Chiloé, Chile: We Think the World from Chiloé
I was n’t sure what I was seeing - a graffiti or a mural painting . Our bus was zipping through a relatively busy city street in order to get to the ' Palafitos ' , a stilt village or dwellings built on bodies of water , one of the famous tourist attractions in Chiloe. I was on a tour in Castro, the capital of Chiloe, a picturesque island with rolling hills and views of the sea and many wooden churches declared as UNESCO World Heritage sites . We passed the same corner with the painting on our way back from the Palafitos . At that time our bus was stopped in traffic , so I had more time to see the painting and read the words , “ Pensemos el mundo desde Chiloé , no Chiloé desde el mundo ”. I tried to translate the words , but my translation did not amount to something, perhaps due to my limited knowledge of the Spanish language. But I pondered upon the phrase while our bu...