Upon Seeing a Tree on a New York Street Corner

An artist will try to capture its shape and copy it in his brain
A naturalist will examine the birds, insects and fungi that symbiotically live with it
A scholar of evolution will collect its DNA and find its place on the genealogical tree
A mathematician will attempt to solve the algorithm of the division of branches versus leaves and write down the formula
A clergyman will look to see God's design and grace in the tree
A shaman will try to feel the tree's vibrations and will see their correspondence with the universe
A pharmacologist will work to extract the antibacterial chemicals from the tree
An ecologist will measure the tree's nitrogen and carbon dioxide fixation capacity

Rather than thinking about all these things, I simply gaze at the tree in admiration

© 2001 Ryuichi Sakamoto



Alguém conseguirá convencer Sakamoto a fazer um intervalo na ( belíssima ... ) música de Tom Jobim, para tocar " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence " ? No mistério da noite do Jardim da Sereia, em Coimbra, as folhas das árvores ficariam em contemplativa espera.
O concerto vai ter, quase de certeza, " Desafinado ", " Insensatez " e " Chega de Saudade ". São temas do album que Sakamoto + Morelenbaüm 2 vêm promover. Mas se por um instante, irrepetível, o piano se ergue-se sozinho e Sakamoto planasse pelo tema principal de " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ", a noite transformar-se-ia na magia de um António Carlos Jobim a tocar nos Jerónimos em " noite de plenilúnio ".

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