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<title><![CDATA[The one that shook my world]]></title>
<link>http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/the-one-that-shook-my-world/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The other day my dear friend Ian wrote a post about the ten books that shook his world. I immediatel]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The other day my <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/a-beautiful-shock/">dear friend Ian</a> wrote a post about <a href="http://www.quantumlearning.pl/10-books-that-shook-my-world">the ten books that shook his world</a>. I immediately thought that was a great idea and decided to do it myself too.<br />
After a minute I realized I was not going to do it, after all. It would just take too much time and effort of trying to remember them all, write about them as well as what they meant too me&#8230;, nah, just too much. I am not as dedicated as Ian and he wins. Touché. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
But, in the process of thinking about it I did remember one of the very important books of my life, one that I haven’t been thinking about for a long long time since I read it, say, 25 years or so ago, when I was pretty young: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse">Herman Hesse’s</a> The Glass Bead Game.<br />
When I discovered Hesse I read many of his novels and I loved them all: Demian, Siddharta, Journey to the East and especially Steppenwolf. By the way, do people still read Hesse at all? Anybody knows what the situation is nowadays? In my time if you were into personal growth, Hesse was a must. I believe even more so if you were male, as I remember. Which, now that I think of it, is quite interesting.<br />
Anyway, for me <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game">The Glass Bead Game</a> was above it all. I still remember how very shocked I felt when reaching the last page and reading something I was totally unprepared for. After everything the main characters has gone through, after finally achieving the very top of the world, he decides to let it all go. He decides to abandon it all and to step into something very simple yet meaningful, into serving. But then, finally feeling completely free and content, he suddenly dies. Abruptly. The end. No more.<br />
I can so easily reconnect with that moment, lying in my bed with the last page in front of me, my heart pounding hard and my face staring in disbelief. It felt as if all the four existential <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/the-beautiful-dilemmas-of-life/">dilemmas </a> (freedom, death, isolation, meaninglessness) suddenly hit me in my forehead, really hard. For days my mind was pulsating with thoughts: “<em>Everything I begin, will end. Everything I build, will eventually crush down. Nothing is permanent and whatever I may achieve, whatever peak I might reach, even if I reach the absolute <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/both-sides-of-the-same-shiny-coin/">freedom</a>, it will all end in<a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/is-communication-just-a-big-joke/"> total isolation</a> and with death I will vanish from this world. So what is the meaning of it all? What difference does anything make? Why move? Why try?</em>&#8220;<br />
The romantic worlds and illusions started to crush down and I kept attempting to build them up again, and again, and again. I wanted to have a nice illusion of absolute meaning, of eternity, of connectedness and free choice, yet the pictures never held for very long and there were always pieces missing. Only in the last couple of years I seem to be starting to <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/nothing-special-but-everything-there-is/">come to peace with it all</a>.<br />
Well, that book definitely shook my world. I believe I would be somewhat different had I not read it. But I am totally happy I did, of course. No <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/a-time-for-mourning/">mourning </a>here, just a <a href="http://robertkrzisnik.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/a-celebration/">celebration</a>. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Obsesiland]]></title>
<link>http://ckyiscky.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/obsesiland/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ckyiscky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ckyiscky.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/obsesiland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Star Mild Present : OBSESI LAND 28 November 2009 Bandung @SASANA BUDAYA GANESHA &#8211; SABUGA Jl. T]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Star Mild Present :</p>
<p>OBSESI LAND</p>
<p>28 November 2009 Bandung</p>
<p>@SASANA BUDAYA GANESHA &#8211; SABUGA<br />
Jl. Taman Sari Bandung</p>
<p>Artist Perform :<br />
Andra &#38; The Backbone,<br />
Demian the illusionist,<br />
Tompi,<br />
Rocket Rockers,<br />
ebithBEAT*A,<br />
Rock N Roll Mafia,<br />
Shenja,<br />
Flo Dancer<br />
Empaty<br />
Street Magician<br />
etc</p>
<p>Coaching By :</p>
<p>Darwis Triadi, Melaney Ricardo, DJ Riri, Demian the Illusionist.</p>
<p>Games :</p>
<p>Airsoftgun Competition , Trampolin, Nintendo Wii Competition, Magician amateur Competition, Fotografer Snap Shot Battle, Tarot Reader&#8230;And Many More&#8230;</p>
<p>OBSESILAND &#8211; COACHING CLINIC DIMULAI JAM 12.30 SIANG, BUAT YANG IKUTAN COACHING DAPET BOOKLET KEREN&#8230; DATANG JANGAN TELAT YA PERSEDIAAN TERBATAS&#8230;.</p>
<p>Bagi yg bawa pasangannya&#8230; Bakalan dapet merchandize (dengan syarat) dan kesempatan maen game gratis sekali divenue&#8230; Games ini mengusung tema Obsesi Punya Pacar <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  Jadi kalo yg jomblo datang kesana mau dapet merchandize&#8230; Kenalan dulu lah sama cewe pengunjung jg yg datang sendirian disitu. Siapa tau jodoh beneran.</p>
<p>Didalem ada nintendo wii, bowling, boxing, tennis, dan time crisis III : banyak lagi hehe&#8230; Diluar ada Trampolin&#8230; AirSoftgun Competition and Coaching&#8230;.</p>
<p>Mini Stage Lounge and Cafe at North Exhibition Hall SABUGA</p>
<p>DJ and Discoteque Area at South Exhibition hall SABUGA</p>
<p>Dekorasi Event Terdasyat yg pernah ada di muka bumi ini&#8230; hehe lebay&#8230; pokonya lo masuk sini&#8230; lo akan merasakan sesuatu yang sangat berbeda. </p>
<p>HTM (harga tiket masuk) : Rp 15,000,- &#8211; udah dapet 1 bks StarMild dan main game satu kali di area exhibition hall&#8230;. </p>
<p>ssstt&#8230;. ada lagi info buat lo&#8230;</p>
<p>On Air Quiz nya berhadiah uang Total : Rp. 5.600.000,-</p>
<p>DISINI OBSESI LO ADA JALANNYA&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;THIS EVENT FULLY ORGANIZED BY AUTORADIO 88,9 FM BANDUNG&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[An Intellectual Autobiography in Books]]></title>
<link>http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/an-intellectual-autobiography-in-books/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Grad Student</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As I was finishing &#8220;When God is Gone, Everything is Holy&#8221; today, I realized how importan]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As I was finishing &#8220;<a href="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/153/">When God is Gone, Everything is Holy</a>&#8221; today, I realized how important certain books have been to me in the course of my life.  Just listing these books along with some explanation is a good way of charting how my beliefs and thought have changed over time.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>SIX TO 12 YEARS-OLD</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/33/99/d1f7e03ae7a06ff0a0bb0210.L._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="192" />Margie Asks Why</strong>:<br />
