Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Please, call me Pablo

A brief history of famous poets, Chapter twelve.
Pablo Neruda was a famous Nobel prize-winning, Chilean (also communist) poet. He wrote such hits as... well...

Anyway, I went to his house today in the artsy neighborhood of Santiago, called Bellavista. Complete with trap doors, hidden objects, original paintings from Diego Rivera, and a crazy set up, Neruda's pad was stacked. He was an senator for the Communist party, and he used to have "boring government people" to his home for meetings, and he did some interesting things to SPICE them up. Por ejemplo, he had salt and pepper shakers labeled "Marijuana" and "Morphine", just to SHAKE up his company.

Here are three shots from outside his house, and also two random Santiago pichas.

Also, I made it easier to leave comments. Just choose Anonymous, if you want.

One of old Pablo's poems.

One of the walls.

Caaaaaaaaats!

Statue on the top of the local mountain.

Cool architecture, eh folks?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

im SO GLAD you made it easier to leave comments!!
-aSh

Anonymous said...

That happens to be my favorite Naruda poem, that cat looks like a leopard, and that statue has no head.
And you're right, this is much easier to comment. Thanks
PDaddy

Anonymous said...

lol anonymous crush <3 :-*

PJS said...

Lets try and keep the anonymous crush comments to a minimum

Anonymous said...

These pictures remind me of Jesus. Have I told you how I feel about Jesus?

-thankful to be anonymous