Quoting Annie Dillard: "there seems to be only one business at hand--that of finding workable compromise between the sublimity of our ideas and the absurdity of the fact of us." (Teaching a Stone to Talk)
Outwardly, this visit to Mexico yields a culture focused more on relationships than things, a slower, more connected culture. Inwardly...watch people in large groups with each other, or in meetings that revolve around money and/or power and we are all the same. No matter the nationality, no matter the priorities, no matter the issue, I think Dillard hits the nail on the head.
..."there seems to be only one business at hand--that of finding workable compromise between the sublimity of our ideas and the absurdity of the fact of us."
Lord, have mercy...
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