This Adventist book for children lays out the Adventist version of Genesis 3 and what Adventists call &#8220;the great controversy&#8221; (the story of the fall of Satan and Adam and Eve).  This book embodies the cosmogeny I was raised to believe.</p>
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<p><strong> </strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-229" title="pilgrims-progress-18" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pilgrims-progress-18.jpg?w=203" alt="pilgrims-progress-18" width="142" height="210" /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim's_Progress">Pilgrim&#8217;s Progress</a></strong><strong> (a children&#8217;s version):</strong><br />
This classic by John Bunyan greatly affected my view of the life of a Christian.  It inspired me to try and walk on the &#8220;straight and narrow&#8221; and avoid the temptations modern life has to offer.  Yes, I know it&#8217;s a bit cliche, but this book is where such cliches originate.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-230" title="project sunlight" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/project-sunlight.jpg" alt="project sunlight" width="168" height="168" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Project-Sunlight-June-Strong/dp/0812702891">Project Sunlight:</a></strong><br />
This is another Adventist book that shaped my beliefs about the apocalyptic events that would forshadow Christ&#8217;s second-coming (the second &#8220;Advent&#8221;).  Taking the perspective of an woman&#8217;s guardian angel, it describes how eventually the worldwide government will force people to worship God on Sunday (instead of Saturday as commanded in the Bible).</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>AROUND 16 YEARS-OLD</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-272" title="a-brief-history-of-time_original" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/a-brief-history-of-time_original.jpg?w=197" alt="a-brief-history-of-time_original" width="138" height="210" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_brief_history_of_time">A Brief History of Time:</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;">This first taste of modern physics enraptured me for about half a year when I was 16 years old.  After reading it cover to cover, I would often open it to random places and just read it, not unlike a holy book.  Not only did it spark in me a desire to learn more about modern physics, it challenged my assumption that life and the universe were less than 10,000 years old.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-232" title="Bible" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bible.jpg?w=300" alt="Bible" width="210" height="139" />The Book of Hebrews in the Bible:</strong><br />
This book brought home to me what the sacrifice of Jesus Christ meant.  Its representation of his sacrifice as a substitutionary atonement for my sins was extremely moving to me.  Absorbing this book marked an important change in my life in which I went from being a somewhat mediocre Christian (specifically Adventist) to being a committed evangelical.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-234" title="thispresentdarkness" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/thispresentdarkness.jpg?w=300" alt="thispresentdarkness" width="240" height="240" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Present_Darkness">This Present Darkness:</a></strong><br />
My view of the daily events in my life and the world was radically changed after reading this Christian thriller about how angels, demons, and prayer affect our lives.  The story reveals that behind all events in the world are demons (helped by new age cults) and angels (helped by the intercessory prayer of Christians).  Reading this book marked the beginning of a charismatic/pentacostal Christian phase of my life.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>AROUND 18 YEARS-OLD</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-239" title="demian" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/demian.jpg" alt="demian" width="144" height="222" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demian">Demian:</a></strong><br />
This is a classic <em>bildungsroman </em>or coming of age story in which the protagonist, while in the search for truth, sheds the Christianity he was raised in. Reading this book coincided with my own crisis of faith so I resonated strongly with the protagonist. This story&#8217;s beautiful rendering of the protagonist&#8217;s heroic search for himself and the truth somehow enabled me to recognize that beauty existed outside of the Christian faith.</p>
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<p><strong> <img class="size-full wp-image-235 alignleft" title="Jacques-Derrida" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jacques-derrida.png" alt="Jacques-Derrida" width="140" height="185" /></strong><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy">Continental Thought:</a></strong></p>
<p>I began to read a smattering of what could roughly be described as continental philosophy.  At first the relativistic thinking I found in these books was very appealing to me.  I was tired of the self-reinforcing orthodoxy of Christianity, and the way these works subverted or deconstructed such beliefs was compelling.  On the other hand, I soon discovered that I couldn&#8217;t get away from the performative contradiction inherent in this thought.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong> </strong>I don&#8217;t have any particular books to describe how my world view changed in college.  However, my education in physics changed me radically by pushing me in the direction of materialism.  One of the many things that moved me towards this philosophy was physics&#8217; successful predictions about the existence of certain particles (such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron">positron</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_minus">Omega-minus</a>].</p>
<p>However, after meeting and subsequently marrying someone with a love of religion and literature (and, to a degree, a continental philosophical belief system) my hard materialism metamorphosed into something else.  I&#8217;m not sure what to call it&#8211;maybe soft-materialism, agnostic materialism, or religious naturalism.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-238" title="when god is gone" src="http://wordsandnumbers.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/when-god-is-gone1.jpg?w=194" alt="when god is gone" width="136" height="210" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-God-Gone-Everything-Holy/dp/1933495138">When God is Gone, Everything is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist</a> by <a href="http://www.sciencemusings.com/blog/">Chet Raymo</a></strong><strong>:</strong><br />
After embracing materialism I found that its redeeming feature is a Carl Sagan-esque awe of the universe.  Raymo not only captures this awe but goes beyond it.  Yes, Raymo is a materialist, but somehow he&#8217;s more.  He has managed to appropriate the language of Catholic mystics and writers to explain his experience of nature.  Raymo is a scientific materialist while experiencing the world as a mystic&#8211;a feat I would like to accomplish.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Demian, Hermann Hesse]]></title>
<link>http://drawers.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/demian-hermann-hesse/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Hermes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://drawers.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/demian-hermann-hesse/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Demian es una novela del escritor alemán Hermann Hesse que relata en primera persona el paso de la n]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Traduzir-me, traduzir-se... eis a questão!]]></title>
