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On the advantages of being a fool

A poem by Clarice Lispector, translated and interpreted, with a personal reflection on fatherhood and my autistic son

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Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Dec 08, 2025
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The mix of photography with beautiful and meaningful words is one of the most interesting storytelling exercises I can think of.

These days, I was thinking about a poem by a Brazilian writer called Clarice Lispector. I decided to translate it into English myself (software translations can’t quite grasp the idea and choose the right words for poems), and …

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