Here in Rio's Mangueira favela, or shanty-town, children while away the hours flying home-made kites high above the modest shacks.
Ann Shafer, the BMA's curator of prints, drawings and photographs, organized the show and says that when she saw an image of kites high in the air, she was reminded of something else.
With what stoic delicacy does Virginia creeper let go: the feeblest tug brings down a sheaf of leaves kite-high, as if to say, To live is good but not to live — to be pulled down with scarce a ripping sound, still flourishing, still stretching toward the sun — is good also, all photosynthesis abandoned, quite quits.
by Sharon Levy With what stoic delicacy does Virginia creeper let go: the feeblest tug brings down a sheaf of leaves kite-high, as if to say, To live is good but not to live — to be pulled down with scarce a ripping sound, still flourishing, still stretching toward the sun — is good also, all photosynthesis abandoned, quite quits.
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"Chacarera," named after the Argentine folk rhythm that furnishes its pulse, has a fast-bobbing melody like a kite in high wind; it segues almost unnoticed into a tango-rooted cover of "Wild Is the Wind," a staple of Nina Simone (whose swooping style is duly evoked).
At the beach's edge in Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian kiteboarding champion Milla Ferreira wrestles in twisting winds, with the nine-metre long kite flying high above her head.
Imagine you are running with your best friend in a field, with a beautiful kite flying high in the sky above you.
However, it is best if you can get a kite of higher flying quality.
Kites fly higher against a headwind".
