#Pio Baroja

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A una colectividad se le engaña siempre mejor que a un hombre.

Pio Baroja.

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Pio Baroja por Nicolás Müller

[melaly]

El mundo le parecía una mezcla de manicomio y de hospital; ser inteligente constituía una desgracia, y sólo la felicidad podía venir de la inconsciencia y de la locura.

[masticadoresdeletras]

Libros —03: Zalacaín, el aventurero (Pio Baroja) by j re crivello

 “Después del numero sensacional, que no entusiasmo al público., entró la mujer en la jaula del león. La fiera debías estar enferma, porque la domadora no halló medio de que hicieses los ejercicios de costumbre. Viendo semejante fracaso, el domador, poseído de una rabiosa furia, entró en la jaula, mandó salir a la mujer y empezó a latigazos con el león” (pág. 74, Zacalaín el aventurero, Pío…

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Libros —03: Zalacaín, el aventurero (Pio Baroja) by j re crivello

 “Después del numero sensacional, que no entusiasmo al público., entró la mujer en la jaula del león. La fiera debías estar enferma, porque la domadora no halló medio de que hicieses los ejercicios de costumbre. Viendo semejante fracaso, el domador, poseído de una rabiosa furia, entró en la jaula, mandó salir a la mujer y empezó a latigazos con el león” (pág. 74, Zacalaín el aventurero, Pío…

[verosad]

¨Creo que soy rara, por lo menos eso es lo que dicen de mi, si no haces lo mismo que todos eres raro, te desprecian, para que te quieran parece que hay que ser como la masa, adulador , borrego, sumiso. hay que tener obligatoriamente los mismos gustos¨

Pio baroja

[armatofu]

Esta fotografía es del año 1904 en el Café Levante. Allí todas las noches se reunían los intelectuales de la generación del 98 en una tertulia, creada por el gallego Ramón María del Valle-Inclán.

Una noche del 13 de mayo de ese mismo año, estaban hablando de los españoles y de los distintos tipos y clases de españoles, entonces el novelista Vasco Pio Baroja, levantó la voz y dijo:

“La verdad es que en España hay siete clases de españoles". Sí, como los siete pecados capitales.

1) los que no saben

2) los que no quieren saber

3) los que odian el saber

4) los que sufren por no saber

5) los que aparentan que saben

6) los que triunfan sin saber, y

7) los que viven gracias a que los demás no saben

los últimos se llaman a sí mismos “políticos” y a veces hasta “intelectuales”

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Maja Maldita by Federico Beltrán Masses, 1918, oil on canvas, 161.5 x 202 cm.

For contemporary critics and collectors, La Maja Maldita was perhaps the most famous of Beltran Masses' œuvre. The fact that it is also a portrait of an extraordinary figure from the world of dance has been subsumed by the painting's drama and title.

The sitter, Carmen Tortóla Valencia (1882-1955), was a dancer who invented her own unique style based on a study of Arab, Indian and African dance, combining the African-Carribbean music with that of her Spanish heritage. Like her near contemporary Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) she eschewed the strictures of conventional technique, instead embracing a freedom of movement that set both apart from the traditions of classical dance. Her innovative approach and extravagant performances brought her extraordinary fame and sold out performances across Europe and South and Central America, while she also took the lead roles in two Spanish silent films – Pasionaria and Pacto de lágrimas (both in 1917).

Her unrestrained private life cast her in some eyes as the Accursed Maja of the title of this painting – the liberated seductress who had abandoned the corset as an an unwieldy restraint on female movement, whose male lovers were chosen for their intellect but with little regard to permanence, while her long-term companion was a woman, Ángeles Magret Vilá. She rejected the Catholic faith of her ancestors and instead embraced Buddhism, vegetarianism and morphine, but managed nonetheless to make a considerable fortune which enabled her to retire from the stage in 1930.

