Diversities / Diversidades

"For building a world of her own that made a place for so many, for spinning her story into a global legend, for bringing joy to a society desperately in need of it, Taylor SWIFT is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year" (photo collage made with photographs taken from TIME, Dec. 25, 2023)

a musical based on W. Shakespeare, with a magistral direction by Diogo INFANTE, at Teatro Trindade, Lisbon (until 2024Jan28)

1 bread "vianinha" of the day with much butter 1 cup of black tea decaf, prepared in an old teapot, a piece of collector, in coarse glazed ceramic, from the Century "Made in China", bought in the last Christmas Bazaar, in Casa do Artista "Artist House", at Benfica, by 1.5€ What do you say?

António Lobo ANTUNES (ALA) has a much more original., redundant, untimely, and poetical writing, and never won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Certainly, the Swedish Jury has been distracted or is strongly influenced by lobbies. Jon FOSSE also has the power to attract us with the non-stop word stream, colder and not so sensitive and clever like here in Southern Europe, but with the same hypnotic rhythm, without pauses. I take for myself he is strongly influenced by the ALA style. /// António Lobo Antunes (ALA) tem uma escrita mais original, redundante, intempestiva, e poética, e nunca ganhou o Prémio Nobel de Literatura. Certamente o Júri Sueco tem andado distraído, ou então é permeável à influência de lobbies. Jon FOSS tem também o condão de nos atrair com a torrente ininterrupta de palavras, mais fria e não tão sensível e inteligente como por aqui no Sul da Europa, mas o mesmo ritmo hipnótico, sem pausas. Cá para mim ele é fortermente influenciado pelo estilo de ALA. by Armando TABORDA, 2024

Yesterday, at 19:00, Livraria da Travessa, a new book release session of "TESSERATO", by Cali BOREAZ; the best session I participated in last time, short and incisive, brilliant presentation/representation by the author/performer, herself, without reformist and fatuous academicism /// Ontem, 19:00, Livraria da Travessa, sessão de lançamento do livro "TESSERATO", de Cali BOREAZ; a melhor sessão a que asisti ultimamente, curta e incisiva, brilhante apresentação/representação da autora/performer, ela própria, sem academicismo reformista e balofo

One of the greatest Portuguese heroes ended up being executed by hanging for the "alleged" homeland treason crime, by order of King D. João VI, exiled to Brazil, to escape from the French Invasions

a new culinary experience for me, nice food, artistic cooking, a kind of French New Cuisine