Crazy
Monday, July 25, 2022
An old man from Spain, Don Quixote from Miguel de Cervantes, travels around on horseback. He is deemed crazy for wanting to fight for noble causes.
HERE and there, the world needs crazy people. Or poets. Or both.
“Why are you poets so fascinated with crazy people?”
“We have a lot in common.”
This dialogue, from the film Man of La Mancha, takes place in a Spanish dungeon in the 17th century. The poet replying is Miguel de Cervantes. We know from history that he was the author of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, better known as Don Quixote, a
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