Ha sido un domingo muy productivo. Empecé el día conociendo (al fin) a uno de mis maestros del twitter, el querido @xavoviz; su artículo 'El Profeta', que fue publicado en La República, me hizo recordar a uno de mis libros favoritos: El Napoleón de Notting Hill. En este libro, entre tantas cosas interesantes, rescato la conversación entre Lambert y Quin en el capítulo 3 (La Colina de humor):
-'¿Sabéis cuál es el acontecimiento capital de los siglos XIX y XX?
-¿Cuál?- preguntó Lambert secamente.
-Es muy sencillo- respondió Quin-. Hasta ahora una broma se iba al traste cuando la gente no la entendía. Hoy, cuando la gente no entiende una broma, ésta se alza con una victoria sublime. El humor amigos míos, es lo único sacrosanto que le queda a la humanidad. Es lo único que verdaderamente os espanta.'
Entonces recordé que tengo en mi escritorio un poco de realismo sucio. Bukowski está presente, y entre tantos poemas éste es uno de mis favoritos. Sería bueno que la gente entienda que no se necesita tanta guerra, tanto insulto; basta con el humor y el sarcasmo. Todo es cuestión de estilo. De paso los dejo con Tom Waits, complemento perfecto de Charles.
STYLE
Style is the answer to everything.
Fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous day.
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without style.
To do a dangerous thing with style, is what I call art.
Bullfighting can be an art.
Boxing can be an art.
Loving can be an art.
Opening a can of sardines can be an art.
Not many have style.
Not many can keep style.
I have seen dogs with more style than men.
Although not many dogs have style.
Cats have it with abundance.
Fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous day.
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without style.
To do a dangerous thing with style, is what I call art.
Bullfighting can be an art.
Boxing can be an art.
Loving can be an art.
Opening a can of sardines can be an art.
Not many have style.
Not many can keep style.
I have seen dogs with more style than men.
Although not many dogs have style.
Cats have it with abundance.
When Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun, that was style.
For sometimes people give you style.
Joan of Arc had style.
John the Baptist.
Jesus.
Socrates.
Caesar.
García Lorca.
I have met men in jail with style.
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail.
Style is a difference, a way of doing, a way of being done.
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water, or you, walking
out of the bathroom without seeing me.
For sometimes people give you style.
Joan of Arc had style.
John the Baptist.
Jesus.
Socrates.
Caesar.
García Lorca.
I have met men in jail with style.
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail.
Style is a difference, a way of doing, a way of being done.
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water, or you, walking
out of the bathroom without seeing me.
Charles Bukowski
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