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November 20, 2009

I take the floor (94) - Tomo a palavra (94)

The soul of my dog

went to the sky

all dead' s kennels.



Suddenly

at full gallop

perplexed spots

black and white

wag the solitary

tail

of my grief.

UBIQ, in loving memory of my dog
UBIQ, in loving memory of my d…

A alma do meu cão

foi para o céu

canil de todos os mortos.



Subitamente

a galope

perplexas manchas

branco-negras

agitam a cauda

solitária

do meu pesar.

In "SonhoGrafias", Universitária Editora, 2000

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November 17, 2009

I take the floor (93) - Tomo a palavra (93)

I went to Sintra

to look for you

I found blue green white red brown yellow flowers

very beautiful

exotic and endemic plants vegetating on the slopes

of alive stone

at the Serra of Sintra

with you in mind

I recognized perfumes shadows light

I lost you at sea.

Silent Smile (16)
Silent Smile (16)

Fui a Sintra

procurar-te

encontrei flores azuis verdes brancas vermelhas castanhas amarelas

muito belas

exóticas e endémicas plantas vegetando na encosta

de pedra viva

na Serra de Sintra

contigo no pensamento

reconheci perfumes sombras luz

perdi-te no mar.

In "Manual do Desperdício", Ceres Editora, 1994

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November 11, 2009

The School of Sea / Escola de Mar - Workshops in November


The School of Sea, Workshops in November
The School of Sea, Workshops i…

Photo-identification of Cetaceans, Nov 23rd & 24th

Application of Bio-acoustic Methods on Cetaceans, Nov 27th

Application of Geographical Information Systems on Cetacean Studies II, Nov 28th

See more information at www.ipernity.com/doc/armando.taborda/6210710

www.ipernity.com/doc/armando.taborda/album/31719



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November 5, 2009

I take the floor (92) - Tomo a palavra (92)

In the bodies' loneliness

the souls ramble

useless

discontented

waiting for the poets

to provide them

a doubtful destiny.

Paris, Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, the faithful (1)
Paris, Basilique du Sacré-Coeu…

Na solidão dos corpos

as almas vagueiam

inúteis

descontentes

à espera dos poetas

que lhes dão destino

incerto.

In "Palavras, Músicas e Blasfémias que Envelheço na Cidade", Ulmeiro Editores, 1996

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October 28, 2009

I take the floor (91) - Tomo a palavra (91)

Shade

certainly

is so fragile as light

does not know where arrives

nor fades away

shade is a dream

of light we idealize

every time.

Shadow is a Dream of Light
Shadow is a Dream of Light

A sombra

por certo

é tão frágil como a luz

não sabe onde chega

nem onde esmorece

a sombra é sonho

da luz que sonhamos

a todo o momento.



In "Palavras, Músicas e Blasfémias que Envelheço na Cidade", Ulmeiro Editores, 1996

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October 22, 2009

I take the floor (90) - Tomo a palavra (90)

Maybe you don't know that from rain we can compose a symphony

and from wind a violin solo



that cars speeding up on the avenue are the disconnected noise of the orchestra rehearsal



everyone is the maestro

with a baton of silence

leading the sounds sleepiness around us.

Symphony of Silence (illustration)
Symphony of Silence (illustrat…

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

In "Sinfonia em Dor Menor", Edição da Escola de Mar, 2007

Carlos Alexandre: www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/98691

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October 6, 2009

José Neto (artist & philosopher) - (artista e filósofo) - Part II

Technique, Art and Mush done (3D painting)
Technique, Art and Mush done (…

José Neto, artist and philosopher. His work is based on deep thinking and a very reasonable experience of life, both allowing him to express without any limitations and to renounce to the will to be understood. As he say, "I know this attitude of mine is not current among artists, who generally delegate on critics or historians of art the justification of what they do". Despite of his indifference by critics, I can't lose the opportunity to record my appreciation on an artist that elects the permanent crisis, individual or social, as an omnipresent theme for the majority of the 3D objects he creates, infrequently paintings in only one plane.

"Crisis is the essence of life", he said. I hope the Portugueses could feel the same.

Artist's Life (3D painting)
Artist's Life (3D painting)

How can one talk on the crisis plasticizing? Well, it's not easy! The first condition is to have enough talent and imagination. Afterwards, it's required a solid moral and cultural background just to avoid excesses of expression due to deficient assimilation or bad taste. Finally, a technique adequate to transform concept's historical or sentimental worth into works of art. It is exactly within these parameters that I assess upon the mastery of the great artist and philosopher, José Neto. Sarcastic till the limits of irony to awaken sleeping mentalities. Lucid in the rigour through which he identifies the illusion of the social ambition; cemeteries are crowded by vane souls. Using out of context techniques, maybe renewing and trying new production means.

