Élan

Cortázar.

“You who live safe in your warm houses, you who find warm food and friendly faces when you return home. Consider if this is a man, who works in mud, who knows no peace, who fights for a crust of bread, who dies by a yes or no.

Consider if this is a woman, without hair, without name, without the strength to remember, empty are her eyes, cold her womb, like a frog in winter.

Never forget that this has happened. Remember these words. Engrave them in your hearts, when at home or in the street, when lying down, when getting up. Repeat them to your children. Or may your houses be destroyed, may illness strike you down, may your offspring turn their faces from you.” 

Viskningar och rop [Cries and whispers (1972)] - Ingmar Bergman

Photography by Sven Nykvist

Nina Simone [1933 - 2003]

My baby just cares for me

Maria Callas (Άννα Μαρία Καικιλία Σοφία Καλογεροπούλου), soprano opera singer - [1923 - 1977]