3 January 2008. Arc of storm cloud moving in, dark grays to white against small patch of blue. One fine line of light along upper edge. Three gulls race across, heading west... Opposite: incandescent globe of Navigator office, tucked away under slanted roof. Fleecy puffs...
Atahualpa Yupanqui: Camino del Indio. Recorded in Buenos Aires in 1942. Doubly distant. His narrowing face seen in shadow, two dark eyes gaze past us towards another horizon. Vidala del silencio...tiny embellishments brought down from la montaña--things past, carried within...
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