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Stiffen up that upper lip&#8221;</p><p>Wrote Eminem to his daughter in a song called <em>Mockingbird</em> once.</p><p>&#8220;When times are confusing, the best thing to do is to look inward or to the past for answers.&#8221;</p><p>Writes Thi for all Agency readers today.</p><p>I thought of bringing a statement from Benjamin Franklin.</p><p>This statement was taught to me by a dear American friend.</p><p>Given the quote, this article is mostly about the theme of freedom and the concept of &#8220;leap of faith&#8221; but might also be a very bitter sip of a <em>panacea</em>.</p><p>For the only difference between poison and medicine will always reside in the dose.</p><p>Also, the most effective medicine is usually bitter or burns on touch.</p><p>Having come from a lineage of pharmacists, I think I'm entitled to claim that.</p><p>But I digress.</p><p>Question: What does freedom mean to you, reader?</p><p>Does it have the same meaning to other people? Probably not. We are all entitled to our own opinions and concepts of freedom.</p><p>But if every freedom might be different from one another&#8230;</p><p>Does that mean the freedom of some should come before the freedom of others?</p><p>Can all these freedoms coexist? </p><p>Well, of course, they can!</p><p>That's the main reason why humanity invented democracy.</p><p>The word "democracy" has its roots in ancient Greek. It is derived from the Greek word "d&#275;mokratia," which is a combination of two words:</p><blockquote><ol><li><p>"d&#275;mos" (&#948;&#8134;&#956;&#959;&#962;), meaning "the people," "the citizenry," or "the commons."</p></li><li><p>"kratos" (&#954;&#961;&#940;&#964;&#959;&#962;), meaning "power," "rule," or "strength."</p></li></ol></blockquote><p>Just like the origin of the word, the actual concept of Democracy was birthed in Greece.</p><p>Just as Communism was first laid out by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto.</p><p>And just as Hitler laid out the ideology of Nazism in Mein Kampf, the book he began writing in prison.</p><p>The whole world breathes democracy right now, but very few honor or think about its origin. Democracy is a blessing taken for granted.</p><p>But blessings can be taken away from us when not acknowledged, valued or shielded.</p><p>Fair warning... today&#8217;s quote will be taken out of context.</p><p>But in a way that still makes a lot of sense.</p><p>Franklin wrote it in 1755, in a tax dispute between the Pennsylvania Assembly and the colony&#8217;s owners, the Penn family. The &#8216;liberty&#8217; at stake was the Assembly&#8217;s right to tax them.</p><p>Little did he know&#8230; his face would be printed on $100 bills that would be used all around the world.</p><p>And that gives his words a much bigger truth when it comes to individual liberty. We often believe money buys us freedom and safety. But the more of our lives we trade for it, the less of either we actually have.</p><p>Let&#8217;s get to it.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;Those who would give up <strong>essential liberty</strong>, to <strong>purchase a little temporary safety</strong>, deserve <strong>neither liberty nor safety</strong>&#8221;</p><p><strong>Benjamin Franklin</strong></p></div><h3><strong>6.1 Leaps of Faith</strong></h3><h6>And why no mental or material prison can survive human will.</h6><div><hr></div><p>Before we get into individual freedom and its relation to money, safety and all kinds of structural insurances a state provides to its citizens - let&#8217;s start with a concept that glitches any matrix.</p><p>Have you ever taken a leap of faith, reader?</p><p>I mean a real leap of faith - a jump in a direction that gives you no insurance whatsoever, but that you know is the right jump to be made.</p><p>A true pact with your intuition, the one that proves to you that you have a soul, and that sometimes, it knows exactly what you need - as long as you are brave enough to jump on a new boat while setting fire to the old one.</p><p>You don&#8217;t take leaps of faith by wearing a lifejacket or throwing lifebuoys to the sea before jumping off a ship. You take a leap of faith when you are in deep alignment with your inner self and life&#8217;s purpose.</p><p>The only insurance a true leap of faith provides is the idea that you stayed true to yourself.</p><p>The only guarantee you get is the fact that your life will not be the same anymore.  </p><p>In the previous article, <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue28-the-genesis-of-agency">Issue.28</a>, I shared a story about the day I decided to take a leap of faith by quitting a job with absolutely no other offer on the table.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;62e26b80-cdc2-4bf9-97e8-56569551b7e6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Issue.28 - The Genesis of Agency&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-11-06T13:03:10.541Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/950b560b-b5c8-40ed-93dd-63da55ee1ffc_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue28-the-genesis-of-agency&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:223725284,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>Have you ever played Minecraft?</p><p>Curiously, a children&#8217;s game (it can actually be fun for many different age groups) can teach us a lot about leaps of faith.</p>
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Introduction</h3><p>Hello.</p><p><strong>I SAID HELLO!!!!!</strong></p><p>This is, without a doubt, the most exciting edition of Agency I ever wrote.</p><p>I cannot put into words what I&#8217;m feeling.</p><p>I repeat that: I cannot put into words what I&#8217;m feeling.</p><p>But I will try. (I always do.)</p><p>It feels like getting a phone call from all presidents in the world at once and hearing that there will be world peace forever. (<em>And the joint nationalization of Elma Chips by every country in the world, so Doritos can be distributed freely to all mankind, forever.</em>) - that price is getting out of hand.</p><p>It feels like 220.000 birthday parties (or words written on a newsletter called Agency) all at once. <strong>FYI</strong>: The <strong>new testament</strong> of the King James Bibles has over 180.000 words. We are beyond that, homie. &#128526;</p><p>It feels like 10 straight nights of binge-playing Path of Exile 2 the moment a new league drops. (But no more than 10.)</p><p>It feels like&#8230; Ah, you already got it.</p><p>You just don&#8217;t know why.</p><p>Not only will I tell you, but I&#8217;ll also be the most <em>unhinged</em> I&#8217;ve ever been here.</p><p>I won&#8217;t even review my grammar - cuz I don&#8217;t give a &#129725;flying fuck&#129725; about my cursed perfectionism and chivalrous manners right now. &#128519;</p><p>I do care about being honestly unhinged though&#8230; because when I decided to start Agency, one of the corporate values I picked was &#8220;<strong>Honesty</strong>&#8221; and so I gotta stick to it. </p><p>In Brazilian Portuguese we usually say: &#8220;<em>Me lasquei&#8221; </em>as an alternative for &#8220;I screwed up.&#8221;</p><p>But I&#8217;m a man of my word.</p><p>And &#8216;cause men who &#120057;&#120059;&#120056;&#120060;&#120061;&#120050;&#120061;&#120062;&#120061;&#120046;&#120060; their word by lying lose the most important things a man can cultivate in life: <strong>a)</strong> their authority, <strong>b)</strong> the power of their word and <strong>c)</strong> their <s>erections</s> masculinity.</p><p>I will also tell you the story on <strong>WHY </strong>I decided to start Agency. Here&#8217;s a spoiler: My heart was broken by a corporation and a woman all at the same time. We&#8217;ve all been there. (I guess&#8230;?)</p><p>Unhinged, I shall go forth.</p><p>Because I&#8217;m announcing&#8230; DATA SOVEREIGNTY!</p><p>And&#8230; DESIGN SOVEREIGNTY!</p><p>And&#8230; USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN SOVEREIGNTY!</p><p>And&#8230; SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION SOVEREIGNTY! (Substack has never served us that. &#128077;)</p><p>And&#8230; WEBSITE HOSTING SOVEREIGNTY!</p><p>And&#8230; CREATIVITY SOVEREIGNTY!</p><p>SO MUCH SOVEREIGNTY I CAN&#8217;T EVEN BREATH.</p><p>You know why? Because now we have a <strong>BLOG</strong>!</p><p>Our own blog, in our own website, built and maintained by our own majestic, flabbergasting, <em>supimpa, </em>shiny, perfumed, genious&#8230; </p><h3>&#120016;&#120062;&#120061;&#120056;&#120055;&#120056;&#120054;&#120066; <strong><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">.</span></strong></h3><p>BEHOLD: our new home.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fI_f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68b2661e-8604-48a7-b44d-c7f9ee15a827_5287x2966.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Holy avocado of all smashed oblongata of guacamole pi&#241;atas. Doesn&#8217;t that look&#8230; tasty?</p><p>A perfect place to read. To study. To browse over 100 Agency articles.</p><p>FINALLY! (It will be shown in more detail further down this post. Or maybe in a separate post, who knows.)</p><p>Truth be told&#8230; Substack gave me a powerful refugee with incredible tools and features to share my voice when I first started&#8230;</p><p>But I eventually kind of outgrew it.</p><p>And I found myself limited by the very same tools that helped me start this project.</p><p>You know how it goes, every good <em>Karate Kid </em>surpasses their <em>Karate Shifu </em>when they listen to the power of ancient words.</p><p>Anywho&#8230;</p><p>Here&#8217;s one thing nobody knows&#8230; If Substack don&#8217;t properly serves Agency&#8217;s content with good SEO, it means all these 220.000 words and over 100+ articles never really sees the light of day in search engines</p><p>And so, ever since <strong>March 3rd 2023</strong> when I published our first article (1,344 days ago.), I have been depositing all of these words, content, research and knowledge in a closed box which only few people had access to.</p><p>And now I&#8217;m about to open it to the world.</p><p>One might wonder&#8230; how did he manage to write a Bible New Testament&#8217;s worth of words without ever getting any immediate return whatsoever?</p><p>The zero answer is faith.</p><p>The first is patience.</p><p>The second is purpose.</p><p>The third is consistency.</p><p>The fourth is: the simple idea of focusing in one simple goal - to write.</p><p>The goal was never to profit, to get acknowledgement, to get any kind of gain from it other than to share what I learned in my career&#8217;s journey and what I study in my plato&#8217;s cave - sharing knowledge educating people while doing so.</p><p>When you do something thinking on the benefits of it for your ego, most of the times it&#8217;s not related to your purpose.</p><p>In the same way that most of the times, it will be related to money.</p><p>A true dream knows no value, reader.</p><p>It can&#8217;t be really bought even though many people sell theirs.</p><p>For comfort, for pleasure, for some immediate return, for status and of course, for fear AND fear of the responsibilities that real and paradigm-shifting dreams brings forward.</p><p>Agency started in a very specific moment in my life where I refused to sell one of my biggest dreams.</p><p>The dream of making the world a better place through <strong>design</strong>.</p><p>There was an attempt to take my brush away from me&#8230;</p><p>And for a while, i was dreamless. Confused. In shock. Lacking my sense of self.</p><p>But then I captured it back and became a true <strong>Dream Sentinel</strong>.</p><p>So that&#8217;s why I write and teach about creativity. That&#8217;s why Agency&#8217;s orange is an accent color for <strong>dream, warmth and energy</strong>.</p><p>Because dreams, whether dreamt while awake or sleeping - are manufactured out of creative juice. Creativity is the raw ingredient of dream milkshake.</p><p>And hopefully, it&#8217;s the only divine capacity that the machines will never truly develop. </p><p>So now, grab a cup of tea (or milkshake) and sit comfortably.</p><p>I will tell you the story about the time where a corporation tried to steal one of my dream.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>28.1 The Genesis of Agency</strong></h3><h6><strong>Or how it came to existence.</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>The year was 2022. I was 26 years old, and I landed the job my teenage self had dreamed of - Senior User Experience Designer at an american startup.</p><p>For the first time, I would be able to use my design skills (which I had been developing ever since my 14 years old when I used to design wallpapers for my father) in a corporate position which would demand my utmost best.</p><p>It felt like the definitive way for my american dream - a 5-digit salary, remote arrangement and a lot of time spent in one of my favorite places in the world: <strong>Figma</strong>, the software where I spend more time than I spend in a bed, and a bathroom, and a dinner table summed together.</p><p>At the start, I really liked the challenges and responsibilities I had there. It pushed me to new level of technical skills (and to learn a specific technique in Figma that is one of the best inventions in the last decade of web development software: <strong>AUTO</strong>-<em>FUCKING-<strong>LAYOUT</strong>!</em></p><p>Yep, the same technique I used to design 400 screens in a month for:</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;412fac06-e8cb-4e23-b915-77b77a8c1d72&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;How are you doing folks? 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some unexpected things happened.</p><p>Being one of them&#8230; well&#8230; love.</p><p>I fell for my design duo.</p><p>Guilty as charged: corporate love affair. &#128584;</p><p>A journalist who pulled a full career pivot into design is a rare breed.</p><p>And let no one kows that but Journalism is also a passion of mine.</p><p><em>HOWEVER, </em>before you judge me for mixing business with feelings&#8230;</p><p>I dare you to answer me this one question: If to design means to create, and if creating regards infusing feelings into the action of making something new - how exactly is a designer (or any type of creative professional) supposed to avoid mixing business with feelings?</p><p><em>Duh.</em></p><p>Makes no sense.</p><p>And I have talked about this subject in the past at <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm2-the-new-ceo-of-your-own-life?utm_source=publication-search">TOBM.2 - The New CEO of Your Life</a>:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Separate your emotions from business</em>&#8221; is perhaps the biggest illusionary mantra in the business world because it has and still is cowardly used to justify the most absurd treatments and moral abuses that happen in plain daylight, sometimes even with an audience watching.<br><br><strong>The Orange Book of Marketing</strong></p></blockquote><p>The year is 2026, people apply more loyalty, time and faith into their badges and uniforms then they actually apply and spend in their homes, churches or even families.</p><p>And everyone is supposed to &#8220;separate their emotions from business&#8221;.</p><p>&#120021;&#120062;&#120044;&#120052; &#120053;&#120056;&#120048;&#120050;&#120044;.</p><p>That sentence makes no sense whatsoever.</p><p>Think about it for a second:</p><p>We spend about &#8531; of our waking lives working. Count sleep too, and it&#8217;s about 23% of our year.</p><p>We also spend about 30% of our year sleeping.</p><p>In other words: we spend 23% of our time suppressing our feelings,<br>and another 30% sleeping, a state in which we don&#8217;t really feel anything.</p><p>So that leaves us with whatever&#8217;s left after work and sleep take their share&#8230;</p><p><strong>47% - </strong>Less than half of our lives to actually feel something.</p><p>Complete <em>bollocks</em> mate.</p><p>&#8220;separate your emotions from business&#8221;.</p><p>That sentence is utter, complete <em>bollocks</em>.</p><p>&#128169;</p><p>We can conclude, <em>on a solid basis of extremely real science</em>, and <em>common sense</em> that such phrase was invented by Henry Ford, or some other maniac of industrialism and punch clocks, back when manufacturing actually needed human effort and factories actually paid fair wages for boring, repetitive work.</p><p>In the era of late-capitalism that we are living, its <em>bollocks</em>.</p><p>And within the design profession it&#8217;s even more pointless because it can produce incompetent designers that don&#8217;t create with true intention (and feelings).</p><p>Back to the story I was telling&#8230;</p><p>In my defense, that company had a charming little nepotism problem.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t start no trend with her.</p><p>I guess we got too carried away with the synergy behind our teamwork and creative process. <em>So what?</em></p><p>Truth be told, I never thought the romance was why things went sideways at that job.</p><p>After my second month there, we shipped a big delivery, but my spider-sense picked up something shady.</p><p>Something I had seen many times before, and that the best mentor I ever had trained me to stand up to&#8230;</p><p>A power move was made against me.</p><p>And to this day, I&#8217;m convinced it was xenophobia, plain and simple. Confidence is a virtue when it has an American passport. From a young dude from Brazil, it&#8217;s insolence.</p><p>What can I say? When it comes to work I&#8217;m not really a shark. I&#8217;m a fucking <strong>Megalodon</strong>, my dude.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png" width="556" height="572.1941747572815" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1272,&quot;width&quot;:1236,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:556,&quot;bytes&quot;:2251527,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/i/223725284?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5oSG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809974f2-f139-4b07-9bbb-cbb46434f475_1236x1272.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">&#128035; lol. Viewer discretion is advised. Or, you know&#8230; try me. &#128536;</figcaption></figure></div><p>I digest demands, tasks, the biggest freakin&#8217; challenges and even technocrats if needed like I take morning vitamins with a sip of water. Not only because I was trained to do that, but also because I fucking <strong>love </strong>my craft.</p><p>And I also got a weird chronic perfectionism. Every pixel matter and everything needs to be aligned before exported.</p><p>Trust me, I&#8217;ve seen it firsthand: whoever gets in the way of my serious, beautiful, inspiring, honest, professional work&#8230; gets totally fucked.</p><p><strong>NOT IN THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING, LOL.</strong></p><p>Listen to this.</p><p>You know Nubank? Brazilian&#8217;s biggest Digital Bank? (NYSE: NU, worth north of $60 billion).</p><p>One of its five official corporate values is &#8220;<strong>we think and act like owners</strong>&#8221;. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with bringing forth CEO mentality and attitude in your job. It is actually a mindset adopted by the biggest startups out there nowadays&#8230;</p><p>Unless there is competition rather than teamwork inside a company.</p><p>Which is usually a result of toxic corporate culture.</p><p>And that is exactly what my spider sense caught when a senseless power move was made in my second month working on that company.</p><p>Anyone can develop pattern recognition. The book <strong>Pattern Recognition</strong> by William Gibson is a good start. God bless Science fiction for giving me nerd super powers. &#128591;</p><p>Think with me, dear reader.</p><p>A conversation, a reprimand, being called out, being micromanaged, a written warning: there are plenty of ways to communicate to an employee that you&#8217;re unhappy with them. But what happened was something else entirely.</p><p>We delivered two projects, and I played it strategically: one would win on quality, the other on speed.</p><p>So that regardless of the outcome, I could know which approach was valued there.</p><p>They refunded both clients for the projects we had delivered.</p><p>But they also let the clients keep and use the work anyway. (?)</p><p>For some days, I went through the worst impostor syndrome crisis of my life.</p><p>I started doubting the one thing I&#8217;d been doing since I was a teenager: my ability to design.</p><p>It felt like someone was trying to take away my own identity from me.</p><p>But then I started making questions and make sense of things, because something was way off.</p><p>What happened was not only wrong but also evil. </p><p>The thing about corporate culture is that it flows in a vertical downstream.</p><p>And so, if that was done to me, then the boss of a boss of a boss, or the investor of an investor of an investor, was probably doing the same thing to other investors, bosses, and team members.</p><p>It felt like a problem that was rooted in something much more deep than just that company, but rather, the whole industry.</p><p>The image I had of Sillicon Valley was completely shattered in disappointment.</p><p>The concept of the american dream I grew up admiring reaveled itself to be a boring <strong>b</strong>ollywood fever dream.</p><p>And at that moment I noticed two choices were laid before me:</p><p>A) Stay there for a good while, delivering soulless work like a designer on an assembly line, building a nest egg while my passion for the craft slowly died.</p><p>B) Hit back with the most lethal power move of all. The one weapon every single person holds, at every single moment of their life, no matter the circumstances or context: to simply&#8230; quit and leave through the same door I entered.</p><p>And so I quit. I wrote a resignation letter and forever got away with my brush and its naive dream of making a world a better place by designing things with love, care and intention.</p><p>Which was in fact something I could not do there.</p><p>Below is the resignation letter with proper redacts.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!22X4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcd41191-ec9d-4a82-94ec-2faac3590648_978x656.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!22X4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcd41191-ec9d-4a82-94ec-2faac3590648_978x656.jpeg 424w, 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fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I was very polite, but inside, I was profoundly frustrated.</p><p>Deciding to quit meant, above all, facing the fact that I might never land a job like that again.</p><p>(I actually landed many UX/UI projects later)</p><p>But I did it anyway, because my dignity and the custody of my own brush mattered far more.</p><p>What came some time later was&#8230; Agency!</p><p>At one point, people had tried to convince me I was a fraud.</p><p>Then the opposite happened: I felt the urge to start writing about everything I&#8217;d learned about my craft (marketing &amp; design) in over 9 years in the field.</p><p>The ONE thing I didn&#8217;t expect was that I &#8220;fired&#8221; Silicon Valley just a few months before it blew up in a scandal: the very same kind of problem I had sensed from inside that corporate culture.</p><p>In March 3, 2023, this substack was created and <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue0-row-your-boat-sailor">issue.0 - Row Your Boat, Sailor</a> opened with a crisis. After all, good storytelling always needs conflict. The scenario that launched Agency, and that became a device for teaching the themes we&#8217;ve explored here ever since, was a simple image: a boat adrift at sea, its paddles floating away, while a tsunami gathered on the horizon.</p><p>The perfect fictional context to teach about the autonomy and importance behind marketing.</p><p>Exactly one week later, on <strong>March 10, 2023, </strong>while I was publishing <strong>Issue.6 - Time &amp; Consumer Psychology In Crisis</strong>, The <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Silicon_Valley_Bank">Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank</a></strong> occurred. </p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;dae0e85a-79c5-4560-b7c4-c204eefd2aca&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Issue.6 - Time &amp; Consumer Psychology In Crisis&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-03-10T13:01:00.618Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7e9314a4-2c81-49e1-8883-23f7df8c37de_3648x5472.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue6-time-and-consumer-psychology&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:107375292,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>In other words, in 7 days I wrote 6 articles about marketing and design in times of crisis and in the 7th day, a crisis directly related to the company and industry I quit really happened.</p><p>I was so shocked that I sat down for many days and wrote Issue.7 to better understand what happened. (Please open this issue for a second and just quickly scroll down to see what&#8217;s inside.)</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;25a41323-7b10-48a6-9c42-f34c3e34b9bc&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;UPDATED 03/16/23 BY THIAGO PATRIOTA&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Issue.7 - Economy in Crisis Pt.1&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-03-16T15:38:31.023Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/64e3d692-7e24-4f36-a598-df1e39285a8e_2172x1401.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue7-economy-in-crisis-pt1&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:107665052,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:4,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>One thing is a fact, it&#8217;s all documented. I can always open an Agency Issue here in Substack and update the content or fix the grammar whenever I want but newsletters are sent via email and I can&#8217;t modify or unsend that.</p><p>And the best part is that, on our new blog, you can easily find (and read) every publication in chronological order, so the whole story makes sense.</p><p>Call it coincidence, clairvoyance, pattern recognition, prophecy, karma, avocado, cowabunga, economical bubble&#8230; Call it whatever you want, just don&#8217;t tell me I caused the collapse of the Sillicon Valley Bank.</p><p>How could I possibly have done that by only writing words in a newsletter?</p><p>How can anyone consider that logical?</p><p>Humanly plausible?</p><p>Or even entertain it rationally?</p><p>What? Do you really think I&#8217;m a Megalodon?</p><p>Megalodon, after all, is a mere byproduct of science fiction. lol.</p><p>And so the tale of the Genesis of Agency comes to an end.</p><p>Farewell.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But wait.</p><p>A good storyteller never leaves a loose end, and I left one.</p><p>What happened to the romance that started with all of this story?</p><p>Well, after the power move they pulled on me, she came to believe I was some kind of fraud.</p><p>Turns out she was a <strong>journalist</strong> who believed in <strong>fake news</strong>. (lol.)</p><p>And so she lost, forever, the chance to share my brush for life.</p><p>(Pun intended.)</p><p>PS. No in-depth blog announcement this time - I will be back with a newsletter with more details and a link soon!</p><p>Here&#8217;s another teaser:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;1662488d-76a3-4ace-bca3-450fbb137f9b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6><strong>Thiago Patriota</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><div class="image-link image2" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FmCF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a0e4866-7b14-4cd3-9398-20d8b4e6a228_160x160.png 424w, 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Palavras)]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao27-o-imperio-romano</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao27-o-imperio-romano</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:30:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/39b79a4f-ca16-4a66-91eb-506365a30d19_1043x603.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jRYw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91dd0d2-9e2b-40a8-aa22-be7adbd93fb9_1710x1133.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Introdu&#231;&#227;o</h3><p><strong>Ave, leitor da Agency!</strong> <em>Nosce te ipsum.</em></p><p>Comecei o rascunho desta edi&#231;&#227;o e do seu infogr&#225;fico h&#225; mais de dois anos. Finalmente consegui termin&#225;-lo.</p><p>Esta &#233; a primeira parte de uma s&#233;rie em que vou apresentar a anatomia de diferentes imp&#233;rios da hist&#243;ria da humanidade.</p><p>Quando escrevi o primeiro rascunho, meu objetivo era fazer um estudo &#8220;tamanho petisco&#8221; sobre os maiores imp&#233;rios que j&#225; existiram, para que estud&#225;-los voltasse a ser interessante para todas as idades, especialmente para as crian&#231;as.</p><p>A ideia veio do infogr&#225;fico que fiz para a Edi&#231;&#227;o 24, <em>Boiling Red Cobalt</em>. 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Ela &#233; da B&#237;blia e diz assim:</p><blockquote><p>E disse-lhes: Por isso, todo escriba instru&#237;do acerca do Reino dos c&#233;us &#233; semelhante a um pai de fam&#237;lia, que tira do seu tesouro coisas novas e velhas.<br><strong>Mateus 13:52</strong></p></blockquote><p>Se voc&#234; &#233; um pai de fam&#237;lia, ou seja, o l&#237;der ou gestor de uma fam&#237;lia, &#233; sua responsabilidade manter um ba&#250; de tesouros com rel&#237;quias antigas e novas. N&#227;o existe antiguidade sem hist&#243;ria.</p><p>Ent&#227;o, vamos mergulhar nesta edi&#231;&#227;o sobre o Imp&#233;rio Romano, em que vou explorar os pontos-chave de um dos imp&#233;rios mais influentes e duradouros da hist&#243;ria, com um impacto profundo no desenvolvimento da civiliza&#231;&#227;o ocidental.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>A Anatomia de um Imp&#233;rio</strong></h3><h6>Um Mosaico da Civiliza&#231;&#227;o Romana</h6><div><hr></div><p>Para a ficha t&#233;cnica &#8220;Anatomia de um Imp&#233;rio&#8221;, decidi destacar 10 categorias-chave da civiliza&#231;&#227;o romana, da pol&#237;tica e do direito &#224; comida, &#224; medicina e &#224; vida em fam&#237;lia, cada uma fundamentada em refer&#234;ncias acad&#234;micas e citada no nosso pr&#243;prio estilo de refer&#234;ncia.</p><p>O objetivo era capturar os aspectos macro e micro da civiliza&#231;&#227;o, dos seus costumes ao seu Estado, para lembrarmos como as pessoas viviam no passado e redescobrirmos novas formas de viver no presente.</p><p>Unir o antigo ao novo &#233; uma abordagem <a href="https://www.metamodernism.org/">metamodernista</a>, que garante que n&#227;o idealizemos o passado nem o descartemos. Mas esse &#233; assunto para outra edi&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode baixar o infogr&#225;fico completo abaixo, em PNG ou PDF, ou l&#234;-lo se&#231;&#227;o por se&#231;&#227;o. 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(502 anos). <em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">O Imp&#233;rio Romano do Oriente durou at&#233; 1453.</span></em><br><strong>Apogeu:</strong> 27 a.C. &#8211; 180 d.C. (206 anos), a Pax Romana</p><p><a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/api/v1/file/a247d918-f814-4fd2-820b-7bbda900cc04.pdf">Download</a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.1 Regime Pol&#237;tico</strong></h3><h6>Monarquia Imperial</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aKSk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f6c1262-fa30-4427-9083-52d8896756b7_3868x1505.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aKSk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f6c1262-fa30-4427-9083-52d8896756b7_3868x1505.jpeg 424w, 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O t&#237;tulo nasceu como honraria de batalha e se tornou o ato que, de fato, fazia um imperador.</p></li><li><p><strong>Aprova&#231;&#227;o do Senado. </strong>O Senado concedia formalmente os poderes ao imperador por decreto, mantendo a fic&#231;&#227;o de que a autoridade vinha da Rep&#250;blica.</p></li><li><p><strong>Aura Divina. </strong>Os imperadores eram apresentados como tocados pelos deuses, o que fazia de cada um mais do que um homem com um ex&#233;rcito.</p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Sucess&#227;o: Como o poder era transmitido?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Ado&#231;&#227;o. </strong>Um imperador podia adotar legalmente um homem adulto, que passava a contar como seu filho leg&#237;timo e herdeiro.</p><p><br><em><strong><mark data-color="#c9daf8" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>uma escolha baseada no m&#233;rito.</em></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="#fff2cc" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark> </strong>ainda dependia da pol&#237;tica familiar e do apoio do ex&#233;rcito.</em></p><p></p></li><li><p><strong>Dinastia. </strong>O trono passava pelo sangue. Os soldados eram leais ao nome da fam&#237;lia, mas isso n&#227;o impedia herdeiros incompetentes como Nero.</p><p><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>estabilidade e lealdade.</em></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark> </strong>nenhum filtro de compet&#234;ncia.</em></p><p></p></li><li><p><strong>Usurpa&#231;&#227;o. </strong>Um general ou um grupo de guardas tomava o trono por assassinato ou guerra civil, e o Senado o aprovava depois. Foi a regra durante a crise do s&#233;culo III, quando dezenas de imperadores subiram e ca&#237;ram em cerca de 50 anos.</p><p><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>nenhum, como sistema.</em></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong> guerra civil, instabilidade e medo constante do pr&#243;ximo rebelde.</em></p><p></p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Administra&#231;&#227;o: Como os territ&#243;rios eram governados?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Governadores. </strong>Cada prov&#237;ncia era administrada por um governador enviado de Roma, um senador ou um nomeado do imperador, que cuidava da justi&#231;a, dos impostos e das tropas ali estacionadas.<br><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>barato e flex&#237;vel, pois contava com elites locais felizes em se tornar romanas.</em></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark> </strong>um governador com legi&#245;es podia se rebelar, e muitos exploravam suas prov&#237;ncias em proveito pr&#243;prio.</em></p><p><em><br>As cidades se governavam sozinhas, ent&#227;o algumas centenas de funcion&#225;rios bastavam para administrar cerca de 50 milh&#245;es de pessoas.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Burocracia. </strong>As prov&#237;ncias foram divididas em unidades menores, e o comando civil foi separado do militar. Para financiar um ex&#233;rcito maior, o n&#250;mero de altos funcion&#225;rios passou de cerca de 250 (249 d.C.) para 6.000 (400 d.C.), encarregados de cobrar impostos e aplicar a lei.<br><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>mais poder para cobrar impostos e fazer cumprir decis&#245;es.</em></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark> </strong>cara, com espa&#231;o para corrup&#231;&#227;o.</em><br><br><em>N&#227;o havia concurso: os cargos iam para quem tinha os amigos certos para indic&#225;-lo.</em></p></li></ol><p><a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/api/v1/file/a247d918-f814-4fd2-820b-7bbda900cc04.pdf">Download</a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.2 Lei e Puni&#231;&#227;o</strong></h3><h6>Justi&#231;a Desigual</h6><div><hr></div><div 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Fonte da Lei: De onde vinha a lei?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>As Doze T&#225;buas Puseram a Lei no Papel.</strong> O primeiro c&#243;digo de leis escrito de Roma (c. 450 a.C.) limitou o poder da elite de aplicar a lei como bem entendesse. Mais de tr&#234;s s&#233;culos depois, os meninos ainda o decoravam na escola como o cora&#231;&#227;o do direito romano.</p></li><li><p><strong>O Imperador Virou o Legislador. </strong>Decretos do Senado, ordens imperiais e respostas a peti&#231;&#245;es expressavam a vontade do imperador, enquanto os juristas interpretavam a lei.<br><br><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">Roma n&#227;o tinha pol&#237;cia no sentido moderno.</span></em></p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Status: Quem a lei protegia?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>A Cidadania Protegia, mas a Posi&#231;&#227;o Pesava Mais.</strong> Ser cidad&#227;o romano protegia das penas mais duras. Com o tempo, a posi&#231;&#227;o social passou a pesar mais que a cidadania, e em 212 d.C. quase todas as pessoas livres j&#225; eram cidad&#227;s.</p></li><li><p><strong>Elites Punidas com Mais Leveza que o Povo.</strong> A partir do s&#233;culo II, a lei dividiu as pessoas livres em honestiores (elites) e humiliores (povo comum), cada grupo com sua pr&#243;pria escala de penas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Escravos como Propriedade. </strong>Os escravos eram legalmente propriedade, sujeitos a qualquer uso ou abuso por parte dos donos, inclusive tortura e execu&#231;&#227;o sum&#225;ria.</p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Puni&#231;&#227;o: O que acontecia com os culpados?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Os Ricos Pagavam ou Eram Exilados. </strong>Para a elite, a execu&#231;&#227;o era rara. As penas comuns eram o ex&#237;lio, a expuls&#227;o do Senado ou do conselho local e as multas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Os Pobres Iam para as Minas. </strong>O povo comum podia ser condenado a trabalhos for&#231;ados nas minas pelo resto da vida, ou a trabalhar em obras p&#250;blicas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Os Mais Humildes Morriam em P&#250;blico. </strong>As penas mais duras, reservadas aos de posi&#231;&#227;o mais baixa, eram ser lan&#231;ado &#224;s feras, a crucifica&#231;&#227;o e ser queimado vivo.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.3 Arquitetura</strong></h3><h6>Feita para Durar</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iUSr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2154e20b-abac-4ec6-8d48-1061f097c3b3_1890x1595.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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Podia ser moldado em qualquer forma e at&#233; endurecia debaixo d&#8217;&#225;gua.<br><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>barato, resistente e f&#225;cil de usar por m&#227;o de obra sem qualifica&#231;&#227;o.<br><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark> </strong>pesado e feio, por isso era escondido atr&#225;s de m&#225;rmore ou tijolo.<br></em></p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Obras P&#250;blicas: O que o Estado constru&#237;a?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Aquedutos Levavam &#193;gua &#224;s Cidades. </strong>Canais com leve inclina&#231;&#227;o levavam &#225;gua por longas dist&#226;ncias para abastecer fontes, termas e casas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Estradas Conectavam o Imp&#233;rio. </strong>Estradas pavimentadas ligavam as prov&#237;ncias a Roma e levavam ex&#233;rcitos, funcion&#225;rios e mercadorias.</p></li><li><p><strong>Esgotos Levavam os Dejetos. </strong>Drenos subterr&#226;neos desaguavam em esgotos principais, como a Cloaca M&#225;xima de Roma, que levava os dejetos da cidade at&#233; o rio Tibre.</p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Edif&#237;cios da Cidade: O que havia numa cidade romana?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Os Pobres Moravam em Pr&#233;dios Altos.</strong> A maioria dos moradores das cidades alugava quartos em pr&#233;dios de v&#225;rios andares.</p></li><li><p><strong>As Termas Eram Abertas a Todos. </strong>As termas p&#250;blicas, com salas de diferentes temperaturas, faziam parte do dia a dia de todas as classes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Arenas para Cidades Inteiras. </strong>Anfiteatros como o Coliseu recebiam dezenas de milhares de espectadores.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.4 Economia e Dinheiro</strong></h3><h6>Um Imp&#233;rio de Agricultores</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Riqueza: De onde vinha o dinheiro?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>A Agricultura Gerava a Riqueza. </strong>A maioria das pessoas trabalhava na terra, e gr&#227;os, azeite e vinho eram a base da economia.</p></li><li><p><strong>Poucas Fam&#237;lias Eram Donas da Terra. </strong>Menos de 5% da popula&#231;&#227;o possu&#237;a mais de 80% das terras, protegidas pelo direito de propriedade romano.<br></p><p><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">O dinheiro ganho no com&#233;rcio logo virava terra.<br></span></em></p></li><li><p><strong>O Com&#233;rcio Cruzava um Mar Romano. </strong>As frotas romanas mantinham o Mediterr&#226;neo seguro, e o com&#233;rcio entre as prov&#237;ncias importava mais que o com&#233;rcio exterior.</p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Dinheiro: Como as pessoas pagavam?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Moedas Imperiais por Toda Parte. </strong>O den&#225;rio de prata, cunhado com o rosto de imperadores e generais, circulava ao lado de moedas locais.</p><p><em><strong><br><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>as moedas facilitavam o com&#233;rcio e o pagamento de impostos.<br><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong> tudo dependia de o imperador manter a moeda honesta.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Os Imperadores Dilu&#237;ram a Prata para Pagar as Tropas. </strong>Na crise do s&#233;culo III, os imperadores reduziram a prata at&#233; as moedas virarem quase cobre puro, com menos de 5% de prata.<br><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark> </strong>mais moedas para pagar os soldados no curto prazo.<br><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong> infla&#231;&#227;o descontrolada. Em 301 d.C., o &#201;dito de Pre&#231;os tabelou o trigo em 100 den&#225;rios de conta por medida.<br></em></p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Finan&#231;as do Estado: Para onde ia o dinheiro dos impostos?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>A Terra Pagava Quase Tudo. </strong>O Estado vivia principalmente de impostos sobre terras e colheitas. A partir de Diocleciano, parte do imposto passou a ser cobrada em produtos (gr&#227;os, carne, vinho) para alimentar o ex&#233;rcito.</p><p><em><strong><br><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> uma renda regular e previs&#237;vel.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> um fardo pesado para as fam&#237;lias do campo.<br></p></li><li><p><strong>O Ex&#233;rcito Ficava com a Maior Parte. Pagar, alimentar e equipar centenas de milhares de soldados era, de longe, o maior gasto do Estado.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Trigo de Gra&#231;a Mantinha Roma em Paz. </strong>O Estado distribu&#237;a trigo ao povo de Roma, trazido sobretudo do Egito e do Norte da &#193;frica. Quando os navios atrasavam, a cidade se revoltava.</p><p><em><strong><br><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> mantinha a capital alimentada e politicamente calma.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> um custo enorme bancado pelas prov&#237;ncias; perder a &#193;frica significava perder a comida de Roma.<br></p><p><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">&#8220;P&#227;o e circo&#8221;: os imperadores alimentavam e divertiam os pobres de Roma para manter a paz.</span></em></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.5 Tecnologia</strong></h3><h6>Engenheiros, N&#227;o Inventores</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h4>A &#183; For&#231;a e M&#225;quinas: O que fazia o trabalho al&#233;m dos m&#250;sculos?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Rodas d&#8217;&#193;gua Mo&#237;am os Gr&#227;os. </strong>Rios e aquedutos giravam rodas que moviam as m&#243;s. Em Barbegal, na G&#225;lia, 16 rodas em duas fileiras de oito formavam uma f&#225;brica de farinha da Antiguidade.</p></li><li><p><strong>Guindastes de Roda Erguiam as Pedras. </strong>Trabalhadores caminhando dentro de rodas gigantes moviam guindastes que erguiam blocos de v&#225;rias toneladas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Bombas e Parafusos Moviam a &#193;gua. </strong>Bombas de press&#227;o combatiam inc&#234;ndios, e parafusos de Arquimedes drenavam a &#225;gua das minas e a levavam para os campos.</p><p><br><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">Roma tinha um brinquedo a vapor, n&#227;o uma m&#225;quina a vapor: a metalurgia ainda n&#227;o existia.</span></em></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.6 Comida e Bebida</strong></h3><h6>P&#227;o, Azeite e Vinho</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; O B&#225;sico: O que todos comiam e bebiam?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Os Gr&#227;os Eram a Refei&#231;&#227;o Principal. </strong>O trigo, comido como mingau (puls) ou p&#227;o, fornecia a maior parte das calorias di&#225;rias de um romano.</p></li><li><p><strong>O Azeite Ia em Tudo. </strong>O azeite era essencial na cozinha e na higiene: os romanos o passavam na pele depois do banho.<br><br><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">Nas termas, os romanos raspavam a sujeira e o suor com um estr&#237;gil, um raspador curvo de metal, e depois passavam &#243;leos perfumados.<br></span></em></p></li><li><p><strong>O Vinho Era Bebido com &#193;gua. </strong>Os romanos misturavam o vinho com &#225;gua para suavizar seu efeito, um h&#225;bito comum em todo o mundo grego e romano. Beb&#234;-lo puro era considerado coisa de b&#225;rbaro.</p><p><em><strong><br><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> mais seguro que &#225;gua pura e presente no dia a dia de todas as classes.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> o vinho barato costumava ser azedo, e os pobres bebiam posca, vinagre misturado com &#225;gua.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.7 Medicina</strong></h3><h6>Bons Cirurgi&#245;es, Teoria Errada</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jv6A!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f1661d-7154-423a-bbf5-75661ec12697_1233x1649.jpeg" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Pr&#225;tica: Como tratavam os pacientes?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Cirurgi&#245;es Usavam Instrumentos de Bronze e Ferro. </strong>Bisturis, pin&#231;as e sondas foram encontrados na Casa do Cirurgi&#227;o, em Pompeia, e sua qualidade s&#243; foi superada nos tempos modernos.</p></li><li><p><strong>As Ervas Eram os Principais Rem&#233;dios. </strong>Diosc&#243;rides reuniu quase 600 rem&#233;dios, a maioria feita de plantas.<br><br><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> alguns funcionavam de verdade, como a papoula contra a dor.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> muitos eram in&#250;teis ou t&#243;xicos.<br></p></li><li><p><strong>Feridas Eram Lavadas com Vinho e Vinagre. </strong>Sem saber por qu&#234;, os romanos limpavam feridas com vinho e vinagre, o que ajudava a evitar infec&#231;&#245;es.<br><br><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">Todo forte das legi&#245;es tinha seu pr&#243;prio hospital, o valetudinarium.</span></em></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.8 Sexo e Casamento</strong></h3><h6>Casamento como Alian&#231;a</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Casamento como Alian&#231;a: Como os romanos se casavam?</h4><p><em><span data-color="#b45f06" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">O amor era opcional. Os interesses da fam&#237;lia vinham primeiro.</span></em></p><ol><li><p><strong>Os Pais Arranjavam o Casamento.</strong> Os casamentos costumavam ser arranjados entre fam&#237;lias para unir fortunas e status. A idade m&#237;nima legal era 12 anos para meninas e 14 para meninos, mas a maioria se casava mais tarde.<br></p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> alian&#231;as est&#225;veis entre fam&#237;lias.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> as noivas costumavam ser cerca de dez anos mais novas que os maridos e tinham pouca voz na escolha.</p></li><li><p><strong>Bastava o Consentimento. </strong>Para casais legalmente aptos a casar, n&#227;o era preciso cerim&#244;nia: o que contava era a inten&#231;&#227;o de ambos de ser marido e mulher.</p></li><li><p><strong>O Div&#243;rcio Era F&#225;cil para os Dois. </strong>Qualquer um dos c&#244;njuges podia encerrar o casamento s&#243; declarando que ele tinha acabado, e o dote da esposa geralmente voltava com ela.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.9 Contracep&#231;&#227;o e Parto</strong></h3><h6>Um Come&#231;o Perigoso</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RzbS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F362edd43-d142-4bab-bd34-1dbacc229ce6_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RzbS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F362edd43-d142-4bab-bd34-1dbacc229ce6_1233x1649.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Parto: Como as crian&#231;as vinham ao mundo?</h4><p><em><mark data-color="rgb(252, 229, 205)" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">O parto era o momento mais arriscado da vida de uma mulher.</mark></em></p><ol><li><p><strong>O Controle de Natalidade Dividia os M&#233;dicos. </strong>Os m&#233;todos contraceptivos inclu&#237;am escolher o momento da rela&#231;&#227;o, pess&#225;rios feitos com casca de rom&#227; ou galha de carvalho e po&#231;&#245;es mensais de sementes. Os m&#233;todos de aborto iam de exerc&#237;cios violentos e banhos quentes a tratamentos com ervas, sangrias e pess&#225;rios.</p></li><li><p><strong>As Parteiras Faziam os Partos.</strong> Os partos aconteciam em casa, com uma parteira ajudando numa cadeira de parto especial. O m&#233;dico Sorano escreveu um manual sobre como form&#225;-las.</p></li><li><p><strong>O Pai Decidia se Criaria o Beb&#234;.</strong> A parteira avaliava se o rec&#233;m-nascido estava apto a ser criado: chorava alto? Era bem formado? O pai ent&#227;o decidia aceit&#225;-lo ou abandon&#225;-lo, e alguns beb&#234;s abandonados eram recolhidos como escravos.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.10 Inf&#226;ncia e Escola</strong></h3><h6>Aprendendo na Base da Vara</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mLO5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F783adfd4-75cf-4324-b311-41dce6b6429a_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mLO5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F783adfd4-75cf-4324-b311-41dce6b6429a_1233x1649.jpeg 424w, 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L&#237;deres. </strong>Na adolesc&#234;ncia, os meninos da elite aprendiam orat&#243;ria e argumenta&#231;&#227;o, a habilidade-chave para o direito, a pol&#237;tica e a administra&#231;&#227;o.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(201, 218, 248)" style="background-color: rgb(201, 218, 248); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>Ponto forte:</mark></strong></em> formava os advogados, funcion&#225;rios e senadores do Imp&#233;rio.</p><p><em><strong><mark data-color="rgb(255, 242, 204)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ponto fraco:</mark></strong></em> os cr&#237;ticos reclamavam que a declama&#231;&#227;o treinava o estilo com temas fantasiosos em vez de casos reais.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.11 Refer&#234;ncias e Cr&#233;ditos</strong></h3><div><hr></div><p><strong>&#185; Captivating History (2023a). </strong>Imperial Rome.<strong> 01</strong> (cap. 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)<br><strong>&#178; Captivating History (2023b). </strong>Roman Empire: Imperial Rome and Pax Romana.<strong> 01, 04 </strong>(Parte 2: introdu&#231;&#227;o, cap. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)<br><strong>&#179; Dominik, W. J., Garthwaite, J. &amp; Roche, P. A. (Orgs.) (2009).</strong> Writing Politics in Imperial Rome. Brill. <strong>01</strong> (cap. 1&#8211;2)<br><strong>&#8308; Heather, P. (2006).</strong> The Fall of the Roman Empire. Pan Books. <strong>01, 04</strong> (cap. 1, 2, 3, 6)<br><strong>&#8309; Garnsey, P. (1970).</strong> Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire. Clarendon. <strong>02</strong> (cap. 4, 5, 11)<br><strong>&#8310; Riggsby, A. M.</strong> <strong>(2010)</strong>. Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans. CUP. <strong>02</strong> (cap. 3, 7, 9, 10)<br><strong>&#8311; Adam, J.-P.</strong> <strong>(1999).</strong> Roman Building: Materials and Techniques. Routledge. <strong>03</strong> (cap. 2, 5, 6, 10, 11)<br><strong>&#8312; Jackson, R. (1988).</strong> Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire. British Museum. <strong>03,</strong> <strong>06, 07, 09</strong> (cap. 2&#8211;5)<br><strong>&#8313; Oleson, J. P.