Wednesday, March 15, 2006

(Address us as they, please)

The two Mirandas inform and perform. Two sides of a coin switched in a flip. They mean nostalgia, melancholy and flamboyant behavior.
They do the research, think, stroll down the streets, go on buses, sleep at night and her body is a vehicle that informs their behavior and demeanor.
They are connected to the world. Their identities confine them in certain roles to which Miranda does not want to conform.
They are full of bravado and eccentricity. Fly on their own wings, need no food or car nor money, suffer not and are oblivious to the passage of time, they control nothing and share a passion for the absurd, letting circumstances take over at a moments notice.

Dr. Texidor has no mother or father and nothing rules her. They appear on a whim in the streets or invite a crowd to see them. She shows no attachment except to her guinea pig ("cuy") and her monkey, which she keeps in two nice separate boxes, (see" Cuy in a box" and "Monkey in a box").
Dr. Texidor relentlessly draws and paints, installs her work, and runs all kinds of errands, like getting all her wardrobe. When they arrive they are full of ridiculous statements.
Dr. Texidor can be herself almost all the time in the People's Republic of Ecuador.
They is a site and a sight.
They adore pink roses on a green "tienda" background, flowery tablecloths and Sundays with flies or plastic flowers of all kinds in a bouquet display.
They feel extreme nostalgia for the days when manual labor was most used, an everyday thing. Melancholy for the loss of "sentimental value" in objects and sites dispossessed of human touch.
They engage in the recuperation of paraphernalia and “moments". They assess the observations and act accordingly.

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