behold, the traditional double-exposed photo of the boy on the driver’s seat:
this one is from R4R-97 (double-exposed with gianni in australia), but a version of this shot appears also in R4R-9 (twice!), R4R-2, R4R-78 and R4R-20.
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a lack of eyes that find beauty
been doing a few mock exams lately, to prepare for the HSK test and stumbled on this reading passage was in one of them:
“有人说， 很难在自己熟悉的地点发现 美丽的景色。 这说明对 自己越熟悉的东西，往往越没有新鲜感， 也就很难发现它的美丽之处。 所以生活中不是缺少美， 而是缺少发现美的眼睛.”
Some people say that it is difficult to find beautiful scenery in a place you are familiar with. This shows that the more familiar you are, the less fresh it is, the harder it is to discover its beauty. So life is not lacking beauty, but there is a lack of eyes that find beauty.
how distractingly poetic, for a language exam! :|
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analogue wednesday #226
april was the homeliest of months, calm and quiet, and just what the WHO ordered. after coming south, we did nothing besides work, study, eat and putter around in the garden.
improbably, there are now pumpkins, tomatoes, physalis, sage, mint, lemongrass, chives and lettuce growing… as well as an ever-expanding collection of succulents, and passionfruit. :| the hands want to keep busy, i guess, and things grow, little by little. i’m ok with this.
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advance care directive
this is a bit of a heavy topic and the middle of a pandemic is probably a weird time to mention it, but… have you thought of how you want to die?
these days, many countries let citizens choose in advance what kind of healthcare treatment they want to receive, in case they’re not able to decide for themselves at the time the treatment is required. it’s called an advance care directive.
in portugal, the testamento vital specifies a bunch of situations on which you can decide things in advance. perhaps you don’t want to participate in clinical trials or experimental treatments, don’t want to be reanimated, or maybe you just want to delegate these choices on someone you trust. you print this sheet of paper, fill it out and take it to a health center for it to be checked and registered. after that, it stays valid for five years and your doctors can access it along with your medical history (you get an email when they do).
we did ours some years ago, mostly because me and the boy were not married but still wanted to make sure we could decide for each other, in the worst case scenarios. i encourage you to think about it and make a plan. we’re all going to die sooner or later — better do it on our own terms.
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