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lunes, agosto 31, 2009
La máquina de dios
Nos informan últimamente de unas máquinas que manipulan partículas subatómicas a gran escala. Una de ellas se llama incluso la "máquina de dios". Ignoro si estos artefactos pueden ocasionar un accidente fatal. Pero imaginemos que pueden desencadenar un proceso desconocido que aniquile todo el mundo en un solo estallido. En caso de que esto suceda no habría nada que lamentar. Si todos desapareciéramos instantáneamente, nadie podría ver hacia atrás y añorar lo perdido.
sábado, junio 16, 2007
The Laughter of Stones
Eduardo Abaroa, written in 2004
1) Minerals possess all the organs and all the faculties necessary for the conservation of their own being, that is, for their nutrition.
2) They lack the faculty of locomotion, as do plants and some animals with shells like oysters and barnacles.The reason is that they do not have the necessity of moving to get their food, which comes to them by itself.
3) This faculty, far from being essential to animality, is a means to sustain their conservation for the animals who possess it...
4) In this way, the animals who lack it can be considered privileged, for with less resources they accomplish the same function.
5)¿Am I not correct to consider minerals as privileged in this respect, for they can find food within the reach of their lips without changing their location?
6) The woman remained on the floor almost without breathing.
7) She could not move her head, but the eyes were open. She did not see much.¿Who has not been with their eyes open and at the same time in obscurity of what they perceive?
8) It happened to me once that, while driving, I arrived to a place without being aware of it.
7) It was not a known place or any other I would have intended to go. When I arrived there, a void remained in my consciousness... very similar to the one I have now. This happened many years ago...
8) I remember that I arrived without being aware...but I don´t remember where I arrived.
9) ¿How could I manage to get there without breaking the transit rules? Or maybe I did break them and a policeman asked "¿May I have your license and registration, please?"
10) You are required to get a license so that they can know if you are capable of driving or not.
11) That is the official reason.
12) The wisdom of the stones
13) The scheme of composition
14) The carving and decoration of the stone
15) The arrangement of the different elements of a sculpture
16) The representation of the humor and character of a piece
15) The final integration of all its components
16) The ideal maker of images experiments the liberty of consciousness confirming that he is truly the silent witness of all this activity.
17) In reality, he does not act or cause any action.
18)The raped woman rises. She stares at her lacerations and attempts a first step. She walks.
19) The whole body feels like the floor under her feet.
20) The idea is not new: in spite of being elaborated with different degrees of craftsmanship when it comes to the details, i.e. the clothes and shoes, or maybe the edges of fingernails, the group seems to have been frozen.
21) Among them there is a perfect harmony. Such is the effect of this group of statues that those who have seen it report first of all the feeling of confusion or embarrassment. After that, they experience a strong urge to laugh.
22) It is not that the representation itself is funny, we do not find grotesque or comic exaggerations. There are no traces of the cause of such mirth.
23) They are simply ten or twelve stone sculptures that seem to be laughing so hard and so contagiously that some have doubted they were carved by human hands.
1) Minerals possess all the organs and all the faculties necessary for the conservation of their own being, that is, for their nutrition.
2) They lack the faculty of locomotion, as do plants and some animals with shells like oysters and barnacles.The reason is that they do not have the necessity of moving to get their food, which comes to them by itself.
3) This faculty, far from being essential to animality, is a means to sustain their conservation for the animals who possess it...
4) In this way, the animals who lack it can be considered privileged, for with less resources they accomplish the same function.
5)¿Am I not correct to consider minerals as privileged in this respect, for they can find food within the reach of their lips without changing their location?
6) The woman remained on the floor almost without breathing.
7) She could not move her head, but the eyes were open. She did not see much.¿Who has not been with their eyes open and at the same time in obscurity of what they perceive?
8) It happened to me once that, while driving, I arrived to a place without being aware of it.
7) It was not a known place or any other I would have intended to go. When I arrived there, a void remained in my consciousness... very similar to the one I have now. This happened many years ago...
8) I remember that I arrived without being aware...but I don´t remember where I arrived.
9) ¿How could I manage to get there without breaking the transit rules? Or maybe I did break them and a policeman asked "¿May I have your license and registration, please?"
10) You are required to get a license so that they can know if you are capable of driving or not.
11) That is the official reason.
12) The wisdom of the stones
13) The scheme of composition
14) The carving and decoration of the stone
15) The arrangement of the different elements of a sculpture
16) The representation of the humor and character of a piece
15) The final integration of all its components
16) The ideal maker of images experiments the liberty of consciousness confirming that he is truly the silent witness of all this activity.
17) In reality, he does not act or cause any action.
18)The raped woman rises. She stares at her lacerations and attempts a first step. She walks.
19) The whole body feels like the floor under her feet.
20) The idea is not new: in spite of being elaborated with different degrees of craftsmanship when it comes to the details, i.e. the clothes and shoes, or maybe the edges of fingernails, the group seems to have been frozen.
21) Among them there is a perfect harmony. Such is the effect of this group of statues that those who have seen it report first of all the feeling of confusion or embarrassment. After that, they experience a strong urge to laugh.
