IDENTITY
A passionate literary guide by Argentina’s most famous writer
Jorge Luis Borges
I can attest to the beauty of the morning sky in Buenos Aires. The vastness and richness of color of the setting was extraordinary and was paralleled in the richness of the city. Every opportunity seems possible.
The afternoons were busy, an unsettled time between day and night. Work over and night still far off in the distance, one does not know whether to rest or be active.
At night, the city comes alive in a way that can't match the day—glowing lights from windows, crowds of people, and the smell of an Argentinian grill fill the air. The city beats to a different rhythm, constantly moving.
Borges was very vocal in his disdain for the Germanophiles in his country. But what country, whether young, old, or ancient, does not have a stain of its own wrongful acts? How many generations have looked back and acknowledged the shameful black marks on their history?
The future is where our hope should lie. Not in the past and solely in the present. The future holds the prospect of opportunity and possibilities, new ways of thinking and being. The future is tugging at us, pulling at us, begging to be discovered. We do a disservice to our community and ourselves if we are only looking backward.