Flamboyant

In the street where I spent my childhood there was a beautiful tree. I used to contemplate it and observe its movements and changes. The time I loved most was when the flowers were bright and thus the tree was complete, whole. At that time I did not know its name.

When I grew up I came to know it was called flamboyant. And exactly today I found out that there are other definitions for the word flamboyant. So it does not only describe my awe-inspiring and admirable tree. When I learned the name of that beautiful tree I thought that it was just perfect and unique and I could never have imagined it could mean other things. Well, I was wrong!

Look what I have discovered:

It is a flower beetle - Eudicella gralli.

It is a cuttlefish - Metasepia pfefferi, also known as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish.

It is a style of gothic architecture.

There are at least two songs called Flamboyant. One of them is sung by Pet Shop Boys, a band I loved when I was younger. I still do.

Isn't it fascinating how humans can create words? How we can associate words with images, animals, trees, sounds and a myriad of things. It is my firm belief that it is not by pure chance that we were created in His own image, in the image of God.

And look up the word in the dictionary:

The magnificent flamboyant

The magnificent flamboyant
Delonix Regis or Royal Poinciana

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Sunday, 18 May 2008

About life

Life is surprising, it shows us the unexpected, unexpectedly. And we must be ready to fight against the obstacles. We must win!
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1 comment:

TeraCris said...

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.


1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
2 He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
3 He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
4 Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
5 You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever.

21 July 2008 at 19:56

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Quotations by Sir William Shakespeare, The Bard, e minhas traduções

  • Be great in act, as you have been in thought.Seja grandioso em suas acões assim como você tem sido em seus pensamentos.
  • Action is eloquence.Ação é eloquência.
  • I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.
  • Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
  • God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
  • Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.A glória é como um círculo na água, Que nunca pára de alargar-se, Até que de tanto se espalhar Se dispersa em nada.