1- Every man has to plant a tree, make a child and write a book.
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Segundo se fala por ai, um homem não pode deixar de fazer três coisas básicas durante sua vida:
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Segundo se fala por ai, um homem não pode deixar de fazer três coisas básicas durante sua vida:
A primeira é plantar uma árvore. A segunda é fazer um filho, e a terceira é escrever um livro.
Árvores eu já plantei muitas, literalmente milhares delas. Numa terra que era apenas um enorme pasto de gado sem nenhuma árvore, o sítio em Jarinu, tornou-se hoje uma verdadeira floresta da mata atlântica...
Filhos eu fiz três, a Gabi em Março de 1978, o Jonny em Dezembro 1982 e Jeff em Junho de 1991.
Livros não escrevi nenhum ainda, este será o primeiro, mas já escrevi muitas, mas muitas coisas durante a minha vida, pois escrever é um hábito que cultivo desde que era muito jovem, um menino ainda. Foram desde velhas cartas manuscritas em português e em inglês para muitas pessoas queridas que tomaram seus caminhos para longe de mim, até os longos e minuciosos artigos para a Revista Brasil Etc, que circula na Europa, passando pelos inúmeros projetos de informática, memorandos sobre eventos importantes em minha vida, e principalmente o Jornal Terra Nostra que circulou em quase 200 edições e do qual fui o editor.
Nos últimos tempos comecei a desenhar este projeto e nunca soube sobre o que escreveria. Somente agora consegui chegar à esta conclusão.
Este livro será revolucionário, primeiro porque instituirá uma nova forma literária, que a batizo aqui de "Interactive Reality Fiction". Segundo porque acho que ele despertará muito interesse em pessoas que conheci durante toda minha vida e que hoje não temos mais contato, e em terceiro lugar porque será uma oportunidade para meus filhos conhecerem mais sobre alguém que eles não tiveram a oportunidade ou não quiseram conhecer melhor.
O personagem central da história é Don Licas, um sonhador inveterado e um apaixonado pela vida, que não se contentava em viver a mesmice de todos que o cercavam. Em sua busca pela perfeita harmonia da vida ousou voando sempre mais alto que os outros, encantando-se com as alturas que conseguia alcançar e não poucas vezes se estrebuchando nas aterrisagens que se via obrigado a fazer nas vezes em que a realidade da vida insistia em traze-lo de volta de suas buscas.
... Nossa história começa em São Paulo, no Brasil no ano de 1999, aproximadamente, na virada do século...
English version here.
According to talk around, a man can not miss doing three basic things during his life:
The first is to plant a tree. The second is to make a child, and the third is to write a book.
I've planted many trees, literally thousands of them. In a land that was just a huge cattle pasture without any trees, the ranch in Jarinu, has turned today into an exuberant Mata Atlantica forest...
I made three children, Gabi in March 1978, Jonny in December 1982 and Jeff in June 1991.
I haven't written any books yet, this is the first one, but I have written many, many things during my life, because writing is a habit cultivated since I was very young, still a boy. From the old handwritten letters in Portuguese and English sent to many loved ones who took their paths away from me, to the long and detailed articles for Brazil Etc Magazine, which circulates in Europe, through the numerous information technology projects, notes and memoranduns on important envents in my life, and especially the newspaper Terra Nostra circulated in nearly 200 editions and which I was the editor.
Recently I began designing this project and never knew what to write about. Only now I have managed to reach this conclusion.
This book will be revolutionary, first because it establishes a new literary form, which is here called "Interactive Reality Fiction." Second, because I think it will arouse much interest in people I met throughout my life and now we have no more contact, and thirdly because it will be a chance for my children to know more about someone they have not had the opportunity or did not want to know better.
The story's central character is Don Licas, an inveterate dreamer and a passionate for life, not content to live the sameness of everybody around him. In his search for the perfect harmony of life he dared flying higher than the others, delighting himself with the heights he could reach, and often crashing down in the landings he was obliged to do at times when the reality of life persisted in bring him back from his searches.
... Our story begins in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1999, roughly at the turn of the century ...
English version here.
According to talk around, a man can not miss doing three basic things during his life:
The first is to plant a tree. The second is to make a child, and the third is to write a book.
I've planted many trees, literally thousands of them. In a land that was just a huge cattle pasture without any trees, the ranch in Jarinu, has turned today into an exuberant Mata Atlantica forest...
I made three children, Gabi in March 1978, Jonny in December 1982 and Jeff in June 1991.
I haven't written any books yet, this is the first one, but I have written many, many things during my life, because writing is a habit cultivated since I was very young, still a boy. From the old handwritten letters in Portuguese and English sent to many loved ones who took their paths away from me, to the long and detailed articles for Brazil Etc Magazine, which circulates in Europe, through the numerous information technology projects, notes and memoranduns on important envents in my life, and especially the newspaper Terra Nostra circulated in nearly 200 editions and which I was the editor.
Recently I began designing this project and never knew what to write about. Only now I have managed to reach this conclusion.
This book will be revolutionary, first because it establishes a new literary form, which is here called "Interactive Reality Fiction." Second, because I think it will arouse much interest in people I met throughout my life and now we have no more contact, and thirdly because it will be a chance for my children to know more about someone they have not had the opportunity or did not want to know better.
The story's central character is Don Licas, an inveterate dreamer and a passionate for life, not content to live the sameness of everybody around him. In his search for the perfect harmony of life he dared flying higher than the others, delighting himself with the heights he could reach, and often crashing down in the landings he was obliged to do at times when the reality of life persisted in bring him back from his searches.
... Our story begins in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1999, roughly at the turn of the century ...
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