{"id":18679,"date":"2016-09-12T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=18679"},"modified":"2016-09-15T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T17:57:00","slug":"una-casa-otros-mundos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=18679","title":{"rendered":"[:es]EZLN: Una casa, otros mundos[:en]EZLN: One House, Other Worlds[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg\" alt=\"Foto: JORGE UZON\/AFP\/Getty Images\" width=\"488\" height=\"594\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg 488w, https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><br \/> <small>Foto: JORGE UZON\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Julio-agosto-septiembre del 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">A quien corresponda:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Asunto: Invitaci\u00f3n a \u201c<i><b>CompArte<\/b><\/i> y <i><b>ConCiencias<\/b><\/i> por la Humanidad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">S\u00ed, lo sabemos. D\u00edas y noches donde la amargura parece ser el \u00fanico horizonte. Pasos arrastrados por el dolor, la rabia, la indignaci\u00f3n; tropezando cada tanto con las impertinentes miradas del cinismo y la desilusi\u00f3n; la estupidez entronizada en puestos gubernamentales y encuestas; la simulaci\u00f3n como forma de vida; la mitoman\u00eda como t\u00e1ctica y estrategia; la frivolidad como cultura, arte, ciencia; el escalonado desprecio hacia lo diferente (\u201clo malo no es que exista lo otro, sino que se muestre\u201d); la resignaci\u00f3n a precio de mayoreo en el mercado pol\u00edtico (\u201cni modo, s\u00f3lo queda optar, ya no por lo menos malo, sino por lo menos escandaloso\u201d). S\u00ed, dif\u00edcil, cada vez m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. Como si la noche se alargara. Como si el d\u00eda postergara su paso hasta que no, nadie, nada, vac\u00edo el camino. Como si no hubiera respiro. El monstruo acechando en todos los rincones, campos y calles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y a pesar de todo eso, o precisamente por todo eso, le mandamos esta invitaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">S\u00ed, parece que no viene al caso o cosa, pero nosotras, nosotros, zapatistas, le estamos convidando a usted para que participe en los festivales <i><b>CompArte<\/b><\/i> y <i><b>ConCiencias<\/b><\/i> por la Humanidad\u201d. As\u00ed que, en cumplimiento de las formalidades, debemos enviarle una invitaci\u00f3n. Algo que precise un calendario y una geograf\u00eda, porque usted tiene su propio camino, su paso, su compa\u00f1\u00eda, su destino. Y tampoco es cosa de agregar dificultades a las que usted ya enfrenta. As\u00ed que s\u00ed, en una invitaci\u00f3n debiera se\u00f1alarse el d\u00f3nde y el cu\u00e1ndo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Pero ya sabe usted lo que somos. Nuestro modo, pues. Y entonces la pregunta que, pensamos, tiene que responder una invitaci\u00f3n, no es tanto el lugar y la fecha. Sino el por qu\u00e9. Tal vez por eso esta invitaci\u00f3n no cumple con las formalidades del caso y le llega a destiempo, o despu\u00e9s o antes. Pero eso no importa, ya ver\u00e1 usted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Entonces por eso es que es muy otra esta invitaci\u00f3n, por eso es que, como parte esencial, tiene esta peque\u00f1a historia:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>UNA CASA, OTROS MUNDOS.