Her dancing and striking looks inspired poems by the Basque poet Pio Baroja,[i] the dramatist and later anarchist Ramón del Valle Inclan[ii] and the Nicaraguan born writer Ruben Dario. [iii] This portrait of her as the Maja Maldita is perhaps the truest to her character of all the many images of her in dance poses, sometimes wearing even more revealing costumes. Unlike these photographs, however, Beltran's painting portrays her recumbent, a mysterious seductress; there is no hint of movement or of the source of her fame. She stares into the distance, her vermillion lips emphasising her pale features, her unclothed right arm just touching the guitar that is a feature of so many of Beltran's paintings. Through the darkened window, framed by long translucent fabric, we glimpse a mysterious building placed against a deep blue starlit sky. (x)

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pio baroja, my beloved

Pío Baroja, my beloved

Miguel Hernández, my beloved

Carmen Laforet, my beloved

Camilo José Cela, my beloved

And so so so many more

Spanish literature is so important and dear to me. I wish I were a better writer so I could tell my empty diary how loved these writers and their books make me feel in my day to day life. I sometimes forget this when I'm questioning my career choices, but then I remember and everything is a little bit better.

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[drzito]

Esta semana, especial folk horror.

La sima, episodio de Cuentos y Leyendas (1968-1976) basado en el relato de Pio Baroja. 

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TREN ESTRELLA 930 PIO BAROJA EN ZARAGOZA 2009

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Alredered Remembers Spanish writer Pio Baroja y Nessi, on his birthday.

“En España, lo que se paga no es el trabajo, sino la sumisión.”

― Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia

[elipsi]

Muchas veces a Hurtado le parecía Alcolea una ciudad en estado de sitio. El sitiador era la moral, la moral católica. Allí no había nada que no estuviera almacenado y recogido: las mujeres en sus casas, el dinero en las carpetas, el vino en las tinajas. Andrés se preguntaba: ¿Qué hacen estas mujeres? ¿En qué piensan? ¿Cómo pasan las horas de sus días? Difícil era averiguarlo. Con aquel régimen de guardarlo todo, Alcolea gozaba de un orden admirable; sólo un cementerio bien cuidado podía sobrepasar tal perfección

El árbol de la ciencia - Pio Baroja

[melaly]

-No, no. Eso que usted llama fe no es más que la conciencia de nuestra fuerza. Ésa existe siempre, se quiera o no se quiera. La otra fe conviene destruirla; dejarla es un peligro; tras de esa puerta que abre hacia lo arbitrario una filosofía basada en la utilidad, en la comodidad o en la eficacia, entran todas las locuras humanas.

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The tumblr girlies would have such a field day with “la generación del 98” like, a ramon maria del valle inchan and ruben dario friends to lovers? That would be incredible, like, pio baroja and azurin fic? EATS

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Ubeda, Spain

August 12-14 2023

After having our minds blown in Cordeba, we headed to Ubeda - a tiny village located in the "Mer de Olives" - the sea of olives. Spain has 300 MILLION plus olive trees and I'm not kidding. One can travel miles and miles and miles and see only olive groves.

We are in the region (think “state”) of Andalusia and we have been here for most of our time in Spain, so far.

Úbeda is a municipality of Spain of 35,000 people located in the region of Andalusia. The town lies on the southern ridge of the Sierra Nevada's so-called Loma de Úbeda, a table sandwiched in between the Guadalquivir and the Guadalimar river beds.

The Parador de Úbeda was the first palace converted into a Parador in Spain in 1910 and is located in a former palace which belonged to the dean of the Sacred chapel of El Salvador.  It was built in the 16th century and altered in the 17th century. It is beautiful.

Our room:

And the view from both our balconies:

The beautiful Church of San Salvador! The photo below shows are parador to the left of the church and in the shade. Our room is in the upper corner by the church.

From the website:

The building, of Renaissance architecture, stands out for its façade and the splendid central patio, one of the most beautiful in Úbeda. The large windows on the façade flood the interior with light, where the elegant rooms and majestic halls are fully equipped for holding meetings and events.

