Tenho dificuldade de responder essa pergunta. De maio a setembro do ano passado fiquei em Berlim. Em outubro morei no RJ. Até meio de dezembro em Sampa. De lá passei um mês na Bahia. Depois Florianópolis no meio de janeiro. Em fevereiro, Bolívia. Março e abril, São Paulo, com visitas mensais a Belo Horizonte. E agora 15 de maio retorno para Berlim.
Alguém aí pode me dizer onde eu moro????
Falando assim, até parece uma maravilha. Mas tenho sofrido bastante com o desconforto (minha coluna já era) e muitas vezes é chato não ter seu próprio canto. Por viajar tanto, parece que sou jetsetter, mas não tenho tanto dinheiro.
Não tenho condições de alugar apartamento sozinha nos lugares que vou.
Conto com amigos e boa-vontade de estranhos.
Nos últimos tempos tô sempre alugando quarto na casa de alguém, usando computador na mesa da cozinha, viajando de ônibus muitas horas, enfim, zero conforto.
Mas no fim das contas vale a pena. Entro em depressão se ficar parada.
No início eu pensava, com o perdão do clichê, que estava tentando me descobrir. Mas será que o que faço mesmo é me perder?
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5/1/11
BEVAR CHRISTIANIA
In 2009 I had the privilege to play in Loppen, one of the oldest pubs of Christiania, an sort-of independent community in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was one of the coolest gigs ever: when I stepped in, all the bartenders were wearing giant rabbit masks.
A lot further then its well-known hashish market, Christiania is a very curious social experiment. It begun in 1971, when a group of hippies, anarchists, musicians and artists alike occupied the further military 34 hectares area, as a protest do Denmarks government.
The police tried to close the community many times, without success. Christiania became a political problem, discussed many times on Denmarks Parlament. In 1973 a new government declared the intentions of throwing out all the habitants and close the place, with a deadline set to 1st of april of 1976. In the last minute, the Parlament withdrawn, to avoid physical confrontation with those that live there. This date became a symbol for "Alternative Denmark".
The police tried to close the community many times, without success. Christiania became a political problem, discussed many times on Denmarks Parlament. In 1973 a new government declared the intentions of throwing out all the habitants and close the place, with a deadline set to 1st of april of 1976. In the last minute, the Parlament withdrawn, to avoid physical confrontation with those that live there. This date became a symbol for "Alternative Denmark".
Through the years, the city improved its self government: today, around a thousand people live there, and there is school, garbage collect, beside many bike factories and art workshops.
In the 80s Christiania became a pole for drugs in north europe and after threats from the government, the community managed to extinguish most of the heavy drugs market. Only the hashish market keep going, and still suffers raids from the police from time to time. If you go to Pusher's street and ask for hard stuff, you may be invited to leave.
Many plans were elaborated to "normalize and legalize" the "freetown", and in 2009 a judicial decision gave the government full legal rights over the area. Now, the residents have until the second of may to accept the obligation to buy their "own" lands on the price of around 19 euros per square meter. Many argue that, for residents "who have renounced materialism", this is impossible.
For three days now, residents have erected fences at entrance points which they patrol, handing out flyers which declare that "Christiania will be temporarily closed until further notice".
In the statement handed out at the blocked-off gates, the residents said: "We believe that the ultimatum issued by the Danish government about dividing up Christiania and selling off parts of the land will mean the destruction of the open, self-managed, experimental and socially inclusive Christiania as we know it."
This video (in Danish) show Christiania citizens closing up their doors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJi0TQ-ulfU
Help spreading the word about this community in order to preserve this rare social experiment.
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If after all this you are still thinking about the hashish, please go to AMSTERDAM, where it is legal, as you can see in these pictures of mine:
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