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">M\u00e1s que historia, podr\u00eda ser leyenda. Es decir, no hay manera de confirmar la veracidad de lo que aqu\u00ed se narra. En parte porque no se precisan ni calendarios ni geograf\u00edas, es decir, pudo haber sido o no en cualquier lugar y en un tiempo indefinido; y tambi\u00e9n porque el supuesto no-protagonista de esta narraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 muerto, finado, fallecido, difunto. Si estuviera vivo, bastar\u00eda preguntarle si dijo lo que aqu\u00ed se dice que dijo. Cierto, es muy probable que, tenaz en su andarse por las ramas, se extender\u00eda \u00e9l en la descripci\u00f3n de ese calendario impreciso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">As\u00ed que no tenemos la fecha precisa, les quedamos a deber el calendario y s\u00f3lo diremos que har\u00e1 ya m\u00e1s de dos d\u00e9cadas aproximadamente. \u00bfLa geograf\u00eda? Las monta\u00f1as del sureste mexicano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Nos lo cont\u00f3 el Comandante Tacho, aquella madrugada en que, dentro de una champa, se describ\u00eda la casa del sistema, la casa del capital, la tormenta, el arca. La champa donde naci\u00f3 lo que despu\u00e9s ser\u00eda el semillero. Creemos que dieron un receso para caf\u00e9\u2026. o suspendieron la reuni\u00f3n para continuar al d\u00eda siguiente\u2026 A decir verdad, no lo recordamos bien. El asunto es que nos quedamos platicando con el Tacho y es \u00e9l quien nos cont\u00f3 lo que ahora aqu\u00ed les detallamos. Claro, cierto, hay un poco de trampa porque agregamos, arreglamos y acomodamos las palabras originales de Tacho. No por mal querencia, desprecio o ganas de remendar los recuerdos rotos, sino porque ambos, quienes ahora le escribimos a usted, conoc\u00edamos m\u00e1s del finado y podemos reconstruir as\u00ed sus palabras y sentires. Va pues:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Habla el comandante Tacho:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>No muy me acuerdo cu\u00e1ndo, pero fue cuando el difunto Sup no estaba todav\u00eda difunto. Estaba el Sup como de por s\u00ed, desvel\u00e1ndose y fumando su pipa. S\u00ed, mordisqueada la pipa, como de por s\u00ed. Est\u00e1bamos dentro de la champa de la tal vez comandancia, aunque todav\u00eda no era champa. O sea que todav\u00eda no estaba terminada. O sea que no era comandancia todav\u00eda. Tal vez iba a ser, pero no todav\u00eda. Est\u00e1bamos contando chistosadas. S\u00ed, cosas que pasan en los pueblos, en las reuniones, en los trabajos de la lucha. El Sup de por s\u00ed s\u00f3lo escuchaba, en veces se re\u00eda, en veces preguntaba para saber m\u00e1s. Antes de conocerlo yo no entend\u00eda. Ya m\u00e1s despu\u00e9s comprend\u00ed que esas historias aparec\u00edan luego en los comunicados como cuentos. \u201cPosdatas\u201d, les dec\u00eda \u00e9l, creo. Yo una vez le pregunt\u00e9 por qu\u00e9 pon\u00eda como cuento lo que de por s\u00ed hab\u00eda pasado. Y \u00e9l me dijo \u201c<\/i>es que no lo creen, piensan que invento o que imagino, entonces lo pongo como cuento porque no est\u00e1n preparados para conocer la realidad<i>\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Bueno, pero entonces ah\u00ed est\u00e1bamos. Entonces \u00e9l le pregunt\u00f3 al Sup\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">S\u00ed, Tacho ha usado el tercer pronombre del singular: \u201c\u00e9l\u201d. Para aclarar le preguntamos si con \u201c\u00e9l\u201d se refer\u00eda al Sup. Nos respondi\u00f3 molesto: \u201c<i>no, \u00e9l lo pregunt\u00f3 al Sup<\/i>\u201d. No quisimos insistir porque supusimos, tal vez err\u00f3neamente, que ah\u00ed no estaba lo importante de la historia, o que era s\u00f3lo una pieza de un rompecabezas a\u00fan por armar. As\u00ed que el Comandante Tacho us\u00f3 la palabra \u201c\u00e9l\u201d. No \u201cella\u201d, ni \u201cyo\u201d, ni \u201cnosotros\u201d. Dijo \u201c\u00e9l\u201d para referirse a quien interrogaba al Sup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>O\u00ed Sup \u00bfy por qu\u00e9, cada que se hace una casa, preguntas si se hace por usos y costumbres o por el m\u00e9todo cient\u00edfico?<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Aqu\u00ed Tacho se sinti\u00f3 en la necesidad de aclarar:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Cada que hac\u00edamos una champa, el finado SupMarcos llegaba y quedaba mirando las vigas y travesa\u00f1os. Y siempre preguntaba: \u201c<\/i><i>Ese travesa\u00f1o que est\u00e1s poniendo ah\u00ed, \u00bflo pones porque lo necesita la casa?