This gave me so much to sit with and think about. I didn't know much about Cortázar and ended up in a bit of a Google rabbit hole. Appreciate that, legitimately. I also had never read/heard Graffiti, but your commentary helped to frame it perfectly. I like this format, where you don't try to over explain it. It feels like an invitation instead of a lecture. Great great stuff.
Thanks so much! I love him, but it's a bit hard to know how this story will land with people. As I think I mentioned in the notes, I just love how he sets up the whole world with juts a few phrases, lands you in the middle of it without exposition, as it's it's something you already know and live within.
Should I add some other suggested readings for him?
And did you find anything interesting in your searching?
I mean, the whole idea of Rayuela is awesome and now is sort of begging my attention. Other than that, I got kind of pulled into a bunch of stuff about Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez. Latin America Boom type stuff.
Nice. And I like this question: What’s the smallest act you’ve done lately that felt like it mattered? I think many small acts matter so hard to feel very profound about it. But I went out of my way to make sure a middle schooler could enter the high school's seagull imitation contest, then told her this morning I had done so and why I had (she is a natural performer, funny, and would love this kind of silliness) It clearly affected her that I had noticed this and made sure she could participate.
Grreat reading.
This gave me so much to sit with and think about. I didn't know much about Cortázar and ended up in a bit of a Google rabbit hole. Appreciate that, legitimately. I also had never read/heard Graffiti, but your commentary helped to frame it perfectly. I like this format, where you don't try to over explain it. It feels like an invitation instead of a lecture. Great great stuff.
Thanks so much! I love him, but it's a bit hard to know how this story will land with people. As I think I mentioned in the notes, I just love how he sets up the whole world with juts a few phrases, lands you in the middle of it without exposition, as it's it's something you already know and live within.
Should I add some other suggested readings for him?
And did you find anything interesting in your searching?
Yeah, I'd love some suggestions.
I mean, the whole idea of Rayuela is awesome and now is sort of begging my attention. Other than that, I got kind of pulled into a bunch of stuff about Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez. Latin America Boom type stuff.
Going to watch this tomorrow!
Cool! Hope it’s interesting to you! It’s a great story, if a bit of a hard one to hear.
Actually, I am doing a theater presentation today… so it’ll be tomorrow! Pinky promise
No problem! Break a leg!
Nice. And I like this question: What’s the smallest act you’ve done lately that felt like it mattered? I think many small acts matter so hard to feel very profound about it. But I went out of my way to make sure a middle schooler could enter the high school's seagull imitation contest, then told her this morning I had done so and why I had (she is a natural performer, funny, and would love this kind of silliness) It clearly affected her that I had noticed this and made sure she could participate.
That’s wonderful. I miss working with middle schoolers just because of that kind of thing.