Author: Luciana Mariano

Painter.

Life happens

Busy years II

When did you last feel overwhelmed? Exhausted? Pretending to be ok? Incapable? Anxious

Corona times brought new worries and challenges, but also amplified old skeletons from everyone’s closets. Society is always kept in high demands and fears, because that way we are also kept obedient and controllable. The ever growing need of things is an illusion and we feel like we have to be, perform and deliver appearances and behaviours that are as unnatural to us as being super heroes or machines.
We are demanded and we demand. We are our own self inflicted tyrants and victims. We accept the roles that were imposed to us, rather than deliberately choosing them. We teach our children the loneliness we feel because we care too much about pleasing everyone else, meeting deadlines, complying to “normal”.
We get entangled and trapped into our on creations, instead of flowing through it.
We stop creating and thriving and start struggling and surviving.
May the end of the year be the end of everything for a while. May the illusion of time play on our behalf and allow us to rest and dream again. May we find and do things that bring us joy and allows us to feel whole. Let 2021 die in peace so we can embrace the new set of 325 new days to be kinder to our selves, others, the planet, life.
There is undoubtledly beauty in chaos, but we must find our peace in it, despite it.
As Frida Kahlo said: “Donde no puedas amar, no te demores.”

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Quando vocĂȘ se sentiu oprimido pela Ășltima vez? Exausto? Fingindo estar bem? Incapaz? Ansioso

Os tempos de Corona trouxeram novas preocupaçÔes e desafios, mas tambĂ©m ampliaram os esqueletos antigos dos armĂĄrios de todos. A sociedade Ă© sempre mantida em altas demandas e medos, porque dessa forma tambĂ©m somos mantidos obedientes e controlĂĄveis. A necessidade cada vez maior de coisas Ă© uma ilusĂŁo e sentimos que devemos ser, representar e entregar aparĂȘncias e comportamentos que sĂŁo tĂŁo antinaturais para nĂłs quanto sermos super-herĂłis ou mĂĄquinas.
Somos exigidos e exigimos. NĂłs somos tiranos e vĂ­timas auto-inflictos. Aceitamos os papĂ©is que nos foram impostos, ao invĂ©s de escolhĂȘ-los. Ensinamos nossos filhos a solidĂŁo que sentimos porque nos preocupamos demais em agradar a todos, cumprir prazos, sermos “o normal”.
Ficamos emaranhados e aprisionados em nossas próprias criaçÔes, em vez de fluir através delas.
Paramos de criar e prosperar e começamos a lutar e sobreviver.
Que o fim do ano seja o fim de tudo por um tempo. Que a ilusão do tempo aja por nós e nos permita-nos descansar e sonhar novamente. Que possamos encontrar e fazer coisas que nos tragam alegria e nos permitam sentirmos-nos inteiros. Que 2021 morra em paz para que possamos abraçar os novos 325 dias e sermos mais bondosos conosco mesmos, com os outros, com o planeta, com a vida.
Sem dĂșvida, hĂĄ beleza no caos, mas devemos encontrar nossa paz nele, apesar dele.
Como disse Frida Kahlo: “Donde no puedas amar, no te demores.”

The art of time

Time repairs

mistakes

misunderstandings

mischiefs

regrets

broken hearts

pain

everything.

Time is the kind of artist that never gives up

never stops creating and reinventing itself

it can also be cruel and leave behind

What would never be inconceivable

letting go.

Time is a villain

an enemy

my best friend

the opportunity and the worst nightmare

Time is an illusion, but also the ultimate reality.

If it exists, perhaps so do we.

It may end, but it also may be

the only witness,

or even

the only reason

for our experience.

Absenc/s/es

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We are all there and yet, no one is present. Life can be just like that; we think we exist, but we are ever desappearing, from the very moment we started.

Estamos todos lå e, no entanto, ninguém estå presente. A vida pode ser assim; pensamos que existimos, mas estamos desaparecendo, desde o momento em que começamos.

Dreng

Han er der

men han er ikke min

Han er en del af mig

selvom han ikke tilhĂžrer mig

han er alt hvad jeg er

alt hvad jeg mangler

men kan ikke holdes

han er sig selv og det gĂžr mig stolt af

jeg savner ham, krÊver hans tilstedevÊrelse, tÊnker pÄ ham

men det er kun han selv som kan finde sin vej tilbage.

jeg kan bare vĂŠre her, og vente

sÄ lÊnge livet varer.