<\/i><i>\u201d Entonces yo le respond\u00eda: \u201cS\u00ed, porque si no se pone, pues el techo se cae luego\u201d. \u201c<\/i><i>Ah bueno<\/i><i>\u201d, dec\u00eda el Sup,<\/i><i>\u201cpero \u00bfc\u00f3mo lo sabes que, si no lo pones, se cae el techo?<\/i><i>\u201d. Yo me le quedaba viendo porque ya sab\u00eda que ah\u00ed no estaba el asunto. No era la primera vez que preguntaba. Entonces \u00e9l segu\u00eda \u201c<\/i><i>S\u00ed, \u00bflo pones porque lo sabes cient\u00edficamente que si no lo pones se cae, o lo pones por usos y costumbres?<\/i><i>\u201d. Yo le dec\u00eda: \u201cpor usos y costumbres, o sea que as\u00ed me ense\u00f1aron. As\u00ed hac\u00eda las casas mi pap\u00e1 y \u00e9l aprendi\u00f3 con mi abuelo y as\u00ed hasta muy lejos\u201d. El Sup no quedaba contento, y siempre terminaba por subirse a la viga central, cuando no ten\u00eda todav\u00eda macizos los refuerzos, y, balance\u00e1ndose como si montara un caballo, preguntaba \u201c<\/i><i>entonces si yo me subo aqu\u00ed, \u00bfse va a caer la viga?<\/i><i>\u201d Y zas, tiro por viaje que se ca\u00eda. S\u00f3lo dec\u00eda \u201c<\/i><i>\u00a1Ay!<\/i><i>\u201d y ah\u00ed en el suelo sacaba su pipa, la prend\u00eda y as\u00ed tendido miraba al techo, con la cabeza recostada en la viga rota en el suelo. S\u00ed, claro que nos re\u00edamos todos<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Entonces es por eso que \u00e9l le pregunt\u00f3 al Sup que por qu\u00e9 siempre preguntaba si usos y costumbres o m\u00e9todo cient\u00edfico. Porque no una vez que pas\u00f3 as\u00ed. Siempre que se mudaba la comandancia y me tocaba dirigir la construcci\u00f3n de la nueva champa, as\u00ed pasaba. Llegaba el Sup, preguntaba, le respond\u00eda, no quedaba conforme, se sub\u00eda a la viga, se romp\u00eda, y al suelo.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">(nota: comentando entre nosotros, concluimos que el calendario aproximado de lo que relata Tacho es en los primeros meses de 1995, cuando la persecuci\u00f3n gubernamental contra nosotros, que es cuando la comandancia se mudaba continuamente, acompa\u00f1ando al pueblo de Guadalupe Tepeyac en el exilio. Fin de la nota y sigue hablando Tacho):<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Entonces es para que entiendan por qu\u00e9 \u00e9l le pregunt\u00f3 eso al Sup. Otras veces le hab\u00eda yo preguntado, pero no respond\u00eda cabal. No porque no quisiera, sino porque siempre lo llamaban en el radio en ese momento, o alguien m\u00e1s llegaba. Entonces yo tambi\u00e9n quer\u00eda saber la respuesta.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>El Sup lo quit\u00f3 la pipa de la boca y la puso a un lado. Est\u00e1bamos sentados en el suelo, como quien dice. Hac\u00eda mucho calor, como de por s\u00ed siempre que se va a venir una lluvia fuerte. Yo entend\u00ed que va a dilatar la respuesta. Porque cuando respond\u00eda r\u00e1pido, el Sup ni siquiera se quitaba la pipa. O sea que hablaba como que muerde las palabras y salen como masticadas y aboyadas.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Entonces el Sup dijo\u2026 bueno, m\u00e1s bien me pregunt\u00f3:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cO\u00ed Tacho, \u00bfcu\u00e1nto mide esta champa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>3 por 4\u201d, le respond\u00ed r\u00e1pido porque de por s\u00ed no es primera vez que hac\u00eda.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c\u00bfY si fuera de 6 por 8, \u00bfllevar\u00eda m\u00e1s travesa\u00f1os de refuerzo?\u201d, me pregunt\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>De por s\u00ed\u201d, le respond\u00ed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c\u00bfY si fuera de 12 por 16?