O Arranca Corações # 437 – “Heilige Welt”

“Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a product of his past. He forms himself by a series of… Continue reading

Porto > Lisboa > Dubai > Díli

Faz amanhã uma semana que regressei a Timor-Leste. Ainda a recobrar do jet lag (9 horas de diferença entre Lisboa e Díli), parece-me oportuna a redacção desta entrada como exercício de recuperação de um… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 436 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

“A Treasure Hunt” Ep. 436: 21st March 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Japonisme and The Azurite by Ruth Marten. 01 Sturqen – Asma; 02 Sturqen – Kara; 03 Bad Sector – Tool 01; 04 Five Thousand Spirits – Eskdalemuir; 05 Krzysztof Penderecki – St… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 436 – “A Treasure Hunt”

“Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (The cry of Long John Silver’s parrot, Cap’n Flint; Ch. X, p. 98) Ruth Marten, A Treasure Hunt… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 435 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

 “Enter, So Far From This Sky” Ep. 435: 14th March 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Ruth Marten, Parus. 01 John Corigliano (Altered States Original Soundtrack) – Main Title And First Hallucination (Ritual Sacrifice And Religious Memories);… Continue reading

Vórtices energéticos

No decurso da minha existência encontrei seis centros (ou vórtices) energéticos (locais que me permitem recuperar energia e apaziguar a mente). São sítios em que o simples acto de respirar é uma promessa… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 435 – “Enter, So Far From This Sky”

“in these many dark celled rooms…reverberation of your acquiescence (acute sense)…there is nothing left but silence…here, filled with calm in this dwelling…you are reduced to dust!you are becoming smoke!” ― Blood of the… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 434 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

“Azurite Magnetism” Ep. 434: 7th March 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Azurite, Burra Mine, South Australia. 01 Blondie – Heart Of Glass; 02 Madonna – Hung Up; 03 Coil – Theme for Blue II & The Hills… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 434 – “Azurite Magnetism”

“Tacitus tells us of a spectral tattooed army, the Pictish Britons nude in the colour of the Ethiopians, Caeruleus. Dark blue, not the sharp blue from the paint tube. Gun metal blue. The… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 433 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

 “Warmed By The Winter Sun” Ep. 433: 28th February 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Fidus (1868-1947) ~ Etheric Eyes, gouache on paper, 1914. 01 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd – Pleasant, If Not A Little… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 433 – “Warmed By The Winter Sun”

 “One kind word can warm three winter months.” –Japanese Proverb   Fidus,  Prayer to the Sun.   Ep. 433: Sunday, 28th February at 01:00 AM (GMT+00:00) Featuring: David Sylvian, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Kenichiro Isoda, Nurse With… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 432 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

“Very Pleasant, If Not A Little Deadly” Ep. 432: 21st February 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Monika-Beisner, illus. for The Thumbtown Toad by George-Mendoza (1971). 01 Harold Budd – Children on the Hill; 02 Harold Budd, Brian… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 432 – “Very Pleasant, If Not A Little Deadly”

“Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.” ―Georges Bataille Monika-Beisner, illus. for The Thumbtown Toad by George-Mendoza (1971).   Ep.… Continue reading

O ARRANCA CORAÇÕES # 431 (PODCAST VIA MIXCLOUD)

 “Ex-est” Ep. 431: 14th February 2021 – via MIXCLOUD Raoul Hynckes (1893–1973) , Ex-est, 1940. 01 the body – Tied Up and Locked In, 02 the body – A Lament, 03 Gnaw Their Tongues – Eschatological Scatology, 04 Puissance –… Continue reading

O Arranca Corações # 431 – “Ex-est”

“the thought of life and what is gonethe joy of it and the curse of itliving, what is the differencedying, the belief in significance” ― the body, “An Altar Or A Grave” (album:… Continue reading