Dense and annoying artist, José Neto creates objects of great beauty and vivifying symbolism, hanged or on the walls as memorandum' sheets reminding us of the daily survival crisis. As well as a poet not from pamphleteer aesthetics but gliding between the physics and metaphysics of his philosophical epistemology, provocative, intelligent, perpetuating the humanity's crisis.

The Vibrant Dragging (3D painting)
The Vibrant Dragging (3D paint…

José Neto, artista e filósofo. O que fundamenta a sua obra é um pensamento profundo e uma já muito razoável experiência de vida, que lhe permitem exprimir-se sem quaisquer limitações e prescindir de querer ser entendido. Nas suas próprias palavras, "Sei que esta minha prática não é corrente nos artistas, pois geralmente delegam nos críticos ou historiadores de arte a narrativa justificadora daquilo que fazem". Apesar da sua indiferença pelos críticos, não vou deixar de registar a minha apreciação por um artista que elege o estado de crise permanente, individual ou social, como tema omnipresente na maioria dos objectos 3D que cria, raramente pinturas num só plano.

"A crise é a essência da vida", diz ele. Assim o sintam também os Portugueses.

The Dogma of the Evolution's Ways (3D painting)
The Dogma of the Evolution's W…

Como é que se pode falar de uma plasticidade da crise? Bem, a resposta não é fácil! A primeira condição é ter talento e imaginação para tal. Depois é necessária uma sólida formação moral e cultural que evite exageros de expressão por deficiente assimilação ou mau gosto. E finalmente uma técnica adequada à transformação do valor histórico ou sentimantal dos conceitos em obras de arte. É exactamente nestes parâmetros que julgo a mestria do grande artista e filósofo, José Neto. Sarcástico até ao limite da ironia para despertar as mentalidades adormecidas. Lúcido no rigor com que identifica a ilusão do querer social; os cemitérios estão cheios de almas vaidosas. Utilizando técnicas fora do contexto usual, quiçá renovando e experimentando novos meios de produção.

Artista denso e incómodo, José Neto cria objectos de grande beleza e sombolismo vivencial, suspensos ou agarrados às paredes como folhas de memorando a relembrarem-nos a crise diária da sobrevivência. Simultaneamente um poeta de estética não panfletária, vogando entre a física e a metafísica de sua epistemologia filosófica, provocador, inteligente, perpetuando a crise da humanidade.

I Am Free (3D painting)
I Am Free (3D painting)


by Armando Taborda, Gallery of Art / Espaço AmArte (Lisboa, 2009 September 29)

Please see / read José Neto - Part I at www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/53421

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September 28, 2009

I take the floor (89) - Tomo a palavra (89)

While death is part of life

there is nothing like fall asleep

everyday

rehearsal

without memory of dreams corrupting

so to speak

the definitive sleep.

Definitive Sleep
Definitive Sleep

Enquanto a morte for parte da vida

não há nada como adormecer

no dia-a-dia

ensaio

sem memória de sonhos que corrompam o sono

por assim dizer

definitivo.

In "SonhoGrafias", Universitária Editora, 2000

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September 23, 2009

Stop Global Warming - Stop Aquecimento Global

TV Spot by QUERCUS, National Association for Nature Conservation - Associação Nacional da Conservação da Natureza

http://www.quercus.pt

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September 22, 2009

I take the floor (88) - Tomo a palavra (88)

The structure could be straight

stable

death as aim but no

nothing will be

blood flows in the veins

dream at dawn

chance with the wind

blood

dream

chance

neither God nor Devil

maybe love

nothing else will be.

A-dos-Ruivos, insolvent factory (3)
A-dos-Ruivos, insolvent factor…

A estrutura podia ser contínua

estável

a morte um fim mas não

nada será

porque o sangue corre nas veias

o sonho na madrugada

o acaso no vento

sangue

sonho

acaso

nem Deus nem o Diabo

talvez amor

e nada mais será.

In "Manual do Desperdício", Ceres Editora, 1994

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September 17, 2009

I take the floor (87) - Tomo a palavra (87)

In the cruel presence of solitude

at the white silence of my shadow on the wall

my mind is also whitewashed

falls asleep into a cradle of white light

and when wakes up from fresh water

determines itself wild

lucid

deceives me with searched smiles in the ignorance

and fear.

