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About Me
- lynn deweese-parkinson
- I am a bookseller with about 20 years experience, having taken up the trade after retiring as a trial lawyer. I deal exclusively in books on Mexico & bullfighting. I am sole proprietor of my shop in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. I am also the list owner for The Bibliophile Mailing List, an email discussion list of book dealers, collectors, librarians, & others interested in the book trade. My unfulfilled ambitions are first, to play violin with such artistry as to make a Spanish Gypsy cry and second, to survive with grace in the arena with a full grown toro bravo.
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Each time I watch a bull fight, which I admit is not many times. I try to find the beauty in it, but it escapes me. I hope there is beauty in this sport that so many love across the globe. There must be something that attracts fans. I don't belong to PETA, I even wear fur coats. I just can't see the beauty here. If you can, and are able to explain it to me, please feel free. Thanks
I cannot explain it here in limited space and I am not sure I would call it beauty. It evokes strong emotion in me. I would describe it closer to the catharsis of tragedy. I have heard it said that to see one bullfight that is worthwhile you must see ten that are not. In my experience that is probably close. In this it is like theater or baseball, there is much more mediocre than wonderful. But for me that one in ten is worth it.
Picasso used many bullfight images. I would not describe the Guernica as beautiful but when I first saw it I sat stunned in front of it for hours and cried.
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