<link>http://learningfromart.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/traduzir-me-traduzir-se-eis-a-questao/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fräulein Gonçalves</dc:creator>
<guid>http://learningfromart.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/traduzir-me-traduzir-se-eis-a-questao/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Traduzir-me Uma parte de mim é todo mundo: outra parte é ninguém fundo sem fundo. Uma parte de mim é]]></description>
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Uma parte de mim<br />
é todo mundo:<br />
outra parte é ninguém<br />
fundo sem fundo.</p>
<p>Uma parte de mim<br />
é multidão:<br />
outra parte estranheza<br />
e solidão.</p>
<p>Uma parte de mim<br />
pesa, pondera:<br />
outra parte<br />
delira.</p>
<p>Uma parte de mim<br />
almoça e janta:<br />
outra parte<br />
se espanta.</p>
<p>Uma parte de mim<br />
é permanente:<br />
outra parte<br />
se sabe de repente.</p>
<p>Uma parte de mim<br />
é só vertigem:<br />
outra parte,<br />
linguagem.</p>
<p>Traduzir uma parte<br />
na outra parte<br />
-que é uma questão<br />
de vida ou morte-<br />
será arte?</p>
<p><strong>+ Texto de Ferreira Gullar. Os melhores poemas de Ferreira Gullar. Global, São Paulo, 1985.</strong></p>
<p>Ferreira Gullar, um dos poetas brasileiros mais conhecidos, disse à uma reportagem da <a href="http://www2.uol.com.br/entrelivros/">Revista Entre livros</a> uma vez : * <strong>&#8220;Quando a vida me agarra, me força a refletir sobre ela, é então que nasce o poema (&#8230;). Defronto-me com um mundo indecifrável e aí começo esse pensar&#8230;&#8221;</strong> Não é só o mundo que é indecifrável. Não há coisa mais indecifrável que o próprio homem. Transitamos em crescentes dicotomias : o imaginário e a realidade, o espírito e o corpo, o bem e o mal, o passado e o presente, os sonhos infinitos e a vida limitada, etc. Nestes opostos, a vida de um homem é a busca de si e o entendimento do mundo. A busca de algo que,de fato, nunca se encontrará, pois o homem precisa se autodesafiar, precisa se debater entre seus seus  extremos e também seus meios, vivenciar suas descobertas e, para não &#8220;morrer&#8221;, percorrer uma vida de &#8220;encontros&#8221; de seus &#8220;desencontros&#8221;.</p>
<p>Em alguns pontos, estas palavras me lembram o livro de Herman Hesse, Demian. A representação deste livro é de um homem que se choca com o seu &#8220;eu presente, temente e tradicional&#8221; , contempla a si mesmo e busca no seu interior uma visão multilatitudinal do mundo. Ele se encontra com seus medos, ele se &#8220;traduz&#8221; através de novas vivências que se chocam com valores familiares e sociais. Ele vive dois mundos : o social, o individual; o bem e o mal; o delírio e o racional.</p>
<p>Em uma de minhas frases preferidas, a mensagem da obra diz : <strong>&#8220;Quem quiser nascer tem que destruir um mundo, ser é ousar ser&#8221;</strong> &#8211; aqui no sentido de que cada novo nascimento de algo em nós, destruímos, retalhamos, consertamos ou o que seja algo em nós. Cada tentativa de &#8220;traduzir-nos&#8221; , há uma ação de ou romper com o passado ou mesmo ajustá-lo em uma realidade presente, destruindo nossos velhos mundos  sejam eles reais ou imaginários. No correr deste processo, a gente brinca de &#8220;traduzir-se&#8221; e &#8220;traduzir&#8221; o mundo.</p>
<p>Eu costumo &#8220;traduzir-me&#8221; muito e embora seja um processo doloroso e encorajador, que muitas vezes demanda tempo, suor, lágrimas, risos, ilusões e desilusões, alegrias e tristezas; acho que sem isso não seria nada. Como diz Ferreira Gullar, na poesia poesia acima que lhes deixo: <strong>&#8220;é uma questão de vida ou morte? &#8211; será arte?&#8221;</strong>. De fato é uma arte. A arte da sobrevivência. A arte de viver. Temos que conciliar nossos extremos, tentar &#8220;traduzi-los&#8221; em conjunto e isso é o que sou. A poesia de Gullar traduz  muito sobre mim e com certeza muito sobre outras pessoas&#8230;</p>
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<p>Estou aqui de volta para traduzir Arte e deixá-la traduzir-me. Seja bem-vindo(a) ao <strong>Learning from Art</strong>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fallen_Angel - di Demian L.]]></title>
<link>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/fallen_angel-di-demian-l/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thebexperiment</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/fallen_angel-di-demian-l/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[I soliti stereotipi Bonelliani]]></title>
<link>http://emilz.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/i-soliti-stereotipi-bonelliani/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emilz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://emilz.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/i-soliti-stereotipi-bonelliani/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ieri è uscito il quinto numero della nuova miniserie targata made in Bonelli, &#8220;Caravan&#8221;-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ieri è uscito il quinto numero della nuova miniserie targata made in Bonelli, <strong>&#8220;Caravan&#8221;-</strong> ne ho già parlato in diverse occasioni sempre in questo blog, creata da Medda, già autore di Nathan Never.</p>
<p><!--more-->Purtroppo anche il quinto numero non aggiunge nient&#8217;altro alla trama di fondo (la carovana partita obbligotariamente da Nest Point dopo una serie di avvenimenti sovrannaturali, a seguito di un esercito ostile e mal riposto nel dare informazioni sull&#8217;accaduto), perdendosi nel raccontare storie di nuovi personaggi, anche piuttosto stereotipati (avevamo lasciato il numero scorso con il racconto di una mamma dal passato travagliato, ora con un uomo che dice di aver incontrato gli alieni, ovviamente nessuno gli crede, la moglie non gli permette di vedere i figli se lui non si fa visitare da uno psichiatra), insomma tutta una serie di personaggi carenti costruiti con un background davvero debole, legati da storie (raccontate da dei flashback che vorrebbero ricordare il linguaggio di &#8220;Lost&#8221; &#8211; nota serie televisiva), ma che bucano la storia rendendola noiosa, piatta e poco coinvolgente. Si sente troppo il tentativo di prender tempo, stratagemma non del tutto sbagliato se si rendessero maggiormente appetibili i personaggi principali (il cagnolino di famiglia in continuo pericolo, la bambina triste, la mamma e il papà in conflitto, lui poi è insopportabile, e il ragazzo &#8220;adolescente&#8221; ingenuo, continuamente rimbeccato dal padre fastidioso). Insomma, in questo cammino lento verso i diciotto numeri previsti, &#8220;Caravan&#8221; al momento non sta mostrando le carte vincenti, probabilmente le mostrerà più avanti, ma c&#8217;era bisogno di una fidelizzazione dei lettori, e non la messa in scena dei maggiori stereotipi dell&#8217;uomo, ultimamente ben dipinta da quasi tutte le serie della Sergio Bonelli Editore.</p>
<p>Oggi, in edicola uscirà un&#8217;altra miniserie &#8220;Greystorm&#8221;, mi auguro che sia decisamente migliore di &#8220;Caravan&#8221;, &#8220;Brad Barron&#8221; (per lo meno nella miniserie di Tito Faraci l&#8217;azione non mancava), Demian e Volto Nascosto.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mario_Bros - di Demian L.]]></title>
<link>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/mario_bros-di-demian-l/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thebexperiment</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/mario_bros-di-demian-l/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotina (ao som de "Windy City", da banda Demian)]]></title>
