How does a human being, or an animal, become God? Through the spontaneous will of self-sacrifice, or through suffering. -Dominique Fournier Originally, the goal was to ride the bull to death. How long this took, we don't know. Days, perhaps, of relentless bucking and lassoing, cheering and drinking, waiting and then rising to attention with clenched heart, until ... [Continue Reading]
The Goat Slaughter
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My first thought was, I never thought blood was really so red. It looked like red paint, a Hollywood prop, thick and gloopy and nearly fluorescent. It looked so bright and alive that I struggled to believe it actually ran through human veins all the time; it seemed to possess too much energy to be contained. Whereas the eyes of the goats were instantly dead, pale and ... [Continue Reading]
The Revolution
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There was an art opening at the Centro Fotográfico the Friday the federal troops came. I went out to the Hotel Victoria for piña coladas with a few friends beforehand. The hotel was empty and we had the terrace to ourselves. The city below us was an oceanic blue-green at twilight, studded with glinting orange lights and walled by the quiet, rived peaks of the Sierra ... [Continue Reading]