Category Archives: Reflexiones

∧mœbæ

[…]Del océano había brotado una flor, y el cáliz me ceñía los dedos. […]

Nunca hasta entonces había sentido yo como ahora esa gigantesca presencia, ese silencio poderoso e intransigente, esa fuerza secreta que animaba regularmente las olas. Inmóvil, la mirada fija, me perdía en un universo de inercia hasta entonces desconocido, me deslizaba por una pendiente irresistible, me identificaba con ese coloso fluido, y mudo, como si le hubiese perdonado todo, sin el menor esfuerzo, sin una palabra, sin un pensamiento.

– Stanislaw Lem: Solaris.

Quinta essentia

Then we have some other times.

Those times when I think, I can feel that my insides may look like this. Like, I have a core, a nucleus where my true ‘I’ is, and that, all of sudden, when -and only when- it is time, what we can see here is exactly what in can become made of. Something different. Not blue anymore.

That is, pure energy. Pure feels. Pure passion. Pure trust. Pure will.

Pure power.

Tidløs ly

De pronto supo qué lo inquietaba.

Estaba tratando de distraerse. Actividad febril contra reflexión. Silbando en el bosque. Tralarí, tralará, el lobo ¿dónde estará?

Sobre Trondheim había una neblina húmeda que difuminaba los contornos. Incluso su casa, al otro lado de la calle, le pareció más plana que de costumbre. Casi parecía un cuadro.

¿Qué sucedía con las cosas que uno amaba?

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To the frustrated researcher

“The scientific career has been called a carnivorous god. Perhaps more appropriately it may at times appear a soul-devouring god. However, by no means does it need to take on this aspect. Whatever dangers personal weaknesses and social pressures may present to the investigator, he can rise above them. He can retain the enthusiasm of youth which led him to contemplate the mysteries of the universe. He can remain grateful for the extraordinary privilege of participating in their exploration. He can incessantly find delight in the discoveries made by other men those of the past and those of his own times. And he can learn the difficult lesson that the journey itself and not only the great conquest is a fulfillment of human life.”

– Curt Stern: Thoughts on Research. Science, 1965