Cara o Cruz
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Sometimes
the differences between the various forms of Spanish be that from Spain or from
Latin America leave me in a wonder of amusement.
Consider
this splendid scan of a negative peel from a Polaroid b+w instant
print film. My subject was the beautiful (and beyond) Caitlin Legault.
I have
many holes to fill in my blog stretching back to January, Februry and March. I
will have to soon write my blogs about our trips to NY and to Mérida. Meanwhile
it is far easier to look for a picture (randomly), re-scan it and then
contemplate how I can write a blog about it. This is all about association.
I have written many times before that I
believe that our human ability to associate disparate elements is what makes us
human. Perhaps a cat’s reaction to hitting a can of food with a spoon could be
a minor form of association.
My
association with Legault’s photograph is with flipping coins. In English it is “heads
or tails.” In Mexican Spanish it is, “águila or sol”. This has to do with the eagle on most coins
and its obverse which can be an Aztec sun calendar.
But it
is the Argentine coin flip that I associate with Legault.
“Cara o
cruz,” face or cross.