Úbeda was declared a World Heritage City for its Renaissance monumental complex. A walk through its historic center explains this title granted by the heritage and historical wealth found in its streets, palaces, churches and museums. The city is also rich in crafts, gastronomy and Andalusian folklore. The title is shared with the city of Baeza, also notable for its Renaissance monumental complex and located a few kilometers from Úbeda.

The Parador Ubeda is the former palace of Don Fernando Ortega Salido.  Originally a Moorish palace – he had it rebuilt to his liking – then had the chapel built right next to it.  Hemingway, Pio Baroja, Garcia Lorca, and Paul Bowles have all stayed here at the Parador, so it has attracted a particularly literary crowd!

We took a little walk around the place town and then had dinner and went to bed. We had a big day the next day exploring the olive oil process. This begins with us going into the groves and picking the olives.

Below is Ken, olive gatherer extraordinaire, holding his high tech olive harvesting tool and his trusted assistant, Judith.

Next lay out the net...

And get some instructions on what to do and what to pick and not pick...

Then the "combing" begins...

Lots of people used the high tech tool - but Mark just used the walking sticks - Amateur!

Lots of people got into the action and we got a pretty good crop. Then we gathered up our olives

And I snapped this. I have entitled it "Spanish Gothic"

We also visited an olive tree that was 200 years old and still producing olives. I'm impressed!

This might look - to the untrained eye - liike it is 4 trees - but nope - one root. Next step - take the booty to the factory to turn those olive into olive oil.

George is the designated "pourer" and the process begins. We didn't just go so some ol' olive oil producer, we visited the producer that won the grand prize for the best Olive Oil for 2023, Oleícola San Francisco Olive Oil Factory.

We learned that a black olive and a green olive are the same - just in different stages of ripening. The are more than 700 varieties of olives but we picked Picual Olives. There are only three types of olive oil - 1. Extra Virgin. 2. Virgin and 3 Lambaste (DO NOT EAT THIS!!). Extra Virgin must be perfect in lots of categories and have no chemical and process with no heat. Virgin is just not quite Extra Virgin and the last is used for lots of things - but is low quality and should not be eaten. I wrote "should" because while it is illegal to sell for consumption in the EU - it is not illegal in the lots of other places - like the US. If the bottle says "Olive Oil" you are getting Lambaste. Or CRAP! We also learned they harvest from October to January - but depending on weather it may be September to February. They went through every step which was fascinating - BUT I found this YouTube that can tell you much better than I can. Two things... She begins the video right outside our parador AND she doesn't know that in Spain - you do NOT say "hasta la vista" (as in the Terminator.). I'm sure you say many other farewell greetings - but all I can think of now is "Adios." But despite those things - this video is great!

After the process was explained to us - we tasted some oil, (spoiler alert - the one in the blue glass is the best in the world.)

Next, we went to work making lunch. It was so much fun!

We made a delicious salad - but I took no pics of that. :(

Lunch was great and then with our newly found knowledge and some olive oil, we headed back to Ubeda. After our seista - i could get real use to this - FYI - we took a nice walk around the city stopping at a a potters shop who is bringing back pottery of the past - like this birthing pot.

The midwife is there to catch the baby - but this cuts down on the mess. Used centuries ago - this potter is bringing back the vessel. I'll get back you on how I feel about this.

We continued our walk until Carolina had another edible discovery, churros and hot chocolate. Both the churros and hot chocolate were different for the things we know in the states.

The churros in the US are covered with cinnamon and sugar - but not here. The hot chocolate here is like a warm chocolate pudding. I heard rave review.

For dinner, Joe, Daphne, Mark and I did a supermarket run and did wine, cheese and jamon in the room. We didn't START in the room, we started in the courtyard after I made sure it was OK - but then - when we were almost done - the guy who told me it was OK - came toward us waving his hands - saying "FORBIDDEN!!! No big deal - be packed up and went to our room. You can't scare us!

Ubeda was a wonderful place and we loved our time there - but tomorrow we leave for Toledo.

We are loving Spain.

Stay tuned.