Europe Falling What to do when we fall? Of course, the silliest is tying his shoes and tie his tie. Here are four fictional stories about the critical moment that the Old Continent
GONÇALO M. TAVARES
One of Europe's evolution
now only provides assistance to countries in trouble if they accept that they cut the head
The difference between a country and a country judo fighter is both fall, but it hurts less
judoka "A bird was hit by a shot in the right wing, and because of this, went to fly diagonally.
"Later he was hit in the left wing and was forced to stop flying, limited to use their two legs to walk on the ground" .
"Later he was hit by a bullet in the left leg and because of this, went to walk in diagonal.
" Another bullet hit him, weeks later, in the right leg and the bird could no longer walk ".
" From that point worked songs.
Sometimes I think that Europe will become a songbird, but not by choice.
Two. Training in Europe: slow, patience. After , speed
"To train muscles of patience, Mr. Calvino put a teaspoon of coffee, tiny, next to a giant mechanical shovel, the commonly used in engineering works. Then imposed on itself a non-negotiable objective: to transport a lot of land (50 kilos of the world) from point A to point B, point located 15 meters away from each other. "
" The huge blade stood always on the floor, stop, although visible. And Calvin used the tiny teaspoon to execute the task of moving the pile of earth from one point to another, holding every muscle available. With the tiny spoon was like if every little piece of land was caressed by the attentive curiosity of Mr. Calvin ".
How Europe has been formed? countries on one side, like a lot of land, were available. Then, one by one, or pairs, at most, were being taken (countries) from point A to point B. And all countries wanted to be in B: in a united Europe.
At first, this kind of transportation from one point to another is made , it seems to me, with a teaspoon, slowly, with all due caution, observing each new country with delayed care. Then later, the engineering work was the European impression of being late, then progressed to the blade at high speed. It ceased to exercise patience, began the activities of pure speed. Three
. Aid to countries facing
"They said we can only offer to change jobs if you cut off a hand."
"He had long been unemployed, had children, agreed."
"Later he was fired and had to seek employment again."
"They said we can only offer to change jobs if you cut the hand that is."
"He had long been unemployed, had children, agreed."
"Later he was fired and had to seek employment again."
"They said: we can only offer to change jobs if you cut off the head ".
" He had long been unemployed, had children, agreed. "
always conceived this story," The unemployed with children, "and as such I wrote, played by an individual. But we think that its protagonist is a collective, a country. The aid received by countries in distress is much like this sentence: we can only give you money if you cut off the head. Given that, what makes a disappointed man who has children? Salome Makes himself: here it is, in a tray, my head.
Four.
Fall "From a height of more than 30 stories, someone pulls out a window shoes Calvin and his tie. Calvin did not have time to think, and late and also pulled out of the window, like a chase. Still in the air, reaches the shoes. First, the law: it fits, then left. In the air, as it falls, try to find the best position to tie their shoes. With the left shoe goes wrong once, but try again, and he succeeds. Look down and see the ground. Before, you have to put the tie, Calvin is upside down and with a sudden spurt of his right hand caught in the air and then with your fingers hurried, more accurate, given the turns required to get the knot: it has on tie. Back to cast a look at the shoes, the laces tied tightly, gives the finishing touch to tie, just in time, is the moment: reaching the ground, impeccable.
might think that the protagonist of this story is to be futile , concerned only with appearances, who cares only (even in times of collapse, of misfortune, tragedy) that is well fitted and tie the shoelaces, tied tightly. This is certainly a point possible view. But there are other possibilities of reading this story. And one of them, quite the opposite. We might think that this man in free fall (this country or this continent, Europe), despite being in decline free, full tragedy, is able to maintain calm and order. Even in the fall known to orient in the deepest sense of the term. Know where your left side and right side, knows how to act-tighten the tie, tighten the laces, "even without any support (the concept of the fall is exactly this: a body that is in the air and goes at high speed toward the ground without any support). In this second reading, this character, instead of being seen as being futile, serving only to appearances, may be seen as an exemplary, even in the midst of a fall remain calm, the ability to act. Looking
Europe, I see this: in full cares fall by tying shoelaces, for taking the tie. Would not it be wiser to be dropped with shoes untied?
However, the question is that, precisely, what alternatives remain for those who fall. Because, in fact, is not only a country that is falling, but an entire continent. What to do when we fall? "Shouting? "Insulting to whom we dropped? Does prayer? "Try to think, at the precise time of the fall, in a solution to stop the force of gravity?
The European issue at this point, is this: what to do as we fall? And not try to do something to prevent the fall, but, Well, think of strategies fall, think of ways to fall without hurting. That is where what they think and many countries. It is a thought of judo, the most useful at this time: I know I will fall and, therefore, practice falls. Go to the gym and I train for weeks in the form of falling. This is, in fact, it makes sense. The country that created it will never fall, that will stay hard and proud and not to fall well trained, will break several bones when he falls, that's for sure. What is, therefore, a country judoka? It is a country that is not false illusions about the forces of the other (the other, whatever the adversary has sufficient force to break me) nor is it illusions about the gravity force: nature, we like more or less, will not stop the force of gravity.
In fact, what seems obvious to many countries and that the issue is not whether I will fall or not, the question is whether I will fall in front or I'll fall back. Because there is a huge difference between the two falls. Falling back is much more dangerous. What he called Hippone judo, and that means the defeat of a judoka, is just the fall back.
The difference, ultimately, between a country and a country judo fighter is that both fall, but the judoka, when it falls, it hurts less. Europe, therefore, must begin today, with classes in judo. Translation
Carlos Gumpert
Gonçalo M. Tavares is Portuguese writer. These fictions belong to two of his books, The Lord Brecht and Lord Calvin (Mondadori).
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