<link>http://tatudobem.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/rotina-ao-som-de-windy-city-da-banda-demian/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://tatudobem.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/rotina-ao-som-de-windy-city-da-banda-demian/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Todos os dias, o mesmo ônibus, a mesma rota&#8230;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold_Gold - di Demian L.]]></title>
<link>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/cold_gold-di-demian-l/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thebexperiment</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/cold_gold-di-demian-l/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[The_King- di Demian L.]]></title>
<link>http://thebexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/the_king-di-demian-l/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mas alla de romper el cascarón]]></title>
<link>http://elemas.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/mas-alla-de-romper-el-cascaron/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elemas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elemas.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/mas-alla-de-romper-el-cascaron/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Llega e al Mundo (no, no es publicidad para mundo e) Empezamos la historia en el hospital de perinat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Llega e al Mundo (no, no es publicidad para mundo e)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Empezamos la historia en el hospital de perinatología ubicado en Polanco, un hospital muy primer mundista en la que el parto cuesta lo mismo que alimentar al chamaco por 2 o 3 años. Nuestro sujeto se llama e, siempre fue un muchacho baboso y mimado, hijo único por su puesto. Su mama&#8230;llamada G siempre le compro lo que quiso y le hizo saber que era el niño más perfecto que podía haber sobre la faz de la tierra. En la escuela no se juntaba con nadie realmente y cumplía con todas sus tareas, era el chico perfección. Llego el tercer año de primaria y a e le gusto una chica de su escuela. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Ana Cynthia (La chica del nombre largo)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Ah pero que mujer, pueden imaginarla con sus 8 años debajo de sus pantalones. e tenía el problema de que no estaba instruido en esta materia del amor, no sabía como acercársele y mucho menos podía pedir consejos, pues ¿A quién?, G lo regañaría, y su papa, L, era muy rudo como para venir y hablar de amor.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Un día de clases, e y Ana Cynthia hacían manualidades de plastilina para la escuela, de pronto salió el amor total, que momento tan mágico, e tan enamorado y su amada Ana Cynthia con una sonrisa pizpireta le dice -e, esto es para ti-. Y le puso lentamente un anillo hecho de plastilina en su dedo índice. Fue uno de los momentos más felices de e en su vida, más que cuando jugaba a la comidita con G o cuando  salía a jugar futbol con la pared en casa de su abuela. Cualquier persona hubiera aprovechado este momento y hubiera respondido galanamente -Nunca te arrepentirás de estar conmigo, te hare la mujer más feliz&#8230; nena (h)- o algo por el estilo, pero e dejo pasar esta oportunidad y se mantuvo enamorado platónicamente de Ana Cynthia hasta sexto de primaria, no digo que haya estado mal, pero pudo haber sido algo más bonito, e no sabía cómo amar.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Metamorfosis (e se convierte en E)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">e quería ver Blue Dragonball y G se oponía porque era muy violento, a e lo molestaban en la escuela e incluso L le decía a e -pues rómpeles la madre, no te dejes pisotear&#8230; hijo tarado-, pero G respondía -no, no, no e bonito, tu solo acúsalos con tu maestra y ya-. e nunca aprendió a defenderse (ni a ser libre), y su mundo consistía tan solo en lo que L le decía. Para desfortunio de L, e empezó a tener grandes influencias por parte de muchachos de la escuela que le decían que el nintendo era lo chido y porque ya se empezaba a juntar con los del fraccionamiento del &#8220;nopal&#8221;, pero también se empezó a juntar mucho con&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Demian (Demian del futuro)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">E había tenido toda la vida contacto con Demian, pero fue hasta este periodo cuando empezó a ser más importante. Demian era todo, E era un buen hijo y bueno en la escuela, pero estaba reprimido, no podía patinar, ni jugar nintendo, ni ver Blue Dragonball, ni quedarse en casa de sus amigos, no podía hacer nada sin el consentimiento de G, que lo tenía completamente encerrado en una horrible burbuja de protección contra todo lo &#8220;malo&#8221;, lo cual iba haciendo cada vez mas débil e inútil a E. Demian solía invitar a E a quedarse a su casa, por algún motivo a E si le concedían este permiso, así que ahí era en donde aprendía muchas cosas de la vida, música, arte, diversión. E estaba conociendo otro mundo apartado del mundo en el que vivía, un mundo &#8220;dual&#8221; en donde había &#8220;licor y escuela&#8221;. Mundo que E envidiaba y no veía posible de conseguir. Un día un amigo de E le dijo -Oye, dile a tu mamá que te deje de consentir tanto, te está echando a perder, y cuando tengas problemas no sabrás ni que hacer-</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Secundaria (E se pierde y empieza otra vez)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">E se cambio de casa y ya no vio a sus amigos de &#8220;El Nopal&#8221;, G desapareció de la vida de E y lo dejo enfrentarse a la vida prácticamente solo. L odiaba a E por inútil. Este capítulo es el más aburrido de todos, E reencarno y se fue encontrando poco a poco, paso tiempo con mucha gente muy diferente, desde los que les gustaba Blink 182 y masturbarse, a los que les gustaba jugar magic y final fantasy, a los metaleros, a los que le daban a la patineta&#8230; entonces E tuvo influencias de todas las culturas que pudo, para a base de eso crearse una propia.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Años de reprobar (E se vuelve chévere)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">E después de varios años de no hacer nada en la escuela, ir al billar, tomar, fumar, ver pornografía, decir groserías&#8230; y hacer todo lo que la vida le había reprimido hacer, encontró sus puntos fuertes, por algún motivo E era apreciado en cada rincón que recorría, de las muy diversas culturas que había pisado, y era porque cuando se juntaba con los metaleros sabia de metal (stratovarius y angra eran los mejores), cuando se juntaba con los blinkeros era el más &#8220;happy&#8221; y el que conocía mas trucos chaquetos, cuando jugaba magic se dejaba sablear (a propósito, claro está), y podía mantener una conversación de final fantasy por horas y horas.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">Sobreadaptacion (Mas allá de romper el cascarón)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">E después de haberse paseado por tantas culturas y filosofías empezó a crearse una propia, E se dio algunas ideas de que es a lo que quiere llegar, le dedico tiempo a su labor social, su labor musical, y su labor que le dejara dinero en el futuro (matemáticas y computación). Se formo el hobby de destacar en los hobbies que tuviera, y si iba a hacer música, la iba a hacer bien, y si iba a criticar gente, lo iba a hacer bien, y si iba a aprender de otros, iba a elegir bien, y si iba a programar en java, lo iba a hacer bien, y otra gran lección, si iba a ser un flojo en muchas materias de la vida, iba a ser un buen flojo.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;"> E hoy en día (tal vez E ya es É)</span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:black;">No se sabe bien que pasó con E, algunos dicen que se hace pasar por un súper héroe llamado Cocowash, otros que murio, y otros que es un dictador en el departamento de economía internacional. Sea lo que sea E nos dejo una gran moraleja: &#8220;Después de romper el cascarón hay que seguir cierto algoritmo para tener una buena vida&#8221; </span></p>
