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This Poem Couldn't Be Written by ~ John Manuel Kennedy Traverso on deviant ART Interesting things on the importance of searching for truth in our times. Over History and the ways of knowing it. English and Spanish. Read Full Story

This Poem Couldn't Be Written by ~ John Manuel Kennedy Traverso on deviant ART Interesting things on the importance of searching for truth in our times. Over History and the ways of knowing it. English and Spanish. Read Full Story

[Pictured above: Rollo May, American existential psychologist who lived from April 21, 1909-October 22, 1994.] "To live into the future means to leap into the unknown, and this requires a degree of courage for which there is no immediate precedent and which few people realise." Quote from "The Courage to Create" by Rollo May; Bantam Books © 1975 “Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.” -- from the poetry of Rumi It seems I left safety long ago. Or did safety leave me? There's more to leaving safety than unsafe sex and sharing needles -- these are the ... Read Full Story

Photo of the Folklorist and Musicologist Alan Lomex. Originally from the Lomax Collection from Library of Congress , cropped and slightly finished by me. " T he House of the Rising Sun " has a big history behind, is part of the patrimony of United States, nobody knows for sure who wrote and composed this song, it is a folk song whose origins are dated back in the 18 century. Perhaps, in one point in time, it was also known by the the name " Rising Sun Blues ". It just happens that a British band, "the Animals" popularized this beautiful song back in ... Read Full Story

Cubaanense Trogon o El tocororo (Priotelus temnurus) Es el ave nacional de Cuba por la belleza de su plumaje que exhibe los colores de la bandera cubana. Foto por Bruce de nl.wikipedia (Holanda). No son sólo 50 años de revolución en cuba en realidad son casi de 500 años. Ha habido varias revoluciones y todas han sido mundialmente notables. Cuba es un país que en síntesis se representa por antonomasia como una antología revolucionaria. Sí ha habido muchas revoluciones en Cuba, todas han sido culturales, y heroicas, algunos dirían utópicas, otros "Gallegas" atópicas. Yo las señalo como auténticamente Cubanas. La lista es “harta”, se ... Read Full Story