Meraki
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JEM77FP-2
This text overflows with Meraki. I have many capitalist consumer desires. Some can be classified as futile and unnecessary, and I agree. Considering the direction of our society and so many much more urgent needs, there is not exactly a grand justification for wanting certain things. Still, some desires remain. Mine has a name, a…
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“To dispose” is the verb we forgot
“Essa canção é por você – (This song is for you)Que já cansou de escutar – (Who is tired of listening)Esteve vivo sem viver – (You were alive without living)Mas não deixou de acreditar” – (But you never stopped believing) This excerpt is part of the lyrics of a song called Balada da Contramão, by one…
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Fairfarren
“Fairfarren.” Some words seem to be born already expressing how much we miss someone. The expression became known in the film Alice in Wonderland (2010), directed by Tim Burton. It does not appear in Lewis Carroll’s original books, but the word were enough to synthesize something that, curiously, exists in many stories: the wish that…
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Where is this blog heading?
When this space was born, I simply called it a blog. Today I am no longer so sure that this word is enough. There is still a blog, of course! I keep writing texts, publishing research, sharing discoveries, and stitching together questions that arise along the way. But looking at everything that has been built…
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July 30: the day the world embroiders!
July 30. Somewhere in São Tomé and Príncipe, someone starts a new embroidery. In a library in Canada, a group gathers to sew and chat. In England, a museum opens space for workshops. In different cities across Brazil, needles pierce fabrics, hands meet, and stories continue to be told. Perhaps, on this very day, you…
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Meraki
Anyone who has studied Library Science knows that classifying is never a simple task. And I had a classification problem that reminded me of my lessons on Paul Otlet. Here, in this space, there are scientific texts, essays, accounts, recipes… And there are those that simply do not fit into any of these categories. It…
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Why Do I Embroider?
People who embroider often have an answer ready, and the vast majority will say it was to occupy their time, but there is a portion who will mention mental health. I have the impression that embroidery has always been a part of me, not because someone taught me; sometimes I feel as if I was…