31 de Julho

"Sir, O do not believe that I shall ever achieve

the tenderness or skill of Michaelangelo or the man

from Urbino [Raphael], nor of Correggio and

Parmigianino; but the natural talent I possess,

which is no less than theirs, allows me to take

a new direction that makes me famous for

something in the same way that others

became famous for what they did"

Titian

Diana and Actaeon, 1559

Titian

On loan from the Duke of Sutherland, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

30 de Julho

"For an Impressionist

to paint from nature

is not to paint the subject,

but to realize sensations"

Paul Cézanne

The Bathers, 1900-06
Paul Cézanne

National Gallery, London

Precious and fragile things need special handling

Sim Merícia, foi de facto a miúda mais gira que já me passou pelos braços. E repara como a miúda já tem pensamentos e espírito visionário. Espera até ela aprender a andar de triciclo e lá partimos nós, o Sérgio, a Patrícia, a Maria, a Matilde e eu, por esse mundo fora de bicicleta. O Santo da Serra é pequeno demais para ela!

29 de Julho

"Every picture shows a spot
with which the artist
has fallen in love..."

Alfred Sisley

28 de Julho

"I know not what course others

may take; but as for me,

give me liberty or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

Liberty Leading the People, 1830

Eugène Delacroix

Musée du Louvre, Paris

27 de Julho

"The Louvre is the book

in which we learn to read"

Paul Cézanne

The Rape of Europe, 1747

François Boucher

Musée du Louvre, Paris

26 de Julho

"The people of Tahiti have invented a word:

"No artu," which means "I couldn't care less!"

Here it means pretty much the same as complete

serenity and naturalness. You cannot imagine

how I have grown accostumed to this word.

I often say it - and I understand it"

Paul Gauguin

The King's Wife, 1896

Paul Gauguin

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Festival de Música do Mundo - Porto Côvo

25 de Julho

"Titian is loved by all the world

because his style breathes life

into the portraits and is hated by

nature for the spirits conjured

by his art put the living to shame"

Pietro Aretino

Bacchanal of the Andrians, 1518-20

Titian

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

24 de Julho

"The song of the river ends not

at her banks but in the hearts

of those who have loved her"

Buffalo Joe

Riverbank, 1649

Jacob van Ruisdael

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

23 de Julho

"The greater part of our happiness or

misery depends on our dispositions and

not our circumstances"

Martha Washington

Self-Portrait with Saskia, c. 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Gemaldegalerie, Dresden

22 de Julho

"Townfolk know pleasures,

country people joys"

Minna Thomas Antrim

Country Wedding, c. 1568
Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Kunthistoriches Museum, Vienna

21 de Julho

"What a piece of work is man!

How noble in reason! How infinite

in faculty! In form, in moving,

how express and admirable!

In action how like an angel!

In apprehension how like a god!"

William Shakespeare

Self-Portrait with Skeleton, 1896

Lovis Corinth

Lenbachhaus, Munich

Matilde

Eis que veio ao mundo o novo menino Jesus da família!

E com o tio Sérgio e o primo Pedro por perto, de certeza que irá conquistar o mundo!

Aqui fica a fotografia de família, os avós, a filha e a neta, estando a faltar o papá da minha mais recente prima preferida (desculpa Merícia!).

Pronto, pronto, não descriminemos a mãe da criança, ahahahah! Foste a primeira prima, e portanto a mais importante.

Beijos e abraços para toda a família e PARABÉNS AOS PAPÁS!

VIVA LA VIDA!

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own



It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

20 de Julho

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not

enhanced, and the inconvenience is often

considerable"

Jane Austen

The Surprised Bather, 1736

François Boucher

Archangelsk Museum

Circle of Life

Chega uma prima, vai-se um primo...

Rest in Peace, João!

Roendo uma laranja na falésia...

Porto Côvo

Parque de Campismo

Rute e Tiago

Música

Crude

Praia

Ilha do Pessegueiro

Last Poets (aaaahhh!)

Madrepérolas

Neblina

Dança da Chuva

Chuva

Ressonos

Vizinhos de tenda irrequietos

Não perca as cenas dos próximos capítulos porque nós também não (com direito a fotografias e vídeos)

19 de Julho

"To desire and strive to be of some service

to the world, to aim at doing something

which shall really increase the happiness

and welfare and virtue of mankind -

this is a choice which is possible for all of us;

and surely it is a good haven to sail for"

Henry Van Dyke

Regatta of Concarneau, 1891

Paul Signac

Sir Charles Clore Collection

18 de Julho

"May your joys be as bright as the morning,

and your sorrows merely be shadows that fade

in the sunlight of love. May you have enough

happiness to keep you sweet, enough trials

to keep you strong, enough sorrow to keep you

human, enough hope to keep you happy"

Irish Blessing

Morning, 1808

Philipp Otto Runge

Kunsthalle, Hamburg