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deconstruction
-begin quote-
"One of the gestures of deconstruction is to
not naturalize what isn't natural.
To not assume that what is conditioned by
history, institutions, or society is natural.
The very condition of a deconstruction may be
at work in the work, within the system to be
deconstructed. It may already be located
there, already at work - not at the center,
but in an eccentric center - in a corner "
(see "um cantinho" below) " whose eccentricity
assures the solid concentration of the system,
participating in the structure of what it, at
the same time, threatens to deconstruct.
One might then be inclined to reach this
conclusion: deconstruction is not an
operation that supervenes afterwards, from the
outside one fine day - it is always already at
work in the work."
-end quote-
- Jacques Derrida, from the film "Derrida" (2002) by
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman.
"um cantinho"
-begin Portuguese lesson-
Um cantinho, violão (a little corner, a guitar)
Este amor, uma canção (this love is a song)
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama (that will make the one you love happy)
Muita calma pra pensar (much tranquility to think)
E ter tempo pra sonhar (and to have time to dream)
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado (from the window I see Corcovado)
Redentor ... que lindo (The Redeemer ... how beautiful.)
Quero a vida sempre assim (I want life always to be this way)
com você perto de mim (with you close to me)
Até o apagar da velha chama (until the old flame burns out)
E eu que era triste (And I, who was sad)
Descrente deste mundo (disillusioned with this world)
Ao encontrar você eu compreendi (when I met you, I understood)
O que é felicidade (what happiness is)
Meu amor (my love)
-end Portuguese lesson-
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, "Corcovado"
-begin quote-
"One of the gestures of deconstruction is to
not naturalize what isn't natural.
To not assume that what is conditioned by
history, institutions, or society is natural.
The very condition of a deconstruction may be
at work in the work, within the system to be
deconstructed. It may already be located
there, already at work - not at the center,
but in an eccentric center - in a corner "
(see "um cantinho" below) " whose eccentricity
assures the solid concentration of the system,
participating in the structure of what it, at
the same time, threatens to deconstruct.
One might then be inclined to reach this
conclusion: deconstruction is not an
operation that supervenes afterwards, from the
outside one fine day - it is always already at
work in the work."
-end quote-
- Jacques Derrida, from the film "Derrida" (2002) by
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman.
"um cantinho"
-begin Portuguese lesson-
Um cantinho, violão (a little corner, a guitar)
Este amor, uma canção (this love is a song)
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama (that will make the one you love happy)
Muita calma pra pensar (much tranquility to think)
E ter tempo pra sonhar (and to have time to dream)
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado (from the window I see Corcovado)
Redentor ... que lindo (The Redeemer ... how beautiful.)
Quero a vida sempre assim (I want life always to be this way)
com você perto de mim (with you close to me)
Até o apagar da velha chama (until the old flame burns out)
E eu que era triste (And I, who was sad)
Descrente deste mundo (disillusioned with this world)
Ao encontrar você eu compreendi (when I met you, I understood)
O que é felicidade (what happiness is)
Meu amor (my love)
-end Portuguese lesson-
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, "Corcovado"
