EN FUENCARRAL, CON LAS HORMIGAS Y UN DESCONOCIDO (ROBERTSON DAVIES)

 

(Contemplado hoy las “carreteras” de las hormigas.Algunos “ individuos” son hormigas pero "saben" lo que hacen)

 

Complicado y denso es el bordado de las circunstancias.
Costura de hormigas en la hierba.
Hierba cosida a la tierra.
Diseño de olas sobre el que se enhebra un tallo.
Por casualidad estoy aquí y miro.

(…)
Ante esta visión siempre me abandona la certeza
De que lo importante
Es más importante que lo insignificante

Wislava Szymborska

 

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity 

 

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

 

 

 

 A sense of wonder is in itself a religious feeling. But in so many people the sense of wonder gets lost. It gets scarred over. It's as though a tortoise shell has grown over it. People reach a stage where they're never surprised, never delighted. They're never suddenly aware of glorious freedom or splendour in their lives. This is very unhappy, very unfortunate. The attitude is often self-induced. It is fear. People are afraid to be happy

 

Robertson Davies 

 

 

There was not one hireling there. I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least.”

(HDT, Walden Brute Neighbors)

MICHAEL LEUNIG

Our leaders have been for many years as oblivious to the realities and dangers of their time as were George III and Lord North. They believe that the difference between war and peace is still the overriding political difference—when, in fact, the difference has diminished to the point of insignificance. How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry—between, say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is “accepted” as a “trade-off.”

Wendell Berry

 (Word and Flesh. Whole Earth Review, Spring 1990)