![]() Before dying, he revealed his secret: “The grape,” he whispered, “is made of wine.” Marcela Perez-Silva told me this, and I thought: If the grape is made of wine, then perhaps we are the words that tell who we are.” - Bulls-eye, Eduardo. “On his deathbed, a man of the vineyards spoke into Marcela’s ear. ![]() My parents brought me to the Metropolitan Museum in New York City where I walked into a room with an entire exhibit of knights in armor on horses surrounded by colorful banners. As a young boy growing up in the country I was infatuated with the drawings I saw in books of knights in armor. And when he finally managed to speak, trembling, stuttering, he asked his father: “Help me to see!”” - As in nature, so in art. And so immense was the sea and its sparkle that the child was struck dumb by the beauty of it. To share a taste of this literary fiesta, here are my brief comments coupled with the author’s quotes. ![]() If you would like to add a healthy dose of inspiration and magic in your life, pick up "The Book of Embraces," a collection of over 200 poetic memoirs/stories/happenings complete with the author's fanciful montage images covering a range of topics: art, dreams, the human voice, names, Indians, television, the culture of terror, to name several. Eduardo Galeano of Uruguay (1940-2015) is one of the finest of the Latin American writers. ![]()
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