I dreamed.

I do not know how long I dreamed, or what came before.
The dream was my world and I was content within it.
And as I dreamed, a man spoke to me and said:

Once I dreamed I was a butterfly.
I knew I was a butterfly and did not know I was a man.
Suddenly I awoke, and there I was, visibly a man.
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
Or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am a man.

I turned to ask the man what he meant by this,
But saw only my own reflection in a moonlit pool.

As I gazed upon the image, I was struck by how this man was me and yet not me.
While my hands were old and wizened, his were young and smooth.
While my skin was dark and rough, his was fair and soft.
Yet in his eyes I saw myself, or rather who I would be had I been born another.

Curious, I reached down to touch the shimmering surface.
It was then that I realized I was looking up through the pool
As he gazed down upon me from the world above.
Once again he spoke:

You are that which I would be but cannot.
You follow a path I dare not follow.
You live a life that I shall not lead, for I have chosen another.
You are one facet of my soul, among many.
Each with their own purpose, will, and spirit.

It is said that life is not a problem to be solved,
But a reality to be experienced.​
This is truer for you than you know or can imagine.

With this, a cloud passed over the moon and the dream began to fade into darkness.

I am awakening.

Come as you are.

I pretend I'm living, but, in fact, I'm just killing time.

Dois Olhos Negros
(by Lenine)

Queria ter coragem de saber
O que me prende
O que me paralisa
Serão dois olhos
Negros como os teus
Que me farão cruzar a divisa...

É como se eu fosse pro Vietnã
Lutar por algo que não será meu
A curiosidade de saber
Quem é você?

Dois olhos negros!
Dois olhos negros!

Queria ter coragem de te falar
Mas qual seria o idioma?
Congelado em meu próprio frio
Um pobre coração em chamas...

É como se eu fosse um colegial
Diante da equação
O quadro, o giz
A curiosidade do aprendiz
Diante de você...

Dois olhos negros!
Dois olhos negros!

O ocultismo, o vampirismo
O voodoo
O ritual, a dança da chuva
A ponta do alfinete, o corpo nú
Os vários olhos da Medusa...

É como se estivéssemos​ ali
Durante os séculos fazendo amor
É como se a vida terminasse ali
No fim do corredor...

Dois olhos negros!

Top 10:
- Fight Club
- The Godfather
- Pink Floyd - The Wall
- Devil's Rejects
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- O Homem que Desafiou o Diabo
- Dance Monkeys Dance
- Waking Life
- Into the Wild

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I don't watch TV.

My top 10:
- Sidarta (Herman Hesse)
- O Mundo Como Vontade e Representaçã​o (Schopenhaue​r)
- Blecaute (Marcelo Rubens Paiva)
- TAZ - Zona Autônoma Temporária (Hakim Bey)
- O Poderoso Chefão (Mario Puzo)
- Into The Wild (Jon Krakauer)
- On The Road (Jack Kerouack)
- Tao Te Ching
- O Clube da Luta (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Fabulário Geral do Delírio Cotidiano I & II (Bukowski)

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"It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations.​ Absolute freedom. And the road has always led west."

"As the about-to-be Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, sat in meditation, the demon Mara claimed that the seat of enlightenmen​t rightfully belonged to him and not to the mortal Siddhartha. Mara's army of demon soldiers cried out together, "I am his witness!"​ Mara challenged Siddhartha, "Who will speak for you?"
Then Siddhartha reached out his right hand to touch the earth, and the earth itself spoke: "I bear you witness!"​ Mara disappeared.​ And as the morning star rose in the sky, Siddhartha Gautama realized enlightenmen​t and became a Buddha"​

"The greatest achievement is selflessness​.
The greatest worth is self-mastery​.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachme​nt.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances."​

"So many people live within unhappy circumstance​s and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism​, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences,​ and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun" (Into The Wild)

"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed."​ (Idem)

"I sprinkle sand into the waters of night. The grains burn as they fall, reminding me of another in times long passed away. I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud."​
(Dream, in SANDMAN #4: "A Hope in Hell")

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

"É nunca fazer nada que o mestre mandar. Sempre desobedecer,​ nunca reverenciar!"​

"Imagin​e there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one "
J.L.

"O Mandacaru Aflora. O Sol Arde. O Chão Racha.
Os Cangaceiros se Armam Novamente.
Opção e Sonho. Desilução e Dor. Lágrimas e Triunfo.
Gritos - no escuro - berrantes e líricos em seu denso e marrom louvor.
O joelho gasto a carregar bravo guerreiro.
A mão esfolada por tanto proteger.
O peito dolorido de tanto bater.
Uma escolha e infortúnios.​
Uma vida inteira de glória machucada. "


"Andei fazendo uma lista de tudo que não ensinam na escola. Não ensinam a amar ninguém, não ensinam a ser famoso, não ensinam a ser rico ou pobre. Não ensinam a se afastar de alguém que você já não ama mais. Não ensinam a saber o que se passa na cabeça dos outros. Não ensinam nada que valha a pena saber."​