The Dreamseller: The Calling by Cury Augusto
Author:Cury, Augusto [Cury, Augusto]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Atria
Published: 2011-02-07T16:00:00+00:00
The White-Hot Spotlight
AS WE WERE HELPING THE DREAMSELLER TO A PLACE WHERE he could rest, Bartholomew separated from the group. A reporter wanted to write a story about us, in particular about our mysterious dreamseller and his intentions. Seeing that during his speech Bartholomew had asked a question, the reporter called him aside and asked for an interview. Bartholomew was excited, unaware he was entering dangerous territory.
The journalist wasted no time.
“Is it true that this man called you all to follow him, without promising money or offering the least bit of security?”
“Yes,” he replied simply.
“Is it true that you actually live under a bridge?”
“Not just one,” he answered. “We live under lots of bridges.”
“Why? Who are you all? Who do you follow?”
Not being able to give any precise answers, Bartholomew, without thinking much about it, said, “Us? We’re a group of artists.”
“Artists? Are you painters, sculptors, a theater group?” asked the journalist, thinking he was dealing with a bizarre group of performers.
Smiling, Honeymouth replied, “No, no, nothing like that. We practice the art of complicating life.” And he laughed that distinct laugh that could be heard fifty yards away.
The journalist thought he was being spoken down to. But my friend had been sincere and spontaneous. Then, trying to better explain his thought, he added:
“Throughout history, we’ve complicated life, but now we’re going through a complicated process of uncomplicating our lives. It isn’t easy, but we’ll get there.”
Honeymouth was enthusiastic because it was the first interview he’d ever given. He felt drawn—at least a little—to the white-hot glow of the spotlight.
“But who is this leader of your group? What does he do?” asked the curious reporter.
“I don’t know who he is. But I do know that he sells dreams,” Bartholomew said innocently.
“He sells dreams? How does that work? Isn’t the guy dangerous? Isn’t he crazy?”
The disciple looked all around and said:
“I don’t know if he’s crazy, but I know he says we’re all in a world of madness. And the chief wants to change the world,” he said, making the dreamseller’s goals seem fanciful. In reality, the dreamseller wanted to stimulate people to thirst and hunger for change, for only they could be responsible for their transformations.
Puzzled, the interviewer inquired:
“Wait, what? That raggedy character said that we live in a world of madness? And he wants to change the world? And you people believe him?”
“I don’t know if he’s gonna change the world,” Bartholomew said. “But he’s changing my world.”
“Are you anarchists?” the reporter said, changing directions.
Bartholomew knew nothing about the anarchist movement. He didn’t know that Pierre-Joseph Proudon, who inspired that movement in the nineteenth century, defended the idea of building a new society, one capable of expanding individual freedom and liberating the worker from the exploitation of big business. In that social order, constituted by organizing the workers, people would treat their fellow men fairly and develop their potential. Anarchists didn’t recognize the governments power, its laws or its institutions. They lived under their own governance. Without the intervention of the state, they thought, humans could live freely.
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