Mysteries

Mysteries of the night

Com pés descalços

Sobre a relva

Úmida e verde

Sentimos a brisa 

Leve e morna

Que apazigua

O coração

Cansado.

Trazemos estrelas nas mĂŁos 

e jĂłias inestimĂĄveis na alma

Carregamos esperança 

por tempos melhores

Um mundo mais justo

e igualitĂĄrio.

Vislumbramos os mistérios 

que justifiquem

a dor e o vazio

daquilo que ainda

nĂŁo podemos

transformar

em mĂĄgica

e beleza.


Luciana Mariano (c)

Generations

Luciana Mariano (c)

AtravĂ©s das geraçÔes carregamos nossos fardos, nossas dores, mas tambĂ©m nossa sabedoria ancestral, nossos talentos. Ao longo do tempo, histĂłrias se tornam estĂłrias e somos capazes de adicionar magia e poesia ao que foi ĂĄrido e pesado. Trançamos nossos cabelos em todas as cores, formas e texturas para formar um sĂł cordĂŁo de desejos, cheios de esperança e força. Somos uma sĂł, embora sejamos muitas e todas Ășnicas. Meninos se tornam pĂĄssaros e mulheres se tornam terra, e vice e versa. E na dança da vida nos unimos em comunhĂŁo por tudo aquilo que queremos prosseguir, aperfeiçoar e transformar, respeitando nossa efemeridade na perenidade do tempo, permitindo nossas falhas Ă© que alcançamos nossas vitĂłrias. NĂŁo sabemos direito o sentido de tudo, mas observamos os fractais da existĂȘncia, aceitando, resistindo e contornando tudo aquilo que a cada dia brota em nossa estrada. Seguimos com passos firmes, olhos atentos e, sempre que possĂ­vel, com a leveza do ar.

Through the generations we carry out our burdens and pains, but also our ancestral wisdom and talents. Over time, history become stories and we are able to add magic and poetry to what was dry and heavy. We braid our hair in all colors, shapes and textures to form a single string of desires, full of hope and strength. We are one, although we are many and all unique. Boys become birds and women become earth, and vice versa. And in the dance of life, we unite in communion for everything we want to pursue, improve and transform, respecting our ephemerality in the perpetuity of time, it is allowing our failures we reach for our victories. We don’t really know the meaning of all things, but we observe the fractals of existence, accepting, resisting and overcoming everything that arises on our path, every day. We carry on with firm steps, alert eyes and, whenever possible, with the lightness of air.

Obscene

Obscene are the news.

Obscene

/əbˈsiːn/

adjective

adjective: obscene

  1. (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.”obscene jokes”


    Similar:
    pornographic
    indecent
    salacious
    smutty
    lewd
    rude
    dirty
    filthy
    vulgar
    foul
    coarse
    crude
    gross
    vile
    nasty
    disgusting
    offensive
    shameless
    immoral
    improper
    immodest
    impure
    indecorous
    indelicate
    unwholesome
    scabrous
    off colour
    lubricious
    risqué
    ribald
    bawdy
    suggestive
    titillating
    racy
    erotic
    carnal
    sensual
    sexy
    lascivious
    lecherous
    licentious
    libidinous
    degenerate
    goatish
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    prurient
    scatological
    profane
    blue
    porn
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    X-rated
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    XXX
    raunchy
    sick
    near the knuckle
    fruity
    saucy
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    ithyphallic
    Fescennine
    Cyprian

    Opposite:
    pure
    decent
    natural

2. offending against moral principles; repugnant.


Some people will attain their observations at the naked couple. And judge. And have a million different opinions about how pleasing, disturbing, appealing or disgusting the scene is. Other people will completely ignore the couple and see the background. The world is sick and suffering from the lack of consciousness of what is really obscene in society. 

In my humble opinion, love and sex makes us plausible.

Poverty is obscene. Capitalism is obscene. Political ignorance is obscene.

Human predatory nature is obscene. 

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Luciana Mariano, 2021