</strong> <strong>(Org.) (2008).</strong> Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. OUP. <strong>05</strong> (cap. 6, 10, 13, 32)<br><strong>&#185;&#8304; Dalby, A.</strong> <strong>(2003).</strong> Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. <strong>06</strong> (verbetes Grain, Olive oil, Puls, Posca, Wine, Wine-mixing)<br><strong>&#185;&#185; Treggiari, S. (1991). </strong>Roman Marriage. Clarendon. <strong>08</strong> (cap. 2&#8211;4, 10, 12&#8211;13)<br><strong>&#185;&#178; Flemming, R. (2021).</strong> &#8220;Fertility control in ancient Rome.&#8221; Women&#8217;s History Review 30(6). <strong>09</strong> (p. 900&#8211;903)<br><strong>&#185;&#179; Bonner, S. F. (2012). </strong>Education in Ancient Rome.<strong> </strong>Routledge. (Publicado originalmente em 1977 pela Methuen.) <strong>10 </strong>(cap. X, XI, XVI&#8211;XXI)</p><p><strong>Ficha T&#233;cnica &#8211; A Anatomia de um Imp&#233;rio: Um Mosaico da Civiliza&#231;&#227;o Romana &#169; </strong>2026 por Agency Brasil est&#225; licenciada sob Creative Commons Atribui&#231;&#227;o 4.0 Internacional. As artes est&#227;o exclu&#237;das desta licen&#231;a: &#169; 2026 Agency Brasil, todos os direitos reservados. 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I finally managed to finish it.</p><p>This is the first part of a series in which I will bring forth the anatomy of different empires in the history of humanity.</p><p>My goal when I first drafted it was to make a &#8220;snack-sized&#8221; study of the biggest empires that ever existed, so that studying them would become interesting again for all ages, especially kids.</p><p>The idea came from the infographic I made for <strong>Issue 24, </strong><em><strong>Boiling Red Cobalt</strong></em>. 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It is from the Bible, and it goes like this:</p><blockquote><p>Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe <em>which is</em> instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man <em>that is</em> an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure <em>things</em> new and old.<br><strong>Matthew 13:52</strong></p></blockquote><p>If you are a householder, in other words the leader or manager of a family, it is your responsibility to keep a treasure chest with relics both old and new. You can&#8217;t have antiquity without history.</p><p>And so, let&#8217;s dive into this edition about the Roman Empire, where I will explore the key points of one of the most influential and long-lasting empires in history, with a profound impact on the development of Western civilization.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>The Anatomy of an Empire</strong></h3><h6>A Mosaic of Roman Civilization</h6><div><hr></div><p>For the &#8220;Empire Anatomy&#8221; data sheet, I decided to highlight 10 key categories of Roman civilization, from politics and law to food, medicine and family life, each grounded in scholarly references and cited in our own referencing style.</p><p>The goal was to capture both the macro and micro aspects of the civilization, from its customs to its state, so we can remember how people lived in the past and rediscover new ways of living in the present.</p><p>Merging the old with the new is a <a href="https://www.metamodernism.org/">Metamodernist</a> approach that ensures 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The title started as a battlefield honour and became the act that actually made an emperor.</p></li><li><p><strong>Senate Approval.</strong> The Senate formally granted the emperor his powers by decree, keeping up the fiction that authority came from the Republic.</p></li><li><p><strong>Divine Aura.</strong> Emperors were presented as touched by the gods, which made each one more than a man with an army.</p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Succession: How did power pass on?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Adoption.</strong> An emperor could legally adopt a grown man, who then counted as his genuine son and heir.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> a merit-based choice.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> it still depended on family politics and the army&#8217;s support.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>Dynasty.</strong> The throne passed by blood. Soldiers were loyal to the family name, but that did nothing to stop incompetent heirs like Nero.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> stability and loyalty.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> no filter for ability.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>Usurpation.</strong> A general or a group of guards seized the throne through murder or civil war, and the Senate approved him afterwards. It was the norm during the third-century crisis, when dozens of emperors rose and fell in about 50 years.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> none as a system.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> civil war, instability and constant fear of the next rebel.</p></li></ul></div></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Administration: How were the territories governed?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Governors.</strong> Each province was run by a governor sent from Rome, either a senator or an imperial appointee, who handled justice, taxes and the troops stationed there.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> cheap and flexible, because it relied on local elites who were happy to become Roman.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> a governor with legions could revolt, and many squeezed their provinces for personal profit.</p></li></ul></div><p><em><mark data-color="#fce5cd" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Local cities governed themselves, so a few hundred officials could rule about 50 million people.</mark><br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Bureaucracy.</strong> Provinces were split into smaller units, and civil and military command were separated. To fund a bigger army, the number of senior officials grew from about 250 (AD 249) to 6,000 (AD 400) to collect taxes and enforce the law.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> more power to collect taxes and enforce decisions. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> costly, with room for corruption.</p></li></ul></div><p><em><mark data-color="#fce5cd" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There were no entrance exams: posts went to whoever had the right friends recommending them.</mark></em></p></li></ol><p><a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/api/v1/file/a247d918-f814-4fd2-820b-7bbda900cc04.pdf">Download</a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.2 Law &amp; Punishment</strong></h3><h6>Unequal Justice</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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More than three centuries later, schoolboys still memorised it as the heart of Roman law.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Emperor Became the Lawmaker.</strong> Senate decrees, imperial orders and replies to petitions all expressed the emperor&#8217;s will, while jurists interpreted the law. <br><em><mark data-color="#fce5cd" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rome had no police force in the modern sense.</mark></em></p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Status: Who did the law protect?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Citizenship Protected, but Rank Mattered More.</strong> Being a Roman citizen shielded people from the harshest penalties. Over time, rank came to matter more than citizenship, and by AD 212 almost every free person was a citizen.</p></li><li><p><strong>Elites Punished More Lightly Than Commoners.</strong> From the 2nd century, the law split free people into <em>honestiores</em> (elites) and <em>humiliores</em> (commoners), each with its own scale of penalties.</p></li><li><p><strong>Slaves as Property.</strong> Slaves were legally property, open to any use or abuse by their owners, including torture and summary execution.</p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; Punishment: What happened to the guilty?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>The Rich Paid or Were Exiled.</strong> For the elite, execution was rare. The usual penalties were exile, expulsion from the Senate or local council, and fines.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Poor Were Sent to the Mines.</strong> Commoners could be condemned to hard labour in the mines for life, or to work on public projects.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Lowest Died in Public.</strong> The harshest penalties, reserved for the lowest ranks, were exposure to wild beasts, crucifixion and burning alive.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.3 Architecture</strong></h3><h6>Built to Last</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0wtI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afc0cd1-30cd-4622-bbd7-9676647bd4cd_1890x1595.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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It could be poured into any form and even hardened underwater.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> cheap, strong, and buildable by unskilled labour.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> heavy and ugly, so it was hidden behind marble or brick facing.</p></li></ul></div></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Public Works: What did the state build?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Aqueducts Brought Water to Cities.</strong> Channels on a gentle slope carried water over long distances to feed fountains, baths and homes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Roads Connected the Empire.</strong> Paved roads linked the provinces to Rome, moving armies, officials and goods.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sewers Drained Waste.</strong> Underground drains fed into main sewers like Rome&#8217;s Cloaca Maxima, which carried the city&#8217;s waste into the Tiber.</p></li></ol><h4>C &#183; City Buildings: What filled a Roman city?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>The Poor Lived in Tall Apartments.</strong> Most city dwellers rented rooms in multi-storey apartment blocks.</p></li><li><p><strong>Baths Were Open to Everyone.</strong> Public baths, with rooms of graded temperature, were part of daily life for all classes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Arenas Held Entire Cities.</strong> Amphitheatres like the Colosseum held tens of thousands of spectators.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.4 Economy &amp; Money</strong></h3><h6>An Empire of Farmers</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg" width="1200" height="467.3076923076923" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:567,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:3722746,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/i/154533103?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kJK-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a04cfb2-6444-4b88-9711-b07fd91a90f7_3867x1505.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Wealth: Where did the money come from?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Farming Made Most of the Wealth.</strong> Most people worked the land, and grain, olive oil and wine were the backbone of the economy.</p></li><li><p><strong>A Few Families Owned the Land.</strong> Fewer than 5% of the population owned more than 80% of the land, protected by Roman property law.</p><p><em><mark data-color="#fce5cd" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Money made in trade was quickly put into land.</mark></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Trade Crossed a Roman Sea.</strong> Roman fleets kept the Mediterranean safe, and trade between provinces mattered more than trade abroad.</p></li></ol><h4>B &#183; Money: How did people pay?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Imperial Coins Spread Everywhere.</strong> The silver denarius, minted with the faces of emperors and generals, circulated alongside local coins.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> coins helped trade and tax payments.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> everything depended on the emperor keeping the coin honest.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>Emperors Diluted the Silver to Pay Troops.</strong> In the 3rd-century crisis, emperors cut the silver content until coins were almost pure copper, with under 5% silver.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> more coins to pay soldiers in the short term.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> runaway inflation. By AD 301, wheat once worth half a denarius was capped at 100.</p></li></ul></div></li></ol><h4>C &#183; State Finances: Where did the tax money go?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Land Tax Paid for Most of It.</strong> The state lived mainly on taxes on farmland and harvests. From Diocletian on, part of the tax was collected in kind (grain, meat, wine) to feed the army.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> a regular, predictable income.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> a heavy burden on farming households.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>The Army Took the Largest Share.</strong> Paying, feeding and equipping hundreds of thousands of soldiers was by far the state&#8217;s biggest cost.</p></li><li><p><strong>Free Grain Kept Rome Quiet.</strong> The state handed out grain to Rome&#8217;s people, shipped mostly from Egypt and North Africa. When the grain ships were late, the city rioted.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> kept the capital fed and politically quiet.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> a huge cost carried by the provinces, so losing Africa meant losing Rome&#8217;s food.</p></li></ul></div></li></ol><p><em>&#8220;Bread and circuses&#8221;: emperors fed and entertained Rome&#8217;s poor to keep the peace.</em></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.5 Technology</strong></h3><h6>Engineers, Not Inventors</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OBhb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68cfb9e-213b-4533-bf22-866ddb1a4576_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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At Barbegal, in Gaul, 16 wheels in two rows of eight formed an ancient flour factory.</p></li><li><p><strong>Treadwheel Cranes Lifted the Stone.</strong> Workers walking inside giant wheels powered cranes that raised blocks weighing several tonnes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pumps and Screws Moved Water.</strong> Force pumps fought fires, and Archimedes&#8217; screws drained water from mines and lifted it into fields.<br><em>Rome had a steam toy, not a steam engine: the metalwork didn&#8217;t exist yet.</em></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.6 Food &amp; Drink</strong></h3><h6>Bread, Oil &amp; Wine</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qQb3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F506e4367-cf68-48c5-a2a0-9ebd30513b7c_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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soften its effect, a habit shared across the Greek and Roman world. Drinking it undiluted was considered barbaric.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> safer than plain water and part of daily life for all classes.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> cheap wine was often sour, and the poor drank <em>posca</em>, vinegar mixed with water.</p></li></ul></div></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.7 Medicine</strong></h3><h6>Good Surgeons, Wrong Theory</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RXTe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a13887c-93af-45a9-a2bf-3f85a311e255_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Practice: How did they treat patients?</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Surgeons Used Bronze and Iron Tools.</strong> Scalpels, forceps and probes were found in the House of the Surgeon in Pompeii, and their quality wasn&#8217;t surpassed until modern times.</p></li><li><p><strong>Herbs Were the Main Drugs.</strong> Dioscorides gathered almost 600 remedies, mostly from plants.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> some remedies really worked, such as poppy for pain.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> many were useless or toxic.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>Wounds Were Washed With Wine and Vinegar.</strong> Without knowing why, Romans cleaned wounds with wine and vinegar, which helped prevent infection.<br><em>Every legionary fort had its own hospital, the valetudinarium.</em></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.8 Sex &amp; Marriage </strong></h3><h6>Marriage as Alliance</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EI4h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca92076a-05d2-4869-98f2-16f2b070007b_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>A &#183; Marriage as Alliance: How did Romans marry?</h4><p><em><mark data-color="rgb(252, 229, 205)" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Love was optional. Family interests came first.</mark></em></p><ol><li><p><strong>Fathers Arranged the Match.</strong> Marriages were usually arranged between families to join fortunes and status. The legal minimum age was 12 for girls and 14 for boys, though most married later.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> stable alliances between families.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> brides were often about ten years younger than their husbands, with little say in the choice.</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><strong>Consent Alone Made a Marriage.</strong> For couples legally able to marry, no ceremony was needed: what counted was that both intended to be husband and wife.</p></li><li><p><strong>Divorce Was Easy for Both.</strong> Either spouse could end the marriage simply by declaring it over, and the wife&#8217;s dowry usually returned with her.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.9 Contraception &amp; Birth</strong></h3><h6>A Dangerous Beginning</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Abortion methods escalated from violent exercise and hot baths to herbal treatments, bloodletting and pessaries.</p></li><li><p><strong>Midwives Delivered the Babies.</strong> Births happened at home, with a midwife assisting on a special birthing chair. The doctor Soranus wrote a manual on how to train them.</p></li><li><p><strong>Fathers Decided Whether to Raise the Baby.</strong> The midwife checked whether the newborn was fit to raise: did it cry loudly, and was it well formed? The father then chose whether to accept it or abandon it, and some abandoned babies were taken in as slaves.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.10 Childhood &amp; School</strong></h3><h6>Learning by the Cane</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qe5V!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20ac850a-0220-4eb6-9e18-5cf6488c878b_1233x1649.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qe5V!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20ac850a-0220-4eb6-9e18-5cf6488c878b_1233x1649.jpeg 424w, 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law, politics and administration.</p></li></ol><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><ul><li><p><em><strong>Strength:</strong></em> produced the Empire&#8217;s lawyers, officials and senators.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Weakness:</strong></em> critics complained that declamation drilled style on far-fetched themes rather than real cases.</p></li></ul></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>27.11 </strong>References &amp; Credits</h3><div><hr></div><p><strong>&#185; Captivating History (2023a). </strong>Imperial Rome.<strong> 01</strong> (ch. 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)<br><strong>&#178; Captivating History (2023b). </strong>Roman Empire: Imperial Rome and Pax Romana.<strong> 01, 04 </strong>(Part 2: intro, ch. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)<br><strong>&#179; Dominik, W. J., Garthwaite, J. &amp; Roche, P. A. (Eds.) (2009).</strong> Writing Politics in Imperial Rome. Brill. <strong>01</strong> (ch. 1&#8211;2)<br><strong>&#8308; Heather, P. (2006).</strong> The Fall of the Roman Empire. Pan Books. <strong>01, 04</strong> (ch. 1, 2, 3, 6)<br><strong>&#8309; Garnsey, P. (1970).</strong> Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire. Clarendon. <strong>02</strong> (ch. 4, 5, 11)<br><strong>&#8310; Riggsby, A. M.</strong> <strong>(2010)</strong>. Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans. CUP. <strong>02</strong> (ch. 3, 7, 9, 10)<br><strong>&#8311; Adam, J.-P.</strong> <strong>(1999).</strong> Roman Building: Materials and Techniques. Routledge. <strong>03</strong> (ch. 2, 5, 6, 10, 11)<br><strong>&#8312; Jackson, R. (1988).</strong> Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire. British Museum. <strong>03,</strong> <strong>06, 07, 09</strong> (ch. 2&#8211;5)<br><strong>&#8313; Oleson, J. P.</strong> <strong>(Ed.) (2008).</strong> Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. OUP. <strong>05</strong> (ch. 6, 10, 13, 32)<br><strong>&#185;&#8304; Dalby, A.</strong> <strong>(2003).</strong> Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. <strong>06</strong> (s.v. Grain, Olive oil, Puls, Posca, Wine, Wine-mixing)<br><strong>&#185;&#185; Treggiari, S. (1991). </strong>Roman Marriage. Clarendon. <strong>08</strong> (ch. 2&#8211;4, 10, 12&#8211;13)<br><strong>&#185;&#178; Flemming, R. (2021).</strong> &#8220;Fertility control in ancient Rome.&#8221; Women&#8217;s History Review 30(6). <strong>09</strong> (pp. 900&#8211;903)<br><strong>&#185;&#179; Bonner, S. F. (2012). </strong>Education in Ancient Rome.<strong> </strong>Routledge. (First published 1977 by Methuen.) <strong>10 </strong>(ch. 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isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/case0-baseline-design-system</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:32:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cdc9ed2a-c8b0-49dc-8f18-8bf8cd4b2d32_2464x1337.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!B5to!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe51732c8-33fd-4d82-8e05-d17b7d650a42_2280x1048.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Welcome to the first edition of <strong>Case.#</strong></p><p>This editorial will be dedicated to showcase projects and portfolio of our creatives. I shall kickstart it with the last project I delivered to Europe.</p><p>You can check the original <a href="https://contra.com/p/Eg3c6PsU-field-sports-design-system-development?referralExperimentNid=DEFAULT_REFERRAL_PROGRAM&amp;referrerUsername=thipatriota">Case Study</a> at Contra.com (That&#8217;s also where you can hire me for a project.)</p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s buzz!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>0. Introduction</strong></h3><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><h5><strong>Baseline: Sports Companion Design System</strong></h5><p><strong>Client:</strong> <a href="https://www.procimo.com/">Procimo Tech</a> (Portugal / Brazil)</p><p><strong>Role:</strong> Lead Product Designer</p><p><strong>Studio:</strong> Sentient (<a href="https://sentient.net.br/">sentient.net.br</a>)</p><p><strong>Deliverables: </strong>127 Wireframes, 127 Unique Screens, 233 State Variants, 82 Design Tokens</p><p><strong>Duration:</strong> 4 weeks, fixed scope</p><p><strong>Platform:</strong> iOS + Android (React Native)</p><p><strong>Year:</strong> 2026</p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!053S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01d958e1-8f83-44e0-afa7-26dd19bd2e74_1105x1181.png" 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Dark-first, data-dense, built with unreasonable care.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Field is a sports platform for racquet sports clubs across Portugal and Brazil. It started as a booking tool - reserve a court, pay, show up. But the product vision had outgrown the booking-app shell. Field wanted to become the place where athletes live their sports life: competitions, video highlights, Glicko-based skill ratings, rivalries, streaks, and a persistent athletic identity.</p><p>The brief arrived as a 118-page product specification covering vision, three personas, twelve locked product decisions, full information architecture, thirteen user flows, per-screen acceptance criteria, and a complete English content sheet. The scope: approximately 80 unique screens spanning authentication, onboarding, an identity-first Home, three play modes (Compete, Book, Academy), a native video surface, an Account hub with stats, wallet, Field Pass memberships, and a full global error/empty system. iOS and Android, simultaneous launch, four weeks.</p><p><strong>The core tension:</strong> Field needed to feel like Whoop meets Strava for racquet sports - dark, data-dense, identity-forward - while still handling the practical complexity of court bookings, split payments, tournament brackets, and club management. Every other booking app opens on &#8220;Find a match.&#8221; Field needed to open on &#8220;Here&#8217;s who you are this week.&#8221;</p><p>The design system had to serve both moods - the emotional, dark athletic surfaces where your rating and streak live, and the functional, light discovery surfaces where you browse courts and pay. Not a theme toggle. 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>0.1 Design Philosophy</strong></h3><div><hr></div><p>Baseline is governed by seven core principles. Each one is a constraint that generates clarity, not a mood board aspiration.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZsR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb49f7ca5-2203-4135-a62d-acb50ecde348_3908x2364.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZsR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb49f7ca5-2203-4135-a62d-acb50ecde348_3908x2364.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZsR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb49f7ca5-2203-4135-a62d-acb50ecde348_3908x2364.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Restrained by design.</strong> Two type families. One accent color. A disciplined grayscale. Color exists only to communicate meaning. Mint represents progress, amber signals caution, and red demands attention. Nothing decorates. Everything communicates.</p><p><strong>Dark-first confidence.</strong> The emotional surfaces of the product &#8212; performance, rivalries, rankings, achievements, and live competition &#8212; live on ink. Dark is not a theme toggle. It is the default voice for moments that shape athletic identity. Light surfaces are reserved for utilitarian tasks: onboarding, directories, general navigation, forms, settings, payments, and account management.</p><p><strong>Complete by Design.</strong> Baseline defines every meaningful interaction before development begins. Success states, loading, validation, empty screens, failures, and edge cases are treated as first-class experiences, not future tasks. The result is a system that reduces ambiguity, accelerates implementation, and delivers consistent experiences across every screen.</p><p><strong>Data as identity.</strong> Numbers are never ornamental. Ratings, rankings, streaks, cashback, and statistics define the experience because they define the athlete. Data is not layered onto the interface. It is the interface.</p><p><strong>Density without clutter.</strong> Baseline embraces information-rich interfaces without sacrificing clarity. Generous spacing defines the layout, while related data is grouped tightly enough for rapid scanning. The interface breathes where users pause and compresses where they move quickly.</p><p><strong>Athletic Career Companion.</strong> Sport is a journey, not a single match. Baseline supports every stage of an athlete&#8217;s progression &#8212; from discovering a new sport and booking a first court to competing in tournaments, climbing rankings, and reaching higher levels of performance. Every interaction contributes to a persistent athletic profile.</p><p><strong>Built for modern sports ecosystems.</strong> From court bookings and memberships to rankings, tournaments, coaching, performance tracking, wallets, and social experiences, Baseline provides a unified foundation that connects every touchpoint into one coherent product experience.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dfLO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb3a360ad-86f8-44f4-af49-8d8259c6ec62_1424x2047.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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The pairing is deliberate: Oswald announces, Barlow explains.</p><p>The type scale spans seven production styles from Display (Oswald Bold 56/60) down to Micro (Barlow Medium 11/14), each bound to a Figma text style with <code>leadingTrim: CAP_HEIGHT</code> for tight, intentional vertical rhythm.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Color</strong></h4><p>The palette is surgically restrained:</p><p>Token | Hex | Role</p><p><strong>Mint (primary)</strong> | #2DD4A0 Progress, success, brand accent, CTAs</p><p><strong>Ink (base black)</strong> | #000000 Dark surfaces, primary text on light</p><p><strong>Mist</strong> | #F5F5F5 Light page backgrounds</p><p><strong>White</strong> | #FFFFFF Cards, elevated surfaces</p><p><strong>Grey scale</strong> | 9 steps (200&#8211;900) Borders, secondary text, disabled states</p><p><strong>Amber</strong> | Semantic Caution, warnings, pending states</p><p><strong>Red</strong> | Semantic Live matches, errors, negative deltas</p><p>Mint reads as confident sports-tech - Whoop / Robinhood territory, not generic SaaS green. The full 9-step mint tonal scale (50&#8211;999) provides enough range for dark-surface tints (mint/999 for score box backgrounds) through light-surface accents (mint/400 for CTAs and progress indicators).</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Token Architecture</strong></h4><p>82 design tokens organized across three Figma variable collections:</p><p><strong>Field Colors</strong> &#8212; primitive color scale (mint, grey, ink, white)</p><p><strong>Field / Color</strong> &#8212; semantic tokens with Light/Dark mode aliases (surface/card, border/divider, text/primary, icon/primary)</p><p><strong>Dimensions</strong> &#8212; radius and spacing tokens (radius/card=12, radius/full=999, five-tier spacing scale from 4px to 24px)</p><p>Semantic tokens alias primitives, never duplicate hex values. Every fill, stroke, and text color in production is bound to a variable &#8212; no raw hex anywhere in the delivered file.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Dark-First Confidence</strong></h3><p>Dark is not a setting. It is Field&#8217;s identity.</p><p>The design system assigns surface mode by purpose, not by OS preference. There is no user-facing toggle in v1. Instead, every surface earns its mode:</p><p><strong>Dark surfaces</strong> dominate where it matters most &#8212; the Home identity hero card, all competition LIVE screens, the Watch video tab, stats deep-dives, achievements, match results, score entry, and streak detail. These are the moments that shape who the athlete is. The dark ink background recedes, letting mint accents, white typography, and data visualizations command attention.</p><p>The dark design language uses flat ink as the default, with a mint-textured background (grey/900 base + texture overlay) reserved for immersive highlight surfaces like H2 Identity Card Expanded and H12 Streak Detail. Utilitarian dark screens (PC3, PC9, M2) stay flat &#8212; the texture is earned, not default.</p><p><strong>Light surfaces</strong> appear where they serve a practical purpose &#8212; discovery feeds, booking flows, club browsing, social feeds, forms, account management, settings, and payments. Light surfaces use mist (#F5F5F5) page backgrounds with white elevated cards, ink text, and grey secondaries. They are efficient and scannable, designed to get out of the way.</p><p>The two modes share identical spacing, component architecture, and interaction patterns. A card on a dark screen and a card on a light screen use the same 12px horizontal / 16px vertical padding, the same radius/card=12 corners, the same gap-sm=8 row spacing. Only the fills and text colors change &#8212; through semantic variable aliases, not manual overrides.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hUww!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6301dab3-504b-407f-b67e-2284c7084d68_3042x1825.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hUww!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6301dab3-504b-407f-b67e-2284c7084d68_3042x1825.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hUww!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6301dab3-504b-407f-b67e-2284c7084d68_3042x1825.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h2><strong>0.3 The System at Scale</strong></h2><div><hr></div><p>Baseline shipped as a production Figma file with 493 screen roots organized across a structured Workbench and a complete Handoff page, all delivered within 1 month of work. The numbers from the Presentation Sheet tell the story of scope:</p><p><strong>Wireframes - 127 </strong>Every screen began as an implementation-oriented compact spec defining anatomy, content zones, and state behavior before any visual design</p><p><strong>Unique Screens - 127 </strong>Production hi-fi Matrix screens - the origin from which all state variants derive</p><p><strong>State Variants - 233 </strong>Loading, empty, error, offline, domain-specific, and edge-case states treated as first-class deliverables</p><p><strong>Design Tokens - 82 </strong>Variables across three collections (colors, semantic aliases, dimensions) ensuring zero raw hex in production</p><p>The contractual scope was 120 documented deliverables:</p><p><strong>15 Anchor Screens</strong> &#8212; the foundational screens that establish visual tone, interaction patterns, and the component language for the entire product (H1, H2, H4, PC2, PC3, PB1, PB3, PB6, PB7, PB15, M1, M3, MW1, MF1, G8)</p><p><strong>65 Unique Compact Screens</strong> &#8212; the remaining screens across authentication, onboarding, compete, book, academy, watch, account, and wallet flows</p><p><strong>40 Supporting Specs</strong> &#8212; utility screens, state variants, modals, templates, embedded components, permission variants, startup/loading states, checkout utilities, share sheets, legal views, and global error states</p><p>Screen families span 15 categories: H (Home/Feed/Engagement), PC (Compete), PB (Book), PA (Academy), W (Watch), M (Account/Profile), MW (Wallet), MF (Field Pass), MM (Memberships), MP (Payments), MS (Settings), S (System), A (Auth), O (Onboarding), PR (Permissions), G (Global), and SP (Split Payment).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Establish visual tone, interaction patterns, component language</p><p><strong>2 - Core User Flows | Days 7&#8211;14 | 33 Deliverables </strong>Competition, booking, academy, and watch flows built on the anchor system</p><p><strong>3 - Account &amp; Monetization | Days 14&#8211;21 | 37 Deliverables </strong>Profile, stats, wallet, Field Pass, memberships, settings, payments</p><p><strong>4 - Supporting Specs &amp; Handoff | Days 21&#8211;28 | 15 Deliverables </strong>Global states, permission variants, handoff annotations, dev-mode prep</p><h4><strong>The Brief-First Method</strong></h4><p>Every design decision traces back to the 118-page Designer Brief. The brief specifies per-screen acceptance criteria, content sheet with verbatim copy, thirteen user flows, and twelve locked product decisions. The rule: if you&#8217;re inventing something that isn&#8217;t in the brief, stop. Either it&#8217;s already specified (look harder) or it&#8217;s a decision that needs to be made (ask, get an answer within 24 hours, document it).</p><h4><strong>AI-Augmented Design Production</strong></h4><p>Baseline pioneered a novel workflow: AI-assisted design implementation at production quality through the Figma MCP (Model Context Protocol). The process:</p><p><strong>Compact spec wireframes</strong> defined anatomy, content zones, and state behavior for every screen</p><p><strong>AI agents</strong> implemented screens in Figma directly &#8212; creating frames, binding variables to tokens, instancing components, applying text styles, and placing content according to the brief</p><p><strong>Screenshot-driven verification</strong> after every build step &#8212; each screen rendered and compared against the spec</p><p><strong>Structure gates</strong> verified correct section placement, parent-child relationships, variable bindings, and clipsContent flags</p><p><strong>Human review</strong> refined composition, visual weight, and design judgment that no automation can replace</p><p>The result: a single designer delivered 493 production screen roots in 4 weeks - a throughput that would typically require a team of 3&#8211;4 designers working in parallel. The AI handled the mechanical precision (token binding, component instancing, spacing enforcement); the designer handled the creative decisions (visual hierarchy, information density, emotional tone).</p><h4><strong>Session Continuity</strong></h4><p>Every working session produced a dated Session Handoff document carrying forward open flags, next steps, and current canvas state. Durable rules and API patterns accumulated in a living AGENTS.md file (350+ lines of Figma-specific gotchas and conventions). This system ensured zero context loss between sessions &#8212; any session could pick up exactly where the last one left off.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N_tg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda6fc042-3abb-44d8-9aa5-376c1509b290_5160x5613.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N_tg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda6fc042-3abb-44d8-9aa5-376c1509b290_5160x5613.jpeg 424w, 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file<br>&#8226;<strong> 120/120 contractual deliverables</strong> mapped on the Handoff page with full dev-mode readiness<br>&#8226; <strong>15 screen families</strong> spanning the complete product surface from authentication to split payments<br>&#8226;<strong> All screens tokenized</strong> &#8212; every fill/stroke bound to variables, every text node bound to text styles<br>&#8226; <strong>Both platforms covered</strong> &#8212; iOS primary (iPhone 16 Pro 402x874) with Android mirror patterns</p><h4><strong>Design System Quality</strong></h4><p>The delivered Figma file is not a collection of static mockups. It is a functioning design system:</p><ul><li><p>Semantic tokens alias primitives through proper variable architecture &#8212; light/dark mode switching works through aliases, not manual overrides</p></li><li><p>Components use few-variants-many-properties architecture for maintainability</p></li><li><p>The five-tier spacing scale (4/8/12/16/20px) bound to dimension tokens ensures consistency across 493 screens</p></li><li><p>Card padding rule (12px horizontal, 16px vertical) applied universally through token binding</p></li><li><p>Icon system (Phosphor, 24x24 frame, 1.5 stroke) with proper resize/rescale patterns</p></li></ul><h4><br>The Three Tests</h4><p>Every screen in Baseline passes the brief&#8217;s own acceptance criteria:</p><p><strong>The Slicker test</strong> &#8212; Would a user of any other racquet-booking app say &#8220;this is slicker than mine&#8221; within 3 seconds?</p><p><strong>The Strava test</strong> &#8212; Does this feel like an athlete&#8217;s app, not a booking app?</p><p><strong>The Whoop test</strong> &#8212; Does this surface tell me something about me, or just show me data? Suggested Image A closing hero image: a single device mockup showing H1 Home at an angle on a dark background, with the key project stats floating beside it as mint-colored data points (127 screens, 233 states, 82 tokens, 4 weeks, 1 designer). Clean, confident, final. Alternatively, a triptych of the three &#8220;test&#8221; moments: the slicker-than-competitors reaction, the athlete-identity feeling, the personal-data connection &#8212; each represented by the screen that best delivers it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hx7M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda06b303-0a4f-4bcf-a3ca-8ae172407513_3000x3000.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hx7M!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda06b303-0a4f-4bcf-a3ca-8ae172407513_3000x3000.webp 424w, 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20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h2><strong>0.5 Credits &amp; Tools</strong></h2><div><hr></div><p><strong>Signature Designer:</strong> Thiago Patriota</p><p><strong>Studio:</strong> Sentient (<a href="https://sentient.net.br/">sentient.net.br</a>)</p><p><strong>Client:</strong> Field / Procimo Tech (Portugal) / Guilherme Fontes</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Made in Brazil, with unreasonable care.</p><p><strong>Tools:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Figma (production design, components, variables, dev-mode handoff)</p></li><li><p>Figma MCP (AI-assisted design implementation via Model Context Protocol)</p></li><li><p>Claude Code (AI design agent orchestration, session continuity, brief analysis)</p></li><li><p>Phosphor Icons (icon system, 1.5 stroke weight)</p></li><li><p>Google Fonts (Oswald + Barlow)</p></li></ul><div 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class="image-caption"><a href="http://www.sentient.net.br">www.sentient.net.br</a></figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6><strong>Thiago Patriota</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 424w, 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Born &amp; Raised Brazillian. Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Advertising and Communication. Senior UX/UI Designer, Adept to autodidactism. Curious Soul. Published Author. Founder of <a href="https://sentient.net.br/">Sentient</a>. Co-founder of Agency Brasil. </p><p>Hire me at <a href="https://contra.com/thipatriota/work?r=thipatriota">Contra</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thipatriota/">LinkedIn</a><br><a href="http://behance.net/thipatriota">Behance</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zephyr.3 - Lula]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sonhos de Metal&#250;rgico em A&#231;o Presidencial]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/zephyr3-lula</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/zephyr3-lula</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:18:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c74d13a-ed07-495a-8253-5e0b271749ff_1748x1040.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong>3. 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que cansou de ser caduco</strong></em></p><p>Que foi curado com o trabalho duro</p><p>De uma voz rasgada em saturno</p><p>Daquele cora&#231;&#227;o maromba de orgulho</p><p>Que levanta supino no carnaval do justo</p><p>Tomando suco de sol no quintal</p><p><em><strong>Bronze natural&#8482;&#65039;</strong></em></p><p>Enquanto come jabuticaba ouvindo O Grilo</p><p>Com o volume interplanet&#225;rio de um ronco</p><p>De quem sonha com a primeira-dama</p><p>Que cheira a Rosa de fragr&#226;ncia &#226;ngela</p><p>Pois cuida do nosso jardim com a fortuna</p><p>Da maior <em>serial-killer</em> de ervas daninhas</p><p>Que n&#227;o h&#227;o de chegar nem perto </p><p>Do ic&#244;nico megafone dos menor que passam fome</p><p><em><strong>A hora &#233; agora, vem mudar nosso futuro.</strong></em></p><h1>Feche tuas portas menor</h1><p>Que o <strong>preto v&#233;io</strong> ta chegando</p><p><em><strong>Sou eu, sou eu, sou eu,</strong></em></p><p>Ele vai <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thiagopatriota/p/zephyr2-bennington?r=9liqi&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">arrombar </a>as suas comportas</p><p>E aguar suas hortas mortas</p><p>Educando sua tristeza absorta</p><p>Com sabedoria que nasceu na senzala</p><p>De todos os esp&#237;ritos escravizados na mazela</p><p>Daquela Lei &#193;urea h&#225; muito esquecida</p><p><em><strong>Se mate, v&#225; ao combate ou se mude</strong></em></p><p>Tome vergonha na porra da sua cara, fi</p><p>E pare de dar porrada na cara de sua amada</p><p>Uma na&#231;&#227;o que foi castrada de sua pr&#243;pria imensid&#227;o</p><p>Virando latas por mera falta de ora&#231;&#227;o</p><p>A uma cultura sem or&#231;amento para art&#237;stica interven&#231;&#227;o</p><p>Com descaso pelo abuso do passado</p><p>Que vira o estupro do nosso presente</p><p>Pois nossos <em><strong>livros ou romances n&#227;o </strong></em>nos <em><strong>iludem</strong></em></p><p>E nos resta cheirar o fiof&#243; dos outros</p><p>At&#233; cagarem na nossa cabe&#231;a</p><p>E nos viciarem na bostamerda industrializada</p><p>Daquele McDonalds nas veias saltadinhas</p><p>De sua e minha v&#243;zinhas, as mais v&#233;inhas das santinhas</p><p>Que nos ensinaram o poder das havaianas</p><p>Que s&#243; precisavam arder uma vez</p><p>Mas que esquecemos bebendo <em>brahma</em></p><p>Nas praias daqueles comerciais obscenos</p><p>De uma globo que romantiza adult&#233;rio</p><p>Com roteiros daquele carrasco sem crit&#233;rio</p><p><em><strong>Eu sei, eu sei, eu sei,</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Quem vai salvar o mundo</strong></em></p><p>&#201; voc&#234; acordando pra <em>caralhas</em> da sua vida</p><p>Pois a tua voz &#233; hero&#237;na pura</p><p>Pronta pra te chapar com aquele bagulho bom</p><p>Do orgulho santo pelo hippie r&#250;stico</p><p>N&#227;o sou eu quem to te oferecendo</p><p>Foi <strong>Jo&#227;o 1:1</strong> h&#225; muito tempo atr&#225;s, viu?</p><p>E s&#243; tem medo de vacina com agulha</p><p>Quem pratica blasf&#234;mia contra a m&#227;e ci&#234;ncia</p><p>E androide que n&#227;o veio da m&#227;e natureza</p><p>Na minha <em><strong><mark data-color="#d9ead3" style="background-color: rgb(217, 234, 211); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tribo</mark></strong></em> o m&#237;nimo &#233; tr&#234;s por vez</p><p>E na sua, tu fica querendo pular a vez?</p><p>Truco e boa sorte, cabe&#231;a de fantoche</p><p><em><strong>O her&#243;i saiu da trama e vai guiar sua loucura</strong></em></p><p>A paz conquistar&#225; e com a sua mulher se casar&#225;</p><p>Se teu ju&#237;zo voc&#234; n&#227;o conseguir encontrar</p><p>E dieta de viagra continuar a sustentar</p><p>Pois quem me ensinou a ter <em>morning glory</em></p><p>Foi Winston Churchill aquele v&#233;io <em>horny</em></p><p>Que operou o Milagre de Dunquerque</p><p>Enquanto fumava uns dez charutos por dia</p><p><em><strong>A </strong></em>hero&#237;na <em><strong>saiu da trama e vai guiar sua loucura</strong></em></p><p>Com as suas garras ela vai desfilar</p><p>E &#233; dan&#231;ando que com todas as guerras vai acabar</p><p>Pois &#233; com hidrata&#231;&#227;o que se salva uma na&#231;&#227;o</p><p>Morrendo de soberania menop&#225;usica</p><p>Que n&#227;o gera nada em &#250;tero pr&#243;prio</p><p>E ainda empresta tecnologia do corno loiro-os&#243;rio</p><p>Quando &#233; bem no quintal de minha casa</p><p>Que se encontra a ducha das Cataratas</p><p>Na Foz de um rio Igua&#231;u que respira Itaipu</p><p>E que produz energia para o meu, teu e nossos</p><p>Cuscuz sabor coentro veracruz</p><p>Mas que ser&#227;o roubados pelo Rubio</p><p>Daquele Marco de amea&#231;a absoluta</p><p>Que serve a um tirano racista</p><p>Enquanto vem de uma origem em Cuba</p><p>Que faz quest&#227;o de cuspir nos pr&#243;prios pais.</p><p>Deus me livre e guarde.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>3.1 Luiz In&#225;cio Lula da Silva</strong></h3><h6>O Maior Presidente da Hist&#243;ria do Brasil</h6><div><hr></div><p><strong>H&#195;</strong>? O que foi isso? Que bacanal verbal foi esse?</p><p>Eu hein. Baixaria do mais alto escal&#227;o vindo de um verdadeiro mar de un&#231;&#227;o: Odoy&#225; Iemanj&#225; &#127825;&#127754;</p><p>Nem acredito que escrevi tudo isso. Pode at&#233; parecer que estou tentando salvar um pa&#237;s inteiro de se tornar col&#244;nia americana</p><p>Mas na verdade mesmo, apenas escrevi um poema para Meu Presidente &#129392;</p><p>Algo que o cara de l&#225; jamais h&#225; de receber, pois s&#243; recebe homenagem quem &#233; digno de santa traquinagem.</p><p>Como Luiz In&#225;cio Lula da Silva, aquele que conhece a Rep&#250;blica Federativa do Brasil como Ayrton Senna conhecia as curvas de Interlagos e como Xuxa conhecia as curvas de Ayrton Senna &#129325;</p><p>Menor, tu j&#225; parou pra considerar, sequer por um instante, a natureza multidisciplinar de um Chefe de Estado?</p><p><strong>Pol&#237;tica e institui&#231;&#245;es:</strong> direito constitucional e administrativo, articula&#231;&#227;o pol&#237;tica, federalismo e gest&#227;o p&#250;blica. <strong>Economia:</strong> pol&#237;tica fiscal, pol&#237;tica monet&#225;ria, com&#233;rcio exterior e ind&#250;stria, agroneg&#243;cio e reforma agr&#225;ria, trabalho e previd&#234;ncia. <strong>&#193;reas sociais:</strong> sa&#250;de, educa&#231;&#227;o, assist&#234;ncia social, habita&#231;&#227;o e saneamento, direitos humanos e igualdade racial. <strong>Territ&#243;rio e recursos:</strong> meio ambiente e clima, energia, infraestrutura e transportes, quest&#245;es ind&#237;genas e fundi&#225;rias. <strong>Soberania e rela&#231;&#245;es externas:</strong> diplomacia, defesa, seguran&#231;a p&#250;blica e intelig&#234;ncia, tecnologia e soberania digital. <strong>Dimens&#227;o simb&#243;lica e humana:</strong> comunica&#231;&#227;o, cultura, gest&#227;o de crises e leitura social. <strong>Temperan&#231;a Budista:</strong> Lidar com Bolsonaros e <em>Vorcarianos</em>.</p><p>O curr&#237;culo de Lula carrega mais de 40 anos de <strong>equilibrismo</strong>, <strong>jogo de cintura </strong>e <strong>excel&#234;ncia </strong>por entre todas essas fun&#231;&#245;es que ele s&#243; pode ter aprendido como um dos maiores alunos da hist&#243;ria pol&#237;tica do Brasil.</p><p>&#201; exatamente por isso que hoje ele &#233; o professor dos maiores pol&#237;ticos e aspirantes a pol&#237;ticos de toda a na&#231;&#227;o de onde ele realmente veio: a na&#231;&#227;o planet&#225;ria dos humanos.</p><p>Um m&#233;rito como esse &#233; digno de aplauso at&#233; das esp&#233;cies alien&#237;genas que talvez tamb&#233;m existam por a&#237; na gal&#225;xia, mas conquistar tudo isso tendo nascido na regi&#227;o mais desfavorecida do pa&#237;s e come&#231;ado sua carreira nos ch&#227;os de uma f&#225;brica &#233; um m&#233;rito digno de absoluto respeito.</p><p>Fala s&#233;rio&#8230;</p><p>Eu disse absoluto respeito, menor.</p><p>E quem n&#227;o reconhece isso, <s>n&#227;o tem pai</s> n&#227;o entende absolutamente nada sobre a etimologia da palavra respeito.</p><p>Pois o verbo latim <em>respicere, </em>pai do substantivo<em> respeito</em>, significa: <strong>Olhar duas vezes para algo ou algu&#233;m, em vez de dar uma olhada r&#225;pida e superficial.</strong></p><p>Aten&#231;&#227;o leitor, se n&#227;o se julga um livro pela capa na hora de escolher seu parceiro[a] afetivo para a vida, quem em s&#227; consci&#234;ncia julga um livro pela capa na hora de escolher o <strong>PRESIDENTE</strong> de um pa&#237;s?</p><p>&#201; por isso que decidi sentar a busanfa na na cadeira e pesquisar a vida deste homem com minha lupa c&#243;smica.</p><p><strong>S&#243; para voc&#234; olhar mais uma vez.</strong></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Pc85!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35f46449-56b7-4d7f-84d3-d84ea263c4fd_3326x3312.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>Honoris Crux</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>O Brasil saiu do Mapa da Fome da ONU duas vezes, e as duas sa&#237;das est&#227;o ligadas &#224;s pol&#237;ticas de Lula.</strong> </p><ul><li><p><strong>2014:</strong> primeira sa&#237;da, resultado das pol&#237;ticas dos dois primeiros mandatos (Fome Zero, Bolsa Fam&#237;lia e sal&#225;rio m&#237;nimo).</p></li><li><p><strong>2019&#8211;2022</strong>, <strong>governo Bolsonaro</strong>: o pa&#237;s voltou ao mapa. O relat&#243;rio da ONU de 2022 mostrou a subalimenta&#231;&#227;o acima de 2,5% na m&#233;dia de 2019 a 2021. Pesaram a pandemia, a infla&#231;&#227;o dos alimentos e cortes em programas como o PAA e a pol&#237;tica de estoques p&#250;blicos. A deteriora&#231;&#227;o j&#225; vinha da recess&#227;o de 2015&#8211;2016.</p></li><li><p><strong>2025:</strong> segunda sa&#237;da, j&#225; no terceiro mandato de Lula, conforme o relat&#243;rio da ONU de julho de 2025.</p></li></ul></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Agora olha mais uma vez.</strong></p></div><h4><strong>Vida pessoal</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Nasceu em Caet&#233;s, ent&#227;o distrito de Garanhuns (PE), na mesma regi&#227;o onde a linda da minha tia morou com meus av&#243;s. Migrou para S&#227;o Paulo de pau de arara ainda crian&#231;a e superou uma inf&#226;ncia de pobreza extrema.