I didn't ask him his name and we were talking for about an hour, more than enough time to tell me some secrets of the place and take advantage of my empathetic education to enjoy some happy memories from his childhood. In short, as the generous Aníbal Lecter would say: 'quid pro quo'. In fact, it was he who approached me, expressing solidarity, I suppose, with my interest in photographing, in as much detail as possible, those legendary stories, which, without a doubt, lie behind the symbology of medieval heraldry. A symbology, in fact, that we often ignore, not so much out of ignorance, but also because it awakens the self-love of all those whom the lottery of destiny has not wanted to grace with the fat prize of blue blood, who In short, we are the vast majority, although that does not mean that our surnames do not also have their own history and interest.
But, leaving for later a promising incursion into that dark but fantastic territory, which, as I have already said, is always hidden behind that cabalistic symbolism that goes hand in hand with the noble shields, the truth is that the illusion turns into sadness, when you hear from the lips of a neighbor who knows what he is talking about, that many of them, unfortunately, are not in their original place, a detail that, of course, detracts from the history of the place itself and inflames, for on the contrary, the sludge of a History, not always willing to reveal its secrets. Which, in addition and after all, confirms that remarkable truth, that, in this life of dream and frenzy, as Calderón would say, sometimes appearances are deceiving.
No le pregunté su nombre y eso que estuvimos hablando cerca de una hora, tiempo más que suficiente como para referirme algunos secretos del lugar y aprovechar mi empática educación para solazarse con algunos felices recuerdos de su infancia. Total, que, como diría el próvido Aníbal Lecter: ‘quid pro quo’. En realidad, fue él quien me abordó, solidarizándose, supongo, con mi interés en fotografiar, lo más detalladamente posible, esas legendarias historias, que, no cabe duda, subyacen detrás de la simbología de la heráldica medieval. Una simbología, de hecho, que muchas veces obviamos, no tanto por ignorancia, que también, sino porque despierta el amor propio de todos aquellos a los que la lotería del destino no ha querido agraciar con el permio gordo de la sangre azul, los cuales, en definitiva, somos la gran mayoría, aunque eso no significa que nuestros apellidos no tengan también su propia historia e interés.
Pero, dejando para más adelante una prometedora incursión en ese oscuro aunque fantástico territorio, que, como ya he dicho, se oculta siempre detrás de ese cabalístico simbolismo que va parejo a los escudos nobiliarios, lo cierto es que la ilusión se torna en tristeza, cuando escuchas de los labios de un vecino que sabe de lo que está hablando, que muchos de ellos, por desgracia, no se encuentran en su lugar original, detalle que, desde luego, resta mérito a la propia historia del lugar y enardece, por el contrario, los lodos de una Historia, no siempre dispuesta a revelar sus secretos. Lo que, además y después de todo, confirma esa notable verdad, de que, en esta vida de sueño y de frenesí, como diría Calderón, en ocasiones, las apariencias engañan.
NOTICE: Both the text and the accompanying photographs are my exclusive intellectual property and are therefore subject to my Copyright.
AVISO: Tanto el texto, como las fotografías que lo acompañan, son de mi exclusiva propiedad intelectual y por lo tanto, están sujetos a mis Derechos de Autor.
I’m glad you could learn a few things from Anibal Lecter and also share them with us too. I love the pictures and the sculptures are really amazing
They are stories written in stone that still hold many secrets from the history of our past.
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