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<p><em>Un </em><strong><em>algoritmo</em></strong><em> es una lista bien definida, ordenada y finita de operaciones que permite hallar la solución a un problema. Dado un estado inicial y una entrada, a través de pasos sucesivos y bien definidos se llega a un estado final, obteniendo una solución.</em></p>
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<link>http://lifeaccordingtoflwrgurl.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/weeds-pilar-and-esteban/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you watch the TV series on Showtime, Weeds ?? Aww mayn if you don&#8217;t go to Blockbuster Video]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3707" title="kate-del-castillo-weeds" src="http://lifeaccordingtoflwrgurl.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/kate-del-castillo-weeds.jpg" alt="kate-del-castillo-weeds" width="400" height="216" />Do you watch the TV series on Showtime, Weeds ?? Aww mayn if you don&#8217;t go to Blockbuster Video and rent all the series and watch it! This show is brilliant! Although, the writing sometimes gets boring; probably due to all the mary juana that the writers be smoking he he he just kidding.</p>
<p>Anyway, during my Willie Moe days I had the opportunity to work with Kate Del Castillo. You probably don&#8217;t know any of her work; recently Kate can be seen as the villain on the show Weeds, as Pilar.  Kate del Castillo is a Super Star Actress in Mejico. Yes you read it right she is a Super Star in Mexico.</p>
<p>I speak with a passion about Kate del Castillo, because she was humble, shy and was a down to earth chick. I am happy and proud to say I have met and worked with Kate del Castillo.</p>
<p>Kate is also very shy and private about her personal life. One thing I knew about Kate when we started working together was that she was recently divorced from a very famous Soccer player. [Idk who his name is] Kate was ready to move on and start a fresh page in the U.S. Kate re-located from Mejico to West Hollywood.</p>
<p>When I saw Kate Guest Star on Weeds I about crapped my pants of excitement. You see when we worked with Kate back then it was difficult to get Kate booked on U.S. English speaking shows. Why? Kate&#8217;s accent was really thick!</p>
<p>However, Kate didn&#8217;t give up. Kate would attend acting classes with some of the best acting coaches in the industry. Kate started seeing Speech Therapist to assist with her accent and concurrently take English classes to improve on her English. Kate is on a mission! Kate will succeed!</p>
<p>While doing a lil bit of more research I realized why Kate del Castillo was on Weeds. Kate&#8217;s new boyfriend Demian Bichir was aka Esteban Reyes. Makes complete sense. I recall when Kate called the office to tell us that her boyfriend had spoke to the writers of the show and written a Guest Star role in the series.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting how three years later, we have Pilar and Esteban aka Kate del Castillo and Demian Bichir playing secret lovers on the big screen. If you watch Weeds, you will see that there is also a secret relationship between these two in the storyline. However, it remains unsolved and Nancy doesn&#8217;t understand it! he he he that&#8217;s funny!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m crossing my fingers that Kate del Castillo&#8217;s Guest Starring role will convert into a Recurring role! -Good Luck, Kate!</p>
<h2>update:</h2>
<p>This just handed to me! Kate del Castillo and Aaron Diaz got hitched this weekend in Las Vegas! Congratulations Kate!  8/31/09</p>
<p>Oh and if you missed the Season Finale of Weeds, Kate del Castillo was killed off by Shawn; Nancy&#8217;s son.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3708" title="WEEDS (Season 5)" src="http://lifeaccordingtoflwrgurl.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/weeds_506_0073.jpg" alt="WEEDS (Season 5)" width="497" height="331" /></p>
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<link>http://perropardo.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/jesuskampf/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">Cuando vi a la gorda predicar, lo único que pude imaginar que la mejor muerte de la que podría sufrir sería ser disparada por una <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG-42">Maschinengewehr 42</a> en toda la espalada. ¡Hay mucha espalda para lacerar joder!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Todos nosotros somos responsables de que este tipo de manifestaciones fundamentalistas. Lo que pasa es que un día vamos a despertar y va a terminar la modernidad. Por ejemplo, existen post como este y como el de nuestros <a href="http://amorycaca.wordpress.com/">compañeros de cuna</a>, en los que no buscamos tener un mundo mejor sino uno lleno de perros pardos y de caca y de papas para golpear.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Entonces cuando esa ilusión llamada razón que sostenía este frágil mundo a medias (bueno, nunca lo ha hecho, pero digamos que hay cierta hipocresía todavía), los gringos van a coger sus bombas y sus hermosos aviones y las primeras víctimas van a ser Chidovalmen y Sancho Panza.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Ver a los niños rezar tan impúdicamente por una patria nueva, me hizo pensar que no sería difícil hacerlos llorar  y hacerlos convulsionar para que MTV deje de ser <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/justin-bieber/402019/one-time.jhtml#id=1518072">una porquería</a> u otro tipo de beneficencia social como los abuelos que se pudren en esos lugares de mierda o el calentamiento global (esas cosas, citando al cuento de häblich que nunca leí, por lo que la cita va a ser del todo inexacta, ¿cómo decía ?&#8221;esas cosas que le preocupan al ciudadano proimedio&#8221; o algo así).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">¿Y qué está haciendo Demian Valmen por todos nosotros?</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Por ahora solo patea niños que se caen de las escaleras mientras siguen en el suelo.</p>
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<link>http://salvaroj.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/demian/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230; La vida de todo hombre es un camino hacia sí mismo, la tentativa de un camino, la hue]]></description>
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<link>http://axolote.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/demian/</link>
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<link>http://lightinsilence.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/demian-herman-hesse/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Há uns 2 meses comprei um livro chamado &#8220;O Jogo das Contas de Vidro&#8221;. Este seria o prime]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/projects/hesse/publications/demian.jpeg"><img src="http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/projects/hesse/publications/demian.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Há uns 2 meses comprei um livro chamado &#8220;O Jogo das Contas de Vidro&#8221;. Este seria o primeiro livro de Herman Hesse que eu iria ler até então. Porém fiquei sabendo que o livro tem uma certa complexidade e que deveria começar por um outro mais <span style="font-style:italic;">light</span>. Daí fui a um sebo e não exitei em trocar &#8220;A Menina que Roubava Livros&#8221; por &#8220;Demian&#8221;. A melhor troca que já fiz.
