Monday, March 1, 2010
A Walk with Mr. Barbera, Milano
Mr. Barbera (some men just seem to command the title Mr., anyway) is one of the most elegant gentlemen I know. Of course he always looks great but it's his manners and his manner that really set him apart. Manners and grace are soooo important to great style. Would Cary Grant be Cary Grant without his grace? I'm telling you guys, women really notice that stuff.
Anyone know of a good book on manners for gentleman and young men? One that's actually modern and reflective of today's society. I'm not kidding but I saw one for young girls done by American Girl and I thought it was great. I'm buying it for my girls for their birthdays (I already know the response it will get but, I'm doing it anyway...they'll thank me later).
While we were walking together Mr. Barbera kept stopping to emphasize a point he was making in the conversation. Usually this was done with very emphatic but graceful hand gestures (like any good Italian). Though I was listening closely to what he was saying, I was also looking closely at his gloves! Garance has been on me about not buying so many new clothes and instead wearing the clothes I have if I want them to age gracefully. While I was shooting Mr. Barbera I was wearing a pair of slightly darker brown pecari leather gloves and I kept thinking to myself...."My gloves are going to look just like that in about two years." Of course, about an hour later, I lost them in a taxi on the way to the Gucci show!
Take note gentlemen, this is not that hard to do but very rewarding.
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Los vaishnavas consideran a Dios como una persona. Creen que él, al que llaman Vishnú, se manifiesta en la Tierra mediante avatares, es decir, encarnaciones en forma humana.Este es el origen de la palabra avatar, hoy rescatada del olvido por una película. No me resisto a escribir la curiosa y realista justificación de un presunto avatar reciente llamado Chaitanya que le contaron a Alexandra David-Neel:
Los dos grandes avatares de Vishnú han sido Krishna y Râma Chandra. Estos vivieron en una antigüedad muy lejana aunque algunos de sus fieles dudan que hayan tenido realmente una existencia histórica.
Au coeur des Himalayas, de Alexandra David-Neel, 1949.
Dios está lejos de nosotros. Râma y sobre todo el amable y tierno Krishna están más cerca. En cuanto a Chaitanya no puede plantearse ninguna duda respecto a su realidad. Él vivió, sabemos dónde y cómo. Es Dios pero al mismo tiempo es hombre, como nosotros. Amándole puede, pues, satisfacerse nuestra sed de amor a Dios.Alexandra David-Neel fue la primera mujer europea que consiguió visitar Lhassa, allá por 1924. El libro citado narra su viaje por Nepal en el invierno de 1912. Murió en 1969 a los 101 años de edad.
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