“Freedom is the possibility of isolation. You are free if you can withdraw from people, not having to seek them out for the sake of money, company, love, glory or curiosity, none of which can thrive in silence and solitude. If you can’t live alone, you were born a slave.”
And here is the original:
“A liberdade é a possibilidade do isolamento. És livre se podes afastar-te dos homens, sem que te obrigue a procurá-los a necessidade de dinheiro, ou a necessidade gregária, ou o amor, ou a glória, ou a curiosidade, que no silêncio e na solidão não podem ter alimento. Se te é impossível viver só, nasceste escravo.” (Fernando Pessoa)
03 – Embers (Click on the link on the left to listen to Embers from Mike Oldfield’s 1999 Guitars album)
Lovely colors in the sky Paula. I like the hint of city lights too. Well done!
Thank you Jeff
Thank you for making it a starry night
My pleasure!
Beautiful Paula!
Both….equally
Awww, thank you Madhu. x
Lyrics wonderful and spectacular photography.
Muchas gracias Cruz. No es mi letra es de Pessoa pero es como si yo lo hubiera escrito
Y otra cosa, si quieres puedes escuchar la musica aqui tambien
Hay un enlace encima de la foto …
OK, Paula,me intriga de donde eres? Escribes muy bien es español…
Bueno que descanses, ya es tarde…
Cruz
Estoy de Croacia y supongo que tu eres Argentino?
Me gustaria seguir conversando y viendo tu perfil manana, si estaras. Fue un gusto
P.D. En mi pagina “about” puedes leer que soy linguista y obsesionada con idiomas
Beautiful shot, and I identify with the accompanying statement.
Cool
Me too. Did you have a chance to listen to the music attached to the post as well?
I sure did. I’m going to have to look up more of Mike Oldfield’s music.
beautiful……………
Thank you Ioanna
I love the quote! And of course the picture is very beautiful.
Already read that one.. I do understand your point of view.
I made a post of “awarding” the blogs I follow which inspire me. Sometimes I need another person’s point of view to get inspired. It was my way of thanking those nominating me for stuff.
And yes, wanting to achieve false popularity and so on, it does exist in the blogosphere just like in real life.
But then again, as they say: sto ljudi, sto ćudi
Cheers! Take a sip from my amaro glass, if you like
Cardinal is on my list as well
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Goose bumps over the quote, Paula. They mirror exactly what I said in reply to your post yesterday. Thanks for leading me here, dear, to ponder on the waves in silence and solitude.
Thank you dear Mar …. this would have been a perfect quote for “solitary theme” …. I had a feeling you would approve of this sentiment… *hugs*
I do, totally. Warm hugs back to you.