Serendipity

Jeremiah Wright was Obama’s pastor on his church during a lot of years. Some of his speeches are now publicly known and considered to be racist, lunatic and so forth.

The problem is, 80% of what he says is spot on.

And the style… confrontational, blunt. Something WASPs are not used to (unless, of course, when it comes from WASP bigots in the real sense of bigot, where it becomes acceptable and a tribute to free speech).

Irrespective of the style (which is also not my preferred), most of what he says is at least very sensible.

The university of Montana, with mount Sentinel behind

Montana is a “lots of open space” american state. If you like nature, check these photo albuns:

Flathead Lake Biological Station, Montana, USA

Missoula, Montana, USA

Rattlesnake trail, Missoula, Montana, USA

Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian photographer mostly known for in photographs depicting works and the people of developing nations. His work really strikes a chord with me. Its strong, poetic, real, … I don’t know… Check it out and decide for yourself…

The best “gallery” seems be available by
Googling for images using Sebastiao Salgado as a keyword.

There is also an official homepage. The navigation is not very intuitive, but if you dig down the site, you can find some gems.

Manu Chao has a new album, here is one song, rainin’ in paradize, with a new video directed by Emir Kusturica.

Liv Ullmann, Julia Dufvenius (actresses) and Ingmar Bergman (director)
Making of Saraband (2003)
Photo by Bengt Wanselius (Sony Pictures Classics)

The photo speaks by itself.

Stolen from sound + vision (Blog in Portuguese).