The Stories Things Tell And Why They Tell Them
Michael Taussig
I never thought that a thing like a burned match, or a scrap of paper in the mud, or a fallen leaf, or a rusty worthless nail might have a soul. The Yorikke taught me otherwise.
—B. Traven, The Death Ship
1. It Is As If the Arrow Is Thinking
For seven months, Juan Downey lived in the Amazon forest with some Yanomami Indians. In 1979 he made a video called The Laughing Alligator about this experience. There are many stories in this movie, but to my mind the stories…
