the place for blind faith

Walking around Ica i came to realize that we despise religions mostly for their blind faith, but that, at the same time, it’s neither possible or desirable to get rid of blind faith. Again: not desirable.

It’s just too easy to find gruesome examples of blind faith, but there is also another dimension to it. We need blind faith — or something like it — to make us strong and beautiful. It’s a matter of pedagogy, and of politics.

to Milena, or how to deal with bad trips

Yesterday i went to XXXperience Curitiba, and, confirming my theory, inevitably the people high on acid are drawn to me. Anyways, at a certain point i was sitting on the grass, so tired, and a girl named Milena (which incidentally has two good friends) sat by my side while having a bad trip. I like to believe that the few words i had to offer her were of some help, but one never knows. She and her friends were very kind (L even said i was very funny, and as a few people know, being funny is one of the few things i would like to but can’t, so he had me right there), and in their honour i will heretofore teach you all how to deal with bad trips.

we won

We won.

We avoided all the traps, even this most insidious, of not falling into traps.

Even more important: we have made our dreams worthy of our world and our world worthy of our dreams.

why i was hoping for Obama, or trying to see the big picture of our current state of affairs

They had (or are having, those things are hard to pinpoint except for the actual molotovs) over back in Greece “um princípio de quiprocó, um pequeno quebra-quebra entre eles” beginning with the death of a student. If you haven’t checked out BigPicture’s page on that one, you should.

a protester wearing a Nike jacket throwing a stone during the Greek Riots of Dec2009 (REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis)

Now that is the world where this new POTUS is coming up, this one guy who has the hubris of saying himself the harbinger of hope, the herald of change. And you gotta give him at least that: he is smart. Usually, i will prefer the dumbest candidate available for the US, seen that i do think this country has a hand that is too heavy, but not this time. I have heard (read) him called something like a wolf in a lamb’s clothing, and i kind of think he is more like a wolf period, i do not think he stands for “good” politics, nor do i think he will refrain from politics as usual, but i was really hoping he would step up to the so-called most powerful job on earth.

And the reason is just one: i think things are getting hairy.