias prize in the literature category. This is the most prestigious award in Spain to scientists and artists. The jury considered that he had worked on the defense of the understanding between different cultures.

It is an strange decision for various reasons. This writer has participated in several wars in defense of his country, israel. I am still not sure how going to war helps understanding between people but i do understand how the Barenboim-Said Foundation helps in that respect.

Another strange aspect of the decision is that his book how to cure a fanatic starts with as frontal attack to european left-wing and its intellectuals. Because in Europe as in the US main parties are no longer divided by left and right, Oz's ideas apply to all parties with ruling options. He claims there is a fundamental naivety in their understanding of the conflict. Here there is no good guy, bad guy. What there is a conflict of two people with the same right to the same land.

I still don't understand how a government of the left would give a prize to an author making these claims. Not that i don't think politics should be independent of the jury's resolution but let's face it this is never-hardly ever- the case. So we have two options, either they don't know who was the recipient of the prize or they know and they don't care. It is hard to believe that such a government doesn't care about how he uses money and power so my guess- could be wrong- is that they didn't know. Which by the way is in line with the previous actions taken by ZP, Zapatero and Co.

But let's go back to the claim. The left in the EU doesn't understand the conflict. OK. Does the US understand the conflict? The US has been an incredibly stubborn supporter of Israel to the point that independent scholars have, not based on moral but on interest, criticized the US foreign policy. This book of course has met with strong opposition of jewish lobbies and academics that once again take the route of censorship to promote their cause.
Let me insist these are widely respected scholars.

In any event, it is impossible to deny the great sums of public money that the US sends to Israel. A big part of this money is military, eg, through reduced prices on weapon spending that is to be bought from the US. It is hard to compare this financial help to the tiny amounts that Palestine receives from the rest of the world. And still this writer, the pacifist that goes to war, criticizes Europe for thinking that making israelis and palestinians meet can solve anything at all. Maybe what he should be worrying about the effect on the conflict on continuous support to the strongest partner in this war Israel.

That is i think the point. Europe is the land where the poor are helped and not left in the street or without medical assistance. No matter the color of the government, this policies, with small variations are implemented across Europe.

Europe supports Palestine because it is the poor and the weak. Because not even their neighbors want them in their land as we have repeatedly seen. Because they have been expelled from their country and are not allowed to create their own state in their own land promoting the continuous expropriation of Palestinian land. With its policies, that Israel is a developed country is yet to be shown.

If you know about sources of information that compare foreign aid to both Israel and Palestine, please contact me. I would to post links on this and don't have the time to try to find them again.

making sense

2008-02-11T06:53:00.000-08:00

In several dimensions, but in the real space, i am trying to make sense of what is going on. I have recently suffered a technology overload and it seems it will continue. Many things have changed since i last walked in the world of people with lives. Now i can only try to catch up and do as best as i can.

Writing is hard but posting easy. During the next weeks i will keep adding pictures of what is going on around here. That will happen as soon as i can make my phone and laptop work together through bluetooth. it seems there is conflict not only in real life but also in the digital world. Talking about conflict i should post something about Amos Oz and the Middle East, Israel-Palestine permanent war and how technology can help overcome barriers. Hopefully this will be coming up soon!!

And to alleviate pain here is a discovery, jonas & françois -- authors of the previous video, a pair of french kids that are turning upside down videocreation. Hard to say how far can the formula go, but if at their age they have already reached this level, the projection is infinite. Check out El nino productions for more. Thanks to my friend Koldo for the info. He spent most of the saturday night showing me a good deal of stuff.

Justice

2008-02-11T06:51:00.000-08:00

Green is medicine

2007-12-03T00:30:00.000-08:00

Installation by Nathan Coley

The Weather Underground

2007-11-30T02:08:00.001-08:00

Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

2007-11-30T00:47:00.000-08:00

If you happen to be in a situation where everything looks bad, you feel there is no point in doing anything, your life seems a waste and you don't give a damn about being alive, then take Zoloft. It will make all your ghosts disappear no matter how strong they are. Giving you unvaluable relief from incredible sadness.

For more than 15 years, Zoloft has safely and effectively treated millions of people with depression and anxiety. And Zoloft is available in multiple strengths, so your doctor can decide a dose for you.

I haven't yet looked at diet pills but my doctor says they look promising!

Float

2007-11-29T20:50:00.000-08:00

Beneath all the drinking, smoking, dancing, watching, listening, meeting, laughing there still was a constant flux of sadness as if something needed to remind me that things had gone the wrong way. But the truth was that i was more optimistic and open and free than i had ever been. i thought it was about time that i allowed myself to float and see where the river was taking me while i had fun.

Como es posible?

2007-11-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

La habia visto por el campus. La habia visto un dia en que habia conciertos de bandas de estudiantes de la universidad. Llebava puesto un vestido veraniego y estaba bailando con sus amigas. Era extraordinariamente atractiva. Tenia un encanto indescriptible que nada tenia que ver con un fisico perfecto.

Me quede totalmente prendado de ella. No podria dejar de mirarla. Cuando me la cruzaba en la biblioteca o por la calle o en un restaurante mis ojos se quedaban fijos en ella como si toda otra realidad no existiera.

La encontre en facebook. Miraba sus fotos preguntandome como era posible.

The youth is alive

2007-11-28T01:21:00.001-08:00

Best parties in Chicago

2007-11-24T18:44:00.000-08:00

If this doesn't move you

2007-11-23T02:43:00.000-08:00

If this doesn't move you, check with your doctor. You might be dead.

