Strangers on a Train

Anchor Baby

There was a beautiful girl
who came from the sea.
And there was just one place
that she wanted to be.


With a man named Walker
who played in a band.
She would leave the ocean
and came onto the land.


He was the one
that she wanted the most.
And she tried everything
to capture this ghost.


But throughout all their lives
they never connected.
She wandered the earth
alone and rejected.


She tried looking happy
she tried looking tragic,
she tried astral projecting,
sex, and black magic.


Nothing could join them,
except maybe one thing,
just maybe...
something to anchor their spirits...
They had a baby.


But to give birth to the baby
they needed a crane.
The umbilical cord
was in the form of a chain.


It was ugly and gloomy,
and as a hard as a kettle.
It had no pink skin,
just heavy gray metal.


The baby that was meant
to bring them together,
just shrouded them both
in a cloud of foul weather.


So Walker took off
to play with the band.
And from that day on,
he stayed mainly on land.


And she was alone
with her gray baby anchor,
who got so oppressive
that it eventually sank her.


As she went to the bottom,
not fulfilling her wish,
it was her, and her baby,...
and a few scattered fish.

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories

TIM BURTON

NO NUKES

Yayoi Kusama, Tate Modern, London

Last Sunday I visited the Tate Modern in London. This museum is free, you only have to pay for the temporary exhibitions. Of course you can donate some pounds if you can afford and you want (it is up to you). For the temporary exhibitions there are two price. The more expensive one includes 0.25 pounds per pound as a donation.
The first time I enjoyed this amazing museum was... some years ago and I did not have money, I had an student with small jobs... no money.
This is the reason why I have paid the more expensive rate this time. I would like to think that I am helping other people to de able to live the experience of walking through this galleries.
There were two temporary exhibitions. The first one was dedicated to Alighiero Boetti and was called "Game plan".

I did not known this artist and I think he is interesting but to be honest I can barely talk about this exhibition because the other one made a deeply impact on me. I felt that I have discovered one of my favourite artist.
I am talking about the exhibition of Yayoi Kusama. I know she is a very famous artist but this was my first time. Since the gate of the exhibition the atmosphere captivated me.

At the end I bought the catalogue for learning more about this Japanese woman and her career.
Instead of scanning all the book I prefer to recommend you this video:

Here you can see one of the examples of her art, "Infinite Room".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1rcJZRqZH8&feature=youtube_gdata_player


More information:
http://kusamadocumentary.com
http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/yayoi-kusama

Indignation 7_General Strike

Indignation 6_Nobody Saw It Coming

So America's great 21st century contribution to fomenting freedom abroad was not imposing it militarily but enabling it technologically, as an epiphenomenon of globalization. And for a second act, globalization returned the favor, turning democratic uprisings in developing countries into inspirational exports for the rich world.
TIME magazine
(December 26/2011- January 2/2012 issue)

Storm