Para o meu filho, que fez anos dia 30 de Julho

Henry Moore (nascido em 1898), Helmet Head No. 1 (1950)

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«I'm the kid who wanted to grow up and be Bugs Bunny. I was very, very disappointed when I realized I couldn't grow up and be a cartoon character».

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Richard Linklater (nascido em 1960).

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Arnold Schwarzenegger (nascido em 1947)

Do Momento

O parque de Pedernales Falls, no Texas, um dos cenários de Boyhood

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«Nicole: You know how everyone's always saying seize the moment? I don't know, I'm kinda thinking it's the other way around. You know, like the moment seizes us. 

Mason: Yeah. Yeah, I know. It's constant - the moment. It's just... It's like it's always right now, you know?»

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Boyhood (2014).

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Não foi o filme que mais gostei de Linklater, mas gostei dos diálogos e dos cenários, nomeadamente destas paisagens naturais norte-americanas (que sempre me fascinaram) e a visita ao Cockrell Butterfly Center. Cf. Locations Hub.

Permanecer

Harriet Backer, By Lamp Light (1890, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo)

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«And the funny thing is, our cells are completely regenerating every seven years. We've already become completely different people several times over, and yet we always remain quintessentially ourselves.»

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Richard Linklater, Waking life (2001)

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Harriet Backer, Ved lampelys (1890, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo)

Tempo

João Vaz de Carvalho

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«Now, what you've seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals. And in addition, if you look at the time scales that are involved here -- two billion years for life, six million years for the hominid, 100,000 years for mankind as we know it -- you're beginning to see the telescoping nature of the evolutionary paradigm. And then when you get to agricultural, when you get to scientific revolution and industrial revolution, you're looking at 10,000 years, 400 years, 150 years. You're seeing a further telescoping of this evolutionary time. What that means is that as we go through the new evolution, it's gonna telescope to the point we should be able to see it manifest itself within our lifetime, within this generation.»

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Richard Linklater, Waking life (2001)

Fazer

Pierre Dumonstier, Right Hand of Artemisia Gentileschi Holding a Brush (1625, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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«Doing things and taking the consequences. It might be true that there are six billion people in the world and counting. Nevertheless, what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms. Makes a difference to other people and it sets an example.»

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Richard Linklater, Waking life (2001)

Caixa de tintas

Kitty Lange Kielland, Landskap fra Cernay-la-Ville (1885-1887)

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«It's like you come onto this planet with a crayon box. Now, you may get the 8-pack, you may get the 16-pack. But it's all in what you do with the crayons, the colors that you're given. And don't worry about drawing within the lines or coloring outside the lines.»

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Richard Linklater, Waking life (2001)