<div style="text-align:justify;">Esse sim está agora na minha lista dos dez melhores. Ele muda todo teu jeito de pensar. E te mostra um outro lado dos pensamentos, religião, amor, amizade. E acaba por mostrar um homem que descobre o mundo em si mesmo.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Back home (2)]]></title>
<link>http://recoveredbulimic.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/back-home-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diaryofarecoveredbulimic</dc:creator>
<guid>http://recoveredbulimic.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/back-home-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After a good night&#8217;s sleep, I woke up to pouring rain, thunder and lightning. I went to breakf]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Damian Maia/OUT]]></title>
<link>http://adccbarcelona.com/?p=617</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sebastianvalle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://adccbarcelona.com/?p=617</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Born in 1977 Home: São Paulo &#8211; Brasil Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team: Brasa / Wand Fight Team]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-618" title="demian maia" src="http://adccbarcelona.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/demian-maia.jpg" alt="demian maia" width="275" height="393" />Born in 1977<br />
Home: São Paulo &#8211; Brasil<br />
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu<br />
Team: Brasa / Wand Fight Team<br />
Division: under 87.9 Kg</p>
<p>BJJ/ADCC record:<br />
- ADCC 2007 under 88 kg champion<br />
- Super Challenge 2007 under 83 Kg champion<br />
- ADCC 2005 under 88 Kg: 2nd place<br />
- Three-time World Cup champion<br />
- Two-time World champion<br />
- Brazilian champion</p>
<p>MMA record: 10 &#8211; 0 &#8211; 0 (80% of victories by submission)</p>
<p>Bio: Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Maia trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well as Judo as a child. When he became a teenager, he also began studying Kung Fu and Karate. Demian Maia finished college and graduated with a degree in Journalism. He is currently a second degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has won several major tournaments under Team Brasa. He won the under 88 kg weight division at the 2007 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, defeating Yushin Okami, Rafael Lobato, and Tarsis Humphres before armbarring Flavio Almeida in the finals. He also won the 2007 Super Challenge under 83 kg belt, defeating Vitelmo Kubis Bandeira by rear naked choke and Gustavo Machado by a judges decision before going on to defeat Fabio Negao by guillotine choke in the finals. Maia appears in the instructional DVD The Science of Jiu Jitsu I &#38; II. Maia listed UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie as his inspiration to begin an MMA career, but also lists Royce&#8217;s brother Rickson Gracie, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, as his primary hero.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Born in 1977</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Home: São Paulo &#8211; Brasil</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Team: Brasa / Wand Fight Team</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Division: under 87.9 Kg</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">BJJ/ADCC record:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- ADCC 2007 under 88 kg champion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Super Challenge 2007 under 83 Kg champion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- ADCC 2005 under 88 Kg: 2nd place</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Three-time World Cup champion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Two-time World champion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Brazilian champion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">MMA record: 10 &#8211; 0 &#8211; 0 (80% of victories by submission)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Bio: Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Maia trained in </span><a title="Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> as well as </span><a title="Judo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Judo</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> as a child. When he became a teenager, he also began studying </span><a title="Kung Fu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Kung Fu</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and </span><a title="Karate" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Karate</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">. Demian Maia finished college and graduated with a degree in </span><a title="Journalism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Journalism</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">. He is currently a second degree black belt in </span><a title="Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and has won several major tournaments under </span><a title="Team Brasa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Brasa"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Team Brasa</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">. He won the under 88 kg weight division at the 2007 </span><a title="ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADCC_Submission_Wrestling_World_Championship"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, defeating </span><a title="Yushin Okami" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushin_Okami"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Yushin Okami</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><a title="Rafael Lovato (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rafael_Lovato&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Rafael Lobato</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, and </span><a title="Tarsis Humphres (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarsis_Humphres&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Tarsis Humphres</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> before </span><a title="Armlock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armlock#armbar"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">armbarring</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Flavio Almeida in the finals. He also won the 2007 Super Challenge under 83 kg belt, defeating Vitelmo Kubis Bandeira by </span><a title="Rear naked choke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_naked_choke"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">rear naked choke</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and </span><a title="Gustavo Machado" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Machado"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Gustavo Machado</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> by a judges decision before going on to defeat </span><a title="Fabio Negao (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fabio_Negao&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Fabio Negao</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> by </span><a title="Guillotine choke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine_choke"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">guillotine choke</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> in the finals. Maia appears in the instructional DVD <span>The Science of Jiu Jitsu I</span> &#38; <span>II</span>.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Maia listed UFC Hall of Famer </span><a title="Royce Gracie" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Gracie"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Royce Gracie</span></a><span> <span lang="EN-GB">as his inspiration to begin an MMA career, but also lists Royce&#8217;s brother </span></span><a title="Rickson Gracie" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickson_Gracie"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-GB">Rickson Gracie</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, as his primary hero</span></div>
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<title><![CDATA["e ho capito che era una follia..... ]]></title>
<link>http://myrhapsodyinblue.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/e-ho-capito-che-era-una-follia/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>VenerediMilo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myrhapsodyinblue.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/e-ho-capito-che-era-una-follia/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Le saut dans le vide (El salto en el vacío), In memoriam Yves Klein]]></title>
<link>http://caracas1067.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/le-saut-dans-le-vide-el-salto-en-el-vacio-in-memoriam-yves-klein/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lorenzo Davalos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://caracas1067.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/le-saut-dans-le-vide-el-salto-en-el-vacio-in-memoriam-yves-klein/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Salto en el vacío, de Yves Klein (foto de Harry Shunk) I, el vacío, los artistas y la luz La vida de]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Literary Review: ‘Demian’ By Hermann Hesse]]></title>
