Como decíamos en días pasados, el tiempo parece estirarse y encogerse, como un acordeón, durante las fases de hibernación (y, quiérase o no, de ensimismamiento). Sensación que se acrecienta en un principado al que le han expoliado prácticamente todos los bienes naturales (lo que, es natural pensar) a que “deberían” tener derechos todos los ciudadanos de una tribu. No se me ocurre mejor palabra que ésta, la de tribu, para definirnos como un cuerpo social que habita una zona geográfica del mundo. Pienso en Mallarmé, pero también en algunos antropólogos como Malinowski. En fin, no voy a deslindarme, por el momento, del camino.
Digo que la ilusión del tiempo se encoge y se estira desde
la perspectiva de una mirada personal, íntima, cuando es la persona humana la
que se desmonta de ese arisco potro llamado “mundo”, esto es, aquello que
tenemos por un habitual afuera, el de la interrelación, la camaradería, el
trato; pero, también, el de la lucha agonal entre seres que se ven unos a otros
como eternos contrincantes; un mundo sempiternamente tamizado por lupas y
filtros que imponen una serie de normas y patrones reguladores de toda la humana
actividad, sin que, prácticamente nunca se tenga conciencia de lo divorciados
que puedan estar esos dictados y decálogos que mantienen aherrojados -con velos
cosidos con hilos de acero y titanio- el simple mirar, la llana escucha, el
mero sentir de los vellos de la piel, y hasta nuestra posibilidad de soñar y
ensoñar con el afuera cabal.
Lo cierto es que, sea ilusoria o real, nuestra relación con
tiempo y espacio, en las actuales estaciones -y no me refiero pues, en
exclusiva, a los de la pandemia- podemos llegar a vivir la sensación de que un
día pasa con la celeridad de un minutero reloj de arena…
Pero el afuera del aire, la morada del sol, las
insinuaciones de la luna, nuestra respiración, ese pájaro extraño que
escuchamos por primera vez en nuestro entorno o, incluso, en nuestras vidas,
comienzan a susurrarnos que, al parecer, hay otra vida, latiendo y suspirando,
debajo de aquella que llevamos superpuesta.
lacl, Anotaciones del diario caminar, 17/05/2020
(continuará, espero…)
Nina Simone: A Martin Luther King
Why (The King of Love Is Dead)
Why (The King of Love Is Dead)
(Música y letra)
Un hermoso himno, conmovedor como el que más. Nina Simone fue igualmente un ser tocado por la gracia.
Un hermoso himno, conmovedor como el que más. Nina Simone fue igualmente un ser tocado por la gracia.
[Verse 1]
Once upon this planet earth
Lived a man of humble birth
Preaching love and freedom for his fellow man
He was dreaming of a day
Peace would come to earth to stay
And he spread this message all across the land
Turn the other cheek he’d plead
Love thy neighbor was his creed
Pain humiliation death, he did not dread
With his Bible at his side
From his foes he did not hide
It’s hard to think that this great man is dead (Oh yes)
Will the murders never cease
Are thy men or are they beasts?
What do they ever hope, ever hope to gain?
Once upon this planet earth
Lived a man of humble birth
Preaching love and freedom for his fellow man
He was dreaming of a day
Peace would come to earth to stay
And he spread this message all across the land
Turn the other cheek he’d plead
Love thy neighbor was his creed
Pain humiliation death, he did not dread
With his Bible at his side
From his foes he did not hide
It’s hard to think that this great man is dead (Oh yes)
Will the murders never cease
Are thy men or are they beasts?
What do they ever hope, ever hope to gain?
Will my country fall, stand or
fall?
Is it too late for us all?
And did Martin Luther King just die in vain?
[Chorus]
Cos he’d seen the mountain top
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you’d better stop and think
Cos we’re heading for the brink
What will happen now that he is dead?
[Verse 2]
He was for equality
For all people, you and me
Full of love and good will, hate was not his way
He was not a violent man
Bigotry had sealed his fate
We can all shed tears but it won't change a thing
Teach your people, will they ever learn
Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
And kill with guns and burn
Don't you know how we gotta react?
Don't you know what it will bring?
Is it too late for us all?
And did Martin Luther King just die in vain?
[Chorus]
Cos he’d seen the mountain top
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you’d better stop and think
Cos we’re heading for the brink
What will happen now that he is dead?
[Verse 2]
He was for equality
For all people, you and me
Full of love and good will, hate was not his way
He was not a violent man
Bigotry had sealed his fate
We can all shed tears but it won't change a thing
Teach your people, will they ever learn
Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
And kill with guns and burn
Don't you know how we gotta react?
Don't you know what it will bring?
[Chorus]
Well see he’d seen, the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you’d better stop and think
Cause everybody knows were on the brink
What’s will happen now that the king of love is dead?
Well see he’d seen, the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you’d better stop and think
Cause everybody knows were on the brink
What’s will happen now that the king of love is dead?
Contemplación
Pretendo el tiempo de la contemplación, tempo en el que la
duración se inhibe y, sin embargo, lo colma todo.
lacl, 26 06 2019
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