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I ran into this song today and got discombobulated (a new word I learnt as I was watching an interview with Naomi Klein).

The song is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bUch5dveX0&mode=related&search=)

The lyrics:

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Desmond Tutu

Some times I hear or read few words that move me so much that they make me feel responsable for the situation in this world. In fact, I am probably right, as Jiddu Krishnamurti used to say: "We are the world!"

This is a video with some words by Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize winner). He helped free South Africa from Apartheid.

"..accept a wonderful truth...we are family!... realize that to care about the other it's not being altruistic, it is the best form of self-interest." Desmond Tutu

The video here (http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1590)

Alexandre Trudeau, the documentarist

Since it’s being a long time without posting, I promised myself to become more active again. Today, I watched this video and thought (I don’t know why) it was a good idea to start posting in my blog. It is an interview to Alexandre Trudeau. The things I like from this video are:

- The brave documentarist behind this man. A man with a past probably full of wealth and present full of adventure.

- The reason why he went to Iraq.

- The answer to the question why he named his son after his father, Pierre. It was kind of that's personal, that's it!

Hope you enjoy it.

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1634