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quinta-feira, 24 de maio de 2012

"Mis ojos, que codician cosas bellas"


Fragmento de El profeta Isaías, de Miguel Ángel.
"La obra poética de Michelangelo se realizó ajena a la ambición característica del literato profesional, del erudito humanista; desigual y fragmentaria, va de la imitación de diversos estilos a la sencillez de un confiteor a las puertas de lo desconocido, pasando por la complejidad y el virtuosismo. Las Rimas describen una impresionante parábola temporal y nos dejan el apasionante autorretrato del que apenas hay esbozos, casi secretas alusiones, en su escultura y en su pintura", escribe Santayana Ruiz en el prólogo del libro.
Lirismo conmovedor, como su arte visual, Miguel Ángel siempre nos descubre belleza. Escuchemos al artista:

CVII
Mis ojos, que codician cosas bellas
como mi alma anhela su salud,
no ostentan más virtud
que al cielo aspire, que mirar aquellas.
De las altas estrellas
desciende un esplendor
que incita a ir tras ellas
y aqui se llama amor.
No encuentra el corazón nada mejor
que lo enamore, y arda y aconseje
que dos ojos que a dos astros semejen.


Me permito cerrar este Poemas en red de hoy con un comentario que ha hecho Elia sobre Miguel Ángel: "Nunca dejará de impresionarnos la sobrecogedora capacidad artística de Miguel Ángel Buonarroti. Su excepcional talento para la escultura, la pintura, el dibujo, la arquitectura y, en alguna medida, para la poesía es un enigma que lleva a preguntarnos sin cesar cuáles son las condiciones que hacen posible que surja lo que desde hace siglos se ha venido denominando "genio". Entendimiento, imaginación, perseverancia... aunque esta cuestión no se pueda clausurar, creo que todos aceptamos la conmoción que nos produce el legado que Miguel Ángel cedió a la posteridad.

* Rimas (1507-1555). Selección, versión, introducción y notas de Manuel J. Santayana Ruiz (Pre-Textos)

Boy who touched Obama’s hair

(Pete Souza/White House)

The story behind a photograph showing a 5-year-old black boy touching President Obama's hair may be coming to your inbox soon.
The New York Times published the adorable back story about the photo—which has been hanging in the West Wing of the White House for more than three years—on Thursday, and it's quickly become the most-emailed article on the Times' website.
[Related: Obama can't stop talking about his girls]
In May 2009, the child, Jacob Philadelphia, was visiting the White House with his father, a former Marine who was leaving his 2-year stint working for the National Security Council as part of the White House staff. The father asked to take a family photo with the president. Jacob said he had a question for Obama, who was then in his fifth month in office.
The Times recounts the rest:
"I want to know if my hair is just like yours," he told Mr. Obama, so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.
Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, "Why don't you touch it and see for yourself?" He lowered his head, level with Jacob, who hesitated.
"Touch it, dude!" Mr. Obama said.
As Jacob patted the presidential crown, ... [White House photographer Pete] Souza snapped.
"So, what do you think?" Mr. Obama asked.
"Yes, it does feel the same," Jacob said.
As the paper noted, President Obama has largely avoided discussing race during his first term. But the photo "is tangible evidence" that the president "remains a potent symbol for blacks, with a deep reservoir of support."
"As a photographer, you know when you have a unique moment," Souza told the paper. "But I didn't realize the extent to which this one would take on a life of its own. That one became an instant favorite of the staff. I think people are struck by the fact that the president of the United States was willing to bend down and let a little boy feel his head."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/story-behind-white-house-photo-boy-touched-president-140641932.html