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After returning to Salta, Argentina and reappearing in a hospital he had once visited.. the staff asked him what he had seen on his journey -

“In truth, what do I see? At least I am not nourished in the same ways as the tourists, and I find it strange to find, on the toursit brochures of Jujuy, for example, the Altar of the Fatherland, the cathedral where the national ensign was blessed, the jewel of the pulpit and the miraculous little virgin of Río Blanco and Pompeii.. No, one doesn’t come to know a country or find an interpretation of life in this way. That is a luxurious facade, while its [true] soul is reflected in the sick of the hospitals, the detainees in the police stations or the anxious passersby one gets to know,..”-Che: A Revolutionary Life


Its not enough to be liberated for two weeks, maybe three, out of the year. to finally break free from the rhythm of that tremendous noise which Che describes as the “hateful antithesis of peace.” That same gut feeling is maturing within myself, now is the time to decide - I just hope I don’t get disillussion like he did.

02/25/09 at 3:40pm