"Give your best and always be kind."
— EPICTETUS
"The truth is powerful, and it prevails."
— SOJOURNER TRUTH
My song is of the white wagtails
flying to reach the stars,
for singing has meaning
when it pulses in the veins
of the man who would die singing
real truths,
not for fleeting flattery
or worldwide fame,
but the song of a lark
from the depths of the earth.
— from “Manifiesto” by VICTOR JARA (trans. JLY)
painting:
“The Song of the Lark” (1884) Jules Adolphe Breton (French)
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
(Source: artic.edu)
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