Francis Bacon was self-taught
so images did distort
Known as a figurative
in the mind his image live
Regras Essenciais para Prosperar nas Crises
Mais vale
negociar oralmente
do que por cartas,
e por indicação,
de terceiro
do que sem.
As mensagens
são melhores
quando se deseja
provocar resposta escrita,
ma, quando se quer
obter uma venda
tratar o assunto pessoalmente é bom.
Na escolha dos intermediários,
é melhor optar por pessoas francas,
que farão aquilo de que foram encarregadas,
e que transmitirão fielmente o resultado,
do que escolher pessoas hábeis
em tirar proveito dos negócios alheios.
Escute a Conversa ao Pé da Fogueira de Hoje 21/02/2018 e saberá mais.
Regras de 1570 – Francis Bacon, in 'Ensaios - Das Negociações'
“Writing [maketh] an exact Man,”
claims Francis Bacon.
Macaulay’s Minutes is our bible.
Derrida emphasizes
the Primacy of Writing.
Freedom to write is also guaranteed—
by our Indian Constitution!
So, our children at school do write a lot—
in the classroom,
as part of their homework,
as assignments;
write a lot of tests:
their test of spoken language, too,
is a written test!
Isn’t it hard work?
Yes, but that’s the price they must pay—
For the freedom NOT to think!
***
Composed on November 16, 2017.
Winner I, Photostory Contest, sponsored by Eve Roper, December 2, 2017.
When I was young
I used to sit along with my friends
In a tea stall arranging the seats
Like a crescent moon
And talk like a parrot
Over anything on this earth
As I wanted to be eloquent
Like the presidents of USA
Or the prime ministers of Great Britain
In my graduation
I read many times
The essay on ‘friendship ‘
Written by Francis Bacon
Where he argued
The man who lives in solitude
Is either a God or a wild beast
As I was neither of the two
I liked to have many friends
And fully I enjoyed their friendship
None of them is dead
Still I am surrounded with them all
But slowly they have changed their minds
And I have developed an aversion
Towards unnecessary chatting and talks
The sound the din they produce
Can not go any more hand in hand
With the demand of my creativity
So I shut my mouth and choose to live
Like either a God or beast
In seclusion, in solitude.
I am tastefully distraught,
Slanted with a poor posture.
A lonely...grotesque figure.
I am bold, not in confidence,
But in my flaws...with a beautiful mind.
My austere soul screams
Buried thoughts put to pen
Describe...the battered life I lived,
From the perspective of a genius.
My graphic appearance terrifies
But the beauty of my words balance,
With tortured and unique imagery.
My blemished existence,
Serves a higher purpose.
My smudged exterior...captured,
For the world to see and know.
I am the blurred dream
That became a reality,
Through the medium of art.
I am the disfigured face,
That served as a muse.
So often imagined, sketched, and painted
By the hands...of Francis Bacon!
I am a poet...
___________________________
Inspired by Francis Bacon's work
Loneliness prevails,
In the corner of my room;
Naked and alone.
Inspired by Brian Strand's picture poems contest
Francis Bacon's "Study from the Human Body 1949"
http://www.masterworksartgallery.com/Bacon-Francis/Bacon-Francis-Study-from-the-Human-
Body-1949.html
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