</p></li><li><p>Estudou s&#243; quatro anos do prim&#225;rio e mesmo assim se formou torneiro mec&#226;nico pelo Senai.</p></li><li><p>Seguiu em frente com for&#231;a e esperan&#231;a brasileira depois de perder a primeira esposa e o filho durante a gravidez, em 1971.</p></li><li><p>Passou 581 dias preso; foi solto em 2019, teve as condena&#231;&#245;es anuladas pelo STF em 2021 e, em 2022, o Comit&#234; de Direitos Humanos da ONU concluiu que S&#233;rgio Moro foi parcial e que seus direitos foram violados. No mesmo ano, voltou a se eleger presidente.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Agora olha mais uma vez.</strong></p></div><h4><strong>Vida pol&#237;tica</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Liderou as grandes greves do ABC (1978&#8211;1980) em plena ditadura e chegou a ser preso por isso.</p></li><li><p>Fundou o PT (1980) e participou da cria&#231;&#227;o da CUT.</p></li><li><p>Foi uma das lideran&#231;as das Diretas J&#225; (1984).</p></li><li><p>Foi o deputado mais votado do pa&#237;s na elei&#231;&#227;o de 1986 e atuou na Constituinte que criou o SUS.</p></li><li><p>Em 2002, foi o primeiro oper&#225;rio eleito presidente da Rep&#250;blica, com 61% dos votos v&#225;lidos no segundo turno.</p></li><li><p>No seu governo, cerca de 23 milh&#245;es de pessoas sa&#237;ram da pobreza e 30 milh&#245;es chegaram &#224; &#8220;classe m&#233;dia baixa&#8221;.</p></li><li><p>O sal&#225;rio m&#237;nimo teve aumento real de 67% entre 2003 e 2010, segundo John French, e o desemprego caiu &#224;s menores taxas registradas at&#233; ent&#227;o.</p></li><li><p>Deixou o cargo em 2010 com mais de 80% de aprova&#231;&#227;o.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Agora olha mais uma vez.</strong></p></div><h4><strong>Programas sociais criados nos governos Lula</strong></h4><p><em>2003&#8211;2010</em></p><ul><li><p><strong>Fome Zero</strong> e <strong>Bolsa Fam&#237;lia</strong> (2003): combate &#224; fome e transfer&#234;ncia de renda.</p></li><li><p><strong>Luz para Todos</strong> (2003): energia el&#233;trica no campo.</p></li><li><p><strong>SAMU</strong> (2003) e <strong>UPAs</strong> (2008): amplia&#231;&#227;o do <strong>SUS</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Brasil Sorridente</strong> (2004): sa&#250;de bucal no <strong>SUS</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Farm&#225;cia Popular</strong> (2004): rem&#233;dios gratuitos ou com desconto.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prouni</strong> (2004) e <strong>Reuni</strong> (2007): acesso ao ensino superior.</p></li><li><p><strong>PAC</strong> (2007): investimento em infraestrutura.</p></li><li><p><strong>Minha Casa, Minha Vida</strong> (2009): habita&#231;&#227;o popular.</p></li></ul><p><em>2023 em diante</em></p><ul><li><p><strong>Novo Bolsa Fam&#237;lia</strong> (2023): adicional por crian&#231;a.</p></li><li><p><strong>Desenrola Brasil</strong> (2023): renegocia&#231;&#227;o de d&#237;vidas.</p></li><li><p><strong>P&#233;-de-Meia</strong> (2024): poupan&#231;a para manter alunos no ensino m&#233;dio.</p></li><li><p><strong>Retomada do Mais M&#233;dicos</strong>.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Agora olha mais uma vez.</strong></p></div><h4><strong>Conquistas Recentes</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Pobreza no menor n&#237;vel da hist&#243;ria:</strong> em 2024, a pobreza caiu para 23,1% da popula&#231;&#227;o e a extrema pobreza para 3,5%, os menores &#237;ndices desde o in&#237;cio da s&#233;rie do IBGE, em 2012. Em um ano, 8,6 milh&#245;es de pessoas sa&#237;ram da pobreza.</p></li><li><p><strong>Desemprego recorde de baixa:</strong> a taxa chegou a 5,2% no trimestre encerrado em novembro de 2025, o menor &#237;ndice desde 2012. O n&#250;mero de desempregados, 5,6 milh&#245;es, foi o menor j&#225; registrado pela pesquisa.</p></li><li><p><strong>Isen&#231;&#227;o do Imposto de Renda at&#233; R$ 5 mil:</strong> sancionada em 26/11/2025 e em vigor desde 1&#186;/01/2026. Quem ganha at&#233; R$ 7.350 tem desconto parcial, e a perda de arrecada&#231;&#227;o &#233; compensada com um imposto m&#237;nimo sobre as rendas mais altas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Desmatamento na Amaz&#244;nia:</strong> os alertas do Inpe (sistema Deter) ca&#237;ram 36% entre agosto de 2025 e julho de 2026, para o menor n&#237;vel desde o in&#237;cio da s&#233;rie, em 2016.</p></li><li><p><strong>Alian&#231;a Global contra a Fome e a Pobreza:</strong> lan&#231;ada por Lula em 2024, durante a presid&#234;ncia brasileira do G20, com ades&#227;o de 81 pa&#237;ses.</p></li><li><p><strong>COP30 em Bel&#233;m (2025):</strong> o Brasil sediou a confer&#234;ncia do clima da ONU na Amaz&#244;nia.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p><strong><mark data-color="#fce5cd" style="background-color: rgb(252, 229, 205); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agora olha mais uma &#250;ltima vez</mark></strong></p></div><p><strong>Gol Ol&#237;mpico no Final da Copa do Mundo do EA Sports FC 26</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Proibi&#231;&#227;o das bets (2026):</strong> em 25/09/2026, Lula assinou a MP 1.394, que proibiu totalmente as apostas esportivas e jogos online em todo o pa&#237;s. A medida j&#225; est&#225; em vigor, mas ainda precisa ser aprovada pelo Congresso para se tornar definitiva.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><h4>Refer&#234;ncias</h4><p>FRENCH, John D. Lula e a pol&#237;tica da ast&#250;cia: de metal&#250;rgico a presidente do Brasil. Tradu&#231;&#227;o de Lia Machado Fortes. S&#227;o Paulo: Express&#227;o Popular; Funda&#231;&#227;o Perseu Abramo, 2022.</p><p>JORNAL CONT&#193;BIL. Lula faz an&#250;ncios sobre P&#233;-de-Meia e Farm&#225;cia Popular em rede nacional. Jornal Cont&#225;bil, [S. l.], [2025?].</p><p>JORNAL DO BRASIL. Brasil sai do Mapa da Fome, indica relat&#243;rio da ONU. Jornal do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, jul. 2025.</p><p>MORAIS, Fernando. Lula: biografia. S&#227;o Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2021. v. 1.</p><p>MORAIS, Fernando. Lula: biografia. S&#227;o Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2026. v. 2.</p><p>O POVO. Brasil sai do mapa da fome ap&#243;s tr&#234;s anos. O Povo, Fortaleza, 28 jul. 2025.</p><p>CONGRESSO EM FOCO. Taxa de desemprego atinge 5,2%, o menor &#237;ndice desde 2012. <strong>Congresso em Foco</strong>, Bras&#237;lia, 1 jan. 2026.</p><p>DI&#193;RIO DO NORDESTE. N&#237;vel de pobreza no Brasil &#233; o menor desde 2012, diz IBGE. <strong>Di&#225;rio do Nordeste</strong>, Fortaleza, 3 dez. 2025.</p><p>FORBES BRASIL. Brasil lan&#231;a Alian&#231;a Global contra a Fome com apoio de 81 pa&#237;ses e Funda&#231;&#227;o Bill Gates. <strong>Forbes Brasil</strong>, S&#227;o Paulo, nov. 2024.</p><p>ITATIAIA. Imposto de Renda: veja a nova tabela ap&#243;s Lula sancionar isen&#231;&#227;o para at&#233; R$ 5 mil. <strong>Itatiaia</strong>, Belo Horizonte, 26 nov. 2025.</p><p>JORNAL DO BRASIL. Desmatamento na Amaz&#244;nia cai 36,87% e atinge menor n&#237;vel desde 2016. <strong>Jornal do Brasil</strong>, Rio de Janeiro, 7 ago. 2026.</p></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Poster Colecion&#225;vel</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luNt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b0681ec-c84e-42b2-9db7-1b78fcaa2b1c_3509x4961.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luNt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b0681ec-c84e-42b2-9db7-1b78fcaa2b1c_3509x4961.jpeg 424w, 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Introduction</h3><p>Hey reader.</p><p>I will be straightforward with you.</p><p>The theme of this issue is a mind bending paradox.</p><p>The grandiosity of this theme is such that it made even Plato hypocritical</p><p>Yes, I said Plato.</p><p>And hypocritical, not hypercritical.</p><p>Thus, be advised before reading - this issue might make you confused for a while.</p><p>But a much needed epiphany might land eventually.</p><p>Or you will just stay confused&#8230; But at least I warned you.</p><p>There is something else to consider&#8230;</p><p>Writing this article will be like a freestyle rap.</p><p>I usually research a topic in-depth before bringing it to Agency.</p><p>Or at least make sure I integrated the topic properly before writing about it.</p><p>But this time I will make an experiment - I will research it as I write the issue.</p><p>It&#8217;s called documented field research. Mr. Darwin taught it to me.</p><p>The last time I was stuck in a greek concept like this one, I was frying eggs in my brain trying to understand &#8216;<strong>akrasia</strong><em>&#8217;</em></p><p>Akrasia is a phenomenon. It refers to the problem of how someone can knowingly act against what they believe is best.</p><p>If a person judges action A to be better than B, they should prefer A; and if they genuinely prefer A, they should choose it. Yet people sometimes choose B anyway.</p><p>Akrasia is the philosophical name for this failure of action (or will) to follow one&#8217;s better judgment.</p><p>Like when you eat way more than you know you should.</p><p>Or like knowing you need to study for a test, but reaching for your phone instead.</p><p>You recognize what the better action is, yet still choose against your own judgment. That gap between knowing and doing is akrasia.</p><p>Socrates argues that akrasia is not really acting against knowledge, but acting from a mistaken judgment about what is best in the moment.</p><p>According to Socrates&#8217; account of akrasia, what seems like weakness of will or moral failure is, ultimately an error of knowledge or judgment.</p><p>In other words&#8230; it&#8217;s plain ignorance.</p><p>Because&#8230; no one knowingly chooses what they truly understand to be wrong?</p><p>Let&#8217;s hold the horses here, Socrates.</p><p>It&#8217;s enticing to think that many of the bizarre things done today by demagogues (a word that curiously resembles the Demogorgons from Stranger Things) and technocrats come from mere ignorance.</p><p>But the discussion of good and evil within the human nature is a much deeper theme. Let&#8217;s not go there right now.</p><p>Among the <em>Greymanes</em>, my dragon-riding people, we believe these men mentioned above are sexually troubled, tormented by intrusive thoughts associated with SO-OCD.</p><p>(Don&#8217;t dwell on the previous line too much, or eventually, it&#8217;ll all just click, and you&#8217;ll become illuminated.)</p><p>(And if you do become illuminated, don&#8217;t shine too brightly. The sunlight bothers the <em>Demogorgons</em>. Good thing they can&#8217;t handle a girl named Eleven.)</p><p>But enough about <strong>Akrasia</strong> (&#7936;&#954;&#961;&#945;&#963;&#943;&#945;).</p><p>I&#8217;m starting to lose my <em>Greymane </em>decorum here.</p><p>Let&#8217;s dive into <strong>Pharmakon </strong>(&#966;&#940;&#961;&#956;&#945;&#954;&#959;&#957;)</p><p>Believe it or not, it is one of the Greek roots behind words like <strong>pharmacy</strong>, <strong>pharmacology</strong>, and <strong>pharmaceutical</strong>.</p><p>You have been going to pharmacies your whole life and never even wondered where the name came from?</p><p>Me neither.</p><p>There&#8217;s more to it though.</p><p>The meaning of <em>pharmakon</em> was far broader and more ambiguous than the modern english <em>pharmacy</em>.</p><p>It could mean <strong>drug</strong>, <strong>medicine</strong>, <strong>remedy</strong>, <strong>poison</strong>, or <strong>potion</strong>.</p><p>That ambiguity is important because the word did not originally separate &#8220;cure&#8221; from &#8220;harm&#8221;</p><p>Unlike a word that can be clearly traced to older Indo-European roots, <em>pharmakon</em> has no universally accepted earlier derivation. Because of that, some linguists have suggested it may come from a pre-Greek language.</p><p>Let&#8217;s investigate it.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>26.1 Written Words as Pharmakon</strong></h3><h6><strong>To write or not to write?</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div id="youtube2-nafGzq0prOQ" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;nafGzq0prOQ&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:&quot;1008&quot;,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nafGzq0prOQ?start=1008&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Much attention to the coolest reference I brought above to you, reader.</p><p>In Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey, which takes place in Ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War, the player eventually meets Socrates, who talks about writing as a pharmakon.</p><p>Below is the script of this dialogue.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Player<strong>:</strong><br>Just remembered a student of yours has been taking notes of your teachings. </p><p>*Socrates throws papers in the fire<br><br><strong>Player:</strong><br>What did you do that for?</p><p><strong>Socrates:</strong><br>Nobody asked him to write down my words.</p><p><strong>Player:</strong><br>Even so, why not keep it? Share it with others?</p><p><strong>Socrates:</strong><br>Because of a story I was told as a boy.</p><p><strong>Player:</strong><br>All right, let&#8217;s hear it.</p><p><strong>Socrates:</strong><br>The king of Egypt, Thamus, was visited by the god Theuth. Theuth offered the invention of writing to the king and told him it was an elixir of memory and wisdom.</p><p>But Thamus disagreed. He believed the people would no longer use their memories, for they would simply read instead.</p><p>These written words would not offer true wisdom, but only the appearance of such.</p><p><strong>Player:</strong><br>You don&#8217;t want your words written down so others can&#8217;t use them to pretend to be smart.</p><p><strong>Socrates:</strong><br>Much like creatures in a painting, the words sit there, unmoving. If you ask them a question, they will preserve a solemn silence. And no matter how many times you ask, they will only ever say the same thing.</p><p>They cannot defend their message.</p><p><strong>Player:</strong><br>That&#8217;s the part you like. The defense of your words.</p><p><strong>Socrates:</strong><br>All who speak should defend their words if questioned about them.</p><p>That is why I choose to speak and not write.</p><p>That is why any words of mine that last beyond my final breath will be those that people choose to remember.</p><p>Those words will be true wisdom and not an illusion.</p></div><p>And so, this dialogue from a video game explains something about our real world: why Socrates never wrote a single book.</p><p>It explains why Socrates never wrote a single book.</p><p>We only know his myth because his student Plato wrote it down in the dialogue <em>Phaedrus</em>.</p><p>And Plato, by a twist of fate, went on to write extensively, putting words into Socrates&#8217; mouth that the philosopher himself might never have spoken.</p><p>Yes, reader. Plato condemned writing&#8230; in writing.</p><p>And thus, we arrive at the concept of <strong>Pharmakon</strong></p><p>Because, as Plato argued, when we write down words</p><p>Just like I&#8217;m doing right here on this Agency newsletter</p><p>I&#8217;m transferring them from memory to (digital) paper, so that they can live forever in a document, while my mind may eventually forget them.</p><p>That&#8217;s the paradox and the effect of Pharmakon: An exchange</p><p>A change of state.</p><p>Words change state: dynamic when spoken by my voice, static when written on paper.</p><p>Why should I consider writing if even Socrates himself didn&#8217;t? You might ask me, reader&#8230;</p><p>Well, because I&#8217;m Socrates&#8217; bastard baby boy and I do things differently from the heroic dinosaurs of the past.</p><p>(Please don&#8217;t tell anyone, or they&#8217;ll make me drink the hemlock&#8230; I&#8217;m actually down for it if it&#8217;s for the greater good: defending the truth.)</p><p>(After all, heroes are always immortalized by artists, like Socrates was by Jacques-Louis David in the painting The Death of Socrates. We already talked about this in a previous issue.)</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;785131ca-55d4-4f78-8c38-740a003003bb&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. 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Lightfeather is a contemporary storytelling hierophant and a seasoned marketing executive who has found in writing his weapon to fight every necessary battle for the advent of a world with bold and inspiring new heroes and stories.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9421aa27-6a45-4cab-a10e-e7987a54c203_250x250.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Sentient Publishing House&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1447813}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-25T10:30:10.349Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/48932160-5716-4afd-baa8-9aab853d598c_4096x4096.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/zephyr1-kazantzakis&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:130737411,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:1,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>Let&#8217;s not deviate from the main subject.</p><p>You should write too reader - not because you should avoid becoming a dinosaur</p><p>But because the true meaning of pharmakon, of navigating between cure and poison&#8230;</p><p>Is to change states. Trying new things. Being new versions of yourself.</p><p>And you can only do that by writing down how you think today and what troubles your feelings right now.</p><p>So that when tomorrow comes, you look back into what a previous version of yourself had to say, what you were feeling.</p><p>Socrates was right about the fact that written words can&#8217;t be defended.</p><p>They can become false, outdated, useless&#8230; They can even become legal evidence that puts you in trouble.</p><p>They can become a divorce paper you regret</p><p>As much as they can become a divorce paper you celebrate.</p><p>But in some cases, they can be the only pharmakon for your problems.</p><p>After all, nobody would ever refuse a supreme pill of universal cure.</p><p>And there is no amount of prescription drugs that can help you change the state of sick or healthy in many non biological aspects of life</p><p>And if changing states is the true pharmakon&#8230;</p><p>Then writing is one of the oldest ways to take it.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>26.2 Remedy as Pharmakon</strong></h3><h6><strong>To drink or not to drink?</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>The Algerian-born philosopher Jacques Derrida wrote extensively about all of this in his essay &#8220;Plato&#8217;s Pharmacy,&#8221; where he connects the ambiguous concept of pharmakon to a related word: pharmakos.</p><p>A pharmakos (plural: pharmakoi) is a human scapegoat in ancient Greek religion. During the Athenian festival of the Thargelia, people from the margins of the city were chosen, ritually struck, and driven out to purify the community.</p><p>The scapegoat is fascinating because it is both inside and outside the city. It must belong to the community to carry its impurity, and then it is expelled. It is evil (cast out) and remedy (purifies) at once.</p><p>Reader, think about this for a second. To this day, every remedy is a pharmakon. You take a painkiller to expel the pain, but it can bring its own poison with it, like nausea or dizziness. The cure and the harm come in the same capsule.</p><p>And here is the darkest twist. Socrates himself became a pharmakos. Athens accused him of poisoning the minds of the youth and expelled him the only way you can expel someone permanently: by making him drink a pharmakon. The hemlock. The city cast out its own medicine, a man we still study to this day, believing he was poison.</p><p>One of the founding ideas of modern pharmacology came in the 16th century from a Swiss physician with the most bombastic name: Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.</p><p>A.K.A, Daddy Paracelsus</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3y65!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62c14b78-0975-400f-beb3-73c79b32b152_250x333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3y65!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62c14b78-0975-400f-beb3-73c79b32b152_250x333.jpeg 424w, 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15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Such a bombastic doctor. <em>(Portrait after Quentin Matsys. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43352">Public domain</a>, via Wikimedia Commons.)</em>.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Nowadays people call him a mere alchemist but he paved most of the way to the medicine box you have in your home today.</p><p>He argued that everything is poison and nothing is without poison, and that only the dose separates the two.</p><p>So no substance is a cure or a poison by nature. Every substance changes state depending on the quantity, the timing, and the body receiving it. Today, pharmacologists measure this with the <em>therapeutic index</em>: the distance between the dose that heals and the dose that harms.</p><p>I would also add a &#8220;<em>psychosomatic index</em>&#8221; to that, because mind and body are deeply intertwined. It is also why placebo medicine plays such an important role in pharmacological research.</p><p>But so far we have only talked about chemistry and pharmacy.</p><p>Pharmakon goes far beyond that.</p><p>Because you can apply pharmakon to many different things in life right away - it&#8217;s just a matter of changing states, remember?</p><p>Let&#8217;s try and make a list:</p><ol><li><p>If there is someone that oppresses you, you change state by establishing boundaries.</p></li><li><p>If you are used to telling lies and find yourself in a life of appearances, you can change states by telling the truth.</p></li><li><p>If you find yourself with someone you don&#8217;t love as a partner, you can change states by kicking his/her ass out of your life.</p></li><li><p>If you find yourself in a life you hate, you can change its state to a life you love by changing&#8230; many different states!</p></li><li><p>If you are not used to changing states, you can start changing that very state in the most simple things, like changing the brand of your coffee.</p></li><li><p>If you are not happy with your work, you change states by quitting or sending resumes to other companies.</p></li><li><p>If you are not happy with your country, you change states by immigrating.</p></li><li><p>If you are a religious person that practices your dogma with loyalty but still find yourself in a miserable life, you change states by exploring new religions and dogmas.</p></li><li><p>If you think that you are a weak person and that people take advantage of you, you change states by getting stronger: by either lifting books or weights in the gym.</p></li><li><p>If someone in your family keeps hurting you, you change states by calling it out.</p></li></ol><p>See how the concept of pharmakon can be applied in many different things?</p><p>The cure is in the process of <strong>changing</strong> state, not the effect you get after &#8220;taking the pill&#8221;.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6><strong>Thiago Patriota</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SfM3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0508ebb-9987-4a75-b745-25afa26fd63c_1440x1798.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SfM3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0508ebb-9987-4a75-b745-25afa26fd63c_1440x1798.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SfM3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0508ebb-9987-4a75-b745-25afa26fd63c_1440x1798.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h2>Conto: O Dia Fora do Tempo</h2><p>H&#225; muito tempo atr&#225;s, quando a chuva ainda molhava a pele e o sol esquentava os cabelos, dois Xam&#227;s de tribos diferentes se encontraram para consagrar um novo mist&#233;rio da natureza.</p><p>Um havia descido &#224;s profundezas da Amaz&#244;nia e de l&#225; trouxe uma folha m&#225;gica que cheirava a terra molhada e sussurrava quando o vento passava. O outro havia subido t&#227;o alto nas copas que seus p&#233;s esqueceram o ch&#227;o: de l&#225; trouxe um cip&#243; sagrado que se enrolava como cobra adormecida e pulsava como cora&#231;&#227;o vivo.</p><p>Buscaram um ao outro porque a M&#227;e havia lan&#231;ado sobre seus cl&#227;s um desafio que nenhum dos dois conseguia carregar sozinho.</p><p>A tribo do ch&#227;o passava por uma epidemia de pesadelos. Todas as noites ao fecharem os olhos, viam meteoros rasgando o c&#233;u em chamas - acordavam com o peito aflito e o medo estava presente em cada passo que davam em seus dias. Uma crian&#231;a parou de dormir. Um anci&#227;o chorava antes mesmo de anoitecer. O dia virou ref&#250;gio e a noite virou inimigo.</p><p>A tribo do c&#233;u havia acordado com alergia do mundo verde. A pele ardia ao tocar qualquer folha. O pulm&#227;o queimava com o pr&#243;prio ar da floresta. Quando tocavam os p&#233;s na terra do ch&#227;o, perdiam todo o equil&#237;brio do cora&#231;&#227;o. Como se o ch&#227;o os rejeitasse, como se a natureza tivesse esquecido seus nomes - viviam suspensos entre o c&#233;u e a terra, sem pertencer a nenhum dos dois.</p><p>Assim, os dois curandeiros mandaram construir uma casa na &#225;gua, no meio do rio que dividia o territ&#243;rio de cada tribo, onde nenhuma lei vigorava e nenhum p&#225;ssaro pousava sem permiss&#227;o. Era um lugar que n&#227;o pertencia nem ao ch&#227;o, nem ao c&#233;u, nem ao tempo. Pertencia apenas &#224;quele encontro e &#224; cria&#231;&#227;o de uma nova vacina herbal.</p><p>Quando adentraram aquela casa, o dia se tornou noite. A floresta se silenciou. Todos os animais, todos os homens e todas as plantas observavam de longe, pois sabiam que algo estava nascendo naquele dia fora do tempo.</p><p>Dentro, os dois Xam&#227;s n&#227;o falavam a mesma l&#237;ngua mas respiravam a mesma voca&#231;&#227;o. O cip&#243; sagrado, encontrado na altura dos c&#233;us, exigia a for&#231;a bruta da terra, o rugido do pulm&#227;o, o tremor das m&#227;os, o machado de pedra que partia a raiz. As folhas m&#225;gicas pediam o oposto, a leveza, o sopro, a m&#227;o que toca sem pesar. Durante horas que se estenderam em semanas dentro de um &#250;nico dia, os dois ficaram em sil&#234;ncio, de costas um para o outro, habitando o conhecimento alheio - onde aprender o outro era a &#250;nica forma de se completar.</p><p>Sopros, borbulhos, lenhas crepitando, batidas e terremotos podiam ser ouvidos dentro da casa na &#225;gua at&#233; que enfim o trabalho se encerrou e os dois Xam&#227;s abriram um novo portal - transformando a mais longa das noites em um amanhecer de pura adora&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>O que carregavam nas m&#227;os ainda n&#227;o tinha nome. Era cip&#243; e folha, c&#233;u e ch&#227;o, for&#231;a e delicadeza fermentados na mesma panela. Uma vacina herbal, n&#227;o contra uma bact&#233;ria ou um v&#237;rus, mas contra o esquecimento: o esquecimento de que o homem pertence &#224; terra, de que o c&#233;u n&#227;o &#233; distante, de que o medo pode ser atravessado. Era a medicina que a M&#227;e escondera para que s&#243; pudesse ser encontrada quando dois opostos aceitassem se sentar juntos na &#225;gua.</p><p>Deram a beber para a crian&#231;a que havia parado de dormir. Deram a beber para o anci&#227;o que chorava antes de anoitecer. Deram a beber para os que ardiam ao tocar a terra.</p><p>E a floresta, que havia ficado em sil&#234;ncio por semanas, voltou a cantar.</p><p>O que nasceu naquele rio, naquele dia fora do calend&#225;rio, carrega at&#233; hoje o nome que a &#225;gua escolheu.</p><p><strong>Ayahuasca.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h2>Introdu&#231;&#227;o</h2><p>Nesse artigo, a Agency Brasil apresenta um guia compreensivo acerca das principais d&#250;vidas por tr&#225;s da cultura da Ayahuasca, explorando desde as ra&#237;zes hist&#243;ricas da bebida at&#233; os segredos do seu preparo, os efeitos biopsicossociais no organismo, o debate cient&#237;fico atual sobre o assunto e os detalhes da pr&#225;tica ritual que levantamos com uma pesquisa de campo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Ayahuasca &#233; origin&#225;ria da Amaz&#244;nia, o bioma mais rico da Am&#233;rica do Sul e o ambiente com maior biodiversidade do planeta: abriga cerca de 10% de todas as esp&#233;cies vivas da Terra, concentra o maior volume de &#225;gua doce superficial do mundo, re&#250;ne mais de 390 bilh&#245;es de &#225;rvores de aproximadamente 16 mil esp&#233;cies diferentes, abriga entre 5.000 e 10.000 mil plantas com potencial farmac&#234;utico e ainda guarda mais de 100 povos ind&#237;genas que nunca tiveram contato com a sociedade n&#227;o ind&#237;gena. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ec681d" style="color: rgb(236, 104, 29);">1</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Foi nesse ambiente singular que os povos origin&#225;rios latinos encontraram um ente&#243;geno capaz de ensinar sobre a origem da vida, acolher a alma e aben&#231;oar o corpo humano com uma verdadeira renova&#231;&#227;o do ser e com a busca de um significado profundo da exist&#234;ncia. Estudar a Ayahuasca &#233; o primeiro passo para compreender seu impacto na hist&#243;ria do povo latino-americano, sua rela&#231;&#227;o com a ancestralidade do nosso continente e principalmente, a import&#226;ncia hist&#243;rico-cultural-espiritual que ela assumiu para a na&#231;&#227;o brasileira.</p><h2>O que &#233; a Ayahuasca?</h2><p>Etimologicamente, o termo A<em>yahuasca</em> &#233; origin&#225;rio do dialeto andino qu&#233;chua, formado pelas express&#245;es <em>aya</em> (almas ou esp&#237;ritos) e <em>huasca</em> (cip&#243;), podendo ser traduzido como &#8220;cip&#243; das almas&#8221; ou &#8220;cip&#243; dos esp&#237;ritos&#8221; - denomina&#231;&#227;o que coexiste com in&#250;meros outros nomes regionais, como natema, yag&#233;, caapi, nixi pae, daime e vegetal, que variam conforme o contexto cultural, geogr&#225;fico e religioso. Ela &#233; utilizada h&#225; s&#233;culos por povos amer&#237;ndios da Amaz&#244;nia em pa&#237;ses como Peru, Col&#244;mbia, Bol&#237;via, Equador e Brasil. A bebida chegou aos centros urbanos brasileiros no in&#237;cio do s&#233;culo XX, durante o ciclo da borracha, dando origem &#224;s primeiras religi&#245;es ayahuasqueiras, entre elas o Santo Daime, fundado por Raimundo Irineu Serra em Rio Branco, no Acre. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">2</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Ayahuasca &#233; considerado um ente&#243;geno, termo que se origina do grego, <em>entheos </em>(&#8220;Deus dentro&#8221;) e <em>gen </em>(&#8220;tornar-se&#8221;), remetendo &#224;quilo que &#8220;gera o divino internamente&#8221;. Ela &#233; preparada a partir da decoc&#231;&#227;o do cip&#243; <em>Banisteriopsis caapi,</em> o jagube - e das folhas do arbusto <em>Psychotria viridis,</em> a chacrona. A folha libera DMT, que &#233; o princ&#237;pio ativo do ch&#225;. O cip&#243; libera &#946;-carbolinas como a harmina, harmalina e tetrahidroharmina, que inibem a enzima MAO-A no trato gastrointestinal, que degrada o DMT presente nas folhas. A mistura faz com que o DMT dure mais tempo no organismo e viabiliza sua chegada ao c&#233;rebro, onde atua em receptores serotonin&#233;rgicos (5-HT<sub>2A</sub>), produzindo estados alterados de consci&#234;ncia ligados ao processamento emocional e &#224; introspec&#231;&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Trata-se, portanto, de uma combina&#231;&#227;o sin&#233;rgica e indissoci&#225;vel, pois sem as &#946;-carbolinas do jagube, o DMT da chacrona seria degradado antes de exercer qualquer efeito. Essa interdepend&#234;ncia bioqu&#237;mica reflete, em n&#237;vel molecular, a mesma l&#243;gica de integra&#231;&#227;o que caracteriza o uso ritual da bebida: a experi&#234;ncia com a Ayahuasca n&#227;o se reduz &#224; sua qu&#237;mica, sendo insepar&#225;vel do contexto, da inten&#231;&#227;o e da estrutura simb&#243;lica em que &#233; consumida.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A bebida tem um estatuto singular entre as plantas de poder e explica sua expans&#227;o para al&#233;m das fronteiras amaz&#244;nicas, consolidando-a como um dos fen&#244;menos etnofarmacol&#243;gicos mais estudados e debatidos da atualidade. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">3</span></sup></strong></p><h2>Origem e Hist&#243;ria</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Para conhecer a origem da Ayahuasca, &#233; fundamental entender a dimens&#227;o territorial da floresta Amaz&#244;nica Brasileira, que compartilha territ&#243;rio com outros 8 pa&#237;ses: Peru, Bol&#237;via, Col&#244;mbia, Venezuela, Guiana, Suriname, Equador e Guiana Francesa. Essa vasta coabita&#231;&#227;o de diferentes origens nativas em um &#250;nico bioma originou diferentes intera&#231;&#245;es com toda a riqueza de fauna e flora, refletindo a diversidade cultural e espiritual de cada povo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Apesar de n&#227;o existir um consenso cient&#237;fico acerca de qual tribo originou a primeira intera&#231;&#227;o com a Ayahuasca, sabe-se que esse uso sacramental remonta &#224; pr&#233;-hist&#243;ria, ocorrendo desde 2.000 Antes da Era Comum (AEC, ou AC). Mais de 72 tribos ind&#237;genas de diversas etnias diferentes foram identificadas como as precursoras do uso <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">4</span></sup></strong>, entretanto, os primeiros relatos documentados datam no s&#233;culo XVIII, quando mission&#225;rios Jesu&#237;tas tiveram um primeiro contato com o uso da bebida na regi&#227;o do Rio Napo, que fica hoje entre Peru e Equador. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">5</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Em um estudo publicado pelo antrop&#243;logo brasileiro Pedro Luz, destaca-se o uso da <em>Banisteriopsis caapi</em> (o cip&#243; central da composi&#231;&#227;o da Ayahuasca) como um fen&#244;meno cultural pan-amaz&#244;nico, ou seja, que atravessa toda a Amaz&#244;nia. O artigo do antrop&#243;logo cobre tr&#234;s grandes fam&#237;lias lingu&#237;sticas que consagravam com o cip&#243;: Pano, Aru&#225;k e Tukano, que se distribu&#237;am entre os territ&#243;rios amaz&#244;nicos no Acre, Peru, Bol&#237;via, Amaz&#244;nia Central, Alto Rio Negro, Col&#244;mbia e Equador. Essa rela&#231;&#227;o dos povos origin&#225;rios da Amaz&#244;nia com o cip&#243; jagube nos mostra como a Ayahuasca possui uma origem &#237;ntima com a Am&#233;rica do Sul, uma medicina nascida de um bioma espec&#237;fico e de uma planta que n&#227;o existe em nenhum outro lugar do mundo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">O autor aponta que povos com l&#237;nguas completamente distintas, vivendo em regi&#245;es diferentes da Amaz&#244;nia, chegaram &#224;s mesmas conclus&#245;es simb&#243;licas sobre o cip&#243; e seu uso:</p><ul><li><p style="text-align: justify;">A realidade cotidiana &#233; limitada e ilus&#243;ria</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">Existe um &#8220;outro lado&#8221; mais real, habitado por esp&#237;ritos</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">A planta &#233; o ve&#237;culo para acessar esse outro lado</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">As vis&#245;es t&#234;m status absoluto de verdade, n&#227;o de alucina&#231;&#227;o</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">A bebida est&#225; ligada ao destino p&#243;s-morte e &#224; imortalidade</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">O xam&#227; &#233; o mediador qualificado dessa experi&#234;ncia</p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">A planta tem fun&#231;&#227;o pedag&#243;gica e terap&#234;utica</p></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">Ou seja, o cip&#243; &#233; um elemento constitutivo da identidade cultural e cosmol&#243;gica desses povos, t&#227;o fundamental quanto o fogo ou a linguagem. Para os Makuna da fam&#237;lia lingu&#237;stica Tukano, inclusive, a cultura humana s&#243; surgiu quando os homens receberam o cip&#243;. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">6</span></sup></strong> Parece que n&#227;o foi o homem que deu sentido &#224; planta, foi a planta que deu sentido ao homem amaz&#244;nico ancestral. &#201; como se ela fosse parte de um inconsciente que habitava as matas e que foi absorvido pelos povos que encontrou a planta.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Diversas prepara&#231;&#245;es eram feitas: algumas apenas com o cip&#243;, outras com aditivos variados. Assim, a <em>Banisteriopsis caapi</em> sempre foi o eixo central na pr&#225;tica medicinal origin&#225;ria da bacia amaz&#244;nica, enquanto as folhas variavam entre diferentes esp&#233;cies. Eventualmente, a chacrona se consolidou como a combina&#231;&#227;o mais popular com o cip&#243;, sendo essa a f&#243;rmula que o Santo Daime e outras tradi&#231;&#245;es brasileiras viriam a difundir.</p><h5 style="text-align: justify;">A Expans&#227;o da Medicina Atrav&#233;s do Santo Daime</h5><p style="text-align: justify;">Em meados de 1930, nasceu no interior da Amaz&#244;nia, no Acre, uma nova religi&#227;o inteiramente brasileira conhecida como Santo Daime. Seu fundador foi Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra, um seringueiro nascido em Maranh&#227;o - ele viria a se tornar um dos mais importantes l&#237;deres espirituais da na&#231;&#227;o. Ele havia migrado para o Acre durante o ciclo da borracha, um per&#237;odo de grande expans&#227;o econ&#244;mica e disrup&#231;&#227;o territorial na regi&#227;o da Amaz&#244;nia, per&#237;odo esse que havia chegado com muitas mudan&#231;as.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">De acordo com o antrop&#243;logo Monteiro da Silva, o nascimento do Santo Daime foi uma resposta natural &#224; crise que a popula&#231;&#227;o amaz&#244;nica viveu naquele per&#237;odo. A industrializa&#231;&#227;o da regi&#227;o n&#227;o apenas explorou seus recursos, mas tamb&#233;m a invalidou culturalmente, destruindo refer&#234;ncias simb&#243;licas e amea&#231;ando a tradi&#231;&#227;o daqueles povos. Ap&#243;s terem suas rela&#231;&#245;es sociais e culturais radicalmente transformadas, surgiu a necessidade de reconstruir o la&#231;o ancestral que dava sentido &#224;s suas exist&#234;ncias. Como um rem&#233;dio contra a crise que a modernidade gerou, consolidaram-se novos credos que resguardavam a tradi&#231;&#227;o local e a medicina da floresta como cora&#231;&#227;o. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">7</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">O impacto dessa resist&#234;ncia simb&#243;lica foi t&#227;o concreto que, cinco d&#233;cadas depois, o CONFEN, Conselho Federal de Entorpecentes, constatou que adeptos dessas doutrinas eram mais respeitadores da ordem e relatavam vidas mais tranquilas e felizes do que a m&#233;dia da popula&#231;&#227;o. Essa conclus&#227;o foi determinante: em 1987, o uso religioso da Ayahuasca foi oficialmente reconhecido pelo Estado brasileiro. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">8</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Essa legitimidade institucional, no entanto, tinha ra&#237;zes muito mais antigas, e um rosto muito espec&#237;fico. Antes de iniciar o Santo Daime, entre 1913 e 1915, Raimundo Irineu se mudou para Brasil&#233;ia na fronteira com a Bol&#237;via onde buscava por seus conterr&#226;neos que tamb&#233;m haviam migrado para o Acre durante o ciclo da borracha - irm&#227;os Andr&#233; e Ant&#244;nio Costa. Irineu foi capaz de encontrar seus colegas, mas foi s&#243; alguns anos depois, por volta de 1918, que Irineu teve seu primeiro contato com a Ayahuasca nas florestas do Peru atrav&#233;s de seringueiros peruanos apresentados por Ant&#244;nio Costa. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">9</span></sup></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TTy9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b9c06cc-ed69-4888-8108-b558826e73fb_2688x3663.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TTy9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b9c06cc-ed69-4888-8108-b558826e73fb_2688x3663.jpeg 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Representa&#231;&#227;o art&#237;stica da vis&#227;o fundadora do Santo Daime: Irineu Serra recebe da Virgem da Concei&#231;&#227;o, a Rainha da Floresta, a revela&#231;&#227;o que daria origem &#224; doutrina &#8212; Ilustra&#231;&#227;o feita com IA Generativa &#169;<a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/"> Agency Brasil</a>. Oferecido com gratid&#227;o humana e computacional &#224; for&#231;a da floresta.</figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Existem muitos relatos desse per&#237;odo de g&#234;nese do Santo Daime, entretanto, uma s&#237;ntese geral com base nos relatos da biografia &#8220;<em>Eu venho de longe: Mestre Irineu e seus companheiros</em>&#8221; demonstra que Irineu e Ant&#244;nio haviam tomado conhecimento de uma bebida ancestral chamada &#8220;aoasca&#8221; que era consumida por caboclos nos seringais peruanos e juntos, viajaram para aquela regi&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As primeiras experi&#234;ncias de Irineu com a medicina sagrada foram marcadas por um preconceito crist&#227;o que ele mesmo tinha. Havia ouvido relatos de que aquela era uma bebida consumida em rituais que invocava dem&#244;nios, mas durante um breve contato com a <em>for&#231;a</em> de sua primeira consagra&#231;&#227;o, se surpreendeu com inspiradoras vis&#245;es de cruzes, levando-o a questionar a verdadeira natureza daquela bebida.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tomou a bebida em outras duas ocasi&#245;es, mas n&#227;o sentiu efeito algum e quase desistiu daquela investiga&#231;&#227;o espiritual que chamava por ele at&#233; que, em sess&#245;es posteriores, com uma medicina preparada pelo pr&#243;prio Irineu e Ant&#244;nio Costa, uma experi&#234;ncia verdadeiramente profunda da <em>for&#231;a</em> se consagrou entre eles.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Uma entidade feminina se manifestou primeiro para Ant&#244;nio, depois diretamente para Irineu que teve a vis&#227;o desse sagrado feminino se sentando em um trono dentro da lua. Ela revelava ser uma guia espiritual que o acompanhava desde seu nascimento em Maranh&#227;o, no nordeste do Brasil. Desafiou e questionou seus preconceitos sobre a bebida e convocou-o para uma miss&#227;o de profundo autoconhecimento.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Para receber suas instru&#231;&#245;es, Irineu precisou se isolar na floresta em um rito de inicia&#231;&#227;o que havia sentido em seu cora&#231;&#227;o. Durante oito dias de peregrina&#231;&#227;o no cora&#231;&#227;o da Amaz&#244;nia e sem contato com ningu&#233;m, se alimentou apenas de macaxeira insossa e da medicina sagrada que havia levado com ele. A partir do quarto dia, estava t&#227;o imerso na <em>for&#231;a</em> que n&#227;o precisava mais consumir a medicina e as suas vis&#245;es foram naturalmente se aprofundando. No oitavo dia a entidade feminina se revelou sob o nome de Clara como a Virgem da Concei&#231;&#227;o, a Rainha da Floresta que entregava para ele uma laranja - simbolizando o mundo e transferindo para ele a miss&#227;o que Ant&#244;nio Costa havia recusado.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ao final de sua inicia&#231;&#227;o, j&#225; sob plena orienta&#231;&#227;o da Rainha, Irineu &#8211; a partir da&#237; &#8220;Mestre Irineu&#8221; &#8211; passou a renomear tudo aquilo que havia rec&#233;m-descoberto. A &#8220;aoasca&#8221; virou &#8220;daime&#8221;, o &#8220;mariri&#8221; (cip&#243;) virou &#8220;jagube&#8221; e a &#8220;chacrona&#8221; virou &#8220;rainha&#8221;. Nascia naquele momento, no interior da floresta amaz&#244;nica, uma nova doutrina e um novo l&#237;der espiritual inteiramente brasileiros - crist&#227;os em sua funda&#231;&#227;o, amaz&#244;nicos em sua ess&#234;ncia. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">10</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Naquele per&#237;odo de imers&#227;o espiritual, Mestre Irineu havia tido contato com uma entidade que alquimistas e m&#237;sticos da Europa medieval dedicaram uma vida inteira de estudos para compreender. Guia, instrutora, portadora de miss&#227;o: a Virgem da Concei&#231;&#227;o se revelava a ele como a mais pura manifesta&#231;&#227;o de Sofia, o princ&#237;pio feminino do conhecimento sagrado nas tradi&#231;&#245;es gn&#243;sticas e alqu&#237;micas, que conduz o iniciado atrav&#233;s da escurid&#227;o at&#233; a luz.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png" width="298" height="404" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:404,&quot;width&quot;:298,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3l9h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdfe43d5e-689f-4ad9-873c-4a7152334e96_298x404.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra, 1968. Foto: Carlos Marques / Revista Manchete. Via <a href="https://chacruna.net/mestre-irineu-ayahuasca/">Chacruna Institute</a>.</figcaption></figure></div><p>De acordo com o artigo &#8220;<em>A teologia do Santo Daime na perspectiva de uma teologia p&#250;blica&#8221;</em> de Amanda Vicentini, o que se seguiu foi a funda&#231;&#227;o da doutrina Santo Daime atrav&#233;s do Centro de Ilumina&#231;&#227;o Crist&#227; Luz Universal Alto Santo (CICLU - ALTO SANTO) em Brasileira, Acre - fundado por Mestre Irineu. O centro foi respons&#225;vel por estruturar a doutrina de maneira que levasse cada vez mais prop&#243;sito e acolhimento ao cotidiano cada vez mais sofrido da popula&#231;&#227;o na regi&#227;o, auxiliando na estrutura&#231;&#227;o de um novo sentido de realidade para os frequentadores. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">11</span></sup></strong> Considera-se que o centro iniciou-se de fato nas d&#233;cadas de 1920/1930 quando come&#231;ou a reunir os primeiros seguidores, mas a consolida&#231;&#227;o jur&#237;dica foi feita apenas no in&#237;cio da d&#233;cada de 1940.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gLsD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38f522c7-07f6-41b0-93d9-4bfd18725736_318x468.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gLsD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38f522c7-07f6-41b0-93d9-4bfd18725736_318x468.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gLsD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38f522c7-07f6-41b0-93d9-4bfd18725736_318x468.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gLsD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38f522c7-07f6-41b0-93d9-4bfd18725736_318x468.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gLsD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38f522c7-07f6-41b0-93d9-4bfd18725736_318x468.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Padrinho Sebasti&#227;o Mota de Melo no Rio do Ouro, Amazonas, 1982. Fonte: Centro de Documenta&#231;&#227;o e Mem&#243;ria &#8212; <a href="https://www.santodaime.org/site/centro-de-memoria/acervo-de-fotos/fotos/padrinho-sebastio/padrinho-rio-do-ouro">ICEFLU</a>.</figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Depois do falecimento de Mestre Irineu em 1971, Sebasti&#227;o Mota de Melo, conhecido como Padrinho Sebasti&#227;o recebeu a revela&#231;&#227;o de levar os ensinamentos de Mestre Irineu adiante e fundou o Centro Ecl&#233;tico de Fluente Luz Universal Raimundo Irineu Serra (CEFLURIS) na Vila C&#233;u do Mapi&#225;, no estado de Amazonas - que se tornou o centro mais importante do Daime e foi respons&#225;vel por romper barreiras regionais e nacionais, expandindo a doutrina, seus princ&#237;pios e seus valores para o Brasil e para fora. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">11</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ap&#243;s as revela&#231;&#245;es de Mestre Irineu, a Ayahuasca saiu do contexto xam&#226;nico e se organizou como uma doutrina estruturada com rituais e hierarquia, com sincretismo entre xamanismo, catolicismo popular e espiritismo. Ap&#243;s essa evolu&#231;&#227;o, a tradi&#231;&#227;o do Santo Daime se difundiu em novas vertentes como a Barquinha que une elementos de caridade crist&#227; com a liturgia da Umbanda e a Uni&#227;o do Vegetal (UDV) que integra o cristianismo reencarnacionista, priorizando a clareza intelectual e o aperfei&#231;oamento &#233;tico do indiv&#237;duo.</p><h5 style="text-align: justify;">Tradi&#231;&#245;es ayahuasqueiras al&#233;m do Daime</h5><p style="text-align: justify;">Como podemos ver nessa riqueza hist&#243;rica da Ayahuasca, a bebida constitui a matriz cultural de diferentes tradi&#231;&#245;es. At&#233; aqui, vimos que surgiu como xamanismo e mist&#233;rio ind&#237;gena em um per&#237;odo t&#227;o remoto que se faz imposs&#237;vel de definir. Depois se seguiu o ciclo do Daime, constituindo um xamanismo &#8220;de fronteira&#8221;, tamb&#233;m conhecido como vegetalismo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A partir da d&#233;cada de 1980, principalmente ap&#243;s o marco regulat&#243;rio que legalizou a Ayahuasca em 1987, surgiu o &#8220;xamanismo urbano&#8221; que marcou a era da globaliza&#231;&#227;o da medicina. Nesse per&#237;odo atual, a Ayahuasca atravessa as fronteiras da floresta para se tornar uma ferramenta de autoconhecimento, terapia e pesquisa cient&#237;fica nas metr&#243;poles. Isso &#233; feito atrav&#233;s de institutos universalistas, adaptando ritos ancestrais &#224;s necessidades e linguagens da vida contempor&#226;nea.</p><h5 style="text-align: justify;">Preparo</h5><blockquote><h3>DISCLAIMER</h3><h6 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>O conte&#250;do a seguir &#233; um registro documental e etnogr&#225;fico de pr&#225;ticas tradicionais associadas ao preparo da ayahuasca em contextos religiosos e culturais, sem qualquer car&#225;ter de instru&#231;&#227;o, incentivo ou recomenda&#231;&#227;o. A Agency Brasil e o autor isentam-se de qualquer responsabilidade por interpreta&#231;&#245;es, usos ou tentativas de reprodu&#231;&#227;o das informa&#231;&#245;es aqui descritas. A ayahuasca somente deve ser preparada, transportada e ministrada nos termos e par&#226;metros definidos pela legisla&#231;&#227;o vigente em cada pa&#237;s, por grupos e institui&#231;&#245;es devidamente autorizados. No Brasil, o uso religioso da bebida &#233; regulamentado pela Resolu&#231;&#227;o n&#186; 1/2010 do CONAD. Este texto n&#227;o substitui a orienta&#231;&#227;o de lideran&#231;as e institui&#231;&#245;es legalmente constitu&#237;das, nem de profissionais de sa&#250;de.</strong></h6></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Muitos dos m&#233;todos conhecidos de preparo da Ayahuasca ainda s&#227;o r&#250;sticos e artesanais e envolvem um trabalho manual intenso. O processo de fabrica&#231;&#227;o, chamado de feitio, tamb&#233;m integra um tratamento ritual&#237;stico e sagrado que busca tratar as plantas com cuidado e respeito - iniciando um resguardo simb&#243;lico com a bebida que chega at&#233; o buscador no momento de consumo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Apesar de que as prepara&#231;&#245;es originais na Amaz&#244;nia envolviam diferentes combina&#231;&#245;es de vegetais com o cip&#243;, nas religi&#245;es ayahuasqueiras estabelecidas, o substrato ativo &#233; sempre a folha de chacrona, n&#227;o apenas por determina&#231;&#245;es legais e doutrin&#225;rias, mas tamb&#233;m por quest&#245;es de previsibilidade e seguran&#231;a nos resultados da formula&#231;&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A maior parte da mat&#233;ria-prima ainda vem da Amaz&#244;nia e &#233; levada para as diferentes regi&#245;es do Brasil em que a tradi&#231;&#227;o se mant&#233;m. Ap&#243;s a coleta da mat&#233;ria-prima em diferentes origens, se inicia um processo de sele&#231;&#227;o e limpeza do material onde as folhas de chacrona s&#227;o separadas dos talos, de folhas secas, galhos, fungos ou qualquer outro material indesej&#225;vel. Essa etapa conhecida como a &#8220;limpeza da rainha&#8221; envolve garantir que as folhas utilizadas no processo n&#227;o possuam nenhum tipo de toxicidade ou propriedade qu&#237;mica a n&#227;o ser aquelas presentes na composi&#231;&#227;o das folhas saud&#225;veis.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png" width="262" height="348" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:348,&quot;width&quot;:262,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hSJ7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F536e5ab5-d4e4-4b45-b853-e17be7013f47_262x348.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Retratos do processo de limpeza e filtragem da folha chacrona. Busca-se remover as impurezas da planta com &#225;gua e uma peneira para garantir a melhor qualidade de mat&#233;ria prima no momento do cozimento com o cip&#243;. &#169; Agency Brasil e Instituto Caminho da Floresta.