22) It is not that the representation itself is funny, we do not find grotesque or comic exaggerations. There are no traces of the cause of such mirth.
23) They are simply ten or twelve stone sculptures that seem to be laughing so hard and so contagiously that some have doubted they were carved by human hands.
An Image to Forget
Eduardo Abaroa, 2007
At any given moment an image can close its eyes and, if it is still and ready, the image starts loosing its dimensions. It feels like a force field that changes in frequency and intensity depending on the amount of pressure applied to the eyelids: a regular vibrating hum, similar to the sound of the ocean.
A wave crashes into the sand when that strength needs a final outlet. Or the wind…it could also be the irregular outbursts of a windy afternoon. The leaves, small branches or nerves hit the window panes and drag against the floor.
There is not much that can be constructed in those situations and certainly we need not make any excuses. The skin could be used as a playground for tiny insects or nano-electrical experiments, or even become just one of many malicious jokes on the figure of understanding. Yes, notice how as soon as some idea is understood it begins to be forgotten.
For all practical purposes-and by any means necessary-use an image to erase another image.
At any given moment an image can close its eyes and, if it is still and ready, the image starts loosing its dimensions. It feels like a force field that changes in frequency and intensity depending on the amount of pressure applied to the eyelids: a regular vibrating hum, similar to the sound of the ocean.
A wave crashes into the sand when that strength needs a final outlet. Or the wind…it could also be the irregular outbursts of a windy afternoon. The leaves, small branches or nerves hit the window panes and drag against the floor.
There is not much that can be constructed in those situations and certainly we need not make any excuses. The skin could be used as a playground for tiny insects or nano-electrical experiments, or even become just one of many malicious jokes on the figure of understanding. Yes, notice how as soon as some idea is understood it begins to be forgotten.
For all practical purposes-and by any means necessary-use an image to erase another image.
martes, noviembre 28, 2006
La risa de las piedras (2005)
Los minerales poseen todos los órganos y todas las facultades necesarias para la conservación de su propio ser, vale decir para la nutrición.
No tienen la facultad loco-motriz como tampoco la tienen las plantas, y algunos animales con concha como la ostra y las lepas.
Es que no tienen necesidad de ir a buscar su alimento que viene a ellos.
Esta facultad, lejos de ser esencial a la animalidad, en los alimales que la poseen, no es sino un medio para subvenir a su conservación...
De manera que pueden considerarse seres privilegiados aquellos que carecen de ella, puesto que con un recurso menos cumplen idéntica finalidad.
¿No estoy pues en lo cierto, al considerar a los minerales como privilegiados a este respecto, ya que sin cambiar de sitio, encuentran el alimento al alcance de sus labios?
Casi sin respirar quedó la mujer en el piso.
Ni siquiera movía la cabeza, pero los ojos estaban abiertos. Aunque lo que veía era poco.
Pero..¿Quién no ha estado con los ojos abiertos y a la vez en oscuridad total de lo que ellos perciben?
A mi me sucedió que un día, manejando, llegué a un lugar sin darme cuenta.
No fue un lugar conocido ni nungún otro al que haya querido ir. Al llegar allí quedó un hueco en la memoria...
...parecido al que tengo ahora. Recuerdo que llegué sin darme cuenta, y eso a pesar de ocurrió hace tantos años.
Pero no me acuerdo a donde fue que llegué sin intención.
¿Como fue que logré llegar sin cometer una infracción?
O tal vez si la cometí y un policia de vialidad preguntó, "¿Me permite su licencia?"
El trámite de la licencia se hace para saber si uno puede o no conducir.
Esa es la razón oficial.
1. La sabiduría de las piedras
2. El diagrama de composición
3. La talla y la decoración de la piedra
4. El arreglo de los diferentes elementos de una escultura
5. La representación del humor y carácter de una pieza.
6. La integración final de todos sus componentes.
El hacedor de imagenes ideal experimenta la libertad de la consciencia...
...confirmando que es, en verdad , el testigo silencioso de toda la actividad.
En verdad, ni actúa ni causa acción.
Desnuda, la mujer se levanta.
Revisa las laceraciones y calcula un primer paso. Camina.
El cuerpo todo es piso.
La idea no es nueva. A pesar de haber sido elaborados con un talento desigual en cuanto a los detalles, por ejemplo de los vestidos y el calzado o tal vez las comisuras de las uñas, el grupo parece haber sido paralizado.
Entre ellos hay una concordia perfecta. Tal es el efecto de este grupo escultórico que los que lo han visto personalmente relatan primero que nada una inexplicable sensación de vergüenza o confusión. Después, unas ganas de reir incontenibles.
Y no es en verdad que la representación sea graciosa, no encontramos exageraciones priápicas o bufonescas. Tampoco hay rastro de algún suceso que haya provocado tanta algarabía.
Simplemente son diez o doce figuras humanas carcajeándose con tanto estruendo, que se ha puesto en duda la posibilidad de que sean la obra de manos humanas.
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