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Bildet er tatt av rederen, og viser hvordan Bodøs skjærgår kan se ut en dag tidlig i mai.
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Det er en gråsonen mellom det hovedsakelig engelskspråklige Internett, og mine to liv (ett norsk og ett italiensk). Denne BLOGen et forsøk på å illustrere og dokumentere kreftene som virker på en som forsøker å leve to liv i parallell. Det ene av ønske, det andre av nødvendighet.
You don't have five fingers on your left hand, you have four relations between fingers. The only things that exists are differences, and information is the differences that makes a difference.Så, for å se hvordan det egentlig er her i Tromsø kan vi se på relasjonen mellom bildene tatt 16. mai i Montemagno og 17. mai i Tromsø. Kommentarer er vel egentlig ikke nødvendig.
Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle,
Ach, walle mit blutigen Strömen auf mich!
Es fühlet mein Herze die tröstliche Stunde,
Nun sinken die drückenden Lasten zu Grunde,
Es wäschet die sündlichen Flecken von sich.
This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddi dying in the sun. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.Det er 17. mai; uten å bli nostalgisk er det jo mulig å se noen år tilbake.
People think of Heaven is a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.Mens bokens handling utspiller seg i Himmelen handler den naturligvis om noe helt annet. Spørsmålet er: Kan man ha et meningsløst liv?
"Wait," Eddie said, pulling back. "just tell me one thing. Did I save the little girl? At the pier. Did I save her?"Fortreffelig!
The Blue Man did not answer. Eddie slumped. "Then my death was a waste, just as my life."
"No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."
Love is not the greatest glue between two people. Sex is.Dette følges så opp med følgende kraftsalve
And I did what I did [leave her] because by then my body had turned against hers; and anyone who has streached and plumbed both mind and body will tell you that the body, with its many nagging needs, is the true engine of life. The mind merely steers a path for it, or consoles it with high-sounding homilies when there is no path to be found.Den godeste Tarun J. Tejpal gir seg ikke, og første avsnitt slutter slik:
When I see clergy---Hindu, Musli, Christian---rail against the instincts of the body, I see men who are lost and angry and frustrated. Unable to locate the glories of the body, unable to locate the path to surpassing joy, they are resolved to confuse all other journeymen. Those who fail to find their sexual synapse set our mind and body at war against each other. I agree there are truly spiritual, just as there is the one-horned rihno, but they are few and far beween and easily identifiable. For the rest of us, the body is the temple. The truth is godhead is tangible. Smellable. Tasteable. Penetrable. The morning I woke up and felt no urge to slide down her body and inhale her musk I knew I wasw in touble.Slik, og ikke mindre, begynner boken The Alchemy of Desire. Hva annet kan man gjøre, da, enn å spørre seg selv: Dersom, hun ikke lenger ville ha sex med meg, hvor lenge ville jeg fortsette å elske henne? For ordens skyld må jeg få bemerke at problemstillingen ikke er relevant. Men, uansett, en bok som starter såpass heftig har et potensiale for spennende opplevelser og kraftfulle refleksjoner. Jeg har lest tyve sider, og allerede begynt å reflektere over livets mysterier; ikke dårlig for en bok fra en annen kulturkrets. Bildet er forresten tatt under dagens middag; les videre og lær mer.
Was she in any way saddened by the predicatability of the outcome? Was it unromantic? She decided that it was not. Sex and things like sex---things people pretend they reget---weren't aboout a decision made in a heated moment. The decision is made when you leave the house, when you get on a plane, when you dial a numberSå lett kan vår svakhet fanges (things people pretend they regret---fantastisk!). Vår vilje og evne til å rasjonalisere våre feiltrinn. Eller om mannen som lager uthus for å vise hvor mye han elsker Hustruen:
So when she is gone during the day, and the air is gray and dense and snow falls like ash, he works quickly, trying to get the foundation done. Once he's finished with the foundation, he decides that to impress her---and he wants to impress her in some way every day and wants to always want to impress her---he will need at least three walls up on the house by the time she gets home.Slik skal det skrives, ikke sant? Serlig fordi jeg ønsker at jeg alltid vil ønske å gjøre inntrykk på Hustruen.