RE: The Importance of Being Accompanied
A post of great relevance and pertinence, @nancybriti. Antonio López Ortega's story is very appropriate, and your comments are accurate, in my opinion. I have long liked to play with the difference in writing in Spanish between "criaturas" and "creaturas", which is not covered in English (I'm sorry for not speaking Spanish in this blog.). The first takes me to the idea of breeding, and the second to that of creation; of course, both words can be reassimilated between them. First of all, we are "creaturas" (by God, by our parents), and then "criaturas" (by family, society). We learn to be social beings, but originally we are beings alone. I would interpret Blas' search as that of the "criatura" in need of companionship, and that of the beetle as that of the "creatura", faced with its original condition, loneliness, which is death.
Grateful for your post, @nancybriti.
Right words. When the animal is wounded, it seeks refuge, just as Blas does. The "parasites" carried inside the beetle, resemble the feelings of pain and anger that man has for the separation. Only the company of a friend can alleviate his sadness. Among them there is sielencio, but they accompany each other. Thank you for commenting, @josemalavem