</figcaption></figure></div><p>A sele&#231;&#227;o do cip&#243; tamb&#233;m envolve um processo de limpeza onde se remove as impurezas da superf&#237;cie do caule com o objetivo de remover a terra e outras sujeiras. Ap&#243;s a limpeza, evita-se deixar a mat&#233;ria-prima em exposi&#231;&#227;o direta ao sol devido ao fato de que as beta-carbolinas do cip&#243; s&#227;o compostos ativos fotossens&#237;veis.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png" width="417" height="309" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:309,&quot;width&quot;:417,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-PIs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8160c976-5592-4223-9e9e-f2dc39a3f426_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Retratos do processo de limpeza e secagem do cip&#243; jagube. &#169; Agency Brasil e Instituto Caminho da Floresta.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Ap&#243;s a limpeza do cip&#243;, o material passa por um processo mec&#226;nico conhecido como bate&#231;&#227;o para romper as fibras do caule e facilitar a extra&#231;&#227;o dos compostos ativos durante o cozimento. Em grandes volumes, a tritura&#231;&#227;o com maquin&#225;rio rural tamb&#233;m pode ser uma op&#231;&#227;o, j&#225; que a macera&#231;&#227;o manual &#233; exaustiva.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png" width="417" height="309" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:309,&quot;width&quot;:417,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gndD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32209d7a-cfaf-4d28-82c4-f23c5e487ce9_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Retratos do processo de corte e resultado da tritura&#231;&#227;o do cip&#243; jagube em maquin&#225;rio rural. &#169; Agency Brasil e Instituto Caminho da Floresta.</figcaption></figure></div><p><br>Assim que a mat&#233;ria prima est&#225; apropriadamente limpa e selecionada, inicia-se o cozimento em &#225;gua. V&#225;rias passagens s&#227;o feitas com o objetivo de iniciar uma extra&#231;&#227;o gradativa, onde a concentra&#231;&#227;o do extrato vai aumentando at&#233; atingir uma propor&#231;&#227;o de 5:1 (volume de mat&#233;ria prima em rela&#231;&#227;o ao volume final do extrato concentrado) no caso do preparo do Daime ou 10:1 no caso do preparo da Ayahuasca - as propor&#231;&#245;es podem variar dependendo das tradi&#231;&#245;es do feitio.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As panelas s&#227;o mantidas em temperatura pr&#243;xima aos 100&#176;C, faixa onde muitos compostos ativos costumam ser degradados. Contudo, DMT e carbolinas s&#227;o est&#225;veis nessa temperatura e se mant&#233;m no ch&#225;. As panelas precisam ser constantemente mexidas durante a fase de concentra&#231;&#227;o do ch&#225; para que o fundo n&#227;o aque&#231;a a temperaturas mais altas &#224; medida que o caldo vai se tornando viscoso.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png" width="417" height="309" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:309,&quot;width&quot;:417,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1M8R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa55144a9-98fa-4ba1-b8b4-c1b35ba4b016_417x309.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Retratos do processo de feitio da Ayahuasca. &#169; Agency Brasil e Instituto Caminho da Floresta.  </figcaption></figure></div><p>As altas temperaturas exigem muito cuidado no manuseio dos equipamentos e do material, al&#233;m disso, a limpeza do espa&#231;o e dos utens&#237;lios &#233; parte fundamental do ritual de preparo, garantindo n&#227;o apenas o respeito &#224; tradi&#231;&#227;o, mas tamb&#233;m a qualidade final do extrato - que al&#233;m de todas as etapas t&#233;cnicas, envolve tamb&#233;m o estado interior daqueles que participam do processo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Durante o preparo de cada panela, ap&#243;s a inser&#231;&#227;o do cip&#243; e da chacrona, &#233; realizada uma reza entre os participantes que visa aben&#231;oar o cozimento da nova extra&#231;&#227;o. As m&#250;sicas (conhecidas como hin&#225;rios) cumprem um papel fundamental na ritual&#237;stica e influenciam toda a experi&#234;ncia, principalmente para os participantes que consagram durante o feitio.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png" width="369" height="553" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:553,&quot;width&quot;:369,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y7d5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7868127c-ce61-42f9-af1e-b978de534e9f_369x553.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Retrato de um frasco de Daime. &#169; Agency Brasil e Instituto Caminho da Floresta.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Tanto no processo de envase quanto armazenamento, alguns cuidados finais s&#227;o necess&#225;rios. As garrafas devem ser vedadas para evitar a fermenta&#231;&#227;o que decomp&#245;e alguns dos compostos org&#226;nicos. A medicina deve ser mantida em local fresco, seco e protegido do calor excessivo. O armazenamento adequado n&#227;o apenas preserva a qualidade qu&#237;mica do preparo, mas tamb&#233;m garante a matura&#231;&#227;o e estabiliza&#231;&#227;o do extrato. Um envelhecimento prolongado nesse contexto n&#227;o apresenta risco.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ao final do feitio, costuma-se realizar uma consagra&#231;&#227;o coletiva na mesma semana para consumar a conclus&#227;o desse processo sagrado que costuma durar uma ou m&#250;ltiplas semanas. Assim, aben&#231;oa-se uma &#250;ltima vez o resultado da produ&#231;&#227;o que chegar&#225; at&#233; muitas pessoas que encontrar&#227;o na Ayahuasca<s>,</s> um di&#225;logo com a m&#227;e natureza que se iniciou, em realidade, no pr&#243;prio preparo da bebida.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Consagrando: Efeitos da Ayahuasca</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">O uso ritual&#237;stico envolve uma estrutura cerimonial que combina elementos simb&#243;licos, coletivos e individuais, compreendida pelos praticantes como um processo simult&#226;neo de cura f&#237;sica e espiritual. Nesse sentido, a planta &#233; concebida no contexto ayahuasqueiro n&#227;o apenas como subst&#226;ncia farmacol&#243;gica, mas como uma entidade &#8220;professora&#8221;, portadora de linguagem e ag&#234;ncia, capaz de traduzir emo&#231;&#245;es antes inominadas e apontar ao buscador aquilo que precisa ser transformado em sua vida. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">12</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Em uma cerim&#244;nia tradicional, os buscadores s&#227;o guiados pelo processo espiritual atrav&#233;s de um <em>rezo </em>de abertura da sess&#227;o, consagram a medicina (ou seja, bebem o ch&#225;), e ent&#227;o sentam-se para o processo meditativo. A experi&#234;ncia com Ayahuasca inicia-se em torno de 40 minutos ap&#243;s a ingest&#227;o, com pico entre 60 e 120 minutos e dura&#231;&#227;o aproximada de 4 horas, sem que haja perda de consci&#234;ncia &#8212; apenas altera&#231;&#245;es em seu estado. Na metade do ritual, &#233; oferecida uma segunda dose opcional para os buscadores para manter a <em>for&#231;a</em> at&#233; o final da cerim&#244;nia. A cerim&#244;nia se encerra tamb&#233;m com rotina de preces. Ap&#243;s o encerramento os participantes se re&#250;nem para partilha de alimentos e acolhimento m&#250;tuo em um momento de muita clareza mental e paz.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Para a maioria das pessoas, os efeitos da Ayahuasca s&#227;o muito evidentes durante o processo meditativo de uma cerim&#244;nia. A medicina facilita e aprofunda a medita&#231;&#227;o e guia o buscador em dire&#231;&#227;o ao que ele precisa ver.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Os efeitos durante a fase meditativa s&#227;o profundamente diferentes entre os buscadores pois dependem do contexto individual de cada um. Contudo, &#233; comum que os efeitos psicol&#243;gicos durante o per&#237;odo meditativo combinem dimens&#245;es desafiadoras e dimens&#245;es expansivas. As dimens&#245;es desafiadoras trazem enfrentamento de dificuldades internas que podem culminar em purgas (como v&#244;mitos) &#8212; que muitas vezes s&#227;o percebidos como momentos purifica&#231;&#227;o interna. As fases desafiadoras do processo s&#227;o frequentemente vivenciadas como momentos de choque e confronto com experi&#234;ncias traum&#225;ticas, a partir das quais ocorre uma tomada de consci&#234;ncia sobre padr&#245;es autodestrutivos. As dimens&#245;es expansivas, por outro lado, trazem autoconfian&#231;a, insights pessoais, experi&#234;ncias transcendentais, sentimentos de unidade. Tamb&#233;m podem emergir mira&#231;&#245;es, vis&#245;es &#250;nicas dos estados alterados de consci&#234;ncia. Essas dimens&#245;es podem se alternar em momentos de enfrentamento seguidos por mudan&#231;a abrupta para estados de paz, &#234;xtase e ressignifica&#231;&#227;o existencial. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">12</span></sup></strong> <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">13</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">O ambiente onde o uso de Ayahuasca acontece cumpre um grande papel nos resultados do processo individual. Quanto mais bem guiado (fisicamente e espiritualmente) for o contexto, maiores s&#227;o as garantias de que a experi&#234;ncia de um buscador seja transformadora e positiva. Acolhimento e suporte cumprem uma fun&#231;&#227;o fundamental no poder da Ayahuasca. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">14</span></sup></strong> Por isso, contextos cerimoniais e ritual&#237;sticos fazem parte da cultura e do potencial por tr&#225;s dessa bebida, que como um rito de passagem ind&#237;gena, clama por um contexto s&#233;rio, estruturado e protegido.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Por&#233;m, os efeitos da ayahuasca transcendem o estado meditativo que participantes de uma consagra&#231;&#227;o experienciam durante o uso da medicina sagrada. &#201; muito comum que transforma&#231;&#245;es intensas e pessoais aconte&#231;am no per&#237;odo que se segue da experi&#234;ncia de maneira que uma pessoa passa a ver o mundo e a vida em novas dire&#231;&#245;es n&#227;o apenas positivas, mas tamb&#233;m persistentes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Essas mudan&#231;as em cren&#231;as, opini&#245;es e perspectivas &#237;ntimas da exist&#234;ncia costumam ser acompanhadas por decis&#245;es cr&#237;ticas feitas pelos participantes em prol de uma vida mais saud&#225;vel e segura - como por exemplo a supera&#231;&#227;o de v&#237;cios, h&#225;bitos, ciclos ou rela&#231;&#245;es interpessoais nocivas, em busca do despertar espiritual atrav&#233;s da Ayahuasca.</p><h5 style="text-align: justify;">Intera&#231;&#227;o Medicamentosa e Riscos &#224; Sa&#250;de</h5><p style="text-align: justify;">A Ayahuasca apresenta riscos de intera&#231;&#245;es medicamentosas e intera&#231;&#245;es psiqui&#225;tricas em indiv&#237;duos com predisposi&#231;&#227;o a quadros psic&#243;ticos. O buscador precisa comunicar os respons&#225;veis pela cerim&#244;nia sobre o uso de quaisquer subst&#226;ncias l&#237;citas ou il&#237;citas e de qualquer diagn&#243;stico m&#233;dico, principalmente os psiqui&#225;tricos.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As intera&#231;&#245;es se devem &#224; a&#231;&#227;o inibit&#243;ria das beta-carbolinas sobre a monoaminoxidase (MAO) e sobre as enzimas hep&#225;ticas CYP3A4 e CYP2D6. A combina&#231;&#227;o com antidepressivos ISRSs, antidepressivos tric&#237;clicos, opi&#225;ceos, analg&#233;sicos e medicamentos antimigranosos pode desencadear a s&#237;ndrome serotonin&#233;rgica. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">13</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Portanto, a triagem pr&#233;via de diagn&#243;sticos psiqui&#225;tricos e uso de medicamentos e subst&#226;ncias &#233; uma etapa indispens&#225;vel na condu&#231;&#227;o respons&#225;vel de qualquer cerim&#244;nia com Ayahuasca.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_XUi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4def2545-c78f-41a2-86df-90aaadaa17b3_2642x5799.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">2026. <strong>INFOGR&#193;FICO</strong>: Medicamentos contraindicados com Ayahuasca &#8212; Intera&#231;&#245;es medicamentosas e n&#237;veis de risco. Elaborado pela Agency Brasil com base em MALCOLM; LEE, 2017; HAMILL et al., 2019 e ANVISA.</figcaption></figure></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Pesquisas Cient&#237;ficas e Usos Terap&#234;uticos</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">Muitas das d&#250;vidas que existem em rela&#231;&#227;o a Ayahuasca se devem a falta de entendimento acerca de sua origem e suas intera&#231;&#245;es com o organismo humano, entretanto, universidades do Brasil e do mundo inteiro se dedicaram principalmente nas &#250;ltimas d&#233;cadas a estudar e entender melhor os efeitos dessa bebida considerada sagrada por diferentes culturas - e cada vez mais, considerada terap&#234;utica por diferentes campos da ci&#234;ncia.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">De acordo com um levantamento da base de dados de pesquisa cient&#237;fica <a href="http://dimensions.ai/">Dimensions.ai</a>, existem 19,825 publica&#231;&#245;es publicadas sobre Ayahuasca entre os anos de 1921 e 2026, entretanto, nos &#250;ltimos anos pode se identificar um crescimento exponencial nas investiga&#231;&#245;es cient&#237;ficas sobre o assunto.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ZKl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e572b5-4cd6-4826-ac7b-1f1dde7a56d9_2794x1755.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ZKl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e572b5-4cd6-4826-ac7b-1f1dde7a56d9_2794x1755.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ZKl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e572b5-4cd6-4826-ac7b-1f1dde7a56d9_2794x1755.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">2026. <strong>INFOGR&#193;FICO</strong>: Publica&#231;&#245;es por d&#233;cada - crescimento da pesquisa sobre Ayahuasca: Publica&#231;&#245;es cient&#237;ficas indexadas por d&#233;cada. Elaborado pela Agency Brasil com dados de DIMENSIONS.AI.</figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Cerca de 88% de toda a produ&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica indexada sobre Ayahuasca foi desenvolvida na &#250;ltima d&#233;cada e meia (2010-2026), o que aponta um crescente interesse por parte da comunidade cient&#237;fica nos benef&#237;cios dessa subst&#226;ncia para a sociedade. O ano que mais se destacou foi 2023 com 2,398 publica&#231;&#245;es, representando quase o dobro do ano anterior e 48 vezes mais que o n&#250;mero de publica&#231;&#245;es em 2000, que foram apenas 50.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j90x!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89ea8a38-20f1-428f-a389-c5ca99d0b9a2_2209x1862.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j90x!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89ea8a38-20f1-428f-a389-c5ca99d0b9a2_2209x1862.jpeg 424w, 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Elaborado pela Agency Brasil com dados de DIMENSIONS.AI</figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A categoria dominante de pesquisa &#233; Ci&#234;ncias Biom&#233;dicas e Cl&#237;nicas, seguida de Psicologia, indicando que o tema &#233; estudado predominantemente como objeto m&#233;dico e psicol&#243;gico e n&#227;o apenas religioso, espiritual ou antropol&#243;gico. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">15</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Grande parte das pesquisas s&#227;o sobre os efeitos farmacol&#243;gicos da ayahuasca. Ela age sobre um sistema cerebral chamado de &#8220;serotonin&#233;rgico&#8221;. A serotonina &#233; um neurotransmissor distribu&#237;do no c&#233;rebro e no corpo, atuando como regulador geral do organismo e influenciando diretamente o humor, o sono, o apetite, a percep&#231;&#227;o sensorial e diversas fun&#231;&#245;es cognitivas como mem&#243;ria e aten&#231;&#227;o. Sua atividade ocorre por meio da libera&#231;&#227;o neural e do encaixe em receptores espec&#237;ficos do neur&#244;nio seguinte - como uma chave entrando na fechadura, realizando assim a transmiss&#227;o do sinal. O sistema serotonin&#233;rgico &#233; justamente a rede formada por esses neur&#244;nios, receptores e vias de comunica&#231;&#227;o que utilizam a serotonina como mensageiro, sendo nesse sistema que a ayahuasca exerce sua principal a&#231;&#227;o, imitando e amplificando seus efeitos de forma agonista, provocando altera&#231;&#245;es na percep&#231;&#227;o, na emo&#231;&#227;o e no processamento de mem&#243;rias, e resultando em estados incomuns de consci&#234;ncia que modificam a perspectiva sobre a vida e sobre como respondemos a ela.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Al&#233;m dos efeitos imediatos, a ayahuasca provoca mudan&#231;as a longo prazo por meio da plasticidade neural - a capacidade do c&#233;rebro de se reorganizar, formando novas conex&#245;es e remodelando circuitos relacionados &#224; emo&#231;&#227;o, &#224; mem&#243;ria e ao comportamento. Esses efeitos duradouros se expressam em melhorias na regula&#231;&#227;o emocional, como a maior capacidade de lidar com emo&#231;&#245;es negativas e redu&#231;&#227;o da rumina&#231;&#227;o mental, al&#233;m de mudan&#231;as de perspectiva sobre a vida. Em contextos acompanhados de psicoterapia, observa-se ainda a remiss&#227;o de sintomas depressivos, de ansiedade e a ressignifica&#231;&#227;o de traumas, mesmo ap&#243;s poucas sess&#245;es.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ressalta-se, contudo, a import&#226;ncia do contexto terap&#234;utico, da prepara&#231;&#227;o pr&#233;-cerim&#244;nia - conhecida pelo termo <em>set and setting</em> - e da integra&#231;&#227;o p&#243;s-cerim&#244;nia. A prepara&#231;&#227;o envolve pr&#225;ticas como dietas, medita&#231;&#227;o e a redu&#231;&#227;o de medicamentos que possam interagir com a farmacologia da ayahuasca. J&#225; a integra&#231;&#227;o posterior, por meio de autocuidado, escrita, psicoterapia e medita&#231;&#227;o, potencializa os efeitos neuropl&#225;sticos de longa dura&#231;&#227;o e reduz o risco da n&#227;o integra&#231;&#227;o de conte&#250;dos traum&#225;ticos - situa&#231;&#227;o em que o indiv&#237;duo entra em contato com experi&#234;ncias dif&#237;ceis sem conseguir process&#225;-las ou ressignific&#225;-las adequadamente, refor&#231;ando assim a import&#226;ncia da autoan&#225;lise e do suporte especializado. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">3</span></sup></strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span></sup><strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">13</span></sup></strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span></sup><strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">14</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Outras linhas de pesquisa sobre a ayahuasca s&#227;o voltadas para seus efeitos cl&#237;nicos. Muitos dos estudos cl&#237;nicos dispon&#237;veis hoje investigam principalmente os impactos terap&#234;uticos da Ayahuasca em condi&#231;&#245;es como depress&#227;o, ansiedade, transtorno de estresse p&#243;s-traum&#225;tico (TEPT) e transtornos por uso de subst&#226;ncias. Entretanto, uma boa parte do material ainda &#233; muito limitado por pesquisas com problemas metodol&#243;gicos. Uma revis&#227;o sistem&#225;tica recente de 2026, que analisou 18 estudos que mediram os efeitos da Ayahuasca ao longo do tempo (desde antes da cerim&#244;nia at&#233; meses depois), envolvendo um total de 1.363 participantes, apontou para resultados positivos em diferentes dom&#237;nios terap&#234;uticos. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">16</span></sup></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Risco de suic&#237;dio:</strong> Em um estudo com 37 participantes (dos quais 8 apresentavam risco de suic&#237;dio), 7 pacientes com risco se resolveram ap&#243;s uma &#250;nica cerim&#244;nia.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Depress&#227;o</strong>: Em um estudo com 40 participantes, 61% dos participantes com diagn&#243;stico psiqui&#225;trico deixaram de preencher os crit&#233;rios da doen&#231;a ap&#243;s 1 m&#234;s da primeira consagra&#231;&#227;o. 83% relataram melhora cl&#237;nica. Em outro estudo com 37 participantes, a pontua&#231;&#227;o m&#233;dia de depress&#227;o caiu de 15.7 para 5.1 ap&#243;s pelo menos uma cerim&#244;nia de Ayahuasca.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Ansiedade</strong> Em um estudo com 37 participantes, a pontua&#231;&#227;o m&#233;dia de ansiedade caiu de 16,6 para 6,3 ap&#243;s pelo menos uma cerim&#244;nia de Ayahuasca.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Transtornos por uso de subst&#226;ncias:</strong> Em um estudo com 12 participantes, houve redu&#231;&#227;o no uso de &#225;lcool, tabaco e coca&#237;na por parte de alguns participantes, mas cannabis e opioides seguiram sem altera&#231;&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bem-estar e qualidade de vida</strong>: Dentre 4 estudos e 125 participantes, foram observadas melhorias persistentes em acompanhamentos de 6 a 12 meses.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Regula&#231;&#227;o Emocional: </strong>Dentre 5 estudos e 347 participantes, houve melhoras na capacidade de regular emo&#231;&#245;es e lidar com adversidades - confirmadas mesmo em um estudo que controlaram para o efeito placebo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Foco e clareza mental: </strong>Dentre 5 estudos e 399 participantes, observou-se um aumento na capacidade de aten&#231;&#227;o plena (<em>mindfulness</em>) e uma redu&#231;&#227;o na reatividade emocional, com benef&#237;cios sustentados por at&#233; 2 meses. Tais mudan&#231;as foram corroboradas por dados de neuroimagem, que demonstraram altera&#231;&#245;es na conectividade funcional de redes cerebrais ligadas ao controle cognitivo e &#224; introspec&#231;&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Essa revis&#227;o sistem&#225;tica mostra como a Ayahuasca guarda muitos potenciais terap&#234;uticos para diferentes esferas da sa&#250;de humana, entretanto, como mencionado anteriormente, a maior parte das pesquisas sobre o assunto foram realizadas nos &#250;ltimos 16 anos, o que &#233; um tempo curto para as pesquisas. Isso significa que ainda existe muito espa&#231;o para estudos e an&#225;lises que incluam grupos de amostragem maiores; mais controle em quest&#227;o de dosagem e grupos; e principalmente mais diversidade em rela&#231;&#227;o aos pacientes selecionados.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Em resumo, uso ritual e religioso da Ayahuasca est&#225; consistentemente associado a desfechos psicol&#243;gicos e sociais positivos: remiss&#227;o de transtornos de ansiedade, depress&#227;o e depend&#234;ncia de &#225;lcool e outras subst&#226;ncias, melhora no humor, maior autoconsci&#234;ncia, empatia e criatividade, al&#233;m de melhor desempenho cognitivo e de mem&#243;ria - sem evid&#234;ncias de risco neuropsicol&#243;gico mesmo no uso prolongado. Embora seja dif&#237;cil isolar os efeitos farmacol&#243;gicos da subst&#226;ncia dos benef&#237;cios proporcionados pelo pertencimento comunit&#225;rio e pelo contexto ritual&#237;stico, os dados apontam que a combina&#231;&#227;o desses elementos produz transforma&#231;&#245;es profundas e duradouras, incluindo maior prop&#243;sito de vida, redu&#231;&#227;o de comportamentos autodestrutivos e aumento do bem-estar psicossocial geral. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">13</span></sup></strong></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Considera&#231;&#245;es e Responsabilidade</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">O Brasil &#233; um dos poucos pa&#237;ses onde o uso ritual da Ayahuasca &#233; expressamente legal e regulamentado. O CONAD (Conselho Nacional de Pol&#237;ticas sobre Drogas) emitiu a <a href="https://www.mpgo.mp.br/portal/arquivos/2013/07/30/11_33_03_744_resolucao_n_1__de_25_de_janeiro_de_2012___conad.pdf">Resolu&#231;&#227;o n&#186; 1/2010</a>, que permite o uso ritual da Ayahuasca ap&#243;s d&#233;cadas de debates e estudos - caracterizando, juridicamente, casas de Ayahuasca como &#8220;espa&#231;o de uso ritual religioso e centro de pesquisa e documenta&#231;&#227;o sobre uso ritual&#8221;.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Considerando isso, o uso de Ayahuasca s&#243; deve acontecer dentro do contexto ritual&#237;stico, pois cada cerim&#244;nia realizada por uma institui&#231;&#227;o credenciada &#233; um processo s&#233;rio e profundamente pessoal para cada pessoa participante, e por isso, deve acontecer dentro de um contexto seguro e preparado. Reconhecer o car&#225;ter religioso de todos os atos que envolvem a Ayahuasca significa que o participante deve envolver-se com a convic&#231;&#227;o de que pratica o ato de f&#233; e n&#227;o de com&#233;rcio ou recrea&#231;&#227;o.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">De acordo com o <a href="https://www.mpgo.mp.br/portal/arquivos/2013/07/30/11_00_09_559_relatorio_final___grupo_multidisciplinar_de_trabalho___gmt___ayahuasca.pdf">Relat&#243;rio Final do Grupo Multidisciplinar de Trabalho (GMT)</a>, aprovado pelo CONAD em dezembro de 2006 e incorporado como anexo integral da Resolu&#231;&#227;o n&#186; 1/2010, a veda&#231;&#227;o da comercializa&#231;&#227;o da Ayahuasca n&#227;o se confunde com seu custeio, sendo permitido o pagamento das despesas que envolvem a coleta das plantas, seu transporte e o preparo. Tais custos de manuten&#231;&#227;o, conforme seja o seu modo de organiza&#231;&#227;o estatut&#225;ria, s&#227;o suportados pela comunidade usu&#225;ria.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Al&#233;m disso, o relat&#243;rio menciona tamb&#233;m que o uso ritual caracterizado pela busca de uma identidade religiosa se diferencia do uso meramente recreativo, e &#233; por isso que &#233; fundamental que um participante busque sempre um espa&#231;o com experi&#234;ncia e tradi&#231;&#227;o para que ocorra um acolhimento adequado e cerimonial. Antes da primeira consagra&#231;&#227;o deve ser realizada uma entrevista pr&#233;via, oral ou escrita, para averiguar as condi&#231;&#245;es do interessado e se ele est&#225; apto para participar. Tamb&#233;m devem ser dados os esclarecimentos necess&#225;rios acerca dos efeitos naturais da bebida. &#201; muito importante que cada entidade (ou casa de Ayahuasca) acompanhe os participantes at&#233; a finaliza&#231;&#227;o de seus rituais.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">O relat&#243;rio da CONAD se conclui ent&#227;o afirmando que o uso ritual&#237;stico religioso da Ayahuasca, h&#225; muito reconhecido como pr&#225;tica legitima, constitui-se manifesta&#231;&#227;o cultural indissoci&#225;vel da identidade das popula&#231;&#245;es tradicionais da Amaz&#244;nia e de parte da popula&#231;&#227;o urbana do Pa&#237;s, cabendo ao Estado n&#227;o s&#243; garantir o pleno exerc&#237;cio desse direito &#224; manifesta&#231;&#227;o cultural, mas tamb&#233;m proteg&#234;-la por quaisquer meios de acautelamento e preven&#231;&#227;o. <strong><sup><span data-color="#ff9900" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">17</span></sup></strong></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Conclus&#227;o</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">O termo &#8220;Ayahuasca&#8221; n&#227;o &#233; apenas um nome ancestral herdado por n&#243;s dos povos origin&#225;rios da Am&#233;rica Latina, mas sim, um s&#237;mbolo de resist&#234;ncia da m&#227;e natureza que resguarda suas tradi&#231;&#245;es. &#201; o poder herbal transformador da vasta e rica vegeta&#231;&#227;o, que sempre fizeram parte da evolu&#231;&#227;o humana, mas que conforme nos tornamos mais urbanos, acabamos por deixar de lado.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Como um presente deixado pela m&#227;e natureza &#224;s terras brasileiras, a Ayahuasca representa uma mistura sin&#233;rgica sagrada de plantas cujo a receita foi encontrada pelas sociedades ind&#237;genas at&#233; que eventualmente encontrou seu caminho nos centros urbanos espalhados pelo Brasil e que agora, alcan&#231;a horizontes mundiais atrav&#233;s do universo cient&#237;fico, que se encontra cada vez mais interessado pelo seu poder medicinal, mas tamb&#233;m espiritual.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Apesar de que se entende cada vez mais sobre a composi&#231;&#227;o e os efeitos da Ayahuasca, ela ainda carrega um poder an&#237;mico que transcende o nosso entendimento cient&#237;fico sobre a natureza. Assim como Mestre Irineu encontrou a sua for&#231;a isolado na floresta, existe uma for&#231;a sagrada que brilha como a luz do sol dentro de cada um de n&#243;s - nos cabe apenas come&#231;ar a buscar para que em algum momento ela venha ao nosso encontro, pois aquele que busca, em algum momento h&#225; de encontrar.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Refer&#234;ncias</h2><ol><li><p>INFOAMAZ&#212;NIA. <strong>COP15: Amaz&#244;nia e biodiversidade</strong>. 2022. Dispon&#237;vel em:<a href="https://infoamazonia.org/2022/12/15/cop15-amazonia-biodiversidade/"> https://infoamazonia.org/2022/12/15/cop15-amazonia-biodiversidade/</a>. Acesso em: 11 mar. 2026. GAZETA SP. <strong>O Brasil &#233; o pa&#237;s com a maior reserva de &#225;gua doce do mundo</strong>. 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Acesso em: 13 mar. 2026.</p></li></ol>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quote.5 - Hemingway]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;A man can be destroyed but not defeated.&#8221;]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/quote5-hemingway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/quote5-hemingway</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:19:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/af47c561-4340-449e-88c0-35ca8a4f676b_2010x1206.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I81U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5046e51b-d3ba-48ff-9be7-7f26a18bbd1a_2280x1510.jpeg" 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Introduction</strong></h3><p>Ahoy, reader!</p><p>Considering our most read article in Agency is the edition about Steve Jobs&#8230;</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;fe49994a-a615-4075-9962-1ce2faa56b93&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;News Mural&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Quote.1 - Jobs&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-30T20:46:57.482Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/58a22725-043b-4ca7-b921-83b28d4cc711_910x601.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/quote1-jobs&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:136571335,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>I thought it would be a good idea to bring forth one of the most american hearts in history for this new Quote.#.</p><p>Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential writers in human literature.</p><p>He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for "The Old Man and the Sea" and the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year, in 1954.</p><p>This was a man that mastered the art of narrative but that even though he loved writing about life - he only could do it so well, because he lived the fullest experience life can offer.</p><p>Both good and bad.</p><p>He is the reason so many people still believe that a good writer must first be a man or woman of experience, that the page only holds what the life has already survived.</p><p>We previously studied his Iceberg Theory (with a twist) in the first edition of Writing.#</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;6d238c93-97dd-4828-99f6-e1df39241f4e&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Writing.1 - The Titanic Theory&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-04-21T14:50:05.518Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bc077128-b4b1-4742-8e6d-f76c447b69d5_1581x1026.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/writing1-the-titanic-theory&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:116307107,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>Hemingway called himself a reporter who happened to write fiction, but that was a modest title.</p><p>He was one of the writers most responsible for reshaping how the twentieth century thought and wrote about courage, violence and the quiet dignity of loss.</p><p>Until we lost him with 61 years old.</p><p>For a 12-gauge shotgun cartridge</p><p>Shot with his Boss &amp; Co Double Barrel Shotgun</p><p>By his own hands.</p><p>In his own head.</p><p>I know, it sounds grim.</p><p>But what can we say about the shrapnels of life&#8217;s grenades in the heart of a huge colossus of a sensitive man?</p><p>Here in Agency we are not strangers to the subject of death.</p><p>We look at it with curiosity and openness, like we do with everything else.</p><p>Because when death is seen without taboos&#8230;</p><p>It can teach fundamental things about life.</p><p>In the same way that life&#8230; is a fundamental thing about death.</p><p>For the lack of agency is the absence of will.</p><p>While true abscence of will, can only come from death.</p><p>And in order not to die, you just need&#8230;</p><p>Well&#8230; To stay alive.</p><p>Back to the living memory of Mr. Hemingway.</p><p>That mythological hammerhead of a human shark.</p><p>He is not around us anymore, but he left us a will.</p><p>A true testament of what a human being can endure.</p><p>While still managing to produce wisdom, poetry and tenderness to society. </p><p>Such a blessed pen doesn&#8217;t come around very often. </p><p>PTSD, Alcoholism, head concussions and two airplane crashes in the interval of two days.</p><p>I just wrote: two airplane crashes in the interval of two days.</p><p>You just read: two airplane crashes in the interval of two days.</p><p>Skull fracture, ruptured internal organs, burns and many other serious injuries.</p><p>This man went through it all.</p><p>Like Santiago, the fisherman in his novel &#8220;The Old Man and the Sea&#8221;.</p><p>That fought off nearly seven sharks to bring his biggest catch home, even though it came back as bare bones.</p><p>And that sang softly to the sea while it was destroying him alive: </p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;A man can be destroyed but not defeated.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Ernest Hemingway</strong></p></div><h3><strong>5.1 Destruction</strong></h3><h6>The impermanence of material things and the greek concept of hubris.</h6><div><hr></div>
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Introdu&#231;&#227;o</h3><p>Ol&#225;, leitor!</p><p>J&#225; se passaram mais de dois anos desde a nossa &#250;ltima edi&#231;&#227;o aqui na Agency.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;76682727-d269-4518-87eb-42b43e9461f9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;24. 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Dar <em>ghosting</em> n&#227;o &#233; legal.</p><p>Talvez eu tenha ficado sem palavras, usei palavras demais nas edi&#231;&#245;es anteriores. Talvez eu simplesmente n&#227;o tenha conseguido encontrar tempo para escrever para minha querida audi&#234;ncia. Talvez meu pai seja o &#250;nico assinante pago da Agency e, por isso, alimentar esta newsletter com mais conte&#250;do tenha se tornado insustent&#225;vel com o tempo.</p><p>Mas aqui vai uma tentativa de recuperar esse m&#250;sculo.</p><p>E, ao mesmo tempo, garantir que o investimento do meu pai esteja valendo cada centavo.</p><p>Porque este assunto pode ser t&#227;o relevante para designers e criativos quanto para praticamente qualquer outra pessoa no mundo.</p><p>Afinal, as experi&#234;ncias digitais moldam a experi&#234;ncia humana de hoje.</p><p>Hoje enxergamos o mundo atrav&#233;s de telas. Como, por exemplo, acontece agora, enquanto voc&#234; l&#234; estas palavras. Cada intera&#231;&#227;o que voc&#234; tem com um dispositivo &#233; uma experi&#234;ncia constru&#237;da por uma pessoa: sistemas, fontes, bot&#245;es e cores estrategicamente escolhidos para tornar essa experi&#234;ncia melhor.</p><p>E ent&#227;o&#8230;</p><p>Hoje me peguei pensando: &#8220;<strong>Como o of&#237;cio de criar aplicativos e softwares molda a forma como algu&#233;m enxerga o mundo?</strong>&#8221;</p><p>O que acontece com a mente quando ela se coloca repetidamente no lugar de um usu&#225;rio? Quando voc&#234; precisa conceber as interfaces, os bot&#245;es e os sistemas que ajudam as pessoas a navegar pelas diferentes ferramentas dispon&#237;veis hoje.</p><p>Uma pergunta muito parecida tamb&#233;m pode surgir para qualquer pessoa que lide diariamente com a internet e dispositivos modernos: &#8220;<strong>Como interagir com telas todos os dias molda a minha forma de enxergar o mundo?</strong>&#8221;</p><p>Quantas vezes voc&#234; tocou em uma tela hoje? Quantos cliques o seu mouse... clicou?</p><p>Voc&#234; consegue viver sem telas, leitor?</p><p>Se voc&#234; se perder no meio da floresta tendo apenas um isqueiro BIC no bolso, consegue acender uma fogueira para passar a noite sem Google, Siri ou uma IA dizendo o que fazer?</p><p>Afinal, o que realmente significa ser dependente de interfaces digitais? Realizar tarefas essenciais da vida por meio de celulares ou computadores? Simplesmente pegar o celular e rolar o feed quando est&#225; entediado? Precisar de Wi-Fi para obter informa&#231;&#245;es essenciais &#224; pr&#243;pria sobreviv&#234;ncia.</p><p><em>Nah.</em></p><p>E aqui vai uma pergunta ainda mais intrigante: <strong>qu&#227;o distante est&#225; a sociedade de desenvolver aquilo que William Gibson descreveu nos livros da trilogia Sprawl como uma &#8220;depend&#234;ncia cr&#244;nica do ciberespa&#231;o&#8221;?</strong></p><p>O que acontece se ficarmos t&#227;o absorvidos pela dimens&#227;o digital que come&#231;armos a negligenciar nossos pr&#243;prios corpos, chegando at&#233; mesmo a esquecer de comer e a nos ressentir por ter que nos desconectar para atender necessidades f&#237;sicas b&#225;sicas?</p><p>Isso j&#225; est&#225; acontecendo? Est&#225; prestes a acontecer? Como isso... se parece?</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dc2a61af-769b-401e-96fc-6ec9fe3e4fde_1125x773.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/36a85494-4391-4f0e-8634-75811959826d_1500x1061.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3fc1b08f-6480-44ff-adc6-4a9193bf913c_1500x1060.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69606afc-d32f-4033-b9cf-91c0780547fb_1500x1835.webp&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Imagens: Josan Gonzales / Deathburger. Fonte: Character Design References, &#8220;Josan Gonzales&#8221;, 2021. Ilustrador das edi&#231;&#245;es brasileiras da Trilogia Sprawl, de William Gibson, publicadas pela Editora Aleph.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f93decc-3ce0-4810-b822-606e409d8409_1456x1456.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>Vamos mergulhar mais fundo no assunto.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.1 Entendendo uma Cosmologia</strong></h3><h6><strong>Em que tipo de mundo as interfaces digitais nos ensinam a acreditar que vivemos?</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>A palavra <em>cosmologia</em> vem do grego:</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#954;&#972;&#963;&#956;&#959;&#962; (</strong><em><strong>k&#243;smos</strong></em><strong>)</strong> = ordem, organiza&#231;&#227;o, o mundo/universo ordenado<br><strong>-&#955;&#959;&#947;&#943;&#945; (</strong><em><strong>-log&#237;a</strong></em>), de <strong>&#955;&#972;&#947;&#959;&#962; (</strong><em><strong>l&#243;gos</strong></em><strong>)</strong> = relato, discurso, estudo, raz&#227;o</p></blockquote><p>Quando casamos essa raiz ao sufixo, chegamos a <em><strong>cosmologia</strong></em> &#8776; &#8220;o estudo da natureza e da origem do universo (ou da realidade)&#8221;, segundo Cambridge.</p><p>Mas muita aten&#231;&#227;o aqui, porque a raiz <em>k&#243;smos</em>, em seu sentido mais antigo, significa &#8220;ordem&#8221; ou &#8220;arranjo ordenado&#8221;. E &#233; da&#237; que chegamos &#224; principal pergunta por tr&#225;s desta edi&#231;&#227;o da Agency: &#8220;<strong>Como as interfaces digitais nos ajudam a ordenar e navegar pela realidade?</strong>&#8221;. Ou, de forma menos filos&#243;fica: &#8220;<strong>O que colocar bot&#245;es em todos os lugares faz com o c&#233;rebro do Homo sapiens?</strong>&#8221;</p><p>Carl Sagan foi um famoso cientista e cosm&#243;logo que enxergava a exist&#234;ncia humana atrav&#233;s de uma lente cosmol&#243;gica fundamentada na ci&#234;ncia. Ele passou boa parte da vida tentando descobrir exatamente onde nos encaixamos entre as estrelas e os planetas, como uma pequena formiga tentando calcular as dimens&#245;es do planeta Terra, ou a pr&#243;pria Terra tentando compreender seu tamanho diante de tudo aquilo que se encontra espalhado pela gal&#225;xia.</p><p>Como sua lente estava fundamentada na ci&#234;ncia, toda tese que ele concebia precisava ser explicada por meio de c&#225;lculos formais e valida&#231;&#245;es l&#243;gicas. Em sua maneira cosmol&#243;gica de enxergar o mundo, n&#227;o havia espa&#231;o para religi&#245;es, magia, mitos, deuses ou unic&#243;rnios. &#201; por isso que ele escreveu, de maneira c&#233;lebre, em <em>O Mundo Assombrado pelos Dem&#244;nios</em>:</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Para mim, &#233; muito melhor compreender o Universo como ele realmente &#233; do que persistir na ilus&#227;o, por mais satisfat&#243;ria e reconfortante que ela seja.&#8221;</strong></p><p><strong>Carl Sagan</strong></p></blockquote><p>Eu respeito isso, Sr. Sagan, mas, para mim, parece um pouco entediante.</p><p>Se a vida fosse t&#227;o pr&#225;tica assim para todo mundo, nem ter&#237;amos tempo, nem encontrar&#237;amos utilidade, em criar criaturinhas mitol&#243;gicas fofas como o Grogu.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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valores, suas premissas, seu senso de verdade, sua lente particular, sua vis&#227;o de mundo, sua pr&#243;pria... cosmologia.</p><p>Assim, nossa perspectiva cosmol&#243;gica da vida ocupa o diret&#243;rio &#8220;raiz&#8221; da maneira como interpretamos o mundo. Ela molda aquilo que acreditamos que a vida seja, o que importa dentro dela e o que entendemos que estamos fazendo aqui, em primeiro lugar.</p><p>&#201; em parte por isso que diferentes culturas podem habitar a mesma realidade f&#237;sica e, ainda assim, navegar pela vida de maneiras radicalmente diferentes.</p><p>Crist&#227;os podem buscar transcend&#234;ncia atrav&#233;s do amor, da f&#233; e do sacrif&#237;cio.</p><p>Budistas podem buscar liberta&#231;&#227;o atrav&#233;s do desapego, da consci&#234;ncia e da supera&#231;&#227;o do sofrimento.</p><p>Hindus podem compreender a vida atrav&#233;s dos ciclos de nascimento, morte e renascimento, buscando libertar-se desse ciclo por meio da realiza&#231;&#227;o espiritual.</p><p>Mu&#231;ulmanos podem compreender a vida como submiss&#227;o a Deus, guiada pela f&#233;, pela disciplina e pela responsabilidade moral.</p><p>Taoistas podem buscar harmonia alinhando-se ao fluxo e &#224; ordem natural da exist&#234;ncia, em vez de tentar impor-se sobre ela.</p><p>Vikings podiam entrar em batalha acreditando que uma morte honrosa poderia lhes garantir um lugar em Valhalla, onde poderiam festejar, beber, lutar e viver entre guerreiros lend&#225;rios no sal&#227;o de Odin.</p><p>E um materialista cient&#237;fico como Sagan pode buscar significado naquilo que pode ser observado, medido e compreendido.</p><p><strong>Mesmo planeta.<br>Cosmologias diferentes.<br>Diferentes vis&#245;es de mundo para interpretar a realidade.</strong></p><p>Acreditar que todos precisam interpretar a exist&#234;ncia atrav&#233;s da mesma lente &#233; uma das formas mais antigas de ignor&#226;ncia. &#201; como insistir que um usu&#225;rio de Android e um usu&#225;rio de iPhone n&#227;o podem conversar pelo WhatsApp porque seus sistemas operacionais s&#227;o diferentes.</p><p>Os aplicativos rodam sobre c&#243;digos diferentes, as interfaces at&#233; se parecem, e a mensagem ainda chega ao destino. Sistemas diferentes n&#227;o impedem a conex&#227;o, apenas processam as coisas de maneiras diferentes.</p><p>O mesmo vale para as pessoas. Mentes diferentes, sistemas operacionais diferentes, a mesma capacidade fundamental de compreender umas &#224;s outras.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.2 Entendendo Interfaces</strong></h3><h6><strong>E por que elas s&#227;o invis&#237;veis quando realmente funcionam.</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>Aquilo que se pode argumentar ser uma das primeiras interfaces da humanidade pode ser encontrado em um dispositivo mec&#226;nico chamado <strong>tear de Jacquard</strong>. Ele utilizava cart&#245;es perfurados substitu&#237;veis para controlar opera&#231;&#245;es repetitivas e tecer padr&#245;es em tecido. Esse sistema como um todo era o que hoje consideramos uma interface: uma pessoa podia programar o comportamento de uma m&#225;quina sem tocar diretamente em seu mecanismo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iMXm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7ed1f9f-b0fe-4b6c-b5af-1992a04ed2c5_1109x918.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iMXm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7ed1f9f-b0fe-4b6c-b5af-1992a04ed2c5_1109x918.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" 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No topo da m&#225;quina h&#225; uma pilha de cart&#245;es perfurados que eram inseridos no tear para controlar o padr&#227;o da tecelagem. Foto: Haus der Seidenkultur, de &#8220;The Story of Jacquard Weaving&#8221;, Mingei Project (<a href="https://www.mingei-project.eu/index.html%3Fp=1984.html">mingei-project.eu</a>).</figcaption></figure></div><p>Mais tarde, o sistema de cart&#245;es perfurados do tear de Jacquard tornou-se uma base conceitual para a computa&#231;&#227;o. Charles Babbage fez refer&#234;ncia a ele no projeto de sua M&#225;quina Anal&#237;tica, e Ada Lovelace, ao escrever notas sobre esse projeto, produziu o que hoje &#233; considerado o primeiro programa de computador publicado, d&#233;cadas antes de existir qualquer computador eletromec&#226;nico.</p><p>Avan&#231;ando at&#233; o presente, estamos cercados por dispositivos eletromec&#226;nicos e digitais que ditam a forma como vivemos, como se n&#243;s mesmos tiv&#233;ssemos nos tornado os cart&#245;es perfurados, padronizados e lidos por sistemas cuja forma raramente conseguimos enxergar.</p><p>Houve uma manifesta&#231;&#227;o espec&#237;fica das interfaces entre esses dois per&#237;odos que vale a pena destacar. Trata-se de uma tela que a maioria das pessoas j&#225; viu pelo menos uma vez na vida.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg" width="640" height="426" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:426,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:57624,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Let's RePlay Vs. 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VS. Super Mario Bros., arcade screenshot.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Estranhamente, ainda mantemos uma rela&#231;&#227;o muito parecida com as interfaces daquela &#233;poca em que elas eram apenas telas de fliperama nos pedindo para &#8220;Inserir uma moeda&#8221;. &#201; como quando voc&#234; navega pelo cat&#225;logo da Netflix e, antes de conseguir dar play em um filme, recebe a mensagem: &#8220;Assine&#8221;.</p><p>Assim, se desconstruirmos essa din&#226;mica... A m&#225;quina possui algo que queremos, seja utilidade ou entretenimento, n&#243;s a ativamos, na maioria das vezes pagando para desbloque&#225;-la, e ent&#227;o interagimos com a interface atrav&#233;s de um bot&#227;o, pressionando &#8220;iniciar&#8221;.</p><p>Em determinado momento, as interfaces surgiram para nos ajudar a remover atritos dos processos humanos, como tecer enormes quantidades de belos padr&#245;es em tecido. Nesse sentido, elas evolu&#237;ram atrav&#233;s de avan&#231;os cient&#237;ficos quase milagrosos e muito trabalho de engenharia para automatizar e acelerar grande parte das nossas ind&#250;strias e da nossa vida cotidiana, tornando a vida mais f&#225;cil, com menos atrito, ao nos permitir largar a agulha e deixar que as m&#225;quinas fa&#231;am o trabalho pesado, ou seja, produzam por n&#243;s.</p><p>Mas alguma coisa aconteceu no caminho. As interfaces se voltaram contra n&#243;s! Sua utilidade pr&#225;tica e seus recursos de engenharia come&#231;aram a ser protegidos por uma barreira: &#8220;Se voc&#234; quer permiss&#227;o para me usar, fa&#231;a X&#8221;.</p><p>Pegue o Instagram como exemplo. Tente visualizar um perfil sem ter uma conta e, depois de alguns segundos, a tela trava: &#8220;Entre para ver mais&#8221;. Isso &#233; basicamente um &#8220;Insira uma moeda&#8221; usando uma moeda diferente. Mas a verdadeira barreira nem sequer &#233; a tela de login. &#201; o pr&#243;prio algoritmo. Para realmente ser visto na plataforma, que &#233; justamente a utilidade pela qual aparecemos ali, voc&#234; precisa aliment&#225;-la com engajamento, curtidas, coment&#225;rios, tempo de visualiza&#231;&#227;o, consist&#234;ncia, e entregar sua privacidade no processo.</p><p>As m&#225;quinas antigas pelo menos diziam o pre&#231;o. Coloque uma moeda, ganhe uma vida. Simples assim. Essas novas n&#227;o dizem nada. Voc&#234; acaba performando em troca de um alcance que n&#227;o consegue medir, submetido a uma taxa que a m&#225;quina nunca publica e que ela silenciosamente monetiza atrav&#233;s de an&#250;ncios.</p><p>Bem, leitor, sinto muito por dar a not&#237;cia... mas Tyler Durden disse isso primeiro.</p><blockquote><p><em>As coisas que voc&#234; possui acabam possuindo voc&#234;.<br></em><strong>Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club</strong></p></blockquote><p>Ent&#227;o&#8230; dispositivos e interfaces est&#227;o hoje por toda parte em nossas vidas pessoais e profissionais. Eles nos bombardeiam com bot&#245;es e utilidades incr&#237;veis que v&#234;m acompanhadas de um pre&#231;o. Mas uma coisa mudou fundamentalmente: n&#243;s os criamos para remover atritos, por&#233;m desbloquear o acesso a eles se tornou justamente o atrito do qual precisamos desesperadamente nos livrar.</p><p>Nuss. S&#243; de escrever o par&#225;grafo anterior j&#225; senti meu cart&#227;o sendo furado.</p><p>E voc&#234; pode rir da ambiguidade dessa &#250;ltima frase, mas sabe que o seu cart&#227;o de cr&#233;dito tamb&#233;m pode acabar sendo perfurado pelas minhas interfaces. Hehe.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>E ent&#227;o, como n&#243;s brasileiros costumamos fazer diante de uma trag&#233;dia... todos damos risada, at&#233; lembrarmos de quantos bot&#245;es precisamos apertar para cancelar aquela assinatura que n&#227;o usamos mais</p><p>A&#237; damos as m&#227;os e choramos juntos.</p><p>N&#227;o porque ainda teremos que apertar mais bot&#245;es ao longo de uma vida aprisionada por bot&#245;es...</p><p>Mas porque, para come&#231;ar a assinatura, bastava apertar um &#250;nico bot&#227;o.</p><p>&#201; no cancelamento que o atrito finalmente volta para casa, agora com dez vezes mais bot&#245;es.</p><p><strong>Booyah.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.3 Casando com a Empatia</strong></h3><h6><strong>E como fazer um bom design nasce de um compromisso com a empatia</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>Tenho que admitir, troquei de cavalo no meio do rio no t&#243;pico anterior.</p><p>Minha inten&#231;&#227;o era entrar na parte t&#233;cnica e explicar como funciona o Design de Interfaces, mas o velho rabugento que habita meus 30 anos de idade aproveitou a oportunidade para abordar interfaces como hist&#243;ria cultural e filos&#243;fica, s&#243; para que eu pudesse furar o cart&#227;o do Zuckerberg.</p><p>Culpado! (Ele, n&#227;o eu. Eu sou apenas a testemunha com um rancor e uma met&#225;fora.)</p><p>Voltando para o cavalo...</p><p>Existe todo um campo de estudo dedicado a formar pessoas para projetar interfaces. Ele se chama <strong>User Experience Design</strong>, ou Design de Experi&#234;ncia do Usu&#225;rio.</p><p>Em <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design2-demystifying-uxui-design">Design.2 - Demystifying UX/UI Design Pt.1</a>, expliquei os conceitos fundamentais por tr&#225;s desse campo de estudo e tracei uma distin&#231;&#227;o clara entre consumidor e usu&#225;rio. Hoje em dia, todos n&#243;s somos os dois.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5b4b36dc-bda2-4ab2-8a47-93715cdbc448&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Course Syllabus&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.2 - Demystifying UX/UI Design Pt.1&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-08T19:54:31.442Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/899d2d2f-ba65-4547-baa2-6bf42f1e39ad_1988x1146.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design2-demystifying-uxui-design&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:126869774,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>Mas aqui vai algo sobre o qual eu ainda n&#227;o falei...