Posted by
Claudia Moser
on
3:51 PM
in
GBE2,
Gusto,
Manu Chao
The first thought which came into my mind while reading this week's GBE2 theme (Gusto) was this song, which has a rather catchy lyrics set up:
Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tu.
Me gusta viajar, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la maana, me gustas tu.
Me gusta el viento, me gustas tu.
Me gusta soar, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la mar, me gustas tu.
Once you translate the words, it reveals to be rather silly:
I like airplanes, I like you
I like to fly, I
like you.
I like the morning,
I like the wind, I
like you.
I like dreaming, I
like you.
I like the sea, I
like you.
but still I enjoy it, what about you?
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Motto
"A story is not like a road to follow … it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows. And you, the visitor, the reader, are altered as well by being in this enclosed space, whether it is ample and easy or full of crooked turns, or sparsely or opulently furnished. You can go back again and again, and the house, the story, always contains more than you saw the last time. It also has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you."
by Alice Munro