Sunday, December 17, 2006

cuentacuentos / storytellers

No recuerdo si de pequenya me gustaba que me contaran cuentos. No tengo demasiadas memorias de mi ninyez. Ni siquiera recuerdo si mi madre se sentaba al borde de mi cama por la noche con un libro y me leia suavemente hasta que me durmiera. Pero recuerdo historias que mi hermana mayor me contaba mientras se maquillaba antes de salir de casa y yo, miraba embelesada su rostro multicolor reflejado en el espejo.
No recuerdo cual fue el primer libro que lei, pero recuerdo historias que me han impactado, que me han hecho pensar, que me han tocado por dentro, que me han hecho sentir. Recuerdo el primer libro con el que senti miedo. El primero que me hizo llorar. Unos cuantos que me han dado deseos de que nunca se terminaran. Uno que leo y releo y cada nueva vez me entusiasma aunque se exactamente lo que sucede en cada pagina.
Me entusiasman las historias. Me gustan las canciones cuando cuentan historias que me conmueven, me arrebatan los libros con magicas tramas, me enamoran las peliculas y me enamoran los cuentacuentos. Todos tenemos historias que contar. Todos contamos cuentos, nuestros cuentos.
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I don't remember if as a child I used to like being read story books. I haven't got too many memories from that time. I don't even remember if at night my mother used to sit with a book at the edge of my bed and used to read softly until I fell asleep. But I remember stories my eldest sister would tell me while she would be putting her make-up on to go out and I would be gazing at her multicolor reflection in the mirror, fascinated.
I don't remember which was the first book I read, but I remember stories that have stunned me, that have had me think, that have touched me inside, that have made me feel. I remember the first book with which I felt scared. The first one that made me cry. Some ones that have made me wish they would never end. And one that I read and re-read and each time it delights me even though I exactly know what happens on every page.
Stories fill me with enthusiasm. I like songs when they tell stories that move me, books with magical plots captivate me, I love movies and I love storytellers. All of us have stories to tell. All of us tell stories, our stories.

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