<link>http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/literary-review-%e2%80%98demian%e2%80%99-by-hermann-hesse/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>psypressuk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/literary-review-%e2%80%98demian%e2%80%99-by-hermann-hesse/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Demian Article by Robert Dickins originally featured in Fallyrag &#8211; The Arts &amp; Culture Jour]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_389" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 107px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-389" title="Demian" src="http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/demian.jpg?w=97" alt="Demian" width="97" height="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Demian</p></div>
<p>Article by Robert Dickins originally featured in <a href="http://www.fallyrag.com" target="_self">Fallyrag &#8211; The Arts &#38; Culture Journal</a></p>
<p>When ‘Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth’ was first published in 1919, it was done so under the protagonist’s name, Emil Sinclair and its author, Hermann Hesse, didn’t use his own until its 10th edition. Told in the first person, ‘Demian’ is a fine example of a writer rising quickly to the height of his powers, with a style uniquely his own.</p>
<p>The story follows two paths. The first is the linear growth of Sinclair’s age, where we follow his progression from a boy to a man. Where education and his home create a dual backdrop and the pains of adolescence creates an empathy with the reader.</p>
<p>The second path, however, is the breaking open of self-awareness against a world of multitude, in a non-linear, organic sense. The path most clearly introduces itself with what Demian, a mysterious boy who saves Sinclair from the torments of a petty-dictator, describes as the ‘mark of Cain’ &#8211; That which marks Sinclair out as worthy of the story.</p>
<p>At the heart of the novel is a duality between Cain and Abel; Demian makes the observation early in the book that the story can be read in many different ways, not just the a-typical Christian-taught one. Knowing that one must not be trapped by a single perspective is how the ‘mark of Cain’ arises. The concept of this mark is used to illustrate the characters who have a different perspective on life – An element of <em>otherness</em>.</p>
<p>Much of the narrative is made up of various meetings between Sinclair and those rare people who bear this mark. These people, like Demian, his mother and the church organist Pistorius, are portrayed as having an internal struggle that is wholly separate from the majority of people. Thus the novel is formed by the subjective struggle that goes on inside the thoughts and mind of its narrator and protagonist.</p>
<p>Friedrich Nietzsche, whose name is mentioned a number of times throughout, is a sort of axiom for understanding the nature of the mark. What the reader witnesses is the subjective experience of what Nietzsche described as the Übermensch, often translated (unfortunately) as the superman. And, in this case, is what Hesse calls the ‘mark of Cain’.</p>
<p>For Nietzsche, the Übermensch is the affirmation of various individuals who rise up against a tide of global nihilism; who stand apart from the masses in their understanding of the world and who will affirm a new moral order – The re-evaluation of all values, as Nietzsche might have said. Hesse, however, uses the concept as a method of exploring the spirituality of the individual.</p>
<p>The following is written toward the end of ‘Demian’: “We (<em>those marked</em>) were aware or in the process of becoming aware and our striving was directed toward achieving a more and more complete state of awareness, while the striving of the others was a quest aimed at binding their opinions, ideals, duties, their lives and fortunes more and more closely to those of the herd.”</p>
<p>Whereas the angry subjectivity of Nietzsche was aimed at an objective world, Hesse refers to the state of being as something more intrinsic, spiritual and inwardly volatile for the individual, perhaps even, less political. Nietzsche wrote about the external journey of the Übermensch; in ‘Demian’ you find Hesse concerned with the interior journey.</p>
<p>The talented but troubled organist Pistorius says the following to Sinclair: “Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world someday remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day, otherwise we just aren’t serious.” It is as if Hesse is continuing the philosophical enquiry started by Nietzsche some fifty years before; only his enquiry has the spiritual underpinning of ‘being’ rather than a call to arms and an examination of discourse.</p>
<p>In essence ‘Demian’ is a course of spiritual enlightenment; this is most clearly depicted in the idea of abraxas, which Hesse comes back to repeatedly throughout. Perhaps most famously used in Gnostic texts, Hesse uses the term more metaphorically to represent a spiritual unity of opposites.</p>
<p>Wherein one instance you have Heaven, you must also have Hell. A duality of equal importance as opposed to the Christian celebration of only Heaven. Abraxas is the God who represents all the various perspectives and does not close any off. This is precisely the second path of the novel, the spiritual journey of Sinclair built as his understanding grows; a unity in the spiritual understanding of his individuality.</p>
<p>There is a beautiful singularity of thought, which continues unabated throughout the narrative and perfectly demonstrates the subjective novel. When you read over the words, it is as if the single perspective  (or ’being’) of Sinclair is in itself an infinite self-reflection of his growth. &#8220;Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.&#8221; The depth of a single thought and a journey through the sublime. A wonderful book.</p></div>
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<link>http://demidemian.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/what-is-the-right-philosophical-position/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>demidemian</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of philosophical positions starting from realism and nominalism to skeptism and prag]]></description>
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<p>But what seems the most right position to you? For me it must be nihilism,  for it is the only philosophical reason that allows the person stay who or what he or she really is.</p>
<p>Everyone are so busy seeking the reason of life, the meaning of existence, that they are blind to the option that we might be an accident , and thus be without a meaning or purpose.  Moral nihilism is when people realize that morality and all bound to it, is just a fiction by generations of people.</p>
<p>Just because someone thinks it&#8217;s right, it might not really be. A classmate had a very good headline : &#8221; If there&#8217;s enough abnormal people , it feels normal&#8221;. So if there are enough people who think that morality is right, it must be right because they are the majority. Even in schools, when the teachers ideas are not similar with the student, the student gets a bad grade. My friend got fucked over like that: he wrote an essay about classical music, and he doesn&#8217;t stand it not one bit, and when the teacher had looked through his essay , which by the way was a pretty much A+ material , she asked his opinion on classical music. My friend of course said it outright that he hates classical music, and it should be a crime to make people listen to it. He got an F. That happened in a country where there is a freedom of speech.</p>
<p>Oops I&#8217;ve diverted from the topic. Anyhow I like nihilism, just because it let&#8217;s me be me, and You be You.</p>
<p>What do <strong>You</strong> think?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Libros que me han marcado. Los primeros cinco.]]></title>
<link>http://lacocinadeparacelso.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/libros-que-me-han-marcado-los-primeros-cinco/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ramón  Castillo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lacocinadeparacelso.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/libros-que-me-han-marcado-los-primeros-cinco/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se dice, y con justa razón, que vasta con echar una mirada a la biblioteca de alguien para saber qué]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Se dice, y con justa razón, que vasta con echar una mirada a la biblioteca de alguien para saber qué tipo de persona es. Estoy de acuerdo con tal juicio, para mi una biblioteca es una radiografía mental y afectiva, una historia personal. Con el tiempo uno descubre que a pesar de percibir una inevitable, además de necesaria y natural, evolución en los gustos (evolución que en ocasiones anula algunas primeras evaluaciones o ensombrece los primeros, e ingenuos, deslumbres), hay algo también que permanece, un devoto recuerdo, una afición descubierta, un descubrimiento generoso, y hasta un cambio radical en nuestra vida. Los libros nos marcan, así como nosotros, en nuestro afán por obtener de ellos todo, de igual forma los marcamos, dejando en sus páginas los rastros de nuestra silenciosa aventura: asociaciones, comentarios, subrayados, dobleces, separadores, etc.</p>
