Thoughts on “the Social Dilemma”
Ok, ok, OK! I watched “The SOCIAL DILEMMA”! It was hardly news to me. What was more interesting was another problem, two actually.
Read MoreAuthor: Ricky Toledano
A native of Chicago, Ricky Toledano has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for over twenty years as a writer, translator and teacher. [a]multipicity is multi-lingual collection of reflections through the humanities.
uma foto abandonada
Mas o que realmente me impediu de acionar a câmera, e me fez colocá-la de volta no estojo, perdendo o que poderia ter sido a foto perfeita, uma cápsula do tempo, foi uma sensação semelhante à que ocorre pouco antes de se colher uma flor, quando a dúvida interfere na escolha de se possuir a beleza destruindo-a.
Read MoreThe Untaken Frame
It is the story of the picture I chose not to take and it was selected by JAGGERY, the literary journal of South Asia. The Untaken Frame
Read MoreOld school
I don’t have a television might seem like the vainglorious boast of a pedantic bookworm. I confess it was twenty years ago. Today, however, this detail about the choices I’ve made does not say very much, considering all the time I spend on the internet. Apparently, television has gotten better since I was a kid watching […]
Read MoreMy quarantine book
Neither Tolstoy’s War and Peace nor James Joyce’s Ulysses would be my quarantine book. I immediately remembered the story of how a young boy found love in the concentration camp of Terezín.
Read MoreGrowing in Plain sight
Following Amazonian wisdom that all the medicine one needs in life will already be there, growing at one’s feet. I decided not only to let the weed growing on my windowsill live, I gave it its own pot.
Read MoreTeorias de Botequim
“Eu me lembro do helicóptero com drogas, Ricky, mas não de um avião. Deixa de exagerar, pô!” disse o meu amigo, aquele carioca grande, com vozeirão, que não sabe conversar, só sabe gritar, ao chegarmos à mesa do botequim que frequentávamos numa época em que tínhamos mais cabelo, bebíamos muito mais e em que ainda não havíamos nos separado para tomar caminhos — e opiniões—muito diferentes.
Read MoreCazé Arte: entre cidades e tintas | Between cities and paints
Você não pode ir para a rua, mas pode trazer a rua para você! O meu encontro com o grande artista da Lapa: Cazé | You cannot go the streets right now, but you can bring the street to you! My interview with Cazé, renowned urban artist of Rio de Janeiro
Read MoreAyurveda in quaratine
At home and preparing my meals every single day, I cannot help but to reflect upon the fact that quarantine is a privilege.
Read MoreCarnaval | Rio de Janeiro
Minha predileta sempre será a BANDA DA CONCEIÇÃO | My favorite will always be Banda da Conceição
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