La civilización occidental y cristiana, Leon Ferrari

2007-11-17T20:23:00.001-08:00

Elogio al detalle

2007-11-16T23:21:00.000-08:00

Al contrario de lo que pudiera parecer no ha habido muchos profesores en la universidad que me hayan impactado. Por alguna razon en el instituto los estandares quedaron altos.
Una excepcion fue Jorge Nieto. Impartia un curso de historia del pensamiento economico.
Pura filosofia. El caso es que el no era un experto de la materia pero tenia un talento y un interes extraordinarios.

Al tema. La mejor idea con la me quede, y fueron muchas, fue que cada palabra que los clasicos escribian era exactamente la querian escribir y no otra.

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Si uno extrapola esa idea genial a todo lo cotidiano, entonces nos queda reconocer que cada gesto, cada situacion de la vida es una expresion de los participantes y sus sentimientos. Aceptar realmente eso es el reto.

AIDS

2007-11-15T18:30:00.000-08:00

I've discovered a great place to post photographs. It works with the gmail account and it is provided by google.

I have posted an album of photographs with AIDS as subject.

Back and forth

2007-11-14T07:09:00.000-08:00

What did it mean to be back in Spain for more than 2 months? It meant going back to a place in time where things could have gone in many different directions. It was a regression to adolescence life, where a motorbike, beer, music and very lovable girls were the most important matters one had to deal with. I confess it was easy. It was easy to ride a wave like that. No money problems and all the time in the world to decide which movie i was going to watch. I have seen so many that i won't even try to talk about them. I have eaten so many that I am not even sure how they affected me. I took two courses one in photoshop and another in video editing. These means that now you will suffer my amateur attempts in those worlds. Hopefully that won't stop because there is something i knew but didn't listen to, a tree receives the wind, the sun and the water from all it's sides. It doesn't try to scape or manipulate them. Water doesn't allways fall on the ground nor does the sun always heat the leaves.

And what does it mean to be back in Chicago? If you are reading this you are familiar with the major upside down i have gone through. So to be back between the interesting, caring and diverse people that are my friends here it is a blessing. Yesterday, for example, we met to play some music, youdoyourbeststyle. That is a classic in hyde park social club ( meaning Martin's place). As simple as it may sound it is very inspiring.

Hopefully I will be more active now on the blog especially after the recognition that there are at least some friends that check out the colors i share here. To all, readers or not, un fuerte abrazo and thanks for your company and teachings.

Chuntaro's Corner

2007-11-13T08:17:00.000-08:00

Maestros hay pocos. Aqui ya he hablado de algunos que me tocan de cerca y de algunos que no quieren serlo.

Ahora solamente quiero recomendar que leais el blog de Tomas. Estoy seguro de que todos podremos disfrutar y aprender. El tio es capaz de hacer de todo. Dicen que el humanista renacentista esta muerto. No conocen a Tomas.

And now in Englich. I would like to recommend Tomas' blog. People say that the renaissance man is dead. They don't know Tomas.

Tortoise (Live at Werchter)

2007-08-25T00:26:00.001-07:00

Exorcismo para limpiar la memoria y destruir el pasado

2007-08-23T12:44:00.000-07:00

Ingredientes:

-Papeles y cartas,
-Fotografias, en multitud, juntos o ella sola.
-CD's,
-Anillo,
-Libros "Mr. strong", "Mr.Skinny",
-Orchata, natillas, "La piel contra la piedra", "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind".
-3 bragas, 2 camisetas, calcetines,
-Emails, conversaciones de messenger ( imprimir)
-1 jersey,
-Escribir todas las mentiras sobre papel.

Anyada madera, gasolina, y una cerilla encendida. Camine alrededor del fuego, imaginando que cada vez que completa el circulo, se eleva unos centimetros por encima del suelo. Por cada acto lleno de mala intencion, por cada mentira, repita: ''tu eres la mentira", "a ti te ofrecen para el cumpleanyos del reloj".

No deje que el fuego se apague. ( En caso de que disponga de una persona que le apoye, esta tarea puede ser delegada y usted podra poner mas atencion en los pasos importantes.)

Continue caminando en circulo alrededor del fuego, elevandose en espiral hacia el espacio. Cuando la madre tierra se haya convertido en un minusculo grano de arena, en ese momento, suspendido en el

vacio,

riase de todo, a carcajadas, riase; cante, hoy puede ser un gran dia. Duro con el.

One

2007-08-20T10:10:00.000-07:00

Arrodillate arrogante,
gatea como un bebe.

Find your place,
in your mother's womb,
she'll keep you wet.

Llora, con tu espalda recta
respira el calor, aguanta.

Insistente suena un tambor,
te dice: escucha tu corazon,
canta.

te dice: one heart, one truth,
bring them all
to mother's womb;
here they belong.

pero ya nos puede el calor,
abre la puerta, bendito,
y deja que nos bese el viento.

my favorite things

2007-08-19T22:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n-gRS_wdI

Retazos para una teoria del amor

2007-08-15T09:53:00.001-07:00

El amor es una mentira que se inventaron los burgueses romanticos en 1700 para convencer a los estratos sociales inferiores de que la revolucion era necesaria. La revolucion era necesaria para que los judios pudieran prestar al interes de mercado y los comerciantes se enriquecieran sin mas trabas. Para ello, era necesaria una nueva ideologia. Era necesario hacerles creer que la democracia y la libertad eran conceptos fundamentales para ser feliz; que uno puede controlar su destino y tiene la capacidad de crear su propia vida; que es necesario romper las barreras artificiales que nos separan porque son ficticias, porque todos somos iguales; todos con los mismos derechos; todos con derecho a ser felices, a amar a todos y a que nos amen.

Las demostraciones cartesianas nos aseguraron que dios existe; la maquina de vapor gritaba y chirriaba que la naturaleza habia sido sometida; nadie es un esclavo de nada, uno es lo que elige ser, vive como quiere vivir, ama como quiere amar.