Gotta meet this guy's muse.

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Home Is Where the Words Are for Zealous Writer



HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban writer Tomas Alvarez, worried about the loss of idiomatic expressions in the Spanish language, is preserving them by covering the outside of his home with sayings and famous quotes.



Over the last 20 years, the retired journalist has collected 4,000 sayings and written them on ceramic tablets that he stuck to the bricks of the four walls of his house in eastern Sancti Spiritus.


"These sayings were created by the people. They flow from the entrails of the Earth," said the 86-year-old. "I did this for people to think, laugh, philosophize and know great writers such as Shakespeare and Cervantes," he said.


Every weekend, the founding member of Cuba's ruling Communist Party gathers neighbors on his veranda to recall more sayings for the collection.


Among those immortalized on the bricks are: "He who kills cats, raises mice;" "Strong ox, abundant bread;" "Women and wine make a man lose his head," and "When the emperor errs, the peasant trembles."


Alvarez has covered every brick with sayings, and is now plastering them onto the pillars of his veranda.


Space is getting so short that he plans to build an outhouse.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I wrote stuff like that on the bottom of my shoe in high school in an attempt at being philosophical.

They called it cheating.

~lucky

 

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I wrote stuff like that on the bottom of my shoe in high school in an attempt at being philosophical.

They called it cheating.

~lucky

I think it would be better if he did it like wall paper in the bathroom, then there is always something to read.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I think it would be better if he did it like wall paper in the bathroom, then there is always something to read.

True.

I wonder about some of the quotes though. Maybe he should've stuck with things like where he keeps his toothbrush and how many minutes to microwave a burrito.

He's 83 afterall. Senility is fast approaching, methinks, and then where will he be with the knowledge that 'He who kills cats raises mice.'?

~lucky

 

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True.

I wonder about some of the quotes though. Maybe he should've stuck with things like where he keeps his toothbrush and how many minutes to microwave a burrito.

He's 83 afterall. Senility is fast approaching, methinks, and then where will he be with the knowledge that 'He who kills cats raises mice.'?

~lucky

That's a good idea. He could put in his bedroom.
"Put on your pants."

His choice of quotes were rather obscure. Post it notes maybe a better idea.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Abby, a nice read. I hope someone is documenting his work, a photo essay or some such.

I have my WC (little room with only toilet, separate from room with tub and sink like in Europe) covered in New Yorker, Gary Larson, Bizarro, Calvin & Hobbes, etc. cartoons. As they yellow I take 'em down and make new copies. People like to read them and if I haven't put up anything new by the next time they visit they complain.

Perdita

 

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Thanks, Abby, a nice read. I hope someone is documenting his work, a photo essay or some such.

I have my WC (little room with only toilet, separate from room with tub and sink like in Europe) covered in New Yorker, Gary Larson, Bizarro, Calvin & Hobbes, etc. cartoons. As they yellow I take 'em down and make new copies. People like to read them and if I haven't put up anything new by the next time they visit they complain.

Perdita

I'm sure someone is documenting them, at least you would hope so.

I miss Calvin and Hobbes.

 

[cloudy]

I'm sure someone is documenting them, at least you would hope so.

I miss Calvin and Hobbes.

Calvin and Little Spiderman are very much alike.