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Reading: The Envoy Of Mr. Cogito by Zbigniew Herbert

Today, another Polish giant, Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998). He has been called the most beloved Polish poet of his day, ahead of Milosz and Szymborska. I read a revolutionary poem set in a key that affects me, a poem about the stubborn messengers of our hollow truth, in a translation by

19 December, 2017

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Herbert, meaning, oppression, Poland

Poetry

Reading: The Meaning of Simplicity by Yannis Ritsos

Let's do another Ritsos (1909-1990) poem today. I've read 'Injustice' before but felt like more Ritsos. You are looking at a translation by Edmund Keeley here, quoted (not 'reprinted'!) from an anthology of international poetry: The Meaning of Simplicity I hide behind simple things so you'll find me; if you don't find me, you'll find the ...

24 October, 2017

Kamiel Choi

anthology, meaning, simplicity, Yannis Ritsos

Poetry

We need…

to find meaning, not in what we are doing, but in the superlative of what we do.

Naming Miru

It is our invitation to the cultured realm of existence: giving her a name. It is the first "act" and symbolic gift we bestow upon her. Naming has played an important role in every religion, and newborns have almost always been named after something or someone. Naming preserved a lineage, honored the founding elders on ...

12 January, 2013

Kamiel Choi

association, baby girl names, baby names, goddess, lineage, meaning, Miru, Naming, Polynesia, symbolic

Miru

A sample meditation

I found this prepared on my computer today. Could you help me explain what it means?

meditation

You see the elements of your memory tumbling down in front of you, in a great column of swirling hot air. You can recognize people, scenes, ideas that have been important to you.See them all fall down. ...

20 June, 2011

Kamiel Choi

grip, hot air, meaning, meditation, memory

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A sample meditation

20 June, 2011

Kamiel Choi

grip, hot air, meaning, meditation, memory

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March 11. Santiago sweet.

I decide to meet someone today I call that person Sara because that's what first comes to my mind. She was not on our overnight bus to Santiago de Chile, I didn't meet her on the streets of this five million metropole with the 02 area code, neither was it the woman that sold me ...

18 March, 2009

Kamiel Choi

meaning, Santiago, Sara

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March 11. Santiago sweet.

18 March, 2009

Kamiel Choi

meaning, Santiago, Sara

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February 8,9. Pombal built this city.

Marquise de Pombal is the Hausmann of Lisbon. The streets of Rossio are laid out like a chessboard, like Barcelona or Manhattan. That's Pombal's work. They have Pombal-style houses that are made of wood in order to make them earthquake-proof. In the 1755 earthquake the city was almost completely distroyed by the tsunami and the ...

15 February, 2009

Kamiel Choi

earthquake, meaning, Pombal

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February 6.

Consumption and religion. If you buy a cup of coffee or a Patéis de Lisboa, you just put your coins on the counter without any other emotion than the great taste of this combination. It's my reason (in fact, one of my reasons) to be here in Lisbon and write in the February sun. ...

15 February, 2009

Kamiel Choi

hostel, meaning, product, truth

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