la règle du jeu

the rules of the game
are not to win or lose
but to draw (or choose)
the rules of the game


Copyright © 2008 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

viva a poesia vivida!

no teatro da floresta de signos,
ao pôr do sol no morro das capelas,
um poeta submerso em fumo e palavras,
um estranho escalando um muro de pedras,
ambos ambivalentes à ambição,
no meio do caminho ao destino.

Copyright © 2008 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

on form ...

"Form is the base brought to the surface."

(Victor Hugo)

What's new under the sun ?!?

“The artist is a living contradiction: he tries to imitate and he invents, he tries to invent and he copies. If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the clichés of our time.”

(Octavio Paz, “Invention, Underdevelopment, Modernity.” Alternating Current. Trans. Helen R. Lane. p. 19)