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what great joy and hapiness being invited to participate in this elective discipline by Rita Buoro at Escola da Cidade, in this transdisciplinarity of languages.

I Survived Auschwitz

It has been an honor to participate in this book as the pen that registered these memories, as listener, reader, interlocutor, being a challenge to perform in the conception, texts, editorial coordination, research and image editing.

 

“This book celebrates the precious life of dear Mr. Johny F., who after experiencing the brutality and cruelty of the concentration camps, has become an example of survival and resilience, full of strength and determination, without ever losing his humor or hope.

It is a great honor to be the quill that registers these memories, as listener, reader, and interlocutor venturing into making symbolic associations, seeking to understand the meaning of life.

Throughout history, ideological or religious conflicts such as Nazism, Judaism and Christianity, have caused a deep violence against a decent sense of being human. We have all denied God by standing against each other, while seeking to be righteous, and eventually causing inhumane disasters and invaluable deaths. In the case of the Jewish people, culture is intrinsically linked to religion.

Our name, as well as the ancestors and descendants, is among the most significant links we create in search of an identity and meaning in life, and, at times, it can be charged with symbology.

Feuerstein carries two strong elements: “feuer” = fire, and “stein” = stone.

Used as foundation for edification, the stone has had an important significance in the identity construction of various peoples and civilizations. In Gilgal, there were 12 stones placed in a circle to recall the 12 tribes of Israel. A stone has also served as pillow to the dream in which God revealed to Jacob his loyalty, and the promise of innumerable offspring.

For some people, the sacred character of certain stones was reinforced by the fact that they could make fire with the friction of two of them.

Fire, which seems to have life, because it consumes, heats and lights, has been considered by various peoples as something sacred, purifying and regenerating, but also for causing pain and death, as something ambivalent.

Symbolically, God was in the image of a pillar of fire to lead the Jewish people through the desert, to free them from slavery in Egypt, and make them reach the Promised Land.

Likewise, Christ is both the cornerstone on which the church is built, for forgiving sins, overcoming death and resurrecting, and also for taking the form of tongues of fire, for ceasing the confusion of meanings.

He died so that whoever believes in him may enjoy eternal life. There is no greater love than that of a father who gave his life for the child not to die, and thus, be able to survive in eternity.

Feuerstein carries survival instincts! And that is what this book is about.”

                                                                                                                                       Irene Sinnecker Levin

Embraces and Fights

Taciana Barros’ classes culminated in this invitation to participate in the video clip with Edgar Scandurra, which she directed and filmed.   

Our love has gone, and broken down
Our love has gone, and burst into tears
well I knew what was good for both of us.
But you have always wanted, a little more
Every day my feet were far away from the ground
This strange thought of mine is always haunting you
Our love has gone in our day-to-day.
Oh Oh I cannot believe
Embraces and fights
And so many sleepless nights
Well I’m wishing time had not existed just to have you here, with me
Lala
Ours is this never ending story.
I close my eyes and then you come to me.
I lay my face on the windowpane
Ooo
Whatever changed? 2x
Sadness, and lies … Happy hours still
Well I really wished that everything could be so different
Well I really wished
Hi
(keyboard solo)
Sadness, and lies … Happy hours still
Well I’m wishing time had not existed (2 voices) just to have you here, with me, lalala

Autumn

The Chinese language and literature course at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo provided a plunge into classical literature and evolved into a translation of this poem of the 10th century by +Li Yu , which then became lyrics in partnership with Fabio Golfetti in 1985.

Autumn:

On the way towards the hidden house
Desolate the sun sets in the west
Moon on hook, sadness, sounds of wind
Part my sad old heart, the autumn cold

Singing from the extreme of the world
Waiting in deep silent cold

In the evening garden just oblivion
Old tree awaits the judgment day
Nothing could explain my broken feelings
It is in my heart, the autumn cold

Singing from the extreme of the world
Waiting in deep silent cold

 

from + Violeta de Outono, released July 7, 1987

(c) 1985 Fabio Golfetti & Irene Sinnecker