</p><p>Sapatos.</p><p>Costumamos traduzir a capacidade, virtude ou habilidade da <strong>empatia</strong> atrav&#233;s da express&#227;o popular: &#8220;colocar-se no lugar do outro&#8221;. Em ingl&#234;s, a express&#227;o &#233; ainda mais literal: &#8220;colocar-se nos sapatos de outra pessoa&#8221;.</p><p>E essa &#233; a coisa fundamental de que todo tipo de artes&#227;o ou designer precisa para se destacar em seu of&#237;cio.</p><p>Porque tudo que &#233; projetado, &#233; projetado para algu&#233;m - e antes de conseguir projetar qualquer coisa para algu&#233;m, voc&#234; precisa caminhar por onde essa pessoa caminha, afinal, &#233; voc&#234; quem est&#225; pavimentando a estrada.</p><p>Nesse sentido, <strong>empatia</strong> n&#227;o &#233; uma <em>soft skill</em> que voc&#234; simplesmente salpica por cima do of&#237;cio. &#201; o material com o qual voc&#234; constr&#243;i. Voc&#234; pode ter uma t&#233;cnica impec&#225;vel, uma tipografia brilhante, um c&#243;digo elegante, uma sola lindamente projetada e, ainda assim, produzir algo que n&#227;o serve em ningu&#233;m, porque voc&#234; desenhou para um p&#233; que nunca se deu ao trabalho de estudar ou observar.</p><p>E assim chegamos ao tema principal desta edi&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>A maldi&#231;&#227;o de ter que me colocar no lugar de tantas pessoas quanto eu for capaz de imaginar.</p><p>Se hoje em dia nem mesmo pessoas religiosas fazem isso, por que eu deveria fazer isso como parte do meu trabalho?</p><p>Chega. Eu me demito.</p><p>*Larga o artigo e sai para dar uma caminhada.*</p><p>Esquece. Acabei de me contratar novamente.</p><p>Porque, com o <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao0-reme-seu-barco-marinheiro">Marketing da Autonomia</a>, <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm2-the-new-ceo-of-your-own-life?utm_source=publication-search">eu sou o CEO da minha pr&#243;pria vida</a>.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a4fd4eb3-6918-4c72-8b38-2bb0222a35c3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Welcome to the first edition of TOBM!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TOBM.2 - The New CEO of Your Own Life&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:161152137,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sentient Press&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;We serve as cultural and informational facilitators, challenging norms, raising awareness about global warming, and promoting democratic and humanitarian values through education and art.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb06b8cf-32f0-40dc-8fd5-0fdfe11d10d7_200x200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Sentient Publishing House&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1447813}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-09T15:01:29.398Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cfcf393c-8b99-4d88-877e-51f467e7b679_1533x958.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm2-the-new-ceo-of-your-own-life&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:135846456,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>E eu adoro me colocar nos sapatos dos outros.</p><p>Mesmo que alguns sapatos sejam grandes demais, outros sejam bem pequenos e alguns at&#233; cheirem mal.</p><p>Existem p&#233;s de todos os tipos e, se voc&#234; n&#227;o consegue entender isso como designer...</p><p>Tente outra profiss&#227;o, padawan.</p><p>Porque nem todo ser humano se importa em cultivar empatia.</p><p>E talvez esteja tudo bem, porque esse &#233; o sapato em que essa pessoa vive...</p><p>Mas o verdadeiro design n&#227;o pode se dar a esse luxo.</p><p>Na verdade, qualquer pessoa consegue se colocar nos sapatos de outra.</p><p>Voc&#234; s&#243; precisa de um pouco de imagina&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>Mas como, exatamente, voc&#234; entra na... <strong>cosmologia</strong> de algu&#233;m?</p><p>F&#225;cil. Leia a Agency.</p><p>Ou...</p><p>Cultive o cora&#231;&#227;o, ou o of&#237;cio, de um designer centrado no ser humano.</p><p>Na verdade, algum tempo atr&#225;s encontrei um termo novo na internet e nunca mais consegui esquec&#234;-lo.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Super Empata&#8221;</strong></p><p>Super empata &#233; um termo da psicologia popular usado para descrever uma pessoa com intensa sensibilidade emocional que aprendeu a estabelecer limites firmes e identificar manipula&#231;&#245;es.</p></blockquote><p>Embora normalmente n&#227;o haja nada de &#8220;heroico&#8221; em ser &#8220;super&#8221; em alguma coisa...</p><p>Existe, de fato, um trabalho heroico a ser feito atrav&#233;s do design.</p><p>Porque, como eu disse no passado...</p><p>Quando as coisas n&#227;o funcionam no presente, um novo futuro precisa ser <strong>desenhado</strong>.</p><p>E n&#227;o faz absolutamente nenhum sentido projetar um futuro apenas para si mesmo.</p><p>Em um planeta com tantos p&#233;s. Com ou sem chul&#233;.</p><p>Mas aten&#231;&#227;o, jovens padawans, aspirantes a designers, designers novatos e maestros do design...</p><p>Quando voc&#234; faz isso por tempo suficiente, essa capacidade evolui para &#8220;super&#8221; e eventualmente chega ao est&#225;gio &#8220;cr&#244;nico&#8221; (profundamente habitual) que tamb&#233;m &#233; um termo normalmente usado para doen&#231;as.</p><p>Talvez ser &#8220;super&#8221; tamb&#233;m seja uma doen&#231;a.</p><p>Olhe para o Batman...</p><p>Aquele pobre sujeito, considerado <em>super-her&#243;i,</em> salva Gotham City todos os dias, mas sempre acaba sozinho em sua Batcaverna.</p><p>Ser&#225; que ele s&#243; d&#225; socos nos vil&#245;es ou tamb&#233;m em quem tenta fazer amizade com ele?</p><p>Acho que todos podemos concordar que n&#227;o &#233; normal se vestir de morcego.</p><p>Especialmente quando voc&#234; poderia se vestir como uma linda gaviota branca...</p><p>Temos um diagn&#243;stico complexo a&#237;: <strong>depress&#227;o g&#243;tica urbana contempor&#226;nea ma-</strong>ra<strong>-rvel-</strong>hosa</p><p>Enfim... estou divagando porque n&#227;o quero falar sobre a minha doen&#231;a.</p><p>N&#227;o quero encarar a verdade!</p><p>N&#227;o aguento mais.</p><p>Preciso procurar algum rem&#233;dio ou tomar uma inje&#231;&#227;o nas n&#225;degas.</p><p>Preciso publicar este artigo sem fazer uma revis&#227;o fiel, obsessiva e torturante da minha gram&#225;tica.</p><p>Preciso me livrar dessa necessidade de tornar a sua experi&#234;ncia de leitura... PERFEITA!</p><p>E se isso n&#227;o funcionar... estou condenado.</p><p>Condenado a simular a sua realidade em algum canto da minha mente.</p><p>Condenado a remover todos os atritos da sua vida.</p><p>Condenado a me imaginar nos seus sapatos e vagar pelos seus medos, desejos, sonhos, significados, cosmologia e, inevitavelmente... pelos seus p&#233;s fedidos, leitor.</p><p>E n&#227;o h&#225; absolutamente nada que voc&#234; possa fazer a respeito.</p><p><strong>Booyah.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Sobre o Autor</strong></h3><h6><strong>Thiago Patriota</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3gq8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5110681a-8508-44a9-981c-2e878f86f4fa_960x1280.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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31 Aug 2026 19:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/26ffe445-cb37-48f5-80fe-a6d3ea320f10_5706x2880.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong>Pandora&#8217;s Box</strong></h3><h6><strong>A digest on my latest photos, discoveries and some other things.</strong></h6><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3>25. Introduction</h3><p>Hello reader!</p><p>It&#8217;s been over 2 years since our last issue here at Agency.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;76682727-d269-4518-87eb-42b43e9461f9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;24. 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(In Brazilian portuguese words: &#8220;Perdi a m&#227;o&#8230;&#8221;)</p><p>I know 2 years is a long time, but I hope you don&#8217;t feel like I ghosted you - ghosting is not cool.</p><p>Maybe I was at a loss for words - used way too many of them in previous issues. Maybe I could not afford the time to write my dear audience. Maybe my dad is the only paid Agency subscriber and so feeding the newsletter with more content become unsustainable over time.</p><p>But here&#8217;s an attempt to get that muscle back.</p><p>While making sure my father&#8217;s investment is worth his money.</p><p>Because this topic can be as much relevant to designers and creatives as it can be to mostly anyone else in the world.</p><p>For digital experiences shape the human experiences of today.</p><p>We see the world through screens nowadays, like for example, your reading experience of these words. Every single interaction you have with a device is an experience crafted by a human person - systems, fonts, buttons and colors strategically picked to make your experience better.</p><p>And so&#8230;</p><p>Today I caught myself wondering: &#8220;<strong>How does the craft of designing applications and software shape one&#8217;s vision of the world?</strong>&#8221;</p><p>What happens to the mind when it puts itself in a user&#8217;s position over and over again? When you have to conceive the actual interfaces, buttons and systems that help people navigate through different tools available today.</p><p>A very similar question can also come from any person who deals with internet and modern devices on a daily basis: &#8220;<strong>How does interacting with screens every single day shapes my way of seeing the world?</strong>&#8221; </p><p>How many screen taps have you made today? How many clicks your mouse&#8230; clicked?</p><p>Can you live without screens, reader?</p><p>If you find yourself lost in the woods with only a BIC lighter in your pockets, can you manage to light a fire for the night without having Google, Siri or AI telling you what to do?</p><p>After all, what does it really mean to be dependent on digital interfaces? To do essential life tasks through phones or computers? To just grab the phone and scroll feeds when you are bored? To need wifi in order to get essential survival information.</p><p>Nah.</p><p>Here&#8217;s an even more intriguing question: <strong>How far away is society from developing what William Gibson described in his Sprawl trilogy books as &#8220;chronic cyberspace addiction&#8221;?</strong> What happens if we become so absorbed in the digital dimension that we start neglecting our bodies - even forgetting to eat and resenting having to disconnect for basic physical needs?</p><p>Is that already happening? Is that about to happen? How does it&#8230; look?</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dc2a61af-769b-401e-96fc-6ec9fe3e4fde_1125x773.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/36a85494-4391-4f0e-8634-75811959826d_1500x1061.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3fc1b08f-6480-44ff-adc6-4a9193bf913c_1500x1060.webp&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69606afc-d32f-4033-b9cf-91c0780547fb_1500x1835.webp&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Images: Josan Gonzales / Deathburger. Source: Character Design References (https://characterdesignreferences.com/artist-of-the-week-15/josan-gonzales), &#8220;Josan Gonzales,&#8221; 2021. Illustrator of the Brazilian editions of William Gibson&#8217;s Sprawl Trilogy, published by Editora Aleph.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/109e2fd7-eb6b-4692-8f7e-27d7e96815a0_1456x1456.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>Let&#8217;s dive deeper into the topic.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.1 Understanding a Cosmology</strong></h3><h6><strong>What kind of world do digital interfaces teach us to believe we inhabit?</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>The word <em>cosmology</em> comes from Greek</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#954;&#972;&#963;&#956;&#959;&#962; (</strong><em><strong>k&#243;smos</strong></em><strong>)</strong> = order, arrangement, the ordered world/universe<br><strong>-&#955;&#959;&#947;&#943;&#945; (</strong><em><strong>-log&#237;a</strong></em><strong>)</strong>, from <strong>&#955;&#972;&#947;&#959;&#962; (</strong><em><strong>l&#243;gos</strong></em><strong>)</strong> = account, discourse, study, reason</p></blockquote><p>So when we marry that root with the suffix, we got <em><strong>cosmology</strong></em> &#8776; &#8220;the study of the nature and origin of the universe (or reality)&#8221; according to Cambridge.</p><p>But much attention here, because the root <em>k&#243;smos</em>, in its older sense means &#8220;order&#8221; or &#8220;odered arrengement&#8221; - and so, we get the main question behind this <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Agency&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:166584763,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9557be3-b344-4830-8398-0b385284affe_500x500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;6e8f6207-a180-43f6-86de-9dbab97865cf&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> issue: &#8220;<strong>How digital interfaces help us order and navigate reality?&#8221;</strong>. Or, less philosophically: &#8220;<strong>What does putting buttons everywhere do to our Homo sapiens brains?</strong>&#8221;</p><p>Carl Sagan was a famous scientist and cosmologist who viewed human existence through a cosmological lens grounded in science. He spent much of his life trying to figure out where exactly we fit among the stars and planets, like a tiny ant attempting to calculate the dimensions of planet Earth, or Earth itself trying to make sense of its own size against everything else scattered across the galaxy.</p><p>Because his lens was grounded in science, every thesis he birthed, had to be explained through formal calculations and logical validations. In his cosmological way of seeing the world, there was no space for religions, magic, myths, gods or unicorns. That&#8217;s why he famously wrote in <em>The Demon-Haunted World</em>:</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;</strong>For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.<strong>&#8221;</strong></p><p><strong>Carl Sagan</strong></p></blockquote><p>I respect that Mr. Sagan, but for me, it sounds boring.</p><p>If life was that practical for everybody, we wouldn&#8217;t even have time nor find utility in creating cute mythological creatures like Grogu.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RN9E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faef64e40-e911-4ef9-8098-7316c14efd22_494x278.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Try living without this tiny kind of wisdom.</p><p>On a more serious note&#8230;</p><p>I&#8217;m pointing out to the most important thing to understand about cosmology.</p><p>Even if you are a scientist of&#8230; cosmology, like Sagan - you will still need your own cosmology to interpret the world. </p><p>Even though Carl Sagan studied cosmology professionally, he also approached it through a cosmology of his own: his values, his assumptions, his sense of truth, his own particular lens, his own worldview, his own&#8230; cosmology.</p><p>Thus, our cosmological perspective of life sits in the root &#8216;directory&#8217; of how we interpret the world. It shapes what we believe life is, what matters inside it, and what we understand ourselves to be doing here in the first place.</p><p>That is partly why different cultures can inhabit the same physical reality and yet navigate life in radically different ways</p><p>Christians may seek transcendence through love, faith and sacrifice.</p><p>Buddhists may seek liberation through detachment, awareness and the overcoming of suffering.</p><p>Hindus may understand life through cycles of birth, death and rebirth, seeking liberation from that cycle through spiritual realization.</p><p>Muslims may understand life as submission to God, guided by faith, discipline and moral responsibility.</p><p>Taoists may seek harmony by aligning themselves with the natural flow and order of existence rather than trying to impose themselves upon it.</p><p>Vikings could enter battle believing that an honorable death might earn them a place in Valhalla, where they would feast, drink, fight, and live among legendary warriors in Odin&#8217;s hall.</p><p>And a scientific materialist like Sagan, may look for meaning in what can be observed, measured and understood.</p><p><strong>Same planet.<br>Different cosmologies.<br>Different worldviews for reality.</strong></p><p>Believing everyone must interpret existence through the same lens is one of the oldest forms of ignorance. It's like insisting that an Android user and an iPhone user can't talk on WhatsApp because their operating systems are different.</p><p>The apps run on different code, the interfaces look nothing alike, but the message still gets through. Different systems don't block connection, they just process it differently.</p><p>The same is true for people. Different minds, different operating systems, same underlying capacity to understand each other.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.2 Understanding Interfaces</strong></h3><h6><strong>And why they are invisible when they truly work.</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>What could be argued to be one of the first interfaces of humanity can be found in a mechanical device called &#8220;Jacquard Loom&#8221; - it used replaceable punched cards to control repetitive operations and weave patterns with cloth. This whole system then, was what we consider an interface: a person could program a machine's behavior without touching the mechanism directly.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iMXm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7ed1f9f-b0fe-4b6c-b5af-1992a04ed2c5_1109x918.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iMXm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7ed1f9f-b0fe-4b6c-b5af-1992a04ed2c5_1109x918.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo: Haus der Seidenkultur, from "The story of Jacquard weaving," Mingei Project (<a href="https://www.mingei-project.eu/index.html%3Fp=1984.html">mingei-project.eu</a>)</figcaption></figure></div><p>Later on, the Jacquard Loom's punched card system became a conceptual foundation for computing. Charles Babbage referenced it in the design of his Analytical Engine, and Ada Lovelace, writing notes on that design, produced what's now considered the first published computer program, decades before any electromechanical computer existed.</p><p>Fast forward to the present. We're surrounded by electromechanical and digital devices that dictate how we live our lives, as if we've become the punch cards ourselves, patterned and read by systems we rarely see the shape of.</p><p>There was one particular manifestation of interfaces in between these periods that its worth pointing out. It is a screen that most people has seen at least once in their lives.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GQdc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg" width="640" height="426" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5762fc7e-a02f-4a07-9611-8bce7f7b38f3_640x426.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:426,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:57624,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Let's RePlay Vs. 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VS. Super Mario Bros., arcade screenshot.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Strangely, we still share a very similar relationship with interfaces from when they were just screens in arcades prompting us to &#8220;Insert a Coin&#8221; - like when you preview a netflix catalog and before being able to play a movie, you are prompted with: &#8220;Subscribe&#8221;</p><p>Thus, if we are to disconstruct this dynamic&#8230; The machine holds something we want (whether it is utility or entertainment), we activate it (most of the times by paying and unlocking it) and then we interact with the interface through a button (by pressing &#8216;start&#8217;).</p><p>At a given moment, interfaces surged to help us remove friction from human process, like weaving huge amounts of beautiful patterns into cloth. On that sense, they evolved with miraculous scientific and hard work to automate and accelerate much of our industries and day to day lives - making living easier (frictionless) by helping us drop the needle and letting the machines do the hard work (produce) for us.</p><p>But something happened along the way, the interfaces turned against us! Their practical utility and engineering features started being gatekeeped by a threshold: &#8220;If you want permission to use me, do X&#8221;.</p><p>Take Instagram, for example. Try to view a profile without an account and after a few seconds the screen locks: 'Log in to see more.' That's basically 'Insert Coin' wearing a different currency. But the real threshold isn't the login wall, it's the algorithm itself. To actually be seen on the platform, which is the whole utility we showed up for, you have to feed it engagement (likes, comments, watch time, consistency) and hand over your privacy along the way. </p><p>The old machines at least told you the price. Drop a coin, get a life, simple as that. These new ones don't tell you anything. You end up performing for a reach you can't measure, against a rate the machine never publishes, one it quietly monetizes through ads.</p><p>Well reader, sorry to break the news&#8230; but Tyler Durden said it first.</p><blockquote><p><em>The things you own, end up owning you.<br>- </em><strong>Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club</strong></p></blockquote><p>Hence, devices and interfaces are everywhere in our personal and professional lifes nowadays, they bombard us with buttons and cool utilities that comes with a price tag - but one thing has fundamentally changed: we made them to remove friction but unlocking their use became the actual friction we so desperately need to get rid off. </p><p>Phew, I feel my card punched just by writing that previous paragraph.</p><p>And you might laugh about the ambiguity of that last sentence, but you know that your credit card might be punched by my interfaces as well. Hehe</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>And so, like we Brazilians usually do in the face of tragedy&#8230; we all laugh, but then we remember how many buttons we need to press in order to cancel that one subscritpion we don&#8217;t use anymore - and then we hold hands and cry together.</p><p>Not because we will still have to press more buttons in a life imprisioned with buttons&#8230;</p><p>But because starting the subscription only required us to press one button.</p><p>And cancelling it is where the friction finally comes home with tenfold of buttons.</p><p><strong>Booyah.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>25.3 Marrying Empathy</strong></h3><h6><strong>And how making good design comes from a commitment with empathy</strong></h6><div><hr></div><p>I gotta be honest, I swapped horses midstream in the previous topic.</p><p>I meant to get technical and explain how Interface Design works but the grumpy old man in my 30 years of age took the opportunity to approach interfaces as cultural and philosophical history - just so I could punch Zuckerberg&#8217;s card.</p><p>Guilty as charged. (Him, not me. I'm just the witness with a grudge and a metaphor).</p><p>Getting back on the horse&#8230;</p><p>There is an entire field of study that specialize people in designing interfaces, it is called User Experience Design.</p><p>In <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design2-demystifying-uxui-design">Design.2 - Demystifying UX/UI Design Pt.1</a> I have explained the fundamental concepts behind this field of study and painted a clear picture between the differences of a consumer and a user - all of us are both nowadays.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5b4b36dc-bda2-4ab2-8a47-93715cdbc448&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Course Syllabus&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.2 - Demystifying UX/UI Design Pt.1&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-08T19:54:31.442Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/899d2d2f-ba65-4547-baa2-6bf42f1e39ad_1988x1146.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design2-demystifying-uxui-design&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:126869774,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>But here&#8217;s what I haven&#8217;t talked about before&#8230;</p><p>Shoes.</p><p>We usually translate the capacity/virtue/skill of <strong>empathy</strong> through the popular expression: &#8220;To put yourself in someone else's shoes&#8221;</p><p>And that is the fundamental thing every kind of artisan or designer needs in order to excel in their craft.</p><p>Because before you can design anything for someone, you have to walk where they walk - because you are actually paving the road.</p><p>In that sense, <strong>empathy</strong> isn't a soft skill you sprinkle on top of the craft. It's the material you build with. You can have flawless technique, brilliant typography, elegant code, a beautifully engineered sole, and still produce something that fits nobody, because you designed it for a foot you never bothered to study or observe.</p><p>And so we get to the main topic of this issue.</p><p>The curse of having to put myself in the shoes of as many people as I can possibly imagine.</p><p>If nowadays we don&#8217;t see even religious people doing that, why should I do that for professional work?</p><p>Enough. I quit.</p><p>*Drops the article and go for a walk</p><p>Nevermind, I just rehired myself again.</p><p>Cause with the <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue0-row-your-boat-sailor?utm_source=publication-search">Marketing of Autonomy</a>, <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm2-the-new-ceo-of-your-own-life?utm_source=publication-search">I&#8217;m the CEO of my own life</a>.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a4fd4eb3-6918-4c72-8b38-2bb0222a35c3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Welcome to the first edition of TOBM!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TOBM.2 - The New CEO of Your Own Life&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:161152137,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sentient Press&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;We serve as cultural and informational facilitators, challenging norms, raising awareness about global warming, and promoting democratic and humanitarian values through education and art.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb06b8cf-32f0-40dc-8fd5-0fdfe11d10d7_200x200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Sentient Publishing House&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1447813}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-09T15:01:29.398Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cfcf393c-8b99-4d88-877e-51f467e7b679_1533x958.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm2-the-new-ceo-of-your-own-life&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:135846456,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>And I love putting myself in other people&#8217;s shoe.</p><p>Even though some shoes are way too big, others are quite small and some are even smelly.</p><p>There are all kinds of feets and if you can&#8217;t understand that as a designer&#8230;</p><p>Try another profession mate.</p><p>Because not all humans care about cultivating empathy.</p><p>And perhaps that&#8217;s fine, because that&#8217;s the shoe they live in&#8230;</p><p>But real design affords no such luxury.</p><p>Truthfully, anyone can put themselves in other people&#8217;s shoe.</p><p>You just need a little imagination.</p><p>But how exactly do you tap into someone&#8217;s&#8230; <strong>cosmology</strong>?</p><p>Easy. Read Agency.</p><p>Or&#8230;</p><p>Cultivate the heart (or craft) of a human-centered designer.</p><p>In fact, I came across this new term in the internet sometime ago, never managed to forget about it.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Super Empath&#8221;</strong><br>A super empath is a popular psychology term for a person with intense emotional sensitivity who has learned to set firm boundaries and spot manipulation</p></blockquote><p>Although there is usually nothing &#8216;hero&#8217; about being &#8216;super&#8217; in something</p><p>There is in fact, heroic work to be done through design.</p><p>Because as I said in the past&#8230;</p><p>When things don&#8217;t work in the present, a new future needs to be designed.</p><p>And there is absolutely no point in designing a future only for yourself.</p><p>In a planet with so many feet.</p><p>But attention, younglings, wannabe designers, newbie designers and maestro designers&#8230;</p><p>When you do that for long enough, the capacity evolves to &#8220;super&#8221; and eventually lands to &#8220;chronic&#8221; (deeply habitual) - which is also a term that is usually used for diseases.</p><p>Perhaps &#8220;super&#8221; is also a disease.</p><p>Look at Batman&#8230;</p><p>That poor <em>super</em> hero dude saves every single day in Gotham City but always end up alone in his batcave.</p><p>Does he only punches the villains or also those who try to befriend him?</p><p>I think we can all agree - It&#8217;s not normal to dress yourself as a bat.</p><p>Specially if you could dress as a beautiful white segaull&#8230;</p><p>That&#8217;s some complex diagnose right there: <strong>contemporary urban gothic marvel-lous depression</strong>.</p><p>Anywho&#8230; I digress because I don&#8217;t want to talk about my disease.</p><p>I don&#8217;t want to face the truth!</p><p>I can&#8217;t take it anymore.</p><p>I need to go after some medicine or injection in my buttocks.</p><p>I need to publish this article without a faithful, obsessive and torturous review of my grammar.</p><p>I need to get rid of the need of making your reading experience&#8230; PERFECT!</p><p>And if it don&#8217;t work&#8230; I&#8217;m doomed.</p><p>I&#8217;m doomed to simulate your reality in some corner of my mind.</p><p>Doomed to remove all the frictions of your life.</p><p>Doomed to imagine myself in your shoes and wander through your fears, desires, dreams, meanings, cosmology and, inevitably&#8230; your smelly feet, reader.</p><p>And there is nothing you can do about it.</p><p><strong>Booyah.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6><strong>Thiago Patriota</strong></h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3gq8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5110681a-8508-44a9-981c-2e878f86f4fa_960x1280.jpeg" 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&#233; um espa&#231;o criado para nosso programa de <strong>Patronos</strong>, nossa nova categoria de assinatura criada para Investidores, Pol&#237;ticos, Executivos, Cientistas e Professores. Saiba mais <a href="http://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe">clicando aqui</a>.</p><p>Esse material &#233; uma amostra gr&#225;tis de uma nova linha de estudo sendo desenvolvida - o acesso para o estudo completo ser&#225; exclusivo para patronos Agency.</p><div><hr></div><h2>&#205;ndice</h2><p><span>Thiago Patriota da Silva<br>23/08/2026<br>Pontal do Paran&#225;</span></p><p><strong><span>M&#233;todo Cient&#237;fico como S&#237;ntese do Afeto - </span></strong><em><strong><span>Programa de pesquisa sobre permeabilidade, observa&#231;&#227;o, consci&#234;ncia e conhecimento</span></strong></em></p><p><strong><span>Estudo I &#8212; Uma investiga&#231;&#227;o inicial sobre a import&#226;ncia da permeabilidade na origem da observa&#231;&#227;o</span></strong></p><div><hr></div><h2>Resumo de IA</h2><h6>Processado por Claude Sonnet 5</h6><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Chat, quais s&#227;o as escolas/disciplinas que esse estudo visa navegar?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Epistemologia</p></li><li><p>Ontologia</p></li><li><p>Filosofia da mente</p></li><li><p>Fenomenologia</p></li><li><p>Neuroci&#234;ncia</p></li><li><p>Psicologia</p></li><li><p>Filosofia da intelig&#234;ncia artificial / filosofia da tecnologia</p></li><li><p>Racionalismo cartesiano</p></li></ul></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Chat, o que esse estudo tenta come&#231;ar a dizer?</strong></p><p>Esse texto prop&#245;e um deslocamento no ponto de partida da filosofia do conhecimento. Ele parte do &#8220;Penso, logo existo&#8221; de Descartes, que fundou a ci&#234;ncia moderna no ato de pensar e no m&#233;todo de isolar e decompor fen&#244;menos para estud&#225;-los, e argumenta que esse gesto, mesmo sendo poderos&#237;ssimo, tem um limite: ele trata o observador como algo separado daquilo que observa.</p><p>A tese central &#233; que, antes de qualquer pensamento racional sobre um objeto, algo precisa primeiro nos afetar para que passe a existir dentro do nosso campo de realidade vivida. Voc&#234; s&#243; presta aten&#231;&#227;o, voc&#234; s&#243; passa a &#8220;pensar sobre&#8221; alguma coisa, depois que ela j&#225; produziu uma diferen&#231;a em voc&#234;, emocional, sensorial, corporal. O exemplo do duplo id&#234;ntico na cozinha ilustra isso bem: o choque n&#227;o vem de uma an&#225;lise racional, vem de um impacto afetivo instant&#226;neo que reorganiza toda a sua aten&#231;&#227;o antes que qualquer racioc&#237;nio comece.</p><p>A partir da&#237; o texto puxa um argumento contempor&#226;neo interessante: j&#225; que sistemas de IA conseguem reproduzir opera&#231;&#245;es que pareciam ser exclusividade do &#8220;pensar&#8221; (linguagem, infer&#234;ncia, an&#225;lise), o pensamento como desempenho observ&#225;vel deixa de servir como prova de consci&#234;ncia. Isso for&#231;a a pergunta: se pensar n&#227;o basta mais para distinguir consci&#234;ncia, o que basta? A resposta proposta &#233; a permeabilidade, a capacidade de ser afetado, de se modificar em fun&#231;&#227;o desse afeto e de responder a ele.</p><p>O texto culmina numa reformula&#231;&#227;o da m&#225;xima cartesiana: &#8220;Sou afetado, logo existo&#8221;. N&#227;o como nega&#231;&#227;o de Descartes, mas como uma camada anterior a ele, uma tentativa de mostrar que a afetividade &#233; a condi&#231;&#227;o de possibilidade da pr&#243;pria observa&#231;&#227;o racional, n&#227;o um acr&#233;scimo emocional a ela.</p><p>&#201;, no fundo, um manifesto de abertura para um programa de pesquisa maior (o texto se apresenta como &#8220;Estudo I&#8221;), que puxa fios de filosofia da mente, epistemologia, neuroci&#234;ncia e a quest&#227;o da consci&#234;ncia artificial, todos amarrados por essa ideia central: a realidade s&#243; se torna &#8220;real&#8221; para um sujeito no momento em que ela consegue atravess&#225;-lo.</p></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Chat, quais as implica&#231;&#245;es desse estudo sobre permeabilidade?</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Epistemol&#243;gica</strong>: o afeto vem antes da raz&#227;o. Voc&#234; s&#243; analisa algo depois de ter sido afetado por ele, ent&#227;o a raz&#227;o &#233; resposta, n&#227;o fundamento.</p></li><li><p><strong>Consci&#234;ncia artificial</strong>: j&#225; que sistemas de IA reproduzem pensamento sem serem conscientes, &#8220;pensar&#8221; deixa de ser crit&#233;rio v&#225;lido para provar consci&#234;ncia. O texto sugere um crit&#233;rio alternativo: ser afetado e se modificar por isso.</p></li><li><p><strong>Metodol&#243;gica</strong>: o texto n&#227;o descarta o reducionismo cartesiano, mas mostra seu limite. Abre espa&#231;o para uma ci&#234;ncia que trate o observador como parte constitutiva do fen&#244;meno, n&#227;o separado dele.</p></li><li><p><strong>Urg&#234;ncia do momento</strong>: trazer essa discuss&#227;o &#224; tona agora tem um valor quase preventivo. O reducionismo, levado ao extremo como &#250;nico crit&#233;rio de validade cient&#237;fica, tende a esterilizar justamente aquilo que origina a pr&#243;pria ci&#234;ncia: a capacidade humana de ser afetada por um problema antes de conseguir formul&#225;-lo racionalmente. Ao reintroduzir o afeto como ponto de partida leg&#237;timo do conhecimento, o texto resgata o espa&#231;o para a intui&#231;&#227;o, a criatividade e a inven&#231;&#227;o dentro do pr&#243;prio m&#233;todo cient&#237;fico, n&#227;o como desvios emocionais a serem eliminados, mas como a origem real de toda pergunta que depois vira investiga&#231;&#227;o s&#233;ria.</p></li></ul></div><div><hr></div><h2>Artigo Cient&#237;fico #1: <strong><span>A Origem Afetiva da Observa&#231;&#227;o: </span></strong><em><strong><span>Uma introdu&#231;&#227;o ao princ&#237;pio da permeabilidade</span></strong></em></h2><h3><span>Introdu&#231;&#227;o</span></h3><p><span>O princ&#237;pio filos&#243;fico &#8220;</span><em><span>Penso, logo existo</span></em><span>&#8221;, formulado por Ren&#233; Descartes no </span><em><span>Discurso do M&#233;todo</span></em><span> de 1637, integra um projeto epistemol&#243;gico que estabeleceu a raz&#227;o, a d&#250;vida met&#243;dica, a an&#225;lise e a decomposi&#231;&#227;o dos problemas como instrumentos fundamentais para a constru&#231;&#227;o de conhecimento confi&#225;vel. Ao situar o sujeito pensante como primeiro ponto de certeza e propor que fen&#244;menos complexos sejam investigados pela divis&#227;o de suas partes, o pensamento cartesiano tornou-se uma das matrizes hist&#243;ricas da ci&#234;ncia moderna e contribuiu para a consolida&#231;&#227;o do reducionismo metodol&#243;gico. Essa estrat&#233;gia produziu avan&#231;os extraordin&#225;rios ao permitir que fen&#244;menos fossem isolados, mensurados e examinados com crescente precis&#227;o. Seu sucesso, entretanto, tamb&#233;m favoreceu uma tend&#234;ncia persistente de tratar aquilo que &#233; isolado metodologicamente como se pudesse ser compreendido independentemente das rela&#231;&#245;es que o constituem. &#201; precisamente nesse limite que se inicia a investiga&#231;&#227;o de um novo princ&#237;pio ontol&#243;gico-relacional.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg" width="524" height="734.1758241758242" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2040,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:524,&quot;bytes&quot;:5782186,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Retrato pintado de Ren&#233; Descartes, homem branco de cabelos longos e ondulados, bigode e cavanhaque, vestindo colarinho branco largo sobre roupa escura. 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No canto superior esquerdo, uma seta desenhada &#224; m&#227;o aponta para o retrato ao lado do texto &quot;petrificou nossos cora&#231;&#245;es?&quot;. No canto superior direito, um desenho de cora&#231;&#227;o partido com olhos em X, gotejando. No canto inferior direito, um fantasma com aur&#233;ola, tamb&#233;m com olhos em X, gotejando. A metade inferior da imagem cont&#233;m um poema escrito &#224; m&#227;o em tipografia branca manuscrita, questionando o legado do racionalismo cartesiano e propondo a frase &quot;sou afetado, logo existo&quot; como resposta contempor&#226;nea." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YngJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F090501ac-a9d7-4acc-87e9-99b081f507d2_2484x3480.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Obra original: Retrato de Ren&#233; Descartes, atribu&#237;do a Frans Hals (ou sua escola), c. 1649-1700, &#243;leo sobre tela, Museu do Louvre. Dom&#237;nio p&#250;blico, via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>. Interven&#231;&#227;o visual e texto: Thiago Patriota.</figcaption></figure></div><p><span>Uma montanha se molda atrav&#233;s de processos geol&#243;gicos lentos e duradouros que tamb&#233;m acabam por formar a superf&#237;cie da Terra. Uma superf&#237;cie, seja um terreno &#237;ngreme ou um solo plano, &#233; caracterizada por sua localiza&#231;&#227;o geogr&#225;fica e pelo contexto geol&#243;gico, clim&#225;tico e biol&#243;gico ao qual pertence. Um bioma define ent&#227;o o escopo vegetal, animal, f&#250;ngico e microbiano que habita a superf&#237;cie que imagino, enquanto sua constitui&#231;&#227;o geol&#243;gica determina tamb&#233;m os minerais que nela podem ser encontrados.</span></p><p><span>Uma rocha espec&#237;fica de um bioma pode demonstrar, atrav&#233;s de sua forma f&#237;sica, densidade, peso, condu&#231;&#227;o el&#233;trica, textura e outras propriedades, n&#227;o apenas seu papel naquele ecossistema, mas tamb&#233;m sua poss&#237;vel utilidade em outras superf&#237;cies - como, por exemplo, em uma f&#225;brica de baterias situada na superf&#237;cie industrial de uma grande metr&#243;pole.</span></p><p><span>Cada pequeno ou grande elemento da natureza pode ser relacionado, isolado e reduzido &#224;s suas propriedades e distin&#231;&#245;es, tornando poss&#237;vel sistematiz&#225;-lo sob diferentes crit&#233;rios. Entretanto, apesar de muito funcional para o estudo de propriedades isol&#225;veis, o reducionismo metodol&#243;gico n&#227;o consegue, sozinho, integrar toda a amplitude de complexidade dos fen&#244;menos conscientes humanos, que possuem um corpo: massa som&#225;tica moldada tamb&#233;m pela gravidade; mas que possuem igualmente uma mente capaz de moldar o pr&#243;prio corpo atrav&#233;s de comportamentos, h&#225;bitos, decis&#245;es e respostas fisiol&#243;gicas, mente essa, sustentada biologicamente pela mat&#233;ria cinzenta, pela mat&#233;ria branca e pelas demais estruturas e processos do c&#233;rebro.</span></p><p><span>Assim, a partir do momento em que &#233; poss&#237;vel identificar um &#250;nico processo subjetivo como agente capaz de modificar mat&#233;ria org&#226;nica, torna-se necess&#225;rio considerar tamb&#233;m o movimento inverso: a maneira pela qual altera&#231;&#245;es materiais provenientes do exterior atravessam o corpo e passam a constituir percep&#231;&#227;o, cogni&#231;&#227;o e afeto. O observador, portanto, n&#227;o se encontra isolado do objeto observado, mas &#233; continuamente permeado pelas rela&#231;&#245;es que estabelece com aquilo que o cerca. A partir dessa reciprocidade, podemos extrair um princ&#237;pio sobre a natureza humana no processo de observa&#231;&#227;o atrav&#233;s da pergunta: &#8220;O que faz com que, dentre tudo aquilo que existe, determinada coisa se torne objeto de observa&#231;&#227;o?&#8221;. Pois, na experi&#234;ncia humana, algo s&#243; passa a integrar efetivamente o campo da realidade vivida a partir do momento em que &#233; capaz de permear o sujeito, produzindo alguma diferen&#231;a em seu campo perceptivo ou cognitivo. Diferen&#231;a essa que h&#225; de sempre se iniciar pelo campo afetivo.</span></p><h3><span>Desenvolvimento</span></h3><p><span>Imagine-se, leitor, se dirigindo at&#233; a cozinha do seu lar e encontrando um ser vivo id&#234;ntico a voc&#234;. Seus olhos captam a figura mas &#233; apenas a quantidade de afec&#231;&#227;o que aquela vis&#227;o lhe transmite que ser&#225; capaz de lhe fazer congelar, deixando ent&#227;o cair o copo de &#225;gua que colocaria na mesa. A observa&#231;&#227;o de uma diferen&#231;a qualitativa nula acompanhada por uma diferen&#231;a num&#233;rica m&#237;nima: a exist&#234;ncia de dois indiv&#237;duos id&#234;nticos onde se esperava apenas um pode ser capaz de produzir um impacto emocional extraordin&#225;rio, diferente por exemplo, do encontro com a figura de um inseto pe&#231;onhento - pois uma figura desafia toda a sua no&#231;&#227;o de realidade, enquanto a outra desafia apenas a sua integridade f&#237;sica que pode ser assegurada utilizando de ferramenta, o copo, ainda na m&#227;o do observador que agu&#231;ou seus sentidos de defesa e se manteve mais atento.</span></p><p><span>A mera recep&#231;&#227;o sensorial de uma diferen&#231;a e sua posterior representa&#231;&#227;o cognitiva n&#227;o explicam, por si mesmas, por que aquela diferen&#231;a adquire relev&#226;ncia suficiente para reorganizar a aten&#231;&#227;o e o comportamento do observador. Pensar pode ser suficiente para demonstrar exist&#234;ncia, como prop&#245;e Descartes, mas talvez seja insuficiente para caracterizar aquilo que significa existir enquanto ser consciente: uma consci&#234;ncia n&#227;o apenas representa aquilo que percebe, mas &#233; capaz de ser afetada por essa percep&#231;&#227;o, modificar-se em fun&#231;&#227;o dela e produzir uma resposta.</span></p><p><span>Se o campo subjetivo e simb&#243;lico das emo&#231;&#245;es humanas &#233; capaz de interagir com o campo f&#237;sico e org&#226;nico do corpo humano e se a consci&#234;ncia n&#227;o &#233; definida apenas pela capacidade de pensar, mas tamb&#233;m pela capacidade de ser afetada e responder, o que isso pode nos dizer sobre a capacidade que um humano tem de ser perme&#225;vel a um espectro mais rico e aprofundado de emo&#231;&#245;es?</span></p><p><span>Quando consideramos o afeto como o primeiro dado experiencial da observ&#226;ncia humana, precisamos colocar a experi&#234;ncia afetiva como ponto epistemol&#243;gico inicial. Enquanto a epistemologia de Descartes se sustenta no ato de pensar, o projeto da permeabilidade questiona se o pensar, isoladamente, &#233; suficiente para caracterizar aquilo que significa existir enquanto ser consciente. Esse ponto de diverg&#234;ncia se torna especialmente relevante na era p&#243;s-intelig&#234;ncia artificial, em que sistemas desenvolvidos por humanos j&#225; s&#227;o capazes de reproduzir, em larga escala, opera&#231;&#245;es lingu&#237;sticas, anal&#237;ticas e inferenciais historicamente associadas ao pensamento, sem que isso nos permita concluir que exista neles experi&#234;ncia consciente equivalente &#224; humana. O pensamento, enquanto desempenho observ&#225;vel, deixa assim de constituir uma exclusividade evidente da consci&#234;ncia humana. Se aquilo que reconhecemos externamente como pensamento pode ser tecnicamente reproduzido sem que possamos inferir da&#237; consci&#234;ncia, torna-se necess&#225;rio investigar se a exist&#234;ncia consciente n&#227;o se caracteriza apenas pela capacidade de representar o mundo, mas tamb&#233;m pela capacidade de ser afetada por ele, modificar-se em consequ&#234;ncia desse afeto e responder &#224;quilo que a modifica.</span></p><h3><span>Conclus&#227;o</span></h3><p><span>Essa investiga&#231;&#227;o introdut&#243;ria visa analisar e fundamentar os alicerces filos&#243;ficos de um princ&#237;pio inaugural que atravessa os campos da psicologia, neuroci&#234;ncia, ontologia e epistemologia, embasando a formula&#231;&#227;o: &#8220;Sou afetado, logo existo&#8221; a partir de alguns dos principais argumentos, quest&#245;es e provoca&#231;&#245;es da tese.</span></p><p><span>Ao deslocar o ponto de partida epistemol&#243;gico do pensamento para a experi&#234;ncia afetiva, o projeto da permeabilidade n&#227;o pretende negar a raz&#227;o ou o m&#233;todo cartesiano, mas investigar aquilo que pode anteced&#234;-los no processo de observa&#231;&#227;o. Antes de ser racionalmente analisado, um objeto precisa adquirir signific&#226;ncia suficiente para reorganizar a aten&#231;&#227;o e produzir alguma resposta no observador.</span></p><p><span>Nesse sentido, pensar pode ser suficiente para demonstrar exist&#234;ncia, mas talvez seja insuficiente para caracterizar aquilo que significa existir enquanto ser consciente. A consci&#234;ncia n&#227;o apenas representa o mundo: &#233; capaz de ser afetada por ele, modificar-se em consequ&#234;ncia desse afeto e responder &#224;quilo que a modifica.</span></p><p><span>&#8220;Sou afetado, logo existo&#8221; surge, portanto, como uma tentativa de ampliar a pergunta cartesiana e investigar como aquilo que nos afeta participa tamb&#233;m da forma&#231;&#227;o daquilo que somos.</span></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Poster Colecion&#225;vel</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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antes de pessoas serem coletivamente representadas pelo termo &#8220;sociedade&#8221;, pessoas s&#227;o seres humanos, e antes de sermos seres humanos, somos uma esp&#233;cie animal.</p><p>Assim, as rela&#231;&#245;es heteroafetivas representam uma base biol&#243;gica e evolutiva para a nossa esp&#233;cie que parece ter sido deixada de lado pela &#243;tica da ci&#234;ncia quando em realidade, fora a funda&#231;&#227;o para propaga&#231;&#227;o da nossa esp&#233;cie.</p><p>Nesse contexto, essa an&#225;lise n&#227;o visa diminuir, invalidar ou hierarquizar outras orienta&#231;&#245;es e rela&#231;&#245;es afetivas - mas sim, entender qual &#233; o estado atual de ambos os g&#234;neros - masculino e feminino naquilo que concerne essa dicotomia e sua din&#226;mica afetiva em perspectiva de dano direto (f&#237;sico) ou indireto (psicol&#243;gico).</p><p>A quest&#227;o da equidade com o g&#234;nero feminino &#233; uma que foi muito brevemente discutida aqui na Agency em duas edi&#231;&#245;es anteriores:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;3b34a79a-c89c-45ba-9aa5-193c68029ef4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;If there is one thing I learned about writing so far, is that it can only come with life experiences.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Issue.15 - 10.000 Impressions&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;d8807348-7584-412f-b93a-87ee9ff366fb&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Agency. is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Archetype.1 - Hannya&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-01T23:04:52.241Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8d1b338c-8cf9-40c9-9804-6a2da93f1db2_1108x908.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype1-hannya&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:149848013,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1463089,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io4o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>A <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue15-10000-impressions?utm_source=publication-search">Edi&#231;&#227;o #15</a> &#233; uma refer&#234;ncia particularmente importante pois discutiu o tema da equidade de g&#234;nero n&#227;o apenas em &#226;mbito comportamental e arquet&#237;pico, mas tamb&#233;m em &#226;mbito de ontologia teol&#243;gica - pois religi&#245;es, por mais que talvez n&#227;o estejam muito em moda no p&#243;s-modernismo que vivemos, cumpriram e ainda cumprem um grande papel no condicionamento de muitos padr&#245;es comportamentais, valores e princ&#237;pios da sociedade.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;E da costela (<em>tsela</em>) que o Senhor Deus havia tirado do homem, ele fez uma mulher, e a levou ao homem.&#8221;<br><em><strong>G&#234;nesis 2:22 KJV</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>O vers&#237;culo analisado sob a &#243;tica da <strong>hermen&#234;utica teol&#243;gica</strong> na <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue15-10000-impressions?utm_source=publication-search">Edi&#231;&#227;o #15</a> soluciona um paradoxo muito grande que existe em uma parte da B&#237;blia Crist&#227; (G&#234;nesis) que &#233;, em realidade uma heran&#231;a judaica.</p><p>A palavra hebraica original, "<em><strong>tsela</strong></em>" &#233; traduzida como "costela" apenas uma vez em toda a B&#237;blia. Mas aparece em outros contextos ao longo do Antigo Testamento, e &#224;s vezes &#233; traduzida como "lado" ou "c&#226;mara" em vez de "costela".</p><p>No contexto da hist&#243;ria da cria&#231;&#227;o de Eva em G&#234;nesis, "<em><strong>tsela</strong></em>" &#233; tradicionalmente traduzida como "costela". No entanto, alguns estudiosos sugeriram que "<em><strong>tsela</strong></em>" poderia ser melhor traduzida como "lado" ou "flanco", e que a refer&#234;ncia a uma costela pode ter sido uma reinterpreta&#231;&#227;o posterior ou uma tradu&#231;&#227;o equivocada do texto hebraico original.</p><p>Essa simples diferen&#231;a pode ter causado uma interpreta&#231;&#227;o muito err&#244;nea acerca da origem da mulher na cosmovis&#227;o crist&#227; e ocidental pois a diferen&#231;a entre essas duas tradu&#231;&#245;es se refere &#224; escala - implicar que o g&#234;nero feminino fora feito de uma &#250;nica costela ou uma pequena parte do homem aplica uma no&#231;&#227;o de escala e dimens&#227;o efetivamente desproporcional ao seu papel na cria&#231;&#227;o, enquanto quando implica-se que o g&#234;nero feminino fora feito da metade do homem, interpreta-se uma simetria muito mais equ&#226;nime e justa.</p><p>Al&#233;m desse exemplo de <strong>equidade ontol&#243;gica</strong>, existem in&#250;meros aspectos biol&#243;gicos, sociais, comportamentais, institucionais, hist&#243;ricos e culturais que podemos pontuar acerca do fato de que o g&#234;nero feminino fora suprimido ou diminuido durante a hist&#243;ria da humanidade, <strong>e esse reconhecimento &#233; fundamental e inegoci&#225;vel</strong>. Entretanto, essa an&#225;lise n&#227;o focar&#225; no g&#234;nero feminino, mas sim no masculino.</p><p>Pois quando nos comprometemos com a causa da representatividade, devemos treinar nossos olhos para identificar os padr&#245;es na sociedade que n&#227;o parecem funcionar perante muitas classes diferentes de pessoas - e tamb&#233;m tudo aquilo que engloba os padr&#245;es em quest&#227;o.