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Nobody deserves…

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At the end of last month, the IPEA (Institute of Applied Economic Research) released the results of a survey showing that the majority of those interviewed (almost 60%) believe that wearing appropriate clothing would prevent rapes. The research of the IPEA found that we live in a “social system where we are subordinate to men,” and that “violence plays a key role.” There is nothing new in that information. Do not think that just Brazilian women think that way. A recent survey in England revealed the same folly. Half of the women said that the blame for rape is partly … Continue reading Nobody deserves…

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Tom Jobim

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As we soak waters of the songs of Tom Jobim, we can always organic sounding harmony able to return to the human spirit, strength immanent in the natural landscape, as reminding Henry Thoreau: “It is useless to dream of a rusticity away from us. It does not exist. What inspires such a dream is the pond’s in our brains and in our bowels, the primitive vigor of nature existing in us. “ We consider this “primitive force of nature” as the embodiment of a feeling that will spread across lyrical jobiniana: either to find poetic elements in his songs that … Continue reading Tom Jobim

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A simple wish…

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I come from humble people. I have lived a humble life. My aspirations are not for a fancy home. Only a happy one. This is more me than “” things. I admire antiques, I admire the craftsmanship and textures. I like architecture, I love drawing with graphite and charcoal, writing my tales too. Old buildings, especially, old books, old songs. But I am thinking about a simple house or a cabin somewhere near woods and water someday. I’ll be the eccentric older lady with the odd dog that barks like a seal with the English style garden and a wood burning … Continue reading A simple wish…

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I do believe th…

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I do believe that society has conditioned every single one of us to feel as though we must be categorized in order to feel accepted. Peel back the layers of someone’s ethnic background, gender, sex, skin color, opinions and so on. At the end of the day, they’re nothing less than human. And every human is born with the need to laugh, the capability to fear, the tendency to love, and the inevitability to die. So why are we wasting our time, allowing these convoluted labels and socially constructed notions interfere with the fact that we’re essentially the same? We … Continue reading I do believe th…

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Give me your hands…

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Give me your hand and let me carry you to the high peaks, the clouds flimsy. Let me show you first light through my eyes and feel the gentle breeze of the wind on my skin. Allow me to show you how great listen, how to listen to the silence at night and you circles. Let me wear your steps through the sand, into the unknown, far away in the distance, where heaven and earth combine. Let me smell the flowers on your behalf and you to feel the fragrance, to listen to the song of life you can live. … Continue reading Give me your hands…

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L’amour n’est pas un lien, c’est une révélation …

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Sometimes we are more attached to the journey than we are to the discovery. Because the journey happens in the mind. The discovery happens in the heart. The heart has reasons that reason does not even knows, a discontent contentment, a hiccup in pain, but it’s so good to feel it, to discover the soul behind the passions that feed us every day, being in love, that is a key — rediscover love inside us. The journey passes by us so fast, no matter whether good or bad, suddenly when we realized everything has gone like a dream — waves … Continue reading L’amour n’est pas un lien, c’est une révélation …