Un petit bout de mon univers

Hélas Pour Moi - Jean-Luc Godard

 When my father’s father had a difficult task to accomplish, he went to a certain place in the forest, lit a fire, and immersed himself in silent prayer. And his task was accomplished. 

Later on, when my father’s father was faced with the same task, he went to the same place in the forest and said, “We no longer know how to light a fire, but we still know the prayer.” And his task was accomplished. 

 Later, my father had to accomplish the same task. He also went to the forest and said, “We no longer know how to light a fire. We no longer know the mystery of prayer, but we still know the exact place in the forest where it took place. And that should suffice.” And it did suffice. 

But when I was faced with the same task, I stayed at home and said, “We no longer know how to light a fire. We no longer know the prayer. We don’t even know where the place in the forest is, but we still know how to tell the story.”

Je viens de me rappeler combien je t’aime Edith Piaf

Je revois la ville en fête et en délire
Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie
Et j’entends dans la musique les cris, les rires
Qui éclatent et rebondissent autour de moi
Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent
Étourdie, désemparée, je reste là
Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule,
Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras…

Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne
Nous entraîne
Écrasés l’un contre l’autre
Nous ne formons qu’un seul corps
Et le flot sans effort
Nous pousse, enchaînés l’un et l’autre
Et nous laisse tous deux
Épanouis, enivrés et heureux.

Entraînés par la foule qui s’élance
Et qui danse
Une folle farandole
Nos deux mains restent soudées
Et parfois soulevés
Nos deux corps enlacés s’envolent
Et retombent tous deux
Épanouis, enivrés et heureux…

Et la joie éclaboussée par son sourire
Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi
Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires
Quand la foule vient l’arracher d’entre mes bras…

Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne
Nous entraîne
Nous éloigne l’un de l’autre
Je lutte et je me débats
Mais le son de sa voix
S’étouffe dans les rires des autres
Et je crie de douleur, de fureur et de rage
Et je pleure…

Entraînée par la foule qui s’élance
Et qui danse
Une folle farandole
Je suis emportée au loin
Et je crispe mes poings, maudissant la foule qui me vole
L’homme qu’elle m’avait donné
Et que je n’ai jamais retrouvé

Please ignore Sarah Palin

“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth,” or so goes the famous quote by journalist Michael Kinsley. But what about when a politician makes up words, seemingly out of thin air? Sarah Palin’s latest made up word, “refudiate,” is an apparent mistake when she actually meant to say repudiate. The word has her political opponents laughing at her, but Palin’s defending herself, claiming a “Shakespearean” right to make up words as she pleases, according to the laws of “living language.”

Along with her political abilities, Palin’s basically added lexicographer of new words and expressions to her skill set. Ultimately she may become more famous for the latter, as a neologist, a “maker upper” of words.

A neologism is a newly coined word that may be in the process of entering common use, but hasn’t yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. Shakespeare, who Palin cites, is credited with making up over 3,000 words such as “unhair,” although not all of them caught on.

No doubt language is living, but is Palin truly an intentional neologist? Or is she more of an accidental neologist? If so, wouldn’t it be more straightforward to simply say, “I made a mistake?” When you send out thousands of Tweets and Facebook postings and make hundreds of speeches, it’s obvious you’re going to screw up some words here and there. Of course, it’s easy to pick out the made up words, making good fodder for late night talk shows, never-ending surface chatter and humor, without dealing with the underlying political, social and economic issues. Just proves its usually better to debate issues than personalities.

In addition to all the gaffes by politicians like Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and George W. Bush, and made up words by famous writers like Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll, here’s some other modern-day famous neologisms and their origins. Some of these words may be particularly useful for Palin, who may want to consider adding them to her repertoire of “refudiations.”

Read The Full Story: 5 Silly Made Up Words, Sarah Palin Style – IndyPosted

LeBron James finally decides … to join Twitter!!

Why does it take all this drama to make a decision?!! SMH
https://twitter.com/KingJames