NIETS IS WAT HET LIJKT
NADA É O QUE PARECE

Een gedachte die al eeuwen lang filosofen wereldwijd heeft geïntrigeerd. Dus ook ik voelde de drang om het in steen te zetten.  Illusie is een belangrijk element in het boeddhisme en sinds Plato en zijn Allegorie van de Grot weten ook de Grieken dat niets is wat het lijkt. Het is niet mijn bedoeling hier een filosofisch exposé te geven, maar tussen de lijnen lezen kan al een stuk helpen.

Um pensamento que durante séculos tem intrigado filósofos em todo o mundo. Então também eu senti o desejo de colocá-lo em pedra. A ilusão é um elemento importante no budismo e desde Platão e a sua Alegoria da Caverna, os gregos também sabem que nada é o que parece. Não é minha intenção dar aqui uma exposição filosófica, mas a leitura entre as linhas já pode ajudar muito.

Aangepaste muziek: Nothing Is What It Seems van Johan Denning. Over deze Deense singer songwriter weet ik verder niet veel, maar dit nummer komt uit zijn CD Going Back Home. Een toepasselijke song die mij wel bevalt.           

Música adaptada: Nothing Is What It Seems de Johan Denning. Não muito sobre este cantautor dinamarquês, mas o tema faz parte do seu álbum Going Back Home. Uma canção apropriada que gosto bastante.

NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS 
I was walking 
Down by the arcade 
Watching the sky go from dark to darker 
And in the spot of a street light 
I saw my former friend 
He’d gone weird that old mr. Parker 

He said: My head is growing wide 
But my face is growing dim 
I’m a new age man 
But I’m disgusted by everything within 

The moon was shivering 
By the look of his pale-dead face 
And me, I thought I was just lucky to be alive 
So with one foot in the gutter 
And the other one on the curb 
He said: I’m not the man you should disturb 

So I moved on 
Like a bird with hasty wings 
And who’s freer than bird flying high above in the dark 
Who’s more silent than the poet in the park 

In my escape 
I met the loneliest of men 
And I asked him where to hide 
He reminded me 
Surprisingly 
To much about me and my stupid pride 

Hide yourself he said 
Don’t you think you’d better wake up 
No one ever listens to one who dreams 
In real life nothing is what it seems                © Johan Denning