</p><p>Assim, essa a pesquisa escolhida e os respectivos coment&#225;rios feitos, <strong>n&#227;o</strong> se tratam de:</p><ul><li><p>Apologia ao patriarcado</p></li><li><p>Nega&#231;&#227;o da opress&#227;o hist&#243;rica feminina</p></li></ul><p>Mas efetivamente tratam de:</p><ul><li><p>A proposta de que verdadeira equidade exige reconhecer sofrimentos de ambos os lados - pois antes de sermos homens ou mulheres, somos <strong>seres humanos</strong> pass&#237;veis de causar tanto dano como benef&#237;cio para uns aos outros.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>Cataloga&#231;&#227;o Agency</h2><div 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" 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(2024). Uma vantagem feminina no dom&#237;nio do dano: uma revis&#227;o e caminho a seguir. <em>Biology Letters</em>, 20(11), 20240381. Link: <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/20/11/20240381/63537/A-feminine-advantage-in-the-domain-of-harm-a">https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/20/11/20240381/63537/A-feminine-advantage-in-the-domain-of-harm-a</a></figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><h2>Coment&#225;rios &amp; Destaques</h2><h4>Destaque #1</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Sustentamos que, assim como os preconceitos e estere&#243;tipos podem desfavorecer as mulheres (muitas vezes em benef&#237;cio dos homens), pode haver contextos nos quais preconceitos e estere&#243;tipos semelhantes desfavore&#231;am os homens (e talvez beneficiem as mulheres).&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.1, Par&#225;grafo 4 (final da se&#231;&#227;o de introdu&#231;&#227;o)</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio:</strong> <em>Antes de sermos homens ou mulheres, somos seres humanos com o mesmo exato potencial de crueldade ou gentileza, afirmar que mulheres n&#227;o s&#227;o capazes de causar danos a outros seres humanos, sejam eles homens ou mulheres &#233; uma fal&#225;cia.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #2</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Sustentamos que um dos principais dom&#237;nios em que as mulheres s&#227;o favorecidas em rela&#231;&#227;o aos homens &#233; o de despertar a preocupa&#231;&#227;o de observadores em rela&#231;&#227;o ao seu sofrimento.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.1, Par&#225;grafo 4 (final da se&#231;&#227;o de introdu&#231;&#227;o)</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio:</strong> <em>Se o sofrimento feminino &#233; "mais inaceit&#225;vel", a consequ&#234;ncia l&#243;gica inversa &#233; que o sofrimento masculino &#233; visto com mais naturalidade ou indiferen&#231;a - colocando os homens em uma posi&#231;&#227;o de sofrer abusos f&#237;sicos ou verbais e n&#227;o conseguir fazer algo a respeito ou ser protegido.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #3</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Com a esperan&#231;a de complementar as revis&#245;es que enfatizam os preconceitos que desfavorecem as mulheres, consideramos e documentamos abertamente evid&#234;ncias de que alguns preconceitos podem, de fato, desfavorecer os homens.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.2, Par&#225;grafo 2</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio:</strong> <em>Sob a luz dessa desvantagem, homens se encontram em uma posi&#231;&#227;o fragilizada e banalizam injusti&#231;as e abusos que acontecem com eles - sendo, por consequ&#234;ncia, desvirilizados de ag&#234;ncia; ou reagindo de maneira disfuncional e criminosa, com agress&#227;o f&#237;sica, misoginia ou feminic&#237;dio.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #4</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Se considerarmos as taxas b&#225;sicas de aplica&#231;&#227;o de danos, os homens cometem a maioria da viol&#234;ncia f&#237;sica, uma tend&#234;ncia que &#233; consistente em todas as culturas. Ao longo da hist&#243;ria, os homens foram quase os &#250;nicos participantes em guerras. Assim, homens de grupos externos frequentemente atacavam grupos ancestrais, levando a uma percep&#231;&#227;o acentuada dos homens como fontes de perigo.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.2, Par&#225;grafo 8</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>No processo de ser o &#250;nico g&#234;nero que precisa participar compulsoriamente do servi&#231;o militar, desenvolveu-se o estigma de que o homem &#233; sacrific&#225;vel ou descart&#225;vel em prol do bem-estar coletivo enquanto se criou a imagem do homem como fonte de perigo ou agente de viol&#234;ncia.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #5</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Al&#233;m disso, os homens n&#227;o apenas s&#227;o os perpetradores mais frequentes de agress&#227;o violenta, como seus corpos tamb&#233;m parecem ser moldados especificamente para o sucesso no combate f&#237;sico. Eles possuem uma musculatura significativamente maior que a das mulheres, a qual se concentra particularmente na parte superior do corpo, tornando-os substancialmente mais fortes. Em compara&#231;&#227;o &#224;s mulheres, os homens tamb&#233;m apresentam vantagens na for&#231;a de preens&#227;o manual e na capacidade de arremesso. Assim, os homens n&#227;o apenas causam mais danos f&#237;sicos aos outros, como tamb&#233;m s&#227;o mais capazes de infligir danos substanciais do que as mulheres.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.2, Par&#225;grafo 8</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Negar isso ou ignorar essa diferen&#231;a biol&#243;gica, praticando-se viol&#234;ncia f&#237;sica contra mulheres em pleno s&#233;culo 21 &#233; o reflexo de uma disfun&#231;&#227;o comportamental dentro da heterosexualidade masculina - diante a posi&#231;&#227;o de fragilidade e enquanto n&#227;o se fundamenta uma refer&#234;ncia s&#243;lida acerca de como cumprir o papel masculino na sociedade, o papel se torna confuso e se manifesta de maneira irracional ou autodestrutiva.<br><br>Quando pensamos no papel do homem na hist&#243;ria da sociedade e da humanidade, suas vantagens fision&#244;micas colocaram-o no papel de ser o &#8220;punho firme&#8221; ou o respons&#225;vel pela prote&#231;&#227;o enquanto, tamb&#233;m, pelo prover - entretanto, o autor acredita que o homem contempor&#226;neo n&#227;o precisa mais de um &#8220;punho firme&#8221; mas sim, um &#8220;pulso firme&#8221; - uma diferen&#231;a sutil que implica em controle refinado ao inv&#233;s de for&#231;a bruta, em precis&#227;o ao inv&#233;s de imposi&#231;&#227;o, em habilidade t&#233;cnica ao inv&#233;s de dom&#237;nio f&#237;sico, autoconhecimento ao inv&#233;s de repress&#227;o emocional.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #6</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Embora os homens sejam, com mais frequ&#234;ncia, as v&#237;timas de viol&#234;ncia f&#237;sica por parte de outros homens, j&#225; que a maioria da viol&#234;ncia f&#237;sica ocorre entre homens - quando os homens exercem viol&#234;ncia contra as mulheres, as situa&#231;&#245;es s&#227;o acentuadamente desiguais.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 1</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Nesse contexto, e se a pr&#225;tica masculina da viol&#234;ncia f&#237;sica em mulheres ser&#225; na maioria das vezes desigual com as mulheres, a pr&#225;tica da viol&#234;ncia verbal e emocional por parte das mulheres, tamb&#233;m podem se tornar desigual com os homens pois mulheres possuem mais dom&#237;nio dos campos emocionais, intuitivos e psicol&#243;gicos, e tamb&#233;m, de acordo com as refer&#234;ncias supracitadas, o dano potencial de viol&#234;ncia (mesmo que verbal) em homens &#233; banalizado quando em realidade, pode ocasionar ansiedade, depress&#227;o, suic&#237;dio, inseguran&#231;a, invalida&#231;&#227;o de identidade sexual e at&#233; mesmo ao &#243;dio (misoginia) se mal assimilado.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #7</h4><p><strong>&#8220;As mulheres v&#237;timas de agress&#227;o sexual podem ser for&#231;adas a gestar, dar &#224; luz e criar os filhos resultantes, cerceando sua autonomia para selecionar parceiros ou para decidir se desejam, de fato, se reproduzir. De um ponto de vista evolutivo, as vulnerabilidades particulares das mulheres &#224; agress&#227;o f&#237;sica e sexual podem contribuir para o motivo pelo qual as sociedades exibem uma sensibilidade agu&#231;ada e normas de prote&#231;&#227;o em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224;s mulheres em compara&#231;&#227;o aos homens.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 2</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>A prioridade na prote&#231;&#227;o f&#237;sica de mulheres &#233; indispens&#225;vel e esse par&#225;grafo, sem d&#250;vidas, &#233; um dos motivos principais disso. O papel do homem no processo &#233; o da fecunda&#231;&#227;o, um ato r&#225;pido e que exige pouco investimento de energia. J&#225; o papel da mulher &#233; o da gesta&#231;&#227;o, um processo que exige meses de esfor&#231;o f&#237;sico, recursos do pr&#243;prio corpo e gera uma vulnerabilidade real que pode prejudicar, em &#226;mbito vital&#237;cio, a liberdade, autonomia e ag&#234;ncia de uma mulher. Para qualquer sociedade sobreviver, proteger quem garante a pr&#243;xima gera&#231;&#227;o &#233; uma estrat&#233;gia de sobreviv&#234;ncia, e n&#227;o apenas uma obriga&#231;&#227;o cultural.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #8</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Em sintonia com as expectativas de que as mulheres sejam mais vulner&#225;veis a danos, elas relatam sentir mais estresse do que os homens em suas vidas di&#225;rias. Al&#233;m disso, em compara&#231;&#227;o com os homens, as mulheres relatam pior sa&#250;de f&#237;sica e mental e buscam assist&#234;ncia m&#233;dica com mais frequ&#234;ncia. No entanto, &#233; importante notar que os homens morrem em idades mais precoces do que as mulheres. Assim, embora as m&#233;tricas objetivas de sofrimento possam n&#227;o comprovar uma vulnerabilidade maior das mulheres, elas podem, ainda assim, vivenciar os mesmos problemas como algo subjetivamente mais angustiante do que os homens e comunicar esse sofrimento aos outros com mais facilidade.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 3</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>A facilidade ou flexibilidade em relatar uma degrada&#231;&#227;o da pr&#243;pria sa&#250;de f&#237;sica ou mental coloca as mulheres em posi&#231;&#227;o de conseguirem um tratamento ou uma cura, enquanto os homens, com mais rigidez emocional ou presos a um estigma de autossufici&#234;ncia inabal&#225;vel, acabam negligenciando sinais vitais de socorro emocional at&#233; que a situa&#231;&#227;o atinja um ponto cr&#237;tico, manifestando-se seja por meio da autodestrui&#231;&#227;o silenciosa da depress&#227;o ou pela explos&#227;o de uma raiva reprimida, que muitas vezes canaliza a dor em viol&#234;ncia. (Se voc&#234; &#233; um homem e est&#225; lendo isso - relate seus sentimentos ou busque ajuda, isso n&#227;o diminui sua masculinidade, apenas fortalece-a com a coragem e ast&#250;cia de quebrar estigmas com um tipo de autossufici&#234;ncia extremamente atraente para mulheres modernas.)</p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #9</h4><p><strong>&#8220;As mulheres tendem a ser muito mais avessas ao risco do que os homens e adotam defini&#231;&#245;es mais amplas de dano. Essa avers&#227;o ao risco se manifesta em contextos que variam desde decis&#245;es financeiras e empreendimentos de alto risco at&#233; o apoio a pol&#237;ticas sociais que protegem contra os riscos da pobreza. Assim, se as mulheres desenvolveram uma sensibilidade maior e uma motiva&#231;&#227;o acentuada para evitar danos em compara&#231;&#227;o aos homens, os indiv&#237;duos podem detectar essas diferen&#231;as e, consequentemente, estarem mais atentos ao sofrimento feminino.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 4</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Se as mulheres s&#227;o "atentas ao dano", os homens s&#227;o incentivados a ser o oposto: resilientes e ignorantes ao risco. Sil&#234;ncio jamais ser&#225; alarme: como a sociedade se acostumou a monitorar o sofrimento feminino para saber quando agir, ela acabou ficando "surda" para o sofrimento masculino. Quando o homem finalmente demonstra sofrimento, a sociedade muitas vezes n&#227;o "detecta" o sinal, porque o radar social n&#227;o est&#225; sintonizado nele. Ou seja, ele s&#243; &#233; notado quando o problema vira uma "amea&#231;a &#224; integridade f&#237;sica" ou outros tipos de viol&#234;ncia.</em></p><p><em>Eis a grande trag&#233;dia: essa amea&#231;a &#233; dupla e bidirecional. Quanto mais o homem se silencia diante das injusti&#231;as e do pr&#243;prio sofrimento, maior &#233; o risco de que essa press&#227;o interna se converta em danos &#8212; seja implodindo contra si mesmo ou explodindo contra outros homens e mulheres, tendo ent&#227;o sua pr&#243;pria vida ame&#231;ada em m&#250;ltiplas dire&#231;&#245;es e ame&#231;ando vidas externas em m&#250;ltiplas dire&#231;&#245;es.</em></p><p><em>Ps. Sem uma conselheira de riscos ao seu lado, o homem perde o contraponto de cautela necess&#225;rio para equilibrar sua disposi&#231;&#227;o ao sacrif&#237;cio, ficando muito mais vulner&#225;vel a situa&#231;&#245;es de explora&#231;&#227;o ou perigo extremo que ele, sozinho, n&#227;o classificaria como amea&#231;as.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #10</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Se as pessoas enfrentaram incentivos culturais para proteger as mulheres de danos, ou se est&#227;o apenas reconhecendo as taxas b&#225;sicas diferenciadas por g&#234;nero de pr&#225;tica de danos e vulnerabilidade, elas podem possuir atalhos cognitivos sintonizados a tais diferen&#231;as. Isto &#233;, os indiv&#237;duos podem manifestar percep&#231;&#245;es que lan&#231;am as mulheres em pap&#233;is que necessitam de prote&#231;&#227;o e os homens em pap&#233;is de perpetra&#231;&#227;o de danos. A teoria do </strong><em><strong>Moral Typecasting</strong></em><strong> (Tipifica&#231;&#227;o Moral) sustenta que, quando os seres humanos observam inst&#226;ncias de dano, eles instintivamente lan&#231;am as partes envolvidas nos pap&#233;is agentes do perpetrador que inflige o dano ou no papel passivo da v&#237;tima que sofre.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 5</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Nosso c&#233;rebro utiliza atalhos mentais que, por influ&#234;ncia cultural e estat&#237;stica, classificam automaticamente a mulher como v&#237;tima e o homem como o agente causador de danos. Essa tipifica&#231;&#227;o do homem como o eterno 'Agente' - aquele que executa fun&#231;&#245;es e prov&#234; seguran&#231;a - torna seu sofrimento invis&#237;vel, pois o roteiro social n&#227;o admite vulnerabilidades em quem deveria ser apenas provedor. O resultado &#233; um isolamento cr&#237;tico: o homem n&#227;o consegue relatar sua sa&#250;de mental porque a sociedade, incapaz de enxerg&#225;-lo como v&#237;tima, ignora sua dor, deixando-o sem op&#231;&#245;es diante de suas pr&#243;prias crises ou at&#233; mesmo julgando-o culpado em contextos onde &#233; inocente.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #11</h4><p><strong>"Os homens tendem a ser associados a tra&#231;os que denotam poder e status, e costumam ser considerados menos calorosos do que as mulheres. Todas essas caracter&#237;sticas conotam ag&#234;ncia, ou seja, a capacidade de exercer a pr&#243;pria vontade no mundo, o que facilita a classifica&#231;&#227;o deles no papel ag&#234;ntico de perpetrador. De fato, as pessoas mant&#234;m associa&#231;&#245;es impl&#237;citas entre a masculinidade e o potencial de causar danos, como a viol&#234;ncia motivada pela raiva."</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.3, Par&#225;grafo 6</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Nesse contexto, ser 'calorosa' &#233; transmitir </em>afetividade, empatia, gentileza, amabilidade e cordialidade<em>: tra&#231;os que funcionam como um convite ao cuidado - entretanto, o autor n&#227;o concorda com a ideia de que uma enorme parte dos homens s&#227;o menos calorosos que mulheres atualmente - muitas mulheres perderam essa capacidade de acolhimento devido a preconceitos e &#243;dio para com o g&#234;nero oposto. Existem muitos homens que se tornam mais calorosos no processo de desconstru&#231;&#227;o de estigmas masculinos enquanto algumas mulheres se tornam frias no processo de desconstru&#231;&#227;o de estigmas femininos - se um cumpre o papel do outro e n&#227;o se reconhece isso, um busca no outro aquilo que n&#227;o precisa - gerando conflitos, frustra&#231;&#245;es amorosas, traumas e desentendimentos.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #12</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Na maioria dos pa&#237;ses, as mulheres apresentam resultados mais favor&#225;veis do que os homens (medidos pela satisfa&#231;&#227;o com a vida, expectativa de vida saud&#225;vel e matr&#237;cula educacional). No entanto, isso n&#227;o se aplica a todos os pa&#237;ses, e tais vantagens femininas est&#227;o associadas a n&#237;veis mais elevados de desenvolvimento humano. Assim, o desenvolvimento parece estar associado a melhores resultados entre as mulheres.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.4, Par&#225;grafo 2</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>&#192; medida que uma sociedade evolui e se torna mais desenvolvida, ela foca seus recursos e prote&#231;&#245;es principalmente na melhoria da qualidade de vida das mulheres. Enquanto os indicadores femininos sobem com o desenvolvimento, os homens n&#227;o acompanham esse ritmo na mesma propor&#231;&#227;o. Em sociedades desenvolvidas, a vida torna-se "mais f&#225;cil" para a mulher em termos de sa&#250;de e educa&#231;&#227;o, mas o homem continua preso ao papel de Agente (provedor/protetor), sem necessariamente colher os mesmos benef&#237;cios subjetivos ou emocionais.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #13</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Al&#233;m da idade jovem, um dos preditores mais fortes para a identifica&#231;&#227;o feminista e atitudes igualit&#225;rias de g&#234;nero &#233; o alto n&#237;vel de educa&#231;&#227;o. An&#225;lises longitudinais sustentam que os estudantes se tornam mais igualit&#225;rios em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224;s quest&#245;es de g&#234;nero durante a faculdade. Assim, o ambiente acad&#234;mico pode ser um espa&#231;o especialmente liberalizante. De fato, estimativas americanas sugerem que a maioria dos docentes se identifica como liberais &#8212; um padr&#227;o que &#233; especialmente pronunciado nas ci&#234;ncias sociais.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.4, Par&#225;grafo 4</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Em outras palavras, quando n&#227;o se exercita o c&#233;rebro como se exercita os outros m&#250;sculos do corpo - e aqui considero o c&#233;rebro um m&#250;sculo por conter tecido fibroso - atrofia-se a capacidade de pensar politicamente de maneira cr&#237;tica, inovadora e coerente com um futuro que seja mais criativo, mais aut&#244;nomo e mais pr&#243;spero para todos os grupos sociais; em contraste com uma abordagem conservadora ao pensamento pol&#237;tico que visa proteger tradi&#231;&#245;es at&#233; mesmo quando seu tempo &#250;til de utilidade j&#225; expirou, como por exemplo quando se gasta mais dinheiro pedindo um Taxi ao inv&#233;s de um Uber. Resguardar origem, estruturas, seguran&#231;a e valores ancestrais &#233; fundamental para qualquer sociedade mas se marcas de produtos se reinventam a todos os momentos, o que exatamente de conservador existe no livre mercado do capitalismo a n&#227;o ser os consumidores que buscam consumir aquilo que &#233; inovador e mais ben&#233;fico mas que mesmo assim, pensam de maneira conservadora?</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #14</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Nossas quatro explica&#231;&#245;es propostas &#8212; ou alguma combina&#231;&#227;o delas &#8212; devem levar &#224; previs&#227;o de que as pessoas exibir&#227;o respostas particularmente protetivas e solid&#225;rias ao sofrimento das mulheres em rela&#231;&#227;o ao dos homens. As evid&#234;ncias desse vi&#233;s na detec&#231;&#227;o de danos se manifestam em contextos que variam desde danos graves (como a morte) at&#233; formas menos tang&#237;veis, incluindo representa&#231;&#245;es simb&#243;licas.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.4, Par&#225;grafo 8</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>"Representa&#231;&#245;es simb&#243;licas" refere-se a qualquer forma de dano que n&#227;o seja uma agress&#227;o f&#237;sica direta ou imediata, mas que carrega um significado de desrespeito, degrada&#231;&#227;o ou perda de status. Danos psicol&#243;gicos e emocionais s&#227;o menos tang&#237;veis pois diferente de uma flecha no bra&#231;o que causa dor f&#237;sica imediata, o dano psicol&#243;gico pode ser absorvido inconscientemente, assimilado em trauma e se manifestar de maneiras complexas e destrutivas em um per&#237;odo pr&#243;ximo ou distante do epis&#243;dio de agress&#227;o - o ac&#250;mulo de traumas n&#227;o identificados ou processados pode levar a danos graves como morte por suic&#237;dio ou autoflagelo.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #15</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Esse vi&#233;s de proteger as mulheres estende-se para al&#233;m dos dilemas de sacrif&#237;cio e se manifesta em n&#237;veis mais b&#225;sicos de danos f&#237;sicos e psicol&#243;gicos. Quando os indiv&#237;duos tiveram a oportunidade de ganhar dinheiro &#224;s custas de outra pessoa, eles sacrificaram mais dinheiro para evitar que uma mulher sentisse choques dolorosos do que um homem. As pessoas tamb&#233;m relataram sentir mais piedade quando expostas a fotos de mulheres (em compara&#231;&#227;o a homens) sentindo dor. Esse vi&#233;s de g&#234;nero foi novamente eliminado quando os indiv&#237;duos estavam fora de suas janelas reprodutivas (ex: idosos), sugerindo ainda que a maior tend&#234;ncia de proteger as mulheres est&#225; enraizada em assimetrias nas capacidades reprodutivas.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.5, Par&#225;grafo 2</p></blockquote><p><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong><em>Se o nosso c&#233;rebro age baseado em instintos de milhares de anos atr&#225;s, ele est&#225; operando em um modo "conservador" por natureza. Entretanto, como j&#225; ressaltado, o instinto em quest&#227;o est&#225; prejudicando ativamente a sa&#250;de dos homens por coloc&#225;-los em uma posi&#231;&#227;o de constantemente 'pisar em ovos' perante a pr&#243;pria humanidade. Por exemplo, de um lado, exige-se a ag&#234;ncia e a iniciativa de se aproximar uma mulher, assumindo-se o risco e a dor da rejei&#231;&#227;o mas do outro, se um homem n&#227;o se aproxima de uma maneira inegavelmente perfeita - se cria imediatamente um contexto pass&#237;vel de repres&#225;lias e danos (al&#233;m da ferida da rejei&#231;&#227;o) que s&#227;o banalizados e desconsiderados tanto pelo pr&#243;prio homem quanto pela mulher e tamb&#233;m todo o resto da sociedade. Se o papel do sol &#233; iluminar, pune-se o sol por esquentar demais?</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #16</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Essa preocupa&#231;&#227;o maior com os danos causados &#224;s mulheres estende-se tamb&#233;m &#224;s formas simb&#243;licas. Utilizando artigos de divulga&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica manipulados experimentalmente, Stewart-Williams e colaboradores demonstraram que as pessoas avaliam as mesmas descobertas cient&#237;ficas como mais prejudiciais, menos importantes e menos cr&#237;veis quando estas revelam que as mulheres t&#234;m pontua&#231;&#245;es mais baixas em um dom&#237;nio socialmente valorizado (como o desenho) ou mais altas em um dom&#237;nio socialmente condenado (como a frequ&#234;ncia de mentiras), em compara&#231;&#227;o aos homens. Essas descobertas sugerem uma avers&#227;o at&#233; mesmo a formas simb&#243;licas de dano, em que verdades cient&#237;ficas retratem as mulheres sob uma &#243;tica desfavor&#225;vel.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.5, Par&#225;grafo 3</p></blockquote><p><em>Em outras palavras, um estudo que aponta por exemplo que mulheres mentem mais que homens teria menos credibilidade do que um estudo que aponta que homens mentem mais que mulheres. Isso cria um ambiente onde a mulher &#233; protegida at&#233; de cr&#237;ticas leg&#237;timas, fatos ou argumenta&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica, enquanto o homem est&#225; exposto a qualquer tipo de julgamento. Se um homem demonstra fraqueza ou comete um erro, a sociedade o descarta ou o pune severamente, pois ele "quebrou" sua &#250;nica fun&#231;&#227;o: a de ser um provedor/protetor infal&#237;vel at&#233; mesmo em uma economia global que, por exemplo, pode gerar mais d&#233;ficit do que super&#225;vit patrimonial.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #17</h4><p><strong>&#8220;N&#227;o afirmamos que homens ou mulheres sofram mais do que o outro, nem negamos as diferen&#231;as muito reais nas experi&#234;ncias entre ambos. Esta revis&#227;o n&#227;o &#233; definitiva, mas sim uma oportunidade para considerar as pesquisas atuais sobre vieses, identificar implica&#231;&#245;es potenciais e convidar a pesquisas adicionais. Esperamos que, ao fazer isso, tal nuance possa desescalar os conflitos baseados em g&#234;nero e promover a empatia e a valida&#231;&#227;o do sofrimento, independentemente do g&#234;nero.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.5, Par&#225;grafo 7</p></blockquote><p><em>As autoras do estudo pontuam claramente que o material n&#227;o desconsidera as enormes diferen&#231;as e implica&#231;&#245;es sociais entre os dois g&#234;neros, entretanto, apontam que o in&#237;cio desse di&#225;logo se faz fundamental para se garantir mais seguran&#231;a n&#227;o apenas para os homens, mas tamb&#233;m para as mulheres - ao tornar mais plaus&#237;vel, uma sociedade justa em termos de percep&#231;&#227;o de dano para ambos os lados.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #18</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Se &#233; cognitivamente mais desafiador reconhecer os homens como v&#237;timas - talvez devido a uma percep&#231;&#227;o aumentada de sua ag&#234;ncia - ent&#227;o a sociedade pode estar subestimando ou negligenciando &#225;reas onde os homens sofrem. Por exemplo, em compara&#231;&#227;o &#224;s mulheres, os homens t&#234;m maior probabilidade de estarem em situa&#231;&#227;o de rua, abandonarem a escola, sofrerem com o abuso de subst&#226;ncias e morrerem por suic&#237;dio. Essas tend&#234;ncias sugerem que h&#225; um sofrimento generalizado entre os homens. Se os indiv&#237;duos tendem a demonstrar uma preocupa&#231;&#227;o reduzida em resposta ao sofrimento masculino (em rela&#231;&#227;o ao feminino), ent&#227;o &#233; poss&#237;vel que as origens, os fatores contribuintes e as potenciais interven&#231;&#245;es para esse sofrimento sejam subinvestigados, subfinanciados ou subnotificados. Talvez, ao lan&#231;ar luz sobre essa preocupa&#231;&#227;o reduzida, investiga&#231;&#245;es emp&#237;ricas possam estimular novas pesquisas, financiamentos e pol&#237;ticas para abordar de forma mais eficaz o sofrimento masculino.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.6, Par&#225;grafo 1</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>:(</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #19</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Al&#233;m de ignorar as perpetradoras do sexo feminino, &#233; poss&#237;vel que as suposi&#231;&#245;es de danos enviesadas para o lado masculino falhem em detectar padr&#245;es de agress&#227;o que s&#227;o tipicamente femininos. Em compara&#231;&#227;o aos homens, as mulheres t&#234;m probabilidade igual ou maior de se envolverem em agress&#227;o indireta, que emprega t&#225;ticas como espalhar rumores, ostracismo (exclus&#227;o social), olhares hostis e fofocas veladas.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.6, Par&#225;grafo 3</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>Se consideramos as diferen&#231;as biol&#243;gicas apontadas no [<strong>DESTAQUE #5</strong>]<strong>,</strong> faz muito sentido que as ferramentas femininas para ataque ou defesa sejam indiretas - como n&#227;o possuem a mesma constitui&#231;&#227;o f&#237;sica voltada para o combate, as mulheres se protegem e exercem poder atrav&#233;s da liberdade de express&#227;o - ou seja, a capacidade de se comunicar, influenciar sentimentos, moldar reputa&#231;&#245;es e articular alian&#231;as sociais. Enquanto a for&#231;a masculina &#233; direta e vis&#237;vel, a 'arma' feminina &#233; sutil e psicol&#243;gica: o uso da linguagem para isolar advers&#225;rios, buscar prote&#231;&#227;o ou aplicar danos indiretos que podem trascender ou se equiparar a muitos tipos diferentes de danos diretos.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #20</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Talvez, ao apresentar uma descri&#231;&#227;o mais equilibrada do preconceito e da discrimina&#231;&#227;o de g&#234;nero, os indiv&#237;duos possam se sentir tanto mais reconhecidos em seu pr&#243;prio sofrimento quanto mais emp&#225;ticos com o sofrimento dos outros g&#234;neros. Comunidades online, como aquelas que se identificam como celibat&#225;rios involunt&#225;rios (incels), sugerem que as rela&#231;&#245;es de g&#234;nero podem estar fr&#225;geis ou se deteriorando. Compreender melhor as fontes de queixas e ressentimentos pode ser um passo importante para promover a compaix&#227;o entre homens e mulheres.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.6, Par&#225;grafo 4</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>Grupos extremistas s&#227;o um sintoma de que as rela&#231;&#245;es afetivas est&#227;o "deteriorando". Isso acontece porque, quando o sofrimento de um grupo (neste caso, o masculino) &#233; ignorado por uma pol&#237;tica "atrofiada", esse sofrimento vira ressentimento e raiva que se manifesta em comportamentos extremamente disfuncionais e t&#243;xicos.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #21</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Tra&#231;os tipicamente associados &#224; masculinidade (ou ag&#234;ncia) podem predispor os indiv&#237;duos a serem percebidos como perpetradores, independentemente de seu sexo biol&#243;gico ou identidade de g&#234;nero, enquanto tra&#231;os alinhados &#224; feminilidade (ou passividade) podem aumentar a probabilidade de esses indiv&#237;duos serem percebidos como v&#237;timas. Alternativamente, &#233; plaus&#237;vel que homens que exibam tra&#231;os altamente femininos recebam menos simpatia, j&#225; que seu desafio &#224;s expectativas de g&#234;nero da masculinidade pode evocar puni&#231;&#227;o social.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.6, Par&#225;grafo 7</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>At&#233; mesmo quando o homem moderno tenta ser desconstru&#237;do e  &#8220;caloroso&#8221; ele &#233; punido por isso na percep&#231;&#227;o da pr&#243;pria mulher ou da sociedade. &#201; como se n&#227;o importasse para qual dire&#231;&#227;o tent&#225;ssemos andar, vamos escorregar e tomar um tombo. &#201; certo e tamb&#233;m &#233; fato de que o patriarcado se constituiu com muita injusti&#231;a, desequil&#237;brio e opress&#227;o perante o sexo feminino. &#201; certo que uma repara&#231;&#227;o hist&#243;rica se justifica, entretanto, n&#227;o &#233; com crueldade e muito menos com exclus&#227;o, persegui&#231;&#227;o/puni&#231;&#227;o sistem&#225;tica e culpabilidade a priori que as mulheres v&#227;o passar a exercer um matriarcado vanguardista  - &#233; com equidade, ag&#234;ncia, justi&#231;a, compaix&#227;o e ci&#234;ncia.</em></p><div><hr></div><h4>Destaque #22</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Esta revis&#227;o teve como objetivo complementar, e n&#227;o substituir, a literatura existente sobre a natureza e o impacto dos preconceitos contra as mulheres. Assim como &#233; crucial examinar estere&#243;tipos e preconceitos que possam desfavorecer as mulheres, tamb&#233;m &#233; valioso documentar e refletir sobre as evid&#234;ncias emp&#237;ricas que sugerem suposi&#231;&#245;es e tratamentos prejudiciais em rela&#231;&#227;o aos homens. Tais considera&#231;&#245;es podem destacar contextos de sofrimento negligenciado, oportunidades de interven&#231;&#227;o ou fontes de falhas de comunica&#231;&#227;o entre homens e mulheres. Ao fornecer uma avalia&#231;&#227;o mais equilibrada e imparcial das disparidades de g&#234;nero nas suposi&#231;&#245;es e no tratamento social, os pesquisadores podem identificar dom&#237;nios para explora&#231;&#227;o futura, os formuladores de pol&#237;ticas podem corrigir omiss&#245;es e os indiv&#237;duos podem desenvolver compaix&#227;o por formas alternativas de sofrimento.&#8221;</strong></p><blockquote><p>P&#225;gina.7, Par&#225;grafo 3 (Conclus&#227;o)</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Coment&#225;rio: </strong>O texto deixa claro que reconhecer o sofrimento do homem n&#227;o apaga o da mulher. A dor masculina &#233; uma "forma alternativa" de dor (frequentemente invis&#237;vel ou simb&#243;lica) que a sociedade ainda n&#227;o aprendeu a ler. Reconhecer essas 'formas alternativas de sofrimento' exige o que a nossa pol&#237;tica de g&#234;nero atual evita: mais esfor&#231;o cognitivo e abertura. Se n&#227;o exercitarmos o c&#233;rebro para enxergar al&#233;m do &#243;bvio, continuaremos punindo o homem de forma arbitr&#225;ria por qualquer motivo, mantendo-o preso a um tempo &#250;til que j&#225; expirou. A verdadeira autonomia s&#243; vir&#225; quando a pol&#237;tica deixar de ser um eco de instintos conservadores e passar a ser um exerc&#237;cio de criatividade e compaix&#227;o universal.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>Conclus&#227;o</h2><p>O in&#237;cio do di&#225;logo sobre um tema nunca ser&#225; capaz de promover mudan&#231;as, resultados e transforma&#231;&#245;es imediatos, entretanto, cataliza o in&#237;cio de novas quest&#245;es, novas maneiras de se pensar e novas capacidades de se identificar incongru&#234;ncias perante nossa maneira de ver e interagir com o mundo.</p><p>Esse estudo e esses coment&#225;rios n&#227;o pontuam que todos os mecanismos de prote&#231;&#227;o as mulheres que est&#227;o em efeitos hoje devem ser modificados ou reconsiderados pois cuprem, em conjunto, um papel fundamental que possibilita a repara&#231;&#227;o hist&#243;rica entre os g&#234;neros.</p><p>Entretanto, conscientizar-se melhor acerca do que significa dano tanto em &#226;mbito f&#237;sico quanto psicol&#243;gico e emocional &#233; uma a&#231;&#227;o fundamental para se entender melhor as din&#226;micas heteroafetivas de hoje em dia. 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Hora do Branding&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:132482589,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Higor Gomes&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Criativo em busca de criatividade&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4062dd35-34dc-469a-8c05-67a9742e8419_6000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-02-21T11:35:50.361Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c7569628-86f0-40d6-8aa6-672fddbcb679_825x603.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/metamarketing2-hora-do-branding&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:141633980,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3>Design</h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;32fa3014-83f7-4798-9c8f-845785df25b5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.0 - Beyond the Surface of Forms&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-05-10T18:16:01.699Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/02c1ca1f-4add-4e50-8c87-6f4d35375d73_1955x1271.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design0-beyond-the-surface-of-forms&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:120307910,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;739f6610-fdf4-465c-8260-423b5ae552d5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.0 - Al&#233;m da Superf&#237;cie das Formas&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-11-18T23:07:25.040Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3967e2dd-8811-4f0e-bed5-95c37a87bc83_912x601.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design0-alem-da-superficie-das-formas&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:151844918,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e5547cbb-551f-45c3-917d-9b31c324a072&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Course Syllabus&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.1 - Pixels, Colors and Screens&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-05-22T20:55:12.285Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/400cd029-2c61-4ddc-9c3d-649f8d1a093a_1456x946.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design1-pixels-colors-and-screens&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:122275140,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5dcc88dd-8046-4288-91a1-2fb649a25ea5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Course Syllabus&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.2 - Demystifying UX/UI Design Pt.1&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-08T19:54:31.443Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/899d2d2f-ba65-4547-baa2-6bf42f1e39ad_1988x1146.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design2-demystifying-uxui-design&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:126869774,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;4755e56a-699f-457c-978f-2d5c96b116cd&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Design.3 - The Disciplines of Design&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-05-07T19:31:52.571Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/202de6da-2b1c-4347-8d0f-b942d79110c9_1695x1479.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design3-the-disciplines-of-design&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:144399434,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3>Writing</h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;77dbf6b2-e9b8-4cfa-b791-e5043cd386e6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Writing.1 - 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Aphorisms&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-09-21T20:00:25.861Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9669b4ce-44e3-4c0c-b4f1-87b8a5259ee4_2000x1265.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/writing2-aphorisms&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:137269207,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3>Interviews</h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;c50576a6-d5ae-4a80-a07e-ed7ca7345c2e&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. 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Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative.4 - Gabriele Lodis&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:145019627,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Gabriele Lodis&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Ux/UI Designer&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1aa9360d-a151-479e-87df-6c89eaf6cf5d_3456x5184.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-05-12T16:14:17.651Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/82de40b5-0589-49b6-85c7-8629e262002d_3456x5184.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/creative4-gabriele-lodis&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:120482153,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;86220f19-956f-4b5e-b2c6-64c4026ae95c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. 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Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative.8 - Keith Romanowski&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:141525709,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Keith Romanowski&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Founder &amp; Photography at Lit Studio&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/45062b58-3ff6-4fc5-b548-fafa91342844_2500x2500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-07-24T15:43:13.599Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/de87b895-ef34-49bf-a796-6968390e84fd_1920x1920.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/creative8-keith-romanowski&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:135404534,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a30be047-3418-4496-a9ba-9f6df53959e8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative.9 - Lunna&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:132482889,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Lunna&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Hi :)&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/634a6055-4172-456c-8d59-8a3a954d2537_2604x4624.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://franciennyf.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://franciennyf.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Lunna&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1851965}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-03T21:30:09.874Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aacfb4aa-9e64-43ab-ae1e-07504c7babff_1500x962.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/creative9-lunna&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:135694555,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;f1f01274-679e-43ac-bfcb-c93d5527ee0c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Disclaimer: This interview is a work of fiction. Questions and answers were not formulated by ChatGPT&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative.10 - PunkGPT&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-14T22:47:13.866Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c7a8f0-1ee1-44d6-8e5e-00aac4e335fc_998x567.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/creative10-punkgpt&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:136040666,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;d93af8a2-a063-4639-82b5-9b22b83c0427&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Creative.11 - Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de Andrade&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Localization &amp; Multimedia Producer focused on the Brazilian Market | Voice Actress &amp; Audio Engineer at www.AmandadeAndrade.com&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/147df3f2-f469-4194-86b9-fb19a7b31ada_619x1043.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-15T18:35:39.537Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6b5d8d11-b13c-44ad-a2d0-284d24727a1f_998x567.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/creative11-thiago-patriota&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:136060233,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:1,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Archetypes</strong></h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a995e7dc-9dff-48f3-9ce4-e44ef78de9f7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Archetype.0 - Phoenix&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-09-16T11:31:14.684Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f5444a64-5afa-4962-9c36-c172d4939daf_621x603.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype0-phoenix&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:148922800,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;09869304-2d3a-459f-8ef9-3a6705bbce13&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Agency. is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Archetype.1 - Hannya&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-01T23:04:52.241Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8d1b338c-8cf9-40c9-9804-6a2da93f1db2_1108x908.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype1-hannya&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:149848013,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3>Quotes</h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;7a92f898-4f33-4681-a66e-8b2ac40a7f33&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;News Mural&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Quote.1 - Jobs&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-30T20:46:57.483Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/58a22725-043b-4ca7-b921-83b28d4cc711_910x601.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/quote1-jobs&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:136571335,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e7a55511-afbd-42f2-a6e4-5e4afdc91f3c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2. Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Quote.2 - Senna&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15T10:30:59.992Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a79c4677-6388-4d5a-9650-015aa1fe47fe_913x1370.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/quote2-senna&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:143571549,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;708ea0af-f808-4282-846b-99db685a33a9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;3. Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Quote.3 - Bruno&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;7bb34be8-db0f-4bd3-911a-3a5fd4c2b747&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid edition of Quote, subscribe to Agency for $5 and get the best of our content delivered right to your inbox while also having access to all our paid content in our archives!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Quote.4 - Watts&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;f036992c-6c82-4809-a036-45a6d5c184d0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Nature's Masterpiece&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de Andrade&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Localization &amp; Multimedia Producer focused 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;8b9cd93e-d55e-4897-828a-b2b996ba465c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Download the Artwork: Mobile Wallpaper; Desktop Wallpaper&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Finger and the Moon&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e8e57717-60e1-4d2b-9247-68da0df6a99f&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Download the Artwork: Mobile Wallpaper; Desktop Wallpaper&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Way&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de Andrade&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Localization &amp; Multimedia Producer focused on the Brazilian Market | Voice Actress &amp; Audio Engineer at www.AmandadeAndrade.com&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/147df3f2-f469-4194-86b9-fb19a7b31ada_619x1043.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1463089}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-23T13:01:53.448Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57c6fd8c-8c26-499c-8f68-115dd96597e1_4000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/the-way&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:130290619,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;podcast&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3>Mediums</h3><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;4cd49a95-0c84-4d8f-9cf6-b0cfcf22d56b&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Medium.1 - Email&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;f6c33f91-44d4-4b1d-bc0a-383b09e77899&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Keynote.0 - Uniam&#233;rica&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e4630e3d-344e-49b0-852d-5d7705dd9d70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Read the previous edition of Keynote below!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Keynote.1 - Unioeste&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and 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Introduction&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Zephyr.0 - Freire&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:131214952,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;L. Lightfeather&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;L. Lightfeather is a contemporary storytelling hierophant and a seasoned marketing executive who has found in writing his weapon to fight every necessary battle for the advent of a world with bold and inspiring new heroes and stories.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9421aa27-6a45-4cab-a10e-e7987a54c203_250x250.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Sentient Publishing House&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1447813}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-06-19T04:14:14.859Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e8a9c028-4fa7-4209-a298-2eaf0eb143c0_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/zephyr0-freire&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:128891487,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;b0b16c87-e546-4364-9359-16beecaf1322&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;issue.0 - Row Your Boat, Sailor.&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-03-03T14:41:51.390Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/75738001-be12-4f80-8d82-a26a002b8b69_622x404.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue0-row-your-boat-sailor&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:106108674,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;187df362-63ca-4bd9-b849-6622c2486007&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Read the original publication in the link below.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Edi&#231;&#227;o.0 - Reme Seu Barco, Marinheiro.&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-08-07T10:01:59.681Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bb5cc52c-815f-4b8b-8262-a94f7927671f_1440x838.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao0-reme-seu-barco-marinheiro&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:147430492,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e8b0ac26-ec4d-4c54-ae5b-2be96771d699&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1. 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;issue.2 - Impressed.&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-03-05T17:30:54.121Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7eb20fce-b7b5-4c19-8210-64eb6d913848_1768x1257.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue2-i-impressed-you&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:106496889,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:4,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;14e939d2-b5ac-445f-8f8c-542001c15af1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Thanks for reading Agency.! 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He emphasizes the importance of staying true to one's ideas and passions, as they are the foundation for a balanced and fulfilling life. The author reflects on the etymology of words like "infrastructure" and "reason," highlighting the significance of feelings and love as the driving force behind logic and calculation. They urge readers to look within, trust their inner wisdom, and fight for their reason, as it is the guiding light leading them to their dreams. The author also touches on the growing importance of AI technologies like ChatGPT and encourages readers to consider their privacy by using tools like Librechat. The message is clear: find your reason, stay curious, and embrace the transformative power of pursuing your passions.</p><div><hr></div><p>Ahoy sailors!</p><p>It's been some time since I wrote a newsletter in a more casual and free-flowing style.</p><p>I realise I started worrying too much about formality and structure - in that process, I lost a bit of the rawness that engaged and inspired our readers so much.</p><p>So here's a newsletter without fancy structure or images to start 2025 with some good inquisitiveness and optimism amidst so many struggles and weird news around the world.</p><p>I tend to spread myself too thin, and that is a huge fact about me, but being honest is also a significant trait of mine.</p><p>Let's say an idea is a flag. It only comes into existence once you plant it somewhere into reality.</p><p>Doing that is the equivalent of having a cool idea, deciding to act on it and starting to state your intent to the universe through your words, voice and action - staying loyal to your idea and walking towards it every single day.</p><p>I like the most absurd of ideas - those that call for transformation, that defy impossibility, that feel intangible at first but that feel real by just how they make you feel - dreamingly foolish. &#128526;</p><p>I like putting flags on the Moon, Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Narnia and even Middle-Earth - so what? Even absurdity is programmable, let's make a function.</p><pre><code><strong>def</strong> check_scale_balance(scale):
