A genuinely Brazilian quality, certainly among the most positive in many ways, is this predisposition to good humor. Perhaps it is an African trait, the most important African trait in the Brazilian character. The fact is that Brazilians are refractory to bad moods and have a daily, constant, almost unshakeable joviality that makes life more pleasant and, above all, avoids the extremes to which a bad mood can lead. Such lightness is not found in Europe, nor in the American metropolises, and is a distinction worthy of greater appreciation. However, while this quality improves social life and makes it much easier to get along, it is also responsible for the aversion to deep reflection, something very well attested to by national literature.
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Sometimes I am Curious to look…
Sometimes I am curious to look at the curriculum of an architecture course, to try to understand how this absolute, indisputable and blatant regression in the results provided by the evolution of architectural technique was possible. The obsession with low cost does not seem to be enough to justify it, since even in European cities there are none where the modern part is visually superior to the old part. In short, modern architecture is uglier and less creative. What is this, then, that is being taught so that the professional, with better resources, produces something expressly worse?
It Is Amazing How Easily Most People…
It is amazing how easily most people adopt theories, beliefs, worldviews, novelties of all kinds and immediately start professing them. A deep and instantaneous perception of the truth being spoken does not seem to justify most cases. What then? It seems that such a reaction can only be justified in those unaccustomed to finding meaning in words, who finally come into contact with a discourse they understand. Is that all there is to it? Perhaps there i also something of an innate inclination to repeat. But while this inclination can sometimes prove fruitful, at other times it only reveals a gigantic susceptibility to manipulation.
It Is Really Difficult to Reconcile…
It is really difficult to reconcile inner peace with the unpredictable daily demands that sometimes seem to aim to destroy it. That is why it is necessary to come up with a conscious plan to sustain it, the primary action of which is to continually remind oneself of one’s need for it. That is exactly what refuge and inner peace are: necessities. Otherwise, one cannot achieve sobriety in one’s thinking, much less the tranquillity necessary for fair reflection.