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>No respond\u00ed r\u00e1pido, as\u00ed que el Sup se sigui\u00f3:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c\u00bfY si fuera de 24 por 32? \u00bfY si 48 por 64? \u00bfY si 96 por 128?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Ah\u00ed s\u00ed, les digo la mera verdad, pues me re\u00ed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Est\u00e1 muy grande esa casa, no s\u00e9\u201d, le dije.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCorrecto\u201d, dijo \u00e9l, \u201cse hacen las casas seg\u00fan la experiencia propia o heredada. Usos y costumbres, pues. Cuando se tiene que hacer una casa m\u00e1s grande, pues se pregunta o se prueba\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Pero, digamos que nunca se ha hecho una casa de 192 por 256\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Me re\u00ed justo antes de que el Sup completara:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c\u2026 kil\u00f3metros\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Errr, \u00bfy qui\u00e9n quiere una casa tan grande?\u201d, le dije entre risas.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u00c9l encendi\u00f3 la pipa y luego dijo: \u201cBueno, m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil \u00bfy si la casa fuera del tama\u00f1o del mundo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>No, pos est\u00e1 cabr\u00f3n. Creo que no se puede imaginar una casa as\u00ed de tan grande, ni para qu\u00e9\u201d, le dije ya m\u00e1s serio.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Se puede. Las artes pueden imaginar esa casa, y ponerla en palabras, en sonidos, en im\u00e1genes, en figuras. Las artes imaginan lo que parece imposible y, al imaginarlo, siembran la duda, la curiosidad, la sorpresa, la admiraci\u00f3n, o sea, lo hacen posible.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Ah, bueno\u201d, le dije, \u201cpero una cosa es imaginar y otra hacer. Creo no se puede hacer una casa as\u00ed de tan grande\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSe puede\u201d, <i>dijo \u00e9l y dej\u00f3 a un lado la pipa rota.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Porque las ciencias saben c\u00f3mo. Aunque nunca se haya hecho una casa del tama\u00f1o del mundo, las ciencias pueden decir, con certeza, c\u00f3mo ser\u00eda una construcci\u00f3n as\u00ed. No s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo se llama, pero creo tiene que ver con resistencia de materiales, geometr\u00eda, matem\u00e1ticas, f\u00edsica, geograf\u00eda, biolog\u00eda, qu\u00edmica y no s\u00e9 cu\u00e1ntas madres. Pero, aunque no se tenga la experiencia de antes, o sea, sin usos y costumbres, la ciencia s\u00ed puede decir cu\u00e1ntas vigas, refuerzos y travesa\u00f1os se necesitan para hacer una casa del tama\u00f1o del mundo. Con el conocimiento cient\u00edfico se puede decir qu\u00e9 tan profundos los cimientos, qu\u00e9 tan altas y largas las paredes, qu\u00e9 \u00e1ngulo debe tener el techo si es a dos aguas, para d\u00f3nde tienen que estar las ventanas, seg\u00fan si fr\u00edo o calor, d\u00f3nde las puertas y cu\u00e1ntas, de qu\u00e9 material se debe hacer cada parte, y cu\u00e1ntas vigas y refuerzos debe tener y en d\u00f3nde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u00bfEstaba ya pensando el finado en la transgresi\u00f3n de la ley de gravedad y todas las l\u00edneas rectas que se encadenaban a ella? \u00bfImaginaba o conoc\u00eda ya la subversi\u00f3n del quinto postulado de Euclides? No, Tacho no se lo pregunt\u00f3. Y, a decir verdad, nosotros dos tampoco se lo hubi\u00e9ramos preguntado. Parece dif\u00edcil que, en esos d\u00edas sin ma\u00f1ana, con las aeronaves artilladas agitando cielo y tierra, hubiera tiempo para pensar en el arte, mucho menos en la ciencia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Hab\u00edan quedado todos en silencio, recuerda Tacho. Nosotros tambi\u00