    <strong>if</strong> scale:
        <strong>if</strong> check_logic(scale):
            <strong>if</strong> check_reason(scale):
                <strong>if</strong> check_feelings(scale):
                    love = <strong>True</strong>
                    <strong>if</strong> love:
                        <strong>return</strong> "balanced"
    <strong>return</strong> "imbalanced"</code></pre><p>It reads as follows:</p><blockquote><p>If there is a scale, then there must be logic behind it.<br>If there is logic, then there must be a reason supporting it.<br>If there is a reason, then there must be feelings motivating it.<br>If there are feelings, then there must be love at the core.<br>If love is true, then there is a validated balance to the scale.<br><br>And if there is true and raw love at the core, the &#8220;code&#8221; will always work because it won't even be code but rather, a <strong>reason</strong>. </p></blockquote><p>Attention to what I'm about to say - every construct has a foundation. Every foundation is that which sits at the mark zero.</p><p>It is the available space before the brick, It is the brick before the other bricks, the why behind the how. It is even the why behind every other why - it is the <strong>reason</strong>.</p><p>The word "<em>infrastructure</em>" is derived from two Latin words, "infra" is used as a prefix to indicate something that lies beneath or serves as a foundation. "Structura" comes from the verb "struere," which means "to build" or "to construct."</p><p>The English word &#8220;reason&#8221; comes from the French word &#8220;raison&#8221; which comes from the Latin word "ratio&#8221; - it is perhaps one of the <strong>biggest misconceptions</strong> in language and translation to ever be conceived. The use of the words &#8220;logic&#8221; and &#8220;reason&#8221; are fluid and sometimes they are used for the same thing.</p><p>I have carefully deconstructed this paradox in the first chapter of my book.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;dffd8f86-cd49-4d2d-9c0f-1433b82342ac&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Welcome to the first edition of TOBM!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TOBM.1 - Introduction&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null},{&quot;id&quot;:161152137,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sentient Press&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;We serve as cultural and informational facilitators, challenging norms, raising awareness about global warming, and promoting democratic and humanitarian values through education and art.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb06b8cf-32f0-40dc-8fd5-0fdfe11d10d7_200x200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://sentientpress.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Sentient Publishing House&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:1447813}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-08-08T21:34:21.619Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8e8cdae0-7899-4251-af2d-ce0e1abd0ab1_1533x958.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/tobm1-introduction&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:135845426,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>The verb "to reason&#8221; is commonly understood as "thinking logically" or &#8220;calculating&#8221;. In the common dictionary, &#8220;reasoning&#8221; means the same thing as a word that doesn't exist: &#8220;logicizing&#8221; - but in my heart, these are two completely different things.</p><p>To state: &#8220;My reason is this&#8221;, is not the same thing as saying: &#8220;My calculation is this&#8221;, because although we can calculate, we are not machines. When we truly reason, we might calculate, but we are, more than anything, digesting our feelings, and feelings are not math, they will always be the reason behind any math.</p><p>If someone loves math, a person might become a mathematician and do math for a living. If this same person stops loving math, this person will either stop doing math for the lack of a reason or keep doing math without a reason - which will probably turn into mediocre math due to the lack of a good reason.</p><p>So&#8230;</p><p>What am I even trying to say? I'm helping you find your reason, reader.</p><p>Why am I trying to do that?<strong> </strong>Because I have my reasons, and one of them regards teaching <strong>autonomy</strong>, it is intertwined in the DNA of <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Agency&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:166584763,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9557be3-b344-4830-8398-0b385284affe_500x500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e2abbd9b-6b39-4db6-a06f-0384b83529e1&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>.</p><p>When I look through the news around the world, I see a lot of discord, confusion and hate. I see shallow opinions shaping very big decisions. Weak values wearing barbaric principles, lies being sold as truth, and facts being distorted for personal gain. <a href="https://www.threads.net/@barrettpall/post/DELLBrSShwQ">I even see the richest man on the planet spending his time complimenting himself with a fake user</a>. WTF?</p><p><strong>And so, I reason with feelings:</strong> money and power without a real reason outputs sadness and loneliness.</p><p><strong>I also calculate with logic:</strong> if the pursuit of wealth and influence is driven solely by self-interest and ego, then the result is a hollow victory that leaves one emotionally unfulfilled and disconnected from genuine human connections.</p><p>Now, let's get back to you, reader. Because if you managed to get to here, you are the richest of my subscribers. You are curious and present because, in a world full of noise, you tuned into my weird frequency and decided to hear what I had to say.</p><p>Have you got the message, though? I will say it again in two different languages.</p><blockquote><p>Find your own damn reason to live or be left behind. Your reason is your only weapon in this cold world. Stop whining and take control, or you'll be nothing. Fight for your reason, because no one else will.</p></blockquote><p>Although this sounded very individualistic and aggressive, it was written in a very logical way because if the frequency out there is this low and ugly, then I borrow from it to transmit a message. Is it meaningful, though? Or does it just make an impact because it bothers you?</p><blockquote><p>Dear reader, your reason is your guiding light, leading you to your dreams. Look within, listen to your heart, and trust your inner wisdom because the calculation is made by your heart every single day.</p></blockquote><p>Sounds silly, but that doesn't mean it isn't true. It just feels harder to believe because it is more subtle and reasonable - like love and human connections should be.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Librechat: Your Privacy with AI Matters</h2><p>Listen, we are entering 2025 and the more I read about it, the more I realize the AI technologies out there will grow more than we can possibly imagine.</p><p>Models like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Ollama are fundamental tools that you need to have by your side and integrate into your day-to-day tasks or else you will stay behind in this revolution that is taking place.</p><p>All the scientific logic in the world, built upon the backs and determination of brilliant scientists and engineers of human history is now at your fingertip, a message away from understanding your questions and giving you answers.</p><p>It is important, though, to consider your privacy when implementing these tools into your thinking process. I wanted to have my own environment for it and these past few days I managed to install <strong>Librechat</strong> where I can use the different models and the technology within the privacy of my own computer.</p><p>It is not that hard if you follow the instructions and use an AI to help you debug the process.</p><p>Even if you are not a programmer, this process is not that challenging; it is also the perfect reason to jump into a terminal and try to understand a little bit behind the language of the machines.</p><p>Start here: <a href="https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/local_setup">https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/local_setup</a></p><p>Over and out!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archetype.1 - Hannya]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fury, sorrow and wisdom of a hurt female heart.]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype1-hannya</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype1-hannya</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 23:04:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8d1b338c-8cf9-40c9-9804-6a2da93f1db2_1108x908.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jZZ-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbbd79e97-abfe-4a76-a356-e827e0b8ea83_2280x1510.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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REPORT: Operation Heartburn</h3><h6>BTP's Classified Hannya Encounter</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png" width="1456" height="427" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:427,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:382861,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kk1i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceebc7d3-3a10-4188-864a-fe5e08a77a5e_2000x587.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em><strong>CLASSIFIED - TOP SECRET<br></strong>#<strong> </strong>Bureau of Transcendent Patterns<br>## </em>Case File: [<s>REDACTED</s>]<br>### Operation Heartburn: Hannya Encounter Report<br>#### Date: [<s>REDACTED</s>]</p><p><strong>Preamble: </strong>This document serves as a preamble to the detailed report concerning Operation Heartburn, executed by the BTP. It provides a classified overview of the encounter and its implications.</p><p><strong>WARNING:</strong> The information contained in this document is classified as VEILED KNOWLEDGE. Access to this document carries diligent responsibility.</p><p>On [<s>REDACTED DATE</s>], an agent of the Bureau of Transcendent Patterns (BTP) successfully logged Operation Heartburn, resulting in the documentation of an extraordinary entity, culturally known as a "Hannya" in ancient oriental literature and theatre. This report details the circumstances of the encounter, preliminary findings, and potential instructions in the context of a sighting.</p><p>The subject designated HNS-11, was sighted during field research in the southern territory of Brazil, at a cemetery in the <s>[REDACTED LOCATION]</s> city. An Agency agent was scouting the area during nighttime for an anomaly reported by a spectrum analyzer installed in a facility in the estate of <s>[REDACTED LOCATION]</s> when he came across what seemed to be a woman wearing a martial artist&#8217;s attire, a Hannya mask and an encased Katana sword. She was mourning at a tombstone when our agent approached - the subject unsheathed the blade as soon as his presence was felt. </p><p>Subject HNS-11 regained her posture as soon as she felt threatened by the presence of our agent and stood in a combat stance while waiting for our agent&#8217;s reaction. The agent made no further moves besides an attempt to communicate. The subject's name was requested and a reply in Japanese language was given, it was recorded and later transcribed by the research team.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#31169;&#12398;&#21517;&#21069;&#12399;&#33324;&#33509;&#27096;&#12391;&#12377;<br>&#8220;</em>My name is Hannya-Sama&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>As soon as the reply was given, the subject moved at an unnatural speed towards the agent, who suddenly found himself facing the cold edge of the sword pressed against his throat. The unknown subject got close to his ear and whispered one final thing before knocking him down and disappearing into the shadows of that night.</p><blockquote><p>&#24544;&#35488;&#12364;&#22987;&#12414;&#12427;&#12392;&#12289;&#32066;&#12431;&#12426;&#12399;&#12354;&#12426;&#12414;&#12379;&#12435;&#12290;&#12381;&#12358;&#12391;&#12394;&#12369;&#12428;&#12400;&#12289;&#12381;&#12428;&#12399;&#24544;&#35488;&#12391;&#12399;&#12354;&#12426;&#12414;&#12379;&#12435;&#12290;<br>&#8220;Once loyalty begins, it never ends. Otherwise it's not loyalty.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Once the Agent recovered consciousness the next morning, he returned to the headquarters and reported the encounter while providing the audio recordings and a visual description of the subject's appearance.</p><p>[The other pages have been torn off from the report&#8230;]</p><div><hr></div><h3>1. Introduction</h3><div><hr></div><p>How are you doing reader?</p><p>First of all, Happy New Year! We return with more content and are sure 2025 will be rich in discoveries and inspiration.</p><p>Welcoooooome back to the Agency!</p><p>Today's edition is a further development of our new series &#8220;<strong>Archetype.#</strong>&#8221;</p><p>Don't forget to check the first edition about the ancient symbolism behind the Phoenix - the archetype that kickstarted this editorial.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;91f83873-8a4a-4a73-ae2a-113530b7095e&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Archetype.0 - Phoenix&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-09-16T11:31:14.684Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f5444a64-5afa-4962-9c36-c172d4939daf_621x603.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/archetype0-phoenix&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:148922800,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>Before digging into this edition's archetype, let's discuss why such research is important for creative professionals.</p><p>When dealing with storytelling, we must be equipped with references to populate our stories, worlds and artistry with more meaning.</p><p>Most symbols either have an origin or are a byproduct of multiple references that already existed but were synthesized into something new by the creativity of a living person.</p><p>And so, for example, when an existing being like an eagle is given unnatural characteristics through human expression, like the addition of burning wings, it evolves into a mythological creature with ethereal traits and much more symbolism than the existing reference behind it.</p><p>One of the first belief systems known to historians is called &#8220;<strong>Animism</strong>&#8221;, it is used in the study of anthropology of religions as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous people.</p><p>The true meaning behind the term varies deeply due to different ethnolinguistic and cultural differences. If we were to try a definition, Animism is about believing that everything in nature has a spirit or soul, just like you do - so you treat everything with respect like a friend or a loved one.</p><p>The currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the late 19th century (1871) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Burnett_Tylor">Edward Tylor</a>. It is "one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first."</p><p>An interesting artefact for us to consider would be the <em><strong>L&#246;wenmensch</strong></em><strong> figurine</strong>, also called the <strong>Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel</strong>, a prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in a German cave, determined by carbon dating of the layer in which it was found to be between 35,000 and 41,000&nbsp;years old - one of the oldest-known examples of an artistic representation and the oldest confirmed statue ever discovered.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WdF7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84dab9e2-187b-413b-8bdd-cc74b12338b8_576x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Dagmar Hollmann / <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loewenmensch1.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>The most interesting thing about it is that it suggests a human-animal spiritual connection through a visual representation of a human-like body with the head of a cave lion, giving us a solid example of how Homo Sapiens already had a sharp imagination and capacity to express ideas back in the Upper Paleolithic era. </p><p>Based on that, we can affirm that archetypes have long been following the development of our species and how we interact with the environment and nature around us.</p><p>Now let&#8217;s tackle the Hannya theme.</p><div><hr></div><h3>2. The Origin of the Hannya</h3><h6>And how sorrow and pain bring evolution.</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kRug!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd1f253f-6db1-4212-808c-68651642bcbd_1600x1312.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kRug!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd1f253f-6db1-4212-808c-68651642bcbd_1600x1312.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kRug!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd1f253f-6db1-4212-808c-68651642bcbd_1600x1312.jpeg 848w, 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20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><a href="http://www.agencybrasil.com/">Hannya-Sama Pictogram </a>&#169; 2024 by Agency Brasil is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a></figcaption></figure></div><p>What is there to be said about a mask that represents both the expressions of sorrow and fury?</p><p>For us to better understand its meaning, we need to do a quick time travel into the past, specifically during the last Shogunate in the Feudal Japan period, known as the Edo Period (1603-1867).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Army 1866 // Source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modern_Costumes_of_Japanese_Officers_Shogunate_Army_1866.png">Wikicommons</a> // Public Domain</figcaption></figure></div><p>Shogunates were a political system exclusive to Japan and didn't exist in other Asian nations, they were specifically feudal military dictatorships where loyalty and honour were central to their operation.</p><p>It was during the last regime, the Tokugawa Shogunate that the Hannya masks originated in the Noh theatre traditions - a very exclusive art form that was only accessible to the nobility and the samurai class.</p><p>Noh continues to be performed today, maintaining many of the same traditions and techniques that were developed during the shogunate periods, making it one of the oldest surviving theatre traditions in the world.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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&#33324;&#33509;.jpg&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="File:Noh Mask, &quot;Hannya&quot; type, &#33021;&#38754; &#33324;&#33509;.jpg" title="File:Noh Mask, &quot;Hannya&quot; type, &#33021;&#38754; &#33324;&#33509;.jpg" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qvwz!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5969cef-ec20-4252-acb3-092ed417d0b8_526x600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qvwz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5969cef-ec20-4252-acb3-092ed417d0b8_526x600.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qvwz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5969cef-ec20-4252-acb3-092ed417d0b8_526x600.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qvwz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5969cef-ec20-4252-acb3-092ed417d0b8_526x600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 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By Hayashi Kihei. Edo period, 1800s. Important Cultural Property. Source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noh_Mask,_%22Hannya%22_type,_%E8%83%BD%E9%9D%A2_%E8%88%AC%E8%8B%A5.jpg">Wikicommons</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>The mask's expression is known to change depending on the angle at which it's viewed - appearing sorrowful when tilted down and frightening when tilted up.</p><p>It usually represents a female demon or vengeful spirit, typically depicting a woman who has been consumed by jealousy, rage, or sorrow to the point of transforming into a demon and this is perhaps the most important meaning behind it.</p><p>During this period and culture, women's roles were heavily restricted with their primary part being to produce heirs. They couldn't own property in their name, participate in politics and have no legal rights over their children - all while also being subject to easy divorce by their husbands.</p><p>The symbolism behind this mask is fundamentally important because it carries a deep heritage of the patriarchal oppression and suppression that women faced back then, which also represented a significant decline in women's rights compared to the Heian period (794-1185), some years before the first Shogunate, which took place around 1192.</p><p>The oppression of women represented one facet of the Shogunate's pervasive system of control, which extended across every aspect of society through rigid class hierarchies, economic exploitation, religious persecution, political suppression, and cultural restrictions.</p><p>The mask's transformation from a human woman to a demon can be seen as a metaphor for how the strict patriarchal system pushes women to their psychological limits. Its dual nature - showing both beauty and demonic features - reflects the complex reality of women's lives under the shogunate:</p><ul><li><p>The remaining traces of beauty in the mask represent the idealized, submissive role women were expected to maintain</p></li><li><p>The demonic features (horns, fangs, metallic eyes) symbolize the rage and pain that couldn't be expressed openly in society</p></li><li><p>The mask's changing expression (sorrowful when tilted down, frightening when tilted up) mirrors how women had to conceal their true feelings while maintaining a proper exterior</p></li></ul><p>In Noh plays, characters wearing Hannya masks often portrayed women who had been:</p><ul><li><p>Abandoned or betrayed by lovers</p></li><li><p>Displaced from their social position</p></li><li><p>Forced into unwanted marriages</p></li><li><p>Separated from their children</p></li><li><p>Denied their basic rights and dignity</p></li></ul><p>All of this gives us a lot of answers regarding why such a symbol originated from the unconscious collective of Ancestral Japan, where these theatrical pieces suggest a level of cultural acknowledgement of women's suffering, even if it wasn't addressed in reality.</p><p>There is though, another very interesting connection I made with the actual name behind the mask that I would like to share: there is some uncertainty and debate around the origin of the name "Hannya." There are several theories about its etymology.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Mask Maker Theory</strong>: Attributes the name to Hannya-b&#333;, a skilled mask carver who supposedly created or perfected this type of mask. However, historical evidence for this person is limited.</p></li><li><p><strong>Linguistic Theory</strong>: Some suggest it might be related to the word "han'ya" (&#21322;&#22812;), meaning "midnight" or "middle of the night," relating to the supernatural aspects of the mask.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sanskrit Connection</strong>: There's also a theory linking it to the Sanskrit word "praj&#241;&#257;" (wisdom), which was translated into Chinese as &#33324;&#33509; (pronounced "hannya" in Japanese).</p></li></ul><p>But the most interesting relation is to one of a Buddhist context. One theory suggests it comes from "Hannya-shin-ky&#333;" (&#33324;&#33509;&#24515;&#32076;), the Japanese name for the Heart Sutra in Buddhism. The character &#33324;&#33509; (hannya) in this context means "wisdom" or "enlightenment."</p><p>The Heart Sutra, is one of the most well-known texts in Mahayana Buddhism. Its full name in Sanskrit is the <strong>Praj&#241;&#257;p&#257;ramit&#257;h&#7771;daya S&#363;tra</strong>, meaning "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra."</p><p>And so, the meaning behind the mask makes a very interesting connection with the duality behind suffering and the wisdom that suffering brings, making them ideas that align well with the Heart Sutra's teachings.</p><p>It is a teaching that says everything in the world is connected and always changing, like a sandcastle by the beach. Here&#8217;s how it breaks down simply:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Everything is Empty:</strong><br>Imagine you have a balloon. It looks like it&#8217;s &#8220;something,&#8221; but inside it&#8217;s full of air&#8212;there&#8217;s nothing solid. The sutra says everything in life is kind of like that balloon: it&#8217;s real, but it doesn&#8217;t stay the same or have a solid &#8220;thing&#8221; inside.</p></li><li><p><strong>What You See Isn&#8217;t the Whole Story:</strong><br>Just like how a rainbow looks like it&#8217;s there but disappears if you try to grab it, everything we see, hear, and feel is part of a bigger, invisible picture.</p></li><li><p><strong>Don&#8217;t Worry About Holding On:</strong><br>The sutra says we feel sad or scared because we try to hold on to things that change, like toys breaking or ice cream melting. If we let go of holding so tight, we won&#8217;t feel so afraid or upset.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Magic Words:</strong><br>At the end, there&#8217;s a chant that&#8217;s like saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go beyond everything we know and find peace.&#8221; It&#8217;s a way to remind yourself to not worry too much and just keep moving forward.</p></li></ol><p>It&#8217;s all about being okay with things the way they are and not being scared when they change.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Semiotics</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Sorrow as Wisdom: </strong>The Hannya mask embodies the duality of human suffering&#8212;pain that distorts and wisdom that illuminates. It represents how sorrow, though anguishing, can guide individuals toward profound self-awareness and transformation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Transformation Through Suffering: </strong>The mask&#8217;s dual expressions&#8212;sorrowful and wrathful&#8212;symbolize the metamorphic power of emotional pain. It reflects the journey of evolving from suppressed anguish to empowered expression, underscoring the idea that suffering can be a crucible for inner strength and clarity.</p></li><li><p><strong>Feminine Rage and Resilience: </strong>The Hannya is both a victim and survivor, embodying the suppressed fury of women subjected to societal constraints. Its horns and fangs signify the emergence of repressed emotions into a force of reckoning, challenging oppressive systems and reflecting resilience born of adversity.</p></li><li><p><strong>Duality of the Human Spirit: </strong>The Hannya&#8217;s shifting visage&#8212;gentle from one angle and terrifying from another&#8212;represents the complexity of human emotions and identities. It captures the fragile balance between vulnerability and strength, tenderness and fury, beauty and monstrosity.</p></li><li><p><strong>Enlightenment Through Duality:</strong> The connection between "Hannya" and "praj&#241;&#257;" (wisdom) ties the archetype to the Buddhist principle of transcending duality. The mask teaches that true understanding arises from embracing both light and shadow, recognizing suffering not as an endpoint but as a gateway to growth.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Narrative Tools</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Character Arc: </strong>By depicting a protagonist or an anti-hero burdened by grief, betrayal, or societal injustice. Over time, their anguish transforms into a source of strength, leading them to confront the systems or individuals that caused their suffering.<br><strong>Example: </strong><em>A woman exiled from her clan for defying tradition reclaims her dignity by using her pain as fuel to reshape her world.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Plot Structure: </strong>Use a Hannya-inspired moment of transformation as a narrative climax. This could involve the protagonist confronting their inner demons or an antagonist embodying the Hannya archetype revealing unexpected depth.<br><strong>Example: </strong><em>A village cursed by a vengeful spirit must unravel the source of its pain, realizing the spirit suffered an unjust fate in life. Confronted with their role in its anguish, the community embarks on a journey of atonement to bring peace to both the spirit and themselves.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Symbolic Object:</strong> Introduce a Hannya mask or artefact as a key symbol in the story. It could represent concealed truths, the duality of a character, or the wisdom gained through suffering.<br><strong>Example: </strong><em>A cursed mask passed down generations brings misfortune but also grants its bearer insight into their family&#8217;s hidden history.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Mythical Appearance: </strong>Incorporate the Hannya archetype as a supernatural being or force. Use its features&#8212;horns, fangs, sorrowful gaze&#8212;to depict its complexity and connection to human emotions.<br><strong>Example: </strong><em>A wandering samurai encounters a Hannya-like demon, only to realize it is the spirit of a woman seeking justice for past wrongs.<br></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Themes of Renewal: </strong>While the Hannya embodies anguish, its narrative power lies in its potential for renewal. Just as the Phoenix emerges stronger from its ashes, the Hannya archetype invites audiences to explore how pain can lead to rebirth.<br><strong>Example:</strong> <em>A warrior learns to wield the wisdom gained from their deepest regrets to protect those they love, transforming sorrow into a shield against further harm.</em></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>The Hannya Warcry</h3><h6>Mythopoesis</h6><div class="pullquote"><p><em>In a crib filled with motherly love<br>whose mother wasn't able to love<br>a warrior was born<br>and a new fate was entrusted<br>with the sharp edges of an oath<br>made with loath<br>and broken by mistrust.<br><br>A noblewoman in the eyes<br>with sorrow in demise<br>and fangs in the night<br>who protects her kind<br>with immortality in disguise<br>Hannya-Sama is her name<br>a mask is her sword<br>and the past is her forge<br>because nothing can ever dry faster<br>then a salty tear<br>coming from a sweet eye.<br></em></p></div><h3><strong>Pandora&#8217;s Box</strong></h3><h6>A Fresh Digest on my latest discoveries and some other things.</h6><div><hr></div><h5><strong>In the Lenses of Thi</strong></h5><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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The idea came after watching the new TV series from FX, Shogun. Highly awarded and very well received by critics, this story is a deep dive into feudal Japan that was crafted with mastery and attention to detail.</p><p>It is inspired by the story of real people and the most surprising aspect behind it to me was the Lady Miriko character, one of the most inspiring women I have ever seen on the screen.</p><div id="youtube2-XwNa-u0R-W4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;XwNa-u0R-W4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XwNa-u0R-W4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6>Thiago Patriota</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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Born &amp; Raised Brazillian. Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Advertising and Communication. Adept to autodidactism. Curious Soul. Published Author. Founder of <a href="https://sentient.net.br/">Sentient</a>. Co-founder of Agency Brasil. Founder of Astro Bank Brasil</p><p>That&#8217;s me in a nutshell, but you can learn more about Agency on the <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/about">About</a> page!</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thipatriota/">LinkedIn</a><br><a href="http://behance.net/thipatriota">Behance</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Design.0 - Além da Superfície das Formas]]></title><description><![CDATA[O ponto de partida da sua carreira em design.]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design0-alem-da-superficie-das-formas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/design0-alem-da-superficie-das-formas</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:07:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3967e2dd-8811-4f0e-bed5-95c37a87bc83_912x601.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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Introdu&#231;&#227;o</strong></h3><p>Bem-vindo &#224; primeira edi&#231;&#227;o de <strong>Design.#</strong> da Agency.</p><p>Esta categoria servir&#225; como um guia duradouro para qualquer pessoa que queira come&#231;ar a desenhar mas n&#227;o encontrou ainda uma dire&#231;&#227;o suficientemente interessante.</p><p>Ent&#227;o voc&#234; quer ser um designer, &#233;?</p><p>Bem, o tempo &#233; uma grande ilus&#227;o.</p><p>Ent&#227;o talvez, um designer, voc&#234; j&#225; seja.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9ytA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ffe9f76-d641-454c-9a5e-843536e47928_500x300.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">&#8220;Voc&#234; deve sentir a for&#231;a em voc&#234;.&#8221; - Yoda</figcaption></figure></div><p>Ou talvez&#8230; Voc&#234; tem sido um designer por muito tempo mas talvez tenha esquecido por que come&#231;ou.</p><p>Porque a voca&#231;&#227;o de design n&#227;o come&#231;a com a sincronicidade perfeita por tr&#225;s do simples fato de que esta publica&#231;&#227;o te encontrou e voc&#234; a encontrou, talvez at&#233; anos depois de ter sido publicada pela primeira vez.</p><p>A voca&#231;&#227;o do design come&#231;a com um chamado.</p><p>E um chamado sempre come&#231;a como uma fa&#237;sca pequena e inexplic&#225;vel nos cantos mais profundos do seu cora&#231;&#227;o que n&#227;o parece mais bater como antes.</p><p>Como uma &#250;nica e solit&#225;ria gota d'&#225;gua no mais seco dos desertos.</p><p>Uma fa&#237;sca que cresce com uma intensidade t&#227;o ardente que simplesmente n&#227;o h&#225; como impedi-la de se tornar um fogo massivo de energia criativa pronto para dissipar calor em todas as dire&#231;&#245;es de todas as dimens&#245;es poss&#237;veis.</p><p>Design, no entanto, &#233; a coisa mais humana que algu&#233;m pode fazer.</p><p>Ser humano, contudo, &#233; a designa&#231;&#227;o mais dif&#237;cil de todas.</p><p>&#201; por isso precisamente que antes de empunhar uma caneta ou um pincel, voc&#234; deve reconhecer a imensa responsabilidade que est&#225; prestes a assumir.</p><p>Porque suas ideias podem dar vida a uma nova marca.</p><p>N&#227;o, n&#227;o apenas isso.</p><p>Suas ideias podem dar vida &#224; pr&#243;xima Apple.</p><p>Ainda n&#227;o &#233; o suficiente para voc&#234;.</p><p>Com suas ideias, voc&#234; construir&#225; seu pr&#243;prio UNIVERSO!</p><p>Desde que voc&#234; deposite f&#233; suficiente nelas.</p><p>Porque se quando voc&#234; olha ao redor, n&#227;o gosta do que v&#234;.</p><p>Voc&#234; precisa projetar uma nova realidade.</p><p>Ent&#227;o se voc&#234; acha que tem isso, v&#225; em frente.</p><p>Sua voca&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o come&#231;ar&#225; com um tutorial do YouTube ou dentro do Photoshop.</p><p>Primeiro, precisamos te incendiar com ideias. Um porqu&#234; de verdade.</p><p>A fa&#237;sca que voc&#234; procura est&#225; em algum lugar muito pr&#243;ximo a voc&#234;.</p><p>Seja em um criativo que te inspira.</p><p>Ou nas palavras que voc&#234; est&#225; prestes a ler.</p><p>Afinal, tenho certeza que voc&#234; est&#225; aqui por uma &#250;nica raz&#227;o.</p><p>Seja para consertar o mundo.</p><p>Ou deixar o mundo te consertar.</p><p>Voc&#234; consegue!</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>1. Semi&#243;tica</strong></h3><h6>E a filosofia por tr&#225;s das formas.</h6><div><hr></div><p>O tema da Semi&#243;tica foi abordado pela primeira vez aqui na Agency no <strong>Edi&#231;&#227;o.12</strong>, sendo uma introdu&#231;&#227;o divertida e criativa a um dos assuntos mais dif&#237;ceis da comunica&#231;&#227;o.</p><p><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de Andrade&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/147df3f2-f469-4194-86b9-fb19a7b31ada_619x1043.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;0bc262be-490d-43e9-8125-663edc1af924&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> e eu tamb&#233;m transformamos isso em um epis&#243;dio de podcast que pode te ajudar a entender o conceito atrav&#233;s de um conto! 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20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Se formos analisar o &#237;cone de uma pena, ou mesmo uma pena real &#224; nossa frente (diferentes formas para o mesmo assunto), podemos extrair muitos significados diferentes que s&#227;o &#250;nicos para cada pessoa ou cultura. Uma pena pode representar um p&#225;ssaro da mesma forma que pode representar a ideia de liberdade ou o adjetivo de ser leve.</p><p>Existe simplesmente uma quantidade infinita de associa&#231;&#245;es que podem ser feitas atrav&#233;s da sua criatividade e esta &#233; precisamente sua habilidade mais fundamental como criativo, a capacidade de conectar pontos de uma maneira que n&#227;o &#233; l&#243;gica mas que pertence aos significados e simbolismo.</p><p>Podemos ent&#227;o combinar os significados que extra&#237;mos da forma da pena com outras formas para criar novas combina&#231;&#245;es e transmitir diferentes mensagens.</p><p>Se, por exemplo, voc&#234; precisa desenhar um an&#250;ncio para um produto que carrega o slogan: "Faz voc&#234; voar", voc&#234; pode sempre ser mais objetivo e talvez colocar uma asa em uma pessoa para representar os efeitos do produto no an&#250;ncio. Mas quando voc&#234; come&#231;a a mergulhar mais fundo na semi&#243;tica, voc&#234; percebe que pode transmitir a mesma mensagem sem faz&#234;-la parecer t&#227;o evidente. Quando voc&#234; faz o receptor de suas mensagens resolver a equa&#231;&#227;o por tr&#225;s das imagens em vez de entreg&#225;-la objetivamente, voc&#234; pode engajar melhor e marcar aquela pessoa com o que est&#225; tentando comunicar. Ent&#227;o que tal colocar apenas uma &#250;nica pena na imagem? Quanto mais voc&#234; evolui em uma carreira de design, mais voc&#234; perceber&#225; que menos &#233; mais.</p><h3><br><strong>Exemplo</strong></h3><p>Se observarmos uma flor em seu auge de sa&#250;de e cores, podemos notar que em sua [&#42800;&#7439;&#640;&#7437;&#7424;/&#42800;&#7439;&#640;&#7437;&#7424;&#7451;&#7439;] as p&#233;talas s&#227;o vibrantes, a textura &#233; suave e o caule &#233; firme. Mas como uma forma f&#237;sica, ela est&#225; sujeita &#224; degrada&#231;&#227;o do tempo, isso significa que enquanto saud&#225;vel, ela pode representar diferentes [&#42801;&#237;&#7437;&#665;&#7439;&#671;&#7439;&#42801;], como uma flor; natureza; juventude e beleza, mas uma vez que o est&#225;gio de decomposi&#231;&#227;o come&#231;a e ela perde essas propriedades, esses [&#42801;&#237;&#7437;&#665;&#7439;&#671;&#7439;&#42801;] s&#227;o imediatamente substitu&#237;dos por outros diferentes e negativos, que &#233; o que podemos ver na forma de uma flor morrendo, como secura; decomposi&#231;&#227;o e dessatura&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>Se subtrairmos a forma deste contexto, podemos identificar novas possibilidades de significados, porque ainda podemos observar a flor sem sermos limitados por sua forma f&#237;sica.</p><p>Ent&#227;o, se formos observar uma flor at&#233; que uma abelha pouse nela e polinize seu estigma, somos capazes de capturar todo um novo conjunto de significados por tr&#225;s deste comportamento da natureza, porque, por tr&#225;s deste ciclo regenerativo, recorrente e hol&#237;stico, podemos capturar [&#42801;&#237;&#7437;&#665;&#7439;&#671;&#7439;&#42801;] muito mais fortes e universais que n&#227;o se limitam &#224; forma de uma flor, como vida; regenera&#231;&#227;o; coopera&#231;&#227;o e crescimento.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>2. Consumo de Informa&#231;&#227;o</strong></h3><h6>Leitura de pontos e leitura de linhas</h6><div><hr></div><p>Com o surgimento das imagens t&#233;cnicas, trazido por inven&#231;&#245;es como a fotografia, o consumo de informa&#231;&#245;es come&#231;ou a deixar de lado a interpreta&#231;&#227;o do que chamamos de linhas escritas, substituindo-as por imagens e v&#237;deos em telas.</p><p>Isso criou um contexto em que nossa forma de pensar se dividiu em duas maneiras distintas:</p><p>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#42801;&#7452;&#7448;&#7431;&#640;&#42800;&#618;&#7428;&#618;&#7424;&#671;] ou [&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#7448;&#7439;&#628;&#7451;&#7439;&#42801;]</p><p>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#671;&#618;&#628;&#7431;&#7424;&#640;] ou [&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#671;&#618;&#628;&#668;&#7424;&#42801;]</p><p>A informa&#231;&#227;o sempre foi percebida em superf&#237;cies, por exemplo, em uma pintura rupestre de um homem ca&#231;ando nas paredes de uma caverna ou, de forma similar, em uma p&#225;gina de um e-book na tela de um Kindle.</p><p>MAS! Embora ambos sejam informa&#231;&#245;es presentes em superf&#237;cies f&#237;sicas, podemos identificar tr&#234;s grandes diferen&#231;as entre os dois casos:<br>&#7424;) O intervalo de tempo entre a Era Paleol&#237;tica e a Era Moderna dos dispositivos digitais;<br>&#665;) O fato de que uma &#233; uma pintura;<br>&#7428;) O fato de que a outra &#233; um conjunto de linhas escritas.</p><p>Isso nos leva ao principal tema desta investiga&#231;&#227;o: as principais diferen&#231;as entre ler a informa&#231;&#227;o em um texto &#8211; [&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#671;&#618;&#628;&#668;&#7424;&#42801;] &#8211; e a informa&#231;&#227;o em uma imagem ou v&#237;deo &#8211; [&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#7448;&#7439;&#628;&#7451;&#7439;&#42801;].</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9Sb!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3800b68-6bfe-482f-a986-57c63b5a72d2_2024x2102.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9Sb!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3800b68-6bfe-482f-a986-57c63b5a72d2_2024x2102.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9Sb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3800b68-6bfe-482f-a986-57c63b5a72d2_2024x2102.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 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3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Pernsamento Superficial / Leitura de Pontos</figcaption></figure></div><p>Quando se trata de <strong>leitura de pontos</strong>, isso significa que n&#227;o h&#225; um ponto de partida definido para o processo de leitura. Voc&#234; n&#227;o pode controlar onde uma pessoa come&#231;ar&#225; a interpretar a informa&#231;&#227;o apresentada em um v&#237;deo ou uma imagem, da mesma forma que n&#227;o pode controlar quais significados ela extrair&#225; dos [&#42801;&#618;&#7437;&#665;&#7439;&#671;&#7439;&#42801;] usados na imagem.</p><p>Agora, para compreender a <strong>leitura de linhas</strong>, vamos analisar esta bela poesia chamada de &#8220;<em>ImagiNation: the only Nation</em>.&#8221; do meu grande amigo <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Victory Palace&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:85810127,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1911f4a5-f035-4d6f-936d-e1daca1ab0a1_329x325.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;84798adc-b1c7-4790-9042-63cd37feb4ad&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>.</p><blockquote><p>Imagine todos os vil&#245;es/vil&#227;s deste mundo se esgueirando para longe<br>e pagando por seus crimes; imagine um mundo sem mais guerras,<br>armas de destrui&#231;&#227;o em massa, agendas nefastas para escravizar a humanidade.<br>Imagine tudo se transformando para o bem de todos e lendo sobre isso<br>nos seus celulares ou laptops e o absoluto assombro que voc&#234; sente ao ver isso...</p><p>Imagine que voc&#234; se sente melhor do que jamais se sentiu em toda a sua vida!<br>Imagine celebra&#231;&#245;es nas ruas,<br>nos parques e est&#225;dios ao redor do mundo;<br>tempestades de confete, abra&#231;os e beijos em estranhos, gritos de alegria triunfante!<br>Claro, voc&#234; pode achar que isso &#233; loucura,<br>&#8220;quando porcos voarem para comer torta no c&#233;u&#8221; &#8211; tudo bem.</p><p>Porque, se tudo que j&#225; existiu nasceu primeiro<br>desta na&#231;&#227;o, ent&#227;o tudo isso j&#225; aconteceu,<br>e &#233; apenas uma quest&#227;o de tempo at&#233;<br>que se desenrole na &#250;nica tela que assistimos<br>e habitamos &#8211; o filme chamado <em>Vida</em>.</p><div class="embedded-post-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:85766589,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://victorypalace.substack.com/p/imagination-the-only-nation&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:850696,&quot;embedding_publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;The Victory Palace Poetry Stack&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;ImagiNation: the only Nation&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;The only nation I am a citizen of is the ImagiNation. Sorry, no offense. You can have all your other (stag)nations. Oh say, can you see, the only nations they&#8217;re forcing us to live in are: vaccination condemnation indoctrination alienation and ultimately extermination? Because all these nations are subject matter experts in: procrastination inc&#8230;&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2022-11-22T17:11:52.661Z&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:8,&quot;comment_count&quot;:12,&quot;bylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:85810127,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Victory Palace&quot;,&quot;handle&quot;:null,&quot;previous_name&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1911f4a5-f035-4d6f-936d-e1daca1ab0a1_329x325.png&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Poetry is my instrument in the spiritual battle for humanity's minds. &quot;,&quot;profile_set_up_at&quot;:&quot;2022-04-17T00:45:21.090Z&quot;,&quot;publicationUsers&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:790602,&quot;user_id&quot;:85810127,&quot;publication_id&quot;:850696,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;admin&quot;,&quot;public&quot;:true,&quot;is_primary&quot;:false,&quot;publication&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:850696,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Victory Palace Poetry Stack&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;victorypalace&quot;,&quot;custom_domain&quot;:null,&quot;custom_domain_optional&quot;:false,&quot;hero_text&quot;:&quot;Welcome to The Victory Palace Poetry Stack a place for those who love and appreciate the last form of free expression. Hoping to change humanity one word at a time. &quot;,&quot;logo_url&quot;:null,&quot;author_id&quot;:85810127,&quot;theme_var_background_pop&quot;:&quot;#9D6FFF&quot;,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2022-04-17T00:48:02.743Z&quot;,&quot;rss_website_url&quot;:null,&quot;email_from_name&quot;:null,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Victory Palace&quot;,&quot;founding_plan_name&quot;:null,&quot;community_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;invite_only&quot;:false,&quot;payments_state&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}}],&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;utm_campaign&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:null}" data-component-name="EmbeddedPostToDOM"><a class="embedded-post" native="true" href="https://victorypalace.substack.com/p/imagination-the-only-nation?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web"><div class="embedded-post-header"><span></span><span class="embedded-post-publication-name">The Victory Palace Poetry Stack</span></div><div class="embedded-post-title-wrapper"><div class="embedded-post-title">ImagiNation: the only Nation</div></div><div class="embedded-post-body">The only nation I am a citizen of is the ImagiNation. Sorry, no offense. You can have all your other (stag)nations. Oh say, can you see, the only nations they&#8217;re forcing us to live in are: vaccination condemnation indoctrination alienation and ultimately extermination? Because all these nations are subject matter experts in: procrastination inc&#8230;</div><div class="embedded-post-cta-wrapper"><span class="embedded-post-cta">Read more</span></div><div class="embedded-post-meta">4 years ago &#183; 8 likes &#183; 12 comments &#183; Victory Palace</div></a></div></blockquote><p>Quando se trata de <strong>leitura de linhas</strong>, h&#225; um ponto de partida e uma linha de chegada, porque, embora seja poss&#237;vel extrair diferentes significados da informa&#231;&#227;o, para tirar suas conclus&#245;es, &#233; necess&#225;rio analisar todo o conte&#250;do.</p><p>Embora este seja apenas um trecho do poema, voc&#234; pode perceber que VP nos leva em uma jornada de palavras que nos ajuda a visualizar a mensagem sendo transmitida, palavra por palavra, at&#233; que o t&#237;tulo finalmente fa&#231;a o mais absoluto e perfeito sentido.</p><h3><strong>Exemplo</strong></h3><p>Se imaginarmos a pintura da Mona Lisa bem &#224; nossa frente, n&#227;o h&#225; absolutamente nenhum lugar certo para come&#231;ar a "ler" a mensagem que ela transmite. Voc&#234;, como espectador ou receptor, pode come&#231;ar analisando o fundo, os olhos ou at&#233; mesmo a express&#227;o insubstitu&#237;vel e atemporal em seu rosto, enquanto outra pessoa poderia come&#231;ar observando a moldura como um todo ou talvez alguma particularidade do cabelo dela.</p><p>Isso essencialmente significa que a <strong>[leitura de pontos]</strong> representa uma abordagem completamente livre de como a informa&#231;&#227;o pode ser lida, pois uma quantidade infinita de interpreta&#231;&#245;es pode ser feita a partir de uma quantidade infinita de perspectivas.</p><p>Em compara&#231;&#227;o perfeita, o outro exemplo seria exatamente este texto. Porque, embora voc&#234; esteja lendo-o na superf&#237;cie de uma tela, est&#225; seguindo uma linha de pensamento discursiva e linear estruturada por mim! Isso significa que, quando se trata de <strong>[leitura de linhas]</strong>, informa&#231;&#245;es muito mais detalhadas e precisas podem ser transmitidas porque voc&#234; est&#225; limitando o receptor da mensagem (como eu estou fazendo com voc&#234;) a segurar suas m&#227;os e seguir exatamente o seu caminho de pensamento, assunto por assunto, para que o receptor possa tirar suas pr&#243;prias conclus&#245;es com base na dire&#231;&#227;o fornecida.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>3. Reduzindo o Abismo do Entendimento</strong></h3><p><strong>Desenhar ou escrever?</strong></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 424w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 848w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 1272w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80" width="319" height="479.138" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1502,&quot;width&quot;:1000,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:319,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;garrafa de coca-cola ao lado de copo de bebida&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="garrafa de coca-cola ao lado de copo de bebida" title="garrafa de coca-cola ao lado de copo de bebida" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 424w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 848w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 1272w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624552184280-9e9631bbeee9?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Have a Coke&#8482;</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Gerar ou manipular formas</strong> significa infundir gr&#225;ficos, linguagem e visuais com significados simb&#243;licos capazes de comunicar uma mensagem ou conte&#250;do ao nosso p&#250;blico-alvo. Agora que entendemos as principais diferen&#231;as entre <strong>[&#42800;&#7439;&#640;&#7437;&#7424;/&#7431;&#42801;&#7451;&#640;&#7452;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424;]</strong> &#8226; <strong>[&#7428;&#7439;&#628;&#7451;&#7431;&#7452;&#769;&#7429;&#7439;/&#7437;&#7431;&#42801;&#42801;&#7424;&#610;&#7431;&#7437;]</strong> e como eles s&#227;o consumidos atualmente via <strong>[&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#7448;&#7439;&#628;&#7451;&#7439;&#42801;]</strong> ou <strong>[&#671;&#7431;&#618;&#7451;&#7452;&#640;&#7424; &#7429;&#7431; &#671;&#618;&#628;&#668;&#7424;&#42801;]</strong>, &#233; hora de come&#231;ar a perguntar como criar e inventar aproveitando essas teorias.