<p>He aquí un listado, no exhaustivo, de algunos libros que por alguna u otra razón, que intentaré hacer explícita aquí, han dejado una huella imborrable en mi defectuosa memoria.</p>
<p>En esta ocasión mencionaré los cinco primeros libros que recuerdo haber leído por completo y por el sólo gusto de hacerlo.</p>
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<p>1.- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lo que el viento se llevó</span> de Margaret Mitchell.</p>
<p>Este mamotreto de casi novecientas páginas fue el primer libro que leí. Ocurrió alrededor de mis trece o catorce años, fue en la secundaria. La razón para haberme inclinado por la tumultuosa historia de Scarlett O&#8217;Hara y Rhed Buttler durante la Guerra de Secesión y no por una historia propia de adolescentes, fue que en mi casa no había libros, nunca los ha habido, y por tanto ni yo ni nadie más en mi círculo más cercano, sabía de la existencia de libros aptos para jóvenes. Otra razón de peso para elegir este libro y entregarle mi virginidad lectora, fue el aspecto emocional y simbólico de saber que este célebre ejemplar había pertenecido a mi abuelo materno, allá por los años cuarentas. Eso, y saber por boca de mi abuela materna que el libro era un &#8220;gran libro&#8221;, obviamente no sólo por su tamaño sino por la relevancia del texto. La verdad es que disfruté mucho la lectura. Ahora, a casi quince años de haberlo leído, todavía recuerdo vivamente la experiencia de sentir  por primera vez la emoción por una trama, la identificación con ciertos personajes, las ansias por saber lo que sucederá al terminar el capítulo. Como dato adicional, en la secundaria escribí un cuento de alrededor de 6 hojas de cuaderno llenas por ambos lados -que era demasiado para mí en aquel entonces-, de una apretada e ilegible caligrafía, en donde recreaba una historia de amor trágico, curiosamente, muy parecida a la de la tradicional familia sureña de los O&#8217;Hara. Una maestra de literatura tuvo que asumir la proeza de leer esa incipiente pasión ficticia. Pobre de ella.</p>
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<p>2.- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fatherland</span> de Robert Harris.</p>
<p>Llegué a este libro de manera muy divertida. Varios años después de haber terminado mi primer libro no hice más nada por acercarme a la literatura. Pero, eso sí, entré en los caminos de la concupiscencia; alguna vez, ya en la preparatoria, leyendo una revista Playboy encontré una reseña sobre este libro y me llamó la atención. Con el pretexto de tener que leer forzosamente un libro para la clase de literatura, mi papá me dio el dinero suficiente para ir a la librería, la Gonvill que está a un costado de la Rotonda de los hombres ilustres de Jalisco, y comprar el dichoso título. Así que es justo reconocer el valor pedagógico y cultural de la pornografía en el crecimiento y formación de la juventud.</p>
<p>La historia narrada es una ucronía en la que el mundo vive bajo las órdenes de un Hitler vencedor en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El personaje principal es un tal Xavier March que se dedica a labores de investigación. Este libro, obvia decir, también fue un hallazgo que me dejó sorprendido por las posibilidades creativas de la literatura. El ejemplar, desgraciadamente, lo presté -como tantos otros más- y ya no volvió.</p>
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<p>3.- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Una temporada en el infierno</span> de Arthur Rimbaud.</p>
<p>Por encargo del profesor del taller de literatura de la preparatoria a la que acudía, nos propusimos, varios amigos y yo, encontrar este título, con la finalidad de hacer una exposición sobre el mismo. Varias cosas sucedieron esa vez. Eramos adolescentes irresponsables y, cabe mencionar, algo tontos; no sabíamos realmente nada de literatura ni mucho menos de poesía, de ahí que cuando el maestro nos dijo que Rimbaud sería el autor del que tendríamos que hablar en la siguiente sesión era igual de significativo que decirnos que el Bromo es el elemento número 35 de la tabla periódica y que su peso específico es equis o ye. Nos dirigimos, pues, en equipo a la biblioteca más completa que podíamos imaginar en nuestro limitado radio cultural: la Biblioteca Iberoamericana Octavio Paz. Ahí, por obvias razones, jamás encontramos a Rimbaud. Nos mandaron a la biblioteca del estado, pero tampoco ahí tuvimos suerte. A lo mucho, nos topamos con su nombre en una enorme y vetusta enciclopedia; fue en ese momento que supe que estábamos lidiando con un poeta maldito. Gracias a nuestra sobrada ignorancia como a la ineptitud de los bibliotecarios, jamás pudimos hacernos de algún texto del joven Arthur. Pero tiempo después, no mucho en realidad, caminando por el centro de la ciudad, vi en el aparador de una librería esta portada. El precio era inmejorable, así que entré y lo compré sin dudarlo. Es más, el ejemplar que ven era el último de la librería, y la zona maltratada en la parte inferior de la portada surgió debido a que ahí tenía una etiqueta de oferta que fue imposible quitar sin dañar el libro. Recuerdo mi llegada triunfal a la preparatoria, y saberme el primer lector de literatura maldita de mi grupo de amigos. Claro que a ninguno de ellos realmente le importó eso, pero al menos a mí, ese libro me abrió muchas más puertas de la percepción de lo que jamás pudiera haber imaginado anteriormente.</p>
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<p>4.- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Demian</span> de Herman Hesse.</p>
<p>De este libro y su autor ya he escrito un <a href="http://errandosinsentido.blogspot.com/2009/04/solo-para-locos.html">post</a>; no obstante, no puedo dejar de señalar -por honestidad intelectual- una vez más lo importante que fue para mi. El hecho de que representara tanto, en determinada época de mi vida, se debió a un intenso cuestionamiento existencial, estaba yo cercano a los dieciocho años, al nacimiento de un amor, y la presencia innegable de un vicio que hasta la fecha no he abandonado. Este libro fue un obsequio de una chica al que, en aquel entonces, era su novio, Abdiel,uno de mis mejores amigos; él me lo mostró y no sé cómo pero inmediatamente quedé enganchado a su lectura. Le pedí que me lo prestara, pero debido al apego emocional que le tenía se negó. Después de mucho insistir, accedió a prestármelo por una semana, después de terminar él de leerlo. En esa semana lo leí por entero un par de veces. Al regresárselo, estaba yo todavía tan emocionado por este descubrimiento que tuve que ir a una librería y comprarlo inmediatamente. Además, el fetichismo no podía faltar, tenía que ser la misma editorial que había conocido y amado anteriormente. Un lector asiduo sabe que cada portada y edición tienen una innegable importancia objetual. Durante ese año lo volví a leer y releer, por partes y entero, varias veces más. El vicio que a partir de ahí se mostró, ahora sí, inflexible, era la lectura. Y respecto al nacimiento de un amor, basta decir que así como el libro, también la joven amiga se volvió irreemplazable para mí.</p>
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<p>5.- <span style="font-weight:bold;">El caminante y su sombra</span> de Nietzsche.</p>
<p>A partir de la lectura de Demian, y otros libros de Hesse, tuve conocimiento de un personaje extraño y atrayente que, para esa época de mi vida, era más un nombre lleno de incertidumbres que la sospecha de la existencia de un individuo real. Caminaba por las calles del centro de la ciudad, sin tener ningún rumbo fijo, cuando decidí entrar a una librería -la misma en donde compré los libros de Hesse y otro tantos más- y mirar posibles adquisiciones. Era un adolescente romántico y atormentado, melancólico y azotado, que se sentía sólo e incomprendido (creo que todavía sigo siendo así, aunque con más kilos y mucha menor gracia); así que al pasar la mirada por la portada de este libro, sin ni siquiera prestarle atención al título o al autor, quedé prendido de la imagen de un hombre desolado ante la gris bruma de lo desconocido. La incertidumbre y la soledad del cuadro de, ahora lo sé, Caspar David Friedrich, me tomó por sorpresa. Cuando hablo sobre el aspecto emotivo de la relación que tenemos con nuestros libros es precisamente a este tipo de sucesos a los que me refiero, lo que me hace celebrar el carácter personal y único que entablamos con la biblioteca que somos. En ese momento, comencé a leer el diálogo entre un errabundo Caminante y su Sombra, y dejé de ser el mismo. Sé que esto es difícil de creer, y no a pocos les parecerá una exageración, pero la verdad es que a partir de ese encuentro con Friedrich Nietzsche, con la filosofía, con la poesía y el pensamiento, ya nada fue igual. Creo que por aquel entonces comencé realmente a sentirme dentro de la corriente absurda de la vida, y gracias a esos primeros libros, tuve una manera entretenida y siempre interesante de dejarme llevar por ese torrente.</p>
<p>El ejemplar que ven arriba es el segundo que compré, idéntico al primero -que le regalé a una novia: la chica que tuvo la amabilidad de presentarme indirectamente a Hesse.</p>
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