A-dos-Ruivos, laments wall
A-dos-Ruivos, laments wall

Na cruel presença da solidão

no silêncio branco de minha sombra na parede

meu pensamento está também caiado

adormece em berço de luz branca

e quando desperta de água fresca

determina-se agreste

lúcido

engana-me de sorrisos rebuscados na ignorância

e no medo.

In "Manual do Desperdício", Ceres Editora, 1994

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September 9, 2009

I take the floor (86) - Tomo a palavra (86)

Fresh air cleans my toxins

and conscience



at run rhythm

under the puff of each expiration



the weight of all banquets and whiskeys

is inexorable



in the Park of Monsanto

sweat glides from my face to the shadows' path where



the body wriggles

by the souls' gallop.

Lisboa, Park of Monsanto, body maintenance circuit
Lisboa, Park of Monsanto, body…

O ar puro limpa-me as toxinas

e a consciência



ao ritmo da corrida

no bafo de cada expiração



inexorável o peso de todos os banquetes

e whiskeys



no Parque de Monsanto

o suor desliza-me do rosto para o trilho de sombras onde



o corpo se contorce

no galope da alma.

by Armando Taborda, unpublished text, 2008

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August 20, 2009

I take the floor (85) - Tomo a palavra (85)

Art

is the unfinished form

colour

word

sound.



It's monument

painting

poem

text

music

in the absolute time

of its creation



and a simple picture

after done

or immortalized.

VIOLA DELTA, Volume XLVI, Mic Editors and Authors, February, 2009
VIOLA DELTA, Volume XLVI, Mic…

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

Illustration by Fernando Grade

In "VIOLA DELTA", Volume XLVI, 2009

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July 27, 2009

I take the floor (84) - Tomo a palavra (84)

Nothing justifies our destiny of shadows



nor fire

nor flame

nor ember



we just burn



sparks jumping out the fire crackle for instants

and scintillate

in the smoke

that extinguishes them.

Fire of Life (illustration)
Fire of Life (illustration)

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

In "Sinfonia em Dor Menor", Edição da Escola de Mar, 2007

This text has also been published at: www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/33052

Carlos Alexandre: www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/98691

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July 17, 2009

I take the floor (83) - Tomo a palavra (83)

BLANK PIECE OF PAPER



I look at you blank piece of paper

I foresee a spreading blood tear

being absorbed by the sheet pores

blotting paper of a not yet coming pain



idea

ballerina

pilgrim

deciduous

non-existent



the pain

whatever it is

disappears through the pores

of any blank

piece of paper.

VIOLA DELTA, Volume XXXIII, Mic Editors and Authors, May, 2002
VIOLA DELTA, Volume XXXIII, Mi…

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

Illustration by Fernando Grade

In "VIOLA DELTA", Volume XXXIII, 2002

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July 15, 2009

Traditions / Tradições

Worthy advertisement by "Animal Action", for the right to animal life

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Exemplar anúncio da "Acção Animal", pelo direito à vida animal

www.ipernity.com/doc/armando.taborda/5392578

Suffering can't be part of our traditions

///

O sofrimento não pode fazer parte das nossas tradições

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July 7, 2009

I take the floor (82) - Tomo a palavra (82)

The sea is an ocean's arm

and the ocean an earth's body

spacecraft without astrolabe nor sextant

neither science of sails winds and currents

drifted in the infinity's tides

looking for what seaport

or yacht club for an intermediate stop in the space

where everything happens as it was nothing?

Looking for a Seaport (illustration)
Looking for a Seaport (illustr…



(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

In "Sinfonia em Dor Menor", Edição da Escola de Mar, 2007

This text has also been published at: www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/43224

Carlos Alexandre: www.ipernity.com/blog/armando.taborda/98691

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June 29, 2009

I take the floor (81) - Tomo a palavra (81)

I watch the sea

from here

I am a swelled wave

at the life' surf of other

bodies

on rubber-suits

and hair of algae and salt

still

diving

despite the sea's oblivion

by the wave it pushes away.

MAMMALS
MAMMALS

Avisto o mar

daqui

sou onda enrolada

no surf da vida de outros

corpos

com fatos de borracha

e cabelos de algas e sal

mergulhando

ainda

mesmo que a onda esqueça

o mar que a empurra.

In "SonhoGrafias", Universitária Editora, 2000

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