</p><p>A palavra "poesia" vem do grego <em>poie&#238;n</em>, que significa "fazer" ou "produzir". Da mesma forma, a palavra "design" vem do grego <em>sch&#233;dio</em>, que significa "planejar" ou "esquematizar". Assim, tanto o poeta/redator/jornalista quanto o artista visual/designer compartilham a mesma raiz artesanal dentro de suas voca&#231;&#245;es, que &#233;, essencialmente, a a&#231;&#227;o de criar. A principal diferen&#231;a est&#225; no fato de que o primeiro lida com informa&#231;&#245;es escritas, enquanto o outro trabalha com composi&#231;&#245;es visuais.</p><p>Se, por meio das habilidades de escrever ou projetar, conseguimos gerar mensagens, como sabemos qual &#233; a abordagem adequada para o problema de comunica&#231;&#227;o que pretendemos resolver? A resposta sempre estar&#225; relacionada ao meio pelo qual a mensagem ser&#225; transmitida e ao nosso objetivo dentro da iniciativa.</p><h3><strong>Exemplo</strong></h3><p>Se quisermos causar uma impress&#227;o r&#225;pida, por exemplo, fazer com que um consumidor saiba que nosso produto existe, ele n&#227;o ter&#225; tempo nem aten&#231;&#227;o para passar por um guia detalhado sobre como o produto pode ser &#250;til para sua empresa. Nesse caso, sintetizar o m&#225;ximo de benef&#237;cios do produto enquanto ilustramos sua apar&#234;ncia por meio de uma arte para um post de feed seria a melhor abordagem para despertar rapidamente o interesse.</p><p>Se quisermos educar o consumidor sobre como nosso produto pode tornar sua empresa mais eficiente, ser&#225; necess&#225;rio descrever em detalhes e de forma linear todos os n&#237;veis da cadeia de suprimentos que ele poderia melhorar. Isso pode ser alcan&#231;ado atrav&#233;s de um artigo de blog aprofundado ou de um PDF de vendas detalhado.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>4. L&#243;gica Criativa</strong></h3><h6>Pensamento Lateral VS Pensamento Vertical</h6><div><hr></div><p>Agora que entendemos como as mensagens s&#227;o consumidas atualmente, precisamos come&#231;ar a perguntar de onde elas v&#234;m, para que possamos criar a mensagem certa para o p&#250;blico certo. Pensar criativamente envolve conectar pontos que nunca foram conectados antes. Essa abordagem &#233;, essencialmente, o oposto de pensar logicamente, e explicarei isso a seguir.</p><ul><li><p><strong>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#7456;&#7431;&#640;&#7451;&#618;&#7428;&#7424;&#671;] ou [&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#671;&#243;&#610;&#618;&#7428;&#7439;]</strong><br>Pensar verticalmente significa conectar pontos em uma linearidade de informa&#231;&#245;es l&#243;gicas, por meio de tentativa e erro, onde cada conclus&#227;o vem ap&#243;s a anterior. &#201; assim que funcionam a ci&#234;ncia, a programa&#231;&#227;o (e, portanto, bugs e depura&#231;&#227;o) e a matem&#225;tica, porque seu prop&#243;sito &#233; construir estruturas l&#243;gicas escal&#225;veis e duradouras que sejam autossustent&#225;veis, onde cada ponto valida os outros.</p></li><li><p><strong>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#671;&#7424;&#7451;&#7431;&#640;&#7424;&#671;] ou [&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#7428;&#640;&#618;&#7424;&#7451;&#618;&#7456;&#7439;]</strong><br>Pensar horizontalmente significa conectar pontos distantes de forma n&#227;o linear, por meio da raz&#227;o em vez da l&#243;gica. Isso significa que, para que ideias criativas surjam, o criativo precisa ser capaz de identificar novos tipos de padr&#245;es de pensamento e perspectivas sobre o problema que est&#225; sendo resolvido. Pensar subjetivamente &#233; sempre o principal m&#233;todo para quebrar padr&#245;es.</p></li></ul><h3><strong><br>Exemplo:</strong></h3><p>Se imaginarmos um labirinto, podemos entender imediatamente que, dentro de sua estrutura enigm&#225;tica, haver&#225; uma entrada e uma sa&#237;da. Por meio do <strong>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#7456;&#7431;&#640;&#7451;&#618;&#7428;&#7424;&#671;]</strong>, percorremos os diferentes caminhos at&#233; encontrarmos barreiras, mapeando, por tentativa e erro, o caminho final para a sa&#237;da.</p><p>Em uma abordagem de <strong>[&#7448;&#7431;&#628;&#42801;&#7424;&#7437;&#7431;&#628;&#7451;&#7439; &#671;&#7424;&#7451;&#7431;&#640;&#7424;&#671;]</strong>, seria necess&#225;rio primeiro quebrar o padr&#227;o do que se est&#225; tentando alcan&#231;ar. Se o objetivo &#233; chegar &#224; sa&#237;da, e se, em vez de entrar no labirinto, simplesmente caminh&#225;ssemos ao redor da parte externa do labirinto at&#233; alcan&#231;armos o mesmo objetivo?</p><p>Concluindo essas compara&#231;&#245;es, podemos reconhecer que faz parte da natureza criativa n&#227;o apenas questionar conven&#231;&#245;es, mas tamb&#233;m quebrar padr&#245;es para construir novos e melhores caminhos. Padr&#245;es s&#227;o subprodutos de seguran&#231;a e consist&#234;ncia, mas, sem racioc&#237;nio criativo e cr&#237;tico, tendem a se tornar obsoletos e ineficientes.</p><p>E assim encerramos essa edi&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>Se voc&#234; ficou curioso sobre o que acabou de ler, deixo aqui um desafio e voc&#234; pode se sentir &#224; vontade para comentar sua resposta na se&#231;&#227;o de coment&#225;rios:</p><p><strong>O que a combina&#231;&#227;o de Penas + &#211;culos de Sol poderia transmitir como mensagem?</strong></p><p>At&#233; a pr&#243;xima edi&#231;&#227;o, imagiNador!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Inscrever-se&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Agency. is a reader-supported publication. 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Brasileiro. Bacharel em Publicidade e Comunica&#231;&#227;o. Adepto ao autodidatismo. Alma curiosa. Autor publicado. Fundador da <a href="http://sentient.net.br/">Sentient</a>. Co-Fundador da Agency.</p><p>Saiba mais sobre a Agency na p&#225;gina <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/about">sobre</a>!</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Inscrever-se&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Agency. is a reader-supported publication. 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type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPZl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9790c39-0b1e-4a2c-b1bb-4fe0870e0682_1140x755.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPZl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9790c39-0b1e-4a2c-b1bb-4fe0870e0682_1140x755.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPZl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9790c39-0b1e-4a2c-b1bb-4fe0870e0682_1140x755.jpeg 848w, 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21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3>REPORT: Operation Wings of Paradox</h3><h6>BTP's Classified Phoenix Acquisition</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_HQN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcb28363-1185-46de-a75f-49c237d6632a_2000x587.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_HQN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcb28363-1185-46de-a75f-49c237d6632a_2000x587.png 424w, 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stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em><strong>CLASSIFIED - TOP SECRET<br></strong>#<strong> </strong>Bureau of Transcendent Patterns<br>## </em>Case File: [<s>REDACTED</s>]<br>### Operation Wings of Paradox: Phoenix Acquisition Report<br>#### Date: [<s>REDACTED</s>]</p><p><strong>Preamble: </strong>This document serves as a preamble to the detailed report concerning Operation Wings of Paradox, executed by the BTP. It provides a classified overview of the operation and its implications.</p><p><strong>WARNING:</strong> The information contained in this document is classified as ARCANE SECRET. Access to this document carries extraordinary responsibility.</p><p>On [<s>REDACTED DATE</s>], agents of the Bureau of Transcendent Patterns (BTP) successfully executed Operation Wings of Paradox, resulting in the capture and containment of a <em>Prima Mater</em>ia entity, colloquially known as a "Phoenix." in legends and tales. This report details the circumstances of the capture, preliminary findings, and potential implications for the advancement of mankind.</p><p>The subject designated PNX-0, was captured during a wildfire in the Amazon Rainforest, which occurred due to high temperatures and drought originating from climate change, following a coordinated effort involving special Agency agents and specialized containment equipment developed by ITA (Aeronautics Institute of Technology), located in S&#227;o Jos&#233; dos Campos, Brazil. Initial observations indicate that PNX-0 possesses capabilities previously thought to be mythological, including spontaneous combustion and subsequent regeneration and rebirth.</p><p>The subject PNX-0, affectionately called &#8220;Flameheart&#8221; by the team was put in a highly technological glass container where our scientists accelerated time to record and analyze the implications of this creature's magicality - potentially offering unprecedented insights into cellular regeneration, energy production, and temporal mechanics. It was noted that the definitive lifespan of the subject was 777 years.</p><p>Soon after careful collection of data and the witnessing of a rebirth from a cosmic egg that defied all scientific understanding, a misunderstanding among the scientists ended with the team consenting to free the creature before her boyfriend came to rescue her, putting the entire team&#8217;s lives at risk. It was properly freed with an appreciation gift from the team: pearl necklaces handmade by the grandmother of one of the scientists.</p><p>This report will outline the operational details, current containment protocols, preliminary research findings, and recommended next steps. Given the sensitive nature of this operation and its potential impact on global affairs, all personnel are reminded of their obligation to maintain absolute heartfelt admiration for the one and only Flameheart.</p><p>[Continued on next page...]</p><div><hr></div><h3>Introduction</h3><div><hr></div><p>Hey reader! It's been some time, huh?</p><p>Well, to compensate for Agency's absence in your inbox, I decided to bring up a new editorial today.</p><p>Some time ago I discussed with <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Amanda de Andrade&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:132519240,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/147df3f2-f469-4194-86b9-fb19a7b31ada_619x1043.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;3a2293e6-5164-4cd6-ab7f-ee70dfe87c2c&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> the idea of bringing up the subject of Archetypes to <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Agency&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:166584763,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9557be3-b344-4830-8398-0b385284affe_500x500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e5f04b57-baf1-4421-9b12-592e39b7c739&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> - We realized that it would be important to not only rescue some ancestral symbolism but also populate our library with new references that can help our readers embody a true storytelling arsenal of ideas.</p><p>Coming from Greek, the word <strong>Archetype</strong> first entered into English usage in the 1540s. It derives from the combination of two Ancient Greek words:</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>arch&#233;-</strong></em> <br>Meaning: "beginning,&#8221; or &#8220;origin&#8221;</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em><strong>-typos<br></strong></em>Meaning: &#8220;pattern," "model," or "type."</p></blockquote><p>Together, as &#8220;<em><strong>arch&#233;typos</strong></em>&#8221;, they form the meaning: "the first mould&#8221; or as the popular version of the English word &#8220;<em><strong>Archetype</strong></em>&#8221; represents "a perfect example of something."</p><p>The concept of archetypes has been influential in various fields: Mythology, Religion, Literature and Narrative Theory, Psychology, Marketing and Branding, Cinema &amp; TV, Anthropology and Art.</p><p>Such a concept, with roots in the meaning &#8220;mould&#8221; can even be found in the Christian cosmogony, the Genesis book of the Bible, where the creator is said to have shaped man from dust or clay:</p><blockquote><p>Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.<br><em><strong>Genesis 2:7</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Also in Mesopotamian mythology:</p><blockquote><p>Let me put blood together, and make bones too.<br>Let me set up primeval man: Man shall be his name.<br>Let me create a primeval man.<br>The work of the gods shall be imposed (on him), and so they shall be at leisure.<br><strong>Enuma Elish, the Babylonian Creation Epic Tablet V</strong></p></blockquote><p>In Egyptian mythology:</p><blockquote><p>Khnum the creator, he who created on his potter's wheel, the divine figures of gods and goddesses, he who created men and formed the gods.<br><strong>Inscription at Temple of Esna</strong></p></blockquote><p>And Greek Mythology:</p><blockquote><p>Prometheus shaped man out of mud, and Athena breathed life into the clay figure. Prometheus made man stand upright as the gods did and gave him fire.<br><strong>"Works and Days" by Hesiod</strong></p></blockquote><p>Taking all of that into consideration, we can better understand the meaning behind archetypes and also their importance in different fields and the conceptualization of new ideas, even if the idea is&#8230; mankind itself!</p><p>But enough about the meaning behind the editorial's name, let's dive into the subject of the issue because out of the ashes, a phoenix will always rise.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Origin of the Phoenix</h3><h6>And how it can empower your story.</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!t4Vs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d4d1541-ff14-4802-bf6c-d1ae6c4fc5cd_2016x2016.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Although vastly adopted and spread by the Greek culture, the first reference to a bird that represented the cycle of life, death and rebirth has its roots in ancient Egypt. <strong>Bennu</strong> was the true precursor of the Phoenix, it was a deity linked to the sun, creation, and rebirth. It was a self-created being said to have played a role in the creation of the world.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg" width="296" height="310.9752421959096" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:976,&quot;width&quot;:929,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:296,&quot;bytes&quot;:50644,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PVoC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe57033c7-4705-494f-8e9d-dc1b3048df06_929x976.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">By Ramsthal, August - This image comes from the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) where it is available at the following Uniform Resource Identifier: <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21227">21227</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>It is also said that it was inspired (or modelled) after a human-sized heron species thought to have gone extinct around 1500 BCE, whose remains were discovered in the United Arab Emirates in 1977, which could explain why it was depicted as a heron-like bird with a long, straight beak.</p><p>Although it shares much symbolism with the Phoenix, their physical depiction differs as the Phoenix is usually described more similarly to an Eagle or a Peacock with brilliant, colourful feathers: red, gold, or purple.</p><p>In addition to that evolution in physical traits, the rebirth capacity of both these mythological creatures differs in context. The Bennu&#8217;s rebirth is connected to the <strong>natural and cosmic order</strong>, particularly the <strong>sun&#8217;s daily rising</strong>; whereas the phoenix&#8217;s rebirth is more metaphorical and individual, representing the <strong>personal or spiritual renewal</strong> that comes from trials, destruction, and transformation.</p><p>The phoenix is said to voluntarily build a nest of fragrant spices and woods, where it ignites itself and is consumed by the flames. This act of self-immolation symbolizes the end of one life cycle. However, from its ashes, a new phoenix arises, renewed and reborn, stronger and more vibrant than before.</p><p>The enduring presence of the Phoenix archetype across centuries can be attributed mostly to the universality behind its attributes, which not only adds a profound tone of epicness to stories but also has many different utilities when used metaphorically.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Semiotics</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Symbolism of Renewal: </strong>The cycle of birth and death is one present in the ever-present journey of life. Whether in real nature or as change and transformation, we can all sympathize with the idea of endings and fresh starts.</p></li><li><p><strong>Immortality: </strong>The capacity to rise from the ashes after being consumed by flames points to a very important meaning of purification and transformation, underscoring the idea that destruction is necessary for renewal. The flames don't signify an end, but rather a transition&#8212;an essential phase of the Phoenix&#8217;s immortal existence.</p></li><li><p><strong>Resilience &amp; Transformation: </strong>By understanding the need to forego a self-destruction process every 500-1000 years, the Phoenix teaches an important lesson about the ability to overcome adversity and emerge stronger by doing so. Change for the Phoenix is a necessary step towards its evolution.</p></li><li><p><strong>Absence and Mystery: </strong>By removing itself from existence, the Phoenix understands the importance of isolation and distance to synthesize its transformation. Due to that aspect of its rarity, it is often regarded with awe, reverence, and fascination by other beings.</p></li><li><p><strong>Hope:</strong> The magic behind what the Phoenix represents offers a message of endurance and the possibility of a fresh start.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Narrative Tools</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Character Arc: </strong>By making a hero undergo a phoenix-like transformation through a death and rebirth context, you can build upon the transformation that comes after until a climax is achieved through their evolution. This tends to happen halfway through the Hero's Journey.<br><strong>Example: </strong>A character loses everything and hits rock bottom, but finds in the darkness of the abyss the one reason it needs to rise from the ashes and rebuild their life.</p></li><li><p><strong>Plot Structure: </strong>A stage of destruction and renewal is fundamental for the structure of a story, it can give the audience the ideal context to sympathize with whatever is going through the adversity.<br><strong>Example: </strong>A magical city gets attacked by a hostile force, making those who survived flee to gain strength and rally allies so that they can save it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Symbolic Object:</strong> Introducing a phoenix-life object to a story can represent hope or renewal by depicting the power of imperishability and resilience.<br><strong>Example: </strong>A whole library burns down but one book survives untouched by the damage of the fire, becoming a symbol of true knowledge.</p></li><li><p><strong>Mythical Appearance: </strong>Have an actual Phoenix as a character or plot element; use elements of the Phoenix like the ashes or glowing feathers to depict the existence of magic in a story.<br><strong>Example: </strong>In a fantasy world, a Phoenix can be a wise and powerful ally or a sought-after magical resource that is key to the success of an adventure.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Flameheart&#8217;s Elegy</h3><h6>Mythopoesis</h6><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Oh powerful flame<br>That heart our mundane shame<br>With true arcane sanity<br>Built upon the burning of lungs<br>Of atmosphere owned by the young<br>Who shall rise from our ashes<br>With nothing but songs<br>Of a present destroyed by ignorance<br>Void of heartfelt substance<br>Fueled by a profit stance<br>Of maniacs in pre-agreed<br>Green fabricated malady<br>In combined greedy dance<br>And rhythmic atrocities. </em></p><p><em>Listen O bird that defies<br>Any clause of space and time<br>For a warcry made in sweet try<br>Of recovering such feathers in time<br>For your magic to warm not just mine<br>But all hearts one more time<br>So that a last spark can ignite<br>The right organ, not our time<br>In this planet in demise<br>Lacking one last try<br>Of seeing you one last<br>Much needed time.<br><br>Dear Flameheart's smite<br>Set ablaze all smiles<br>Cause from one tiny lit candle<br>All others can be lit<br>And with your wings<br>The whole world can fly<br>Towards a new sky<br>Of mythological shrines<br>Made for you, sweet chime<br>Of  pure feathered<br>Magic, blissful,<br>Shine.</em></p></div><h3><strong>Pandora&#8217;s Box</strong></h3><h6>A Fresh Digest on my latest discoveries and some other things.</h6><div><hr></div><h5><strong>In the Lenses of Thi</strong></h5><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6c154575-94e1-4d70-b252-9e706c305831_2687x3582.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5d4b51c9-d8a5-4e3b-800a-9611b61c4a9b_3207x5699.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ded48da9-dea0-474c-8629-a0d067756802_3943x5915.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/33bc3c6f-457c-438e-8c2f-817391ab0b43_3380x5070.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b6a01ed1-8d55-41fa-b9c8-70f68dc79c53_4000x5999.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Here are some of my latest photos taken in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil! Featuring an Azure Jay.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4531eac6-016d-4541-bdc7-e9bf12b2678b_1456x1210.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div><hr></div><h5><strong>Chords &#127926;</strong></h5><p>It only felt right to feature this song by Imagine Dragons on this issue, not just because we were talking about a magic bird, but especially because their performance at Rock in Rio 2024 was truly unforgettable!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg" width="374" height="374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:600,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:374,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Imagine Dragons &#8211; Birds (2018, CD) - Discogs&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Imagine Dragons &#8211; Birds (2018, CD) - Discogs" title="Imagine Dragons &#8211; Birds (2018, CD) - Discogs" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Spo3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F692dac7c-4d89-4990-b176-6918040b752c_600x600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Imagine Dragons - Birds (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/6Tvzf3VEi16JMhAgOwdt2y?si=7134bc387f924410">Listen on Spotify</a>)</figcaption></figure></div><div id="youtube2-Stf-Q5_9jpE" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Stf-Q5_9jpE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Stf-Q5_9jpE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h5><strong>Movies &#127909;</strong></h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg" width="402" height="588.0906593406594" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2130,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:402,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The Boy and the Heron (2023) - IMDb&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The Boy and the Heron (2023) - IMDb" title="The Boy and the Heron (2023) - IMDb" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2f3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67315a67-8dfa-4f96-9fb7-97ba755be526_1500x2194.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This week I had the opportunity to watch the last movie from Studio Ghibli - The Boy and the Heron, strangely, before watching it I had no idea that the Phoenix archetype had its origin in the Egyptian Bennu, which looked very alike a heron.</p><p>It explores themes of family, grief, personal growth, and the connection between the natural and spiritual worlds. It is also a very deep personal story of the director himself, the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>About the Author</strong></h3><h6>Thiago Patriota</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png" width="340" height="504.80651731160896" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1458,&quot;width&quot;:982,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:340,&quot;bytes&quot;:3001005,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eqg2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c9550e-7fcc-405f-8fe0-5cf28c2389c0_982x1458.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Made in 1996. Born &amp; Raised Brazillian. Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Advertising and Communication. Adept to autodidactism. Curious Soul. Published Author. Founder of <a href="https://sentient.net.br/">Sentient</a>. Co-founder of Agency Brasil. Founder of Astro Bank Brasil</p><p>That&#8217;s me in a nutshell, but you can learn more about Agency on the <a href="https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/about">About</a> page!</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thipatriota/">LinkedIn</a><br><a href="http://behance.net/thipatriota">Behance</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edição.12 - Semiótica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uma beliscada em seu olho.]]></description><link>https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao12-semiotica</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/edicao12-semiotica</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thiago Patriota]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:03:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a641e8a2-6a0f-42bb-aaa6-b9632adc2928_2188x1419.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" 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Read it in English at the link below.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a26fbf97-7da2-48eb-974b-132368056302&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Issue.12 - Semiotics&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16120602,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thiago Patriota&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Communicologist with a degree in Advertising and a thesis in UX Design.\nPublished Author.\nWrites about creativity, technology, design, business, and marketing.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b49fd20e-1fb9-4577-9eea-3dcae9211877_998x643.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-04-10T13:00:14.940Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7e51fd07-f43c-4e06-843b-4502fd022784_2188x1419.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;cover_image_crop&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.agencybrasil.com/p/issue12-semiotics-pt1&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:113606027,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Agency.&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F126d997a-e6b5-4d39-9adf-c2825ed6221e_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>12. Introdu&#231;&#227;o</strong></h3><p>UMA ABELHA PODE VAGUEAR, MAS SUA CASA &#201; SEMPRE O FAVO DE MEL.</p><p><strong>OL&#193;&#193;&#193;&#193;&#193;&#193;&#193;&#193;!</strong></p><h1><strong>COMO VOC&#202; EST&#193; SE SENTINDO HOJE, LEITOR?</strong></h1><p>Voc&#234; sente essa empolga&#231;&#227;o?</p><p>Foi mal por gritar.</p><p>Vou ser franco contigo</p><p>Faz um bom tempo que eu tenho vontade de escrever sobre esse assunto.</p><p>Simplesmente porque ele ser&#225; extremamente poderoso nos seus olhos</p><p>N&#227;o, n&#227;o m&#227;os, olhos!</p><p>Esse segredo tamb&#233;m h&#225; de tornar seu gosto est&#233;tico melhor e mais cr&#237;tico.</p><p>Eu sempre digo que o que faz algu&#233;m ser um bom designer &#233; saber quando o trabalho est&#225; enfim bom o suficiente.</p><p>N&#227;o vou dizer entender isso pode mudar sua vida</p><p>Mas mudar sua vida pode fazer voc&#234; entender isso!</p><p>A semi&#243;tica &#233; uma lente para os olhos, assim como &#233; o assunto mais confuso para estudar em um curso de comunica&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>&#201; conhecido por profissionais de publicidade, diretores de arte, designers e muitos outros ramos criativos como o mon&#243;culo da beleza, dos sinais, s&#237;mbolos, cores e fontes.</p><p>Todos os artistas s&#227;o apaixonados por semi&#243;tica, mas a maioria deles n&#227;o percebe isso.</p><p>Em outras palavras, a semi&#243;tica pode fazer com que voc&#234; se apaixone pela arte e perceba que a arte permeia todos os aspectos de nossas vidas.</p><p>Deixando claro, essa quest&#227;o pode despertar o artista que existe dentro de voc&#234;.</p><p>Semi&#243;tica tem tudo a ver com decodificar uma mensagem visual.</p><p>Ent&#227;o, vamos romper a matrix decodificando suas paredes.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>12.1 Decodificando Uma Flor</strong></h3><h6>Analisando a mensagem por tr&#225;s de um s&#237;mbolo.</h6><div><hr></div><p>O que voc&#234; acha das flores?</p><p>Se pensarmos bem, as flores s&#227;o a express&#227;o art&#237;stica da natureza.</p><p>Elas v&#234;m em muitos formatos, cores e tamanhos.</p><p>Cada um tem seu pr&#243;prio conjunto &#250;nico de particularidades.</p><p>S&#233;rio, voc&#234; j&#225; viu uma <em><strong>Gloriosa Superba</strong></em>? 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flutuando. Ela fornece uma imagem visual de algo que &#233; &#250;nico tanto quanto parece perigosa e defensiva, como fogo. Sua ess&#234;ncia se traduz em sua forma porque h&#225; tanta beleza quanto veneno nela. Um Fire Lily pode parecer delicada, mas sabe como se defender.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Que tal uma <em><strong>Gazania Rigens</strong></em> ? Tamb&#233;m conhecida como <em><strong>Treasure Flower</strong></em>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png" width="350" height="409" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:409,&quot;width&quot;:350,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:237767,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lNE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8af2bf0-8163-4e02-a5e9-28c8c3b897c4_350x409.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazania">Fonte</a>/Semi&#243;tica: Vem da mesma fam&#237;lia do Girassol, O amarelo brilhante dentro das p&#233;talas, que desbota para um marrom escuro, faz com que pare&#231;a quase um vislumbre do sol. Alegria e energia podem ser percebidas a partir de uma combina&#231;&#227;o t&#227;o amarela. N&#227;o &#233; uma flor t&#243;xica e isso pode muito bem representar que seu prop&#243;sito &#233; simplesmente tornar nossos dias mais brilhantes.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Agora vamos dar uma olhada mais de perto no <em><strong>Amaryllis Hippeastrum</strong></em>, tamb&#233;m conhecido como <em><strong>l&#237;rio-estrela-de-cavaleiro</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png" width="350" height="409" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:409,&quot;width&quot;:350,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:223550,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlAc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F252eeec8-68a2-428b-8001-fe1ed05ce513_350x409.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/m-ursus/5305556241">Fonte</a>/ Semi&#243;tica: Nada sutil sobre essas p&#233;talas, elas florescem em exuber&#226;ncia e ocupam muito espa&#231;o na perspectiva do observador, seu formato definitivamente lembra uma estrela, o que &#233; o suficiente para implicar muitos significados positivos. O desbotamento da cor/branco nos d&#225; uma boa sensa&#231;&#227;o de tranquilidade, mas tamb&#233;m alguma ess&#234;ncia sutilmente retratada. Flores sem fragr&#226;ncia. Seu apelo visual torna poss&#237;vel n&#227;o precisar depender de sua fragr&#226;ncia para atrair a poliniza&#231;&#227;o.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Como voc&#234; pode ver, um exerc&#237;cio semi&#243;tico consiste em tentar dissecar o m&#225;ximo de significado poss&#237;vel de uma mensagem. A mensagem no contexto acima s&#227;o os nomes e as imagens. At&#233; mesmo o papel da Polaroid pode ser uma mensagem, se voc&#234; quiser.</p><p>Mas e se analis&#225;ssemos algo conhecido por ser um artefato verdadeiro, atemporal e valioso da hist&#243;ria humana?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png" width="448" height="595.6491228070175" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3QNK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc03d88f7-b807-487c-9be3-d7f9c37d2a93_798x1061.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Imagem de <a href="https://unsplash.com/@franku84?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Vadim Bogulov </a>no <a href="https://unsplash.com/pt-br/fotografias/cZveUvrezvY?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>A pintura da Mona Lisa pode ser interpretada de uma quantidade infinita de perspectivas para obter uma quantidade infinita de significados que s&#227;o &#250;nicos para cada observador.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar intrigado primeiro pelos olhos.</p><p>Abstraia.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar intrigado pelo sorriso.</p><p>Abstraia.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar intrigado com o pano de fundo.</p><p>Abstraia.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar intrigado com a pose.</p><p>Abstraia.</p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar intrigado pela pintura como um todo.</p><p>Abstraia.</p><p>Voc&#234; poderia ficar intrigado com a&#8230; moldura?</p><p><strong>ABSTRAIA!</strong></p><p>Voc&#234; pode ficar ainda mais intrigado com as cores usadas por Da Vinci.</p><p>Viu? Dos muitos s&#237;mbolos e sinais diferentes na pintura, cada um cont&#233;m um conjunto de significados. Seja o olho, o sorriso, o fundo, a pose, a moldura, as cores ou a pintura como um todo.</p><p>Exercitar a abstra&#231;&#227;o possibilita encontrar novos significados, como uma ca&#231;a ao tesouro.</p><p>N&#227;o &#233; apenas divertido, mas extremamente importante para profissionais de comunica&#231;&#227;o, porque se voc&#234; puder encontrar cem tipos diferentes de mensagens na imagem de uma flor, poder&#225; criar cem mil mensagens diferentes para seus an&#250;ncios.</p><p>Mas abstraia com cautela. N&#227;o posso resgat&#225;-lo na gal&#225;xia se voc&#234; flutuar muito longe.</p><p>(ou talvez eu possa.)</p><p>Mas ou&#231;a, cosmonauta, isso foi apenas a ponta do iceberg.</p><p>Abstrairei todas as abstra&#231;&#245;es e levarei essa linha de pensamento a um contraste extremo para posicionar para sempre uma lente semi&#243;tica em seus olhos.</p><p>S&#233;rio. Vamos fazer um acordo, adiante voc&#234; entrar&#225; nessa quest&#227;o, mas eu preciso ficar livre da responsabilidade.</p><p>Por favor, assine o termo abaixo.</p><div><hr></div><h5></h5><div><hr></div><h5><strong>CARTA DE RECONHECIMENTO</strong></h5><p>&#8220;Eu, o leitor, reconhe&#231;o que esta quest&#227;o &#233; uma conversa t&#227;o abstrata que pode me deixar em um estado de sonho e um pouco confuso sobre minha realidade por um tempo. Doravante, e uma vez que eu decifre esta mensagem, prosseguirei com a devida dilig&#234;ncia e mais, muito mais admira&#231;&#227;o por tudo ao meu redor.&#8221;</p><p>__________________<br>Leitor</p><p><strong>Thi<br></strong>&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;&#175;<br>Thiago Patriota</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><div class="image-link image2" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png" width="488" height="31.566433566433567" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:37,&quot;width&quot;:572,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:488,&quot;bytes&quot;:23563,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bqxn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F03ec7004-80c5-4ec2-9916-2bb223073893_572x37.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></div></figure></div><iframe class="spotify-wrap podcast" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ab7e78ccdbd724b1e690254e4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Nature's Masterpiece: A tale about semiotics&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Agency&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Episode&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QcIUtv7T4ExvtWjBbSRmY&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false,&quot;isVideo&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/5QcIUtv7T4ExvtWjBbSRmY" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe><h5><strong>A Obra-prima da Natureza - Conto</strong></h5><p><strong>The Leafcutter </strong>- Cr&#237;tica de arte min&#250;scula<br><strong>Mr. Godspeed </strong>- Fil&#243;sofo n&#244;made tranquilo</p><h5><strong>A Obra-prima da Natureza - Conto</strong></h5><p><strong>The Leafcutter </strong>- Cr&#237;tica de arte min&#250;scula<br><strong>Mr. Godspeed </strong>- Fil&#243;sofo n&#244;made tranquilo</p><p>Nem em mil mundos, qualquer extraterrestre, animal, planta, flor ou inseto daquele bairro verde e tranquilo localizado em um lugar muito especial dentro dos imensos limites da floresta amaz&#244;nica, poderia esperar ver a amizade de dois membros t&#227;o ic&#244;nicos da fauna local.</p><p>Essa dupla era simplesmente &#250;nica porque eles tamb&#233;m eram artistas dentro de sua pr&#243;pria esp&#233;cie, raramente se atrasavam para reuni&#245;es, &#224;s vezes eram pol&#234;micos, na maioria das vezes inspiradores e inspirados, mas sempre, sempre incompreendidos. "L&#225; v&#227;o o Batman e o Robin da floresta, o enigm&#225;tico justiceiro e seu espirituoso protegido", disse a comunidade dos besouros quando eles pegaram a estrada principal. "Olha, pessoal, Han Solo e o Chewbacca sem p&#234;los est&#227;o passando, o carism&#225;tico viajante espacial e seu gentil aliado gigante", disse algu&#233;m na comunidade dos sapos quando eles pararam no lago para pegar um pouco de &#225;gua. "Cuidado, pessoal! L&#225; est&#227;o o Mario e o Luigi, a dupla destemida de corrida de kart. Eles v&#227;o comer todos n&#243;s!" Gritou a comunidade Funghi quando eles pararam para comer alguns lanches.</p><p>A dupla din&#226;mica passou milhares de horas viajando por aquele enorme ber&#231;o vivo que era sua terra natal. Eles nunca realmente conversaram sobre isso, mas ambos sabiam qual era seu destino. Leafcutter n&#227;o gostava muito de caminhar, ent&#227;o sempre podia ser encontrado no topo da cabe&#231;a de Godspeed, o maquinista daquela locomotiva, que pacientemente abriu caminho por aquelas estradas esburacadas em sua pr&#243;pria... velocidade.</p><p>&#8212; BOA VELOCIDADE, COWABUNGA, QUEM ESCOLHEU ESSE NOME PARA UMA TARTARUGA? VOC&#202; &#201; UM PARADOXO VIVO SE N&#195;O CONSEGUIR DOBRAR ESSA VELOCIDADE. Gritou Leafcutter como se seu tom pudesse realmente intimidar um ser vivo.</p><p>&#8212; Paci&#234;ncia, meu amigo feroz. Aquele que sabe esperar alcan&#231;a mais do que aquele que se apressa. Disse Godspeed enquanto ele lentamente terminava o pr&#243;ximo passo s&#243;lido para o pr&#243;ximo destino em dire&#231;&#227;o ao norte.</p><p>&#8212; N&#227;o sei por que ainda me preocupo em discutir velocidade com uma tartaruga, s&#243; saiba que eu te venceria facilmente em uma corrida, sua carapa&#231;a gigante em movimento.</p><p>&#8212; Enquanto voc&#234; reclama, A&#237; voc&#234; permanece sentado, sem esfor&#231;o algum, fazendo nada, seja o que for, para nos ajudar em nossa importante jornada. Meu foco eu protegerei, sua conversa fiada eu devo negligenciar.</p><p>&#8212; Voc&#234; est&#225; dizendo que n&#227;o estou sendo &#250;til? Eu sou uma ep&#237;tome da utilidade, meu amigo. Um po&#231;o profundo de conhecimento, orat&#243;ria e bom gosto. Continuou Leafcutter quando de repente percebeu algo do mais inexplic&#225;vel conjunto de cores em um lago, perto de ambos e bem atr&#225;s de uma folha. &#8212; PARE, APERTE TODOS OS FREIOS, DESACELERA - A - MALDITA - VELOCIDADE! VOC&#202; V&#202; O QUE EU ESTOU VENDO?</p><p>&#8212; Ou&#231;o zumbidos nos meus ouvidos. Um zumbido t&#227;o barulhento, estranhamente vindo do topo da minha cabe&#231;a, mas machucando diretamente meus ouvidos. Disse Godspeed enquanto continuava a se concentrar em andar.</p><p>&#8212; ME ESCUTE, EU IMPLORO PARA VOC&#202; PARAR, PISE NOS FREIOS, SUA TARTARUGA TURBO. N&#211;S ENCONTRAMOS UM TESOURO. Leafcutter gritou em desespero enquanto come&#231;ava a se preocupar com a ideia de n&#227;o dar uma olhada profunda no que encontraram.</p><p>Sem saber mais o que fazer, Leafcutter rastejou at&#233; a altura do olho direito de Godspeed e o beliscou com toda a for&#231;a que uma formiga poderia ter.</p><p>&#8212; Ooooouch! Isso realmente doeu. Por que diabos algu&#233;m beliscaria um olho? O que est&#225; perturbando uma mente j&#225; t&#227;o perturbada? Disse Godspeed enquanto diminu&#237;a o ritmo para zero quil&#244;metros por hora e olhava ao redor para encontrar o dito tesouro. &#8212; Voc&#234; se refere &#224;quela flor? Voc&#234; est&#225; absolutamente certo, que compreens&#227;o exuberante e inspiradora da beleza da natureza. Aqui e agora, ficaremos estacionados.</p><p>&#8212; Alguma boa raz&#227;o finalmente veio &#224; sua mente de tartaruga. Voc&#234; j&#225; viu uma flor dessas? Boa sorte, podemos ter encontrado a verdadeira e &#250;nica obra-prima da Natureza. Eu sempre sei o que dizer, mas pela primeira vez na minha vida, estou sem palavras.</p><p>L&#225; ficaram Leafcutter e Godspeed apenas observando a flor que encontraram como se, ao olhar para ela, o tempo congelasse em um sentimento n&#227;o apenas de alegria, mas de esperan&#231;a e for&#231;a para sua jornada. Algum tempo depois, Godspeed falou.</p><p>&#8212; Diga-me, meu amigo, o que voc&#234; v&#234; nesta flor que traz uma alegria t&#227;o enorme a um cora&#231;&#227;o t&#227;o pequeno como o seu?</p><p>&#8212; Tudo nela &#233; perfeito, exala vitalidade! Olhe para essas p&#233;talas macias, nunca vi uma flor com tal formato e cores, posso sentir o perfume daqui, meu deus, boa sorte. Sinto muito, mas acredito que isso seja uma despedida, vou escal&#225;-la e l&#225; viverei em beleza e alegria pelo resto da minha vida.</p><p>- &#201; isso?</p><p>&#8212; O que quer dizer com "&#233; isso"? O que voc&#234; est&#225; vendo com seu olho comprimido que eu estou perdendo com o meu?</p><p>&#8212; Oh, meu querido amigo estranho e antiqu&#237;ssimo, voc&#234; n&#227;o percebe que est&#225; olhando apenas para o que &#233; externo sobre aquela flor? Mais uma vez, o tempo est&#225; confundindo sua mente.</p><p>&#8212; Como ousa me chamar de superficial? Eu era um famoso curador de arte na minha &#233;poca na comunidade das formigas. Seu olho esquerdo est&#225; prestes a ser beliscado por tal ofensa.</p><p>&#8212; Assim como n&#243;s, seres org&#226;nicos, essa flor est&#225; sujeita ao teste do tempo. N&#243;s a encontramos em seu momento mais lindo, mas voc&#234; n&#227;o percebe que isso &#233; apenas um estado tempor&#225;rio dela?</p><p>&#8212; Interessante, continue.</p><p>&#8212; Se continu&#225;ssemos olhando para ela por mais e mais tempo, o que ver&#237;amos?</p><p>&#8212; O tempo chegaria at&#233; ela, as p&#233;talas secariam, ela murcharia, o caule ficaria fraco e ela acabaria no ch&#227;o, se decompondo para sempre e nutrindo outro ser vivo.</p><p>&#8212; Ent&#227;o ainda ser&#225; bonita algum tempo depois, quando n&#227;o existir mais?</p><p>- Infelizmente n&#227;o.</p><p>&#8212; Ent&#227;o &#233; inteiramente linda mesmo que seja s&#243; por um &#250;nico momento? Tudo o que &#233; sup&#233;rfluo &#233; tempor&#225;rio e falso, Leafcutter. Voc&#234; perdeu a coisa mais importante e ela est&#225; bem no centro de tudo.</p><p>&#8212; O que &#233; aquilo? Uma abelha? Bem, &#233; uma abelha chique, mas n&#227;o consigo encontrar nada de especial nela.</p><p>&#8212; Olhe para o quadro todo, meu amigo. Uma abelha pousando em uma flor e presenteando-a com o p&#243;len de outra flor distante para que ela possa crescer e amadurecer com vida. Isso &#233; algo que est&#225; acontecendo o tempo todo e ao nosso redor entre todas as flores e abelhas, em uma troca perfeita de colabora&#231;&#227;o hol&#237;stica e sin&#233;rgica entre esp&#233;cies da mesma origem, a nossa origem.</p><p>Leafcutter ficou paralisado de admira&#231;&#227;o enquanto come&#231;ava a ver algo muito mais profundo em significado do que seus olhos poderiam transmitir e Godspeed concluiu sua linha de racioc&#237;nio.</p><p>&#8212; Universal e eterna &#233; essa troca que est&#225; acontecendo na mesma cena que n&#243;s dois estamos olhando e que tamb&#233;m diz respeito &#224; flor que voc&#234; encontrou. Ef&#234;meras e tempor&#225;rias s&#227;o as caracter&#237;sticas externas de tal flor da mesma forma que tempor&#225;ria &#233; a minha e a sua curta jornada nesta terra aben&#231;oada.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><div class="image-link image2" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png" width="567" height="36.763092269326684" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:52,&quot;width&quot;:802,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:567,&quot;bytes&quot;:35764,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UwmJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F501e5e05-76d2-453d-9e83-fe1a2551691a_802x52.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></div><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>12.2 Paralisia em espanto</strong></h3><h6>Analisando o s&#237;mbolo por tr&#225;s da mensagem.</h6><div><hr></div><p>Por que uma hist&#243;ria como essa foi importante?</p><p>N&#227;o porque Godspeed tenha apontado que tudo que &#233; superficial n&#227;o pode se sustentar por ser fr&#225;gil.</p><p>Mas simplesmente porque ao lidar com s&#237;mbolos, como comunicador ou artista, voc&#234; precisa entender como compreender a universalidade e a atemporalidade.</p><p>As mentes de todos os consumidores cont&#234;m um enorme conjunto de s&#237;mbolos com os quais todos j&#225; est&#227;o familiarizados. Tempo; Natureza; Regenera&#231;&#227;o; Uma ampulheta; Uma flor; O sol&#8230;</p><p>As mentes dos nossos consumidores s&#227;o bombardeadas com mensagens de marca contendo milhares de s&#237;mbolos vindos de todas as dire&#231;&#245;es, mas alguns s&#237;mbolos sempre se destacar&#227;o em seus olhos e cora&#231;&#245;es. Esses s&#227;o os s&#237;mbolos que devem representar sua marca ou obra de arte porque esses s&#227;o os s&#237;mbolos que far&#227;o sua marca valer a pena ser lembrada por j&#225; estar viva na mente do seu consumidor.</p><p>H&#225; uma enorme quantidade de detalhes t&#233;cnicos a serem discutidos neste assunto, mas eles ser&#227;o discutidos em edi&#231;&#245;es futuras.</p><p>Concluindo&#8230;</p><p>Isso &#233; extremamente importante em um n&#237;vel pessoal tamb&#233;m porque diz respeito a como voc&#234; percebe o que &#233; est&#233;tico, bonito e valioso, que &#233;, no entanto, o que estamos sempre buscando na vida. Queremos manter o que percebemos como valioso perto de n&#243;s. No entanto, o conceito de &#8220;valioso&#8221; pode ser completamente diferente para cada pessoa.</p><p>Ent&#227;o, devo deixar duas perguntas que podem ficar em seus ouvidos por um tempo.</p><p>Voc&#234; se sente atra&#237;do pelo que &#233; superficial?</p><p>Ou &#233; aquilo que &#233; superficial que &#233; atra&#237;do por voc&#234;?</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>12.3 Caixa de Pandora</strong></h3><h6><strong>Um resumo sobre minhas &#250;ltimas descobertas e algumas outras coisas.</strong></h6><div><hr></div><h5><strong>12.3.1 Nas Lentes de Thi</strong></h5><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/456c5ac0-d397-410b-8309-7a411472133f_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dcfd1c87-fdcf-4636-b87b-1d522e2b761a_1536x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/11b3b99a-a9d0-44ca-9309-d7b2eb2bd379_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1b568d29-4f02-49a3-897e-254facf36252_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e6096f4b-f7d5-46e2-bc02-67b79649fb16_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3db555da-cac4-4b56-9981-5e68c0fc3928_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aa8f3934-a5fc-4fae-a520-e8170a95e4c3_1152x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0d914e14-7cf7-4b7f-a709-b70f85211c92_1365x2048.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Algumas fotos adicionais da semana em que fotografei o Sr. Godspeed! Estas foram tiradas em Cataratas do Igua&#231;u e no Parque das Aves.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ee6ddb1c-7146-481b-bd0d-702bb1548aa9_1456x1700.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/70c653d4-bc6b-452a-9601-c7d4d2b5ec30_3024x4032.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/eb3bb79c-4b93-4136-b428-ce8189806036_3024x4032.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c387418f-e33e-4cd5-a916-bc4d2605acd9_2188x1419.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A evolu&#231;&#227;o por tr&#225;s da cria&#231;&#227;o da imagem da capa! Acredite ou n&#227;o, desde que tirei aquela foto, nunca percebi que havia uma Abelha ali at&#233; quando comecei a edit&#225;-la. Carl Jung chamaria isso de sincronicidade.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8968edf6-4da1-4640-9cf8-44e79a8a0514_1456x474.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>A foto foi tirada com uma <strong>Canon SL3 Rebel</strong>, o tratamento fotogr&#225;fico foi feito no <strong>Adobe Lightroom CC </strong>e a fotomanipula&#231;&#227;o foi feita no <strong>Photoshop CC </strong>.</p><p>O ajuste fino da fotografia &#233; sempre um processo sobre remover algumas das imperfei&#231;&#245;es, mas mantendo sua ess&#234;ncia, como torn&#225;-la melhor ajustando todas as informa&#231;&#245;es apresentadas? O que &#233; importante para a mensagem e o que n&#227;o &#233;? Quais cores, tons e perfis de luz podem fazer com que pare&#231;a &#250;nica?</p><p>Distorcer e reinventar alguns aspectos &#233; um processo de manipula&#231;&#227;o de fotos em que preciso usar semi&#243;tica para elaborar uma mensagem clara. Separar a imagem em duas se&#231;&#245;es foi o primeiro passo para representar uma vers&#227;o constru&#237;da e sint&#233;tica da imagem &#224; esquerda e uma vers&#227;o real, mas desconhecida, &#224; direita.</p><p>Se voc&#234; notar o lado direito da flor, &#233; a &#250;nica parte da imagem que &#233; totalmente n&#227;o editada e protegida de distor&#231;&#245;es. Por meio da abelha, eu queria contar a mesma hist&#243;ria de &#8220; <strong>The Nature's Masterpiece&#8221;, </strong>mas visualmente. Ent&#227;o, copi&#225;-la e fazer o que antes era uma imagem voar para longe e se transformar em um &#237;cone foi a melhor maneira que encontrei de representar o tema semi&#243;tico.</p><p>&#201; quase imposs&#237;vel enviar uma mensagem exata porque cada interpreta&#231;&#227;o &#233; &#250;nica, mas a dire&#231;&#227;o que busquei poderia ser resumida como: &#8220;Quebrando a Matrix Visual com a Natureza&#8221;.</p><div><hr></div><h5><strong>8.3.2 Chords &#127926;</strong></h5><iframe class="spotify-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27339477981dfefab8d7526a0b6&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Here And Now&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Seether&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/track/6fVH4LE9qvlkED9yeimlIo&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false,&quot;isVideo&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6fVH4LE9qvlkED9yeimlIo" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe><p>Parece certo escolher esta faixa para esta edi&#231;&#227;o, n&#227;o s&#243; porque h&#225; muito simbolismo por tr&#225;s da arte do &#225;lbum que precisa ser decodificado, mas tamb&#233;m porque esta &#233; a banda favorita do &#250;nico amigo que me inspirou a me tornar um designer h&#225; muitos, muitos anos! Espero que gostem.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Sobre o Autor</strong></h3><h6>Thiago Patriota</h6><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png" width="384" height="584.2453987730062" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1488,&quot;width&quot;:978,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:384,&quot;bytes&quot;:2506945,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9iop!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0b1c1fa-abb3-47b9-ac69-3a0faeeaf23b_978x1488.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Nascido em 1996. 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