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: King João V vows to build a massive convent in Mafra if the Queen provides him with an heir. This narrative explores the religious and political vanity jose saramago memorial do convento
Together, they dream of flight—literally building a flying machine called Passarola —driven by passion, curiosity, and resistance against a world that crushes the poor. In an age of political polarization, fake news,
We are still building "convents"—massive, useless monuments to ego (corporate headquarters, vanity projects, border walls) while crushing the poor under the weight. We are still trying to fly "passarolas"—dreams of freedom, love, and reason—despite the Inquisitions of our own time (social media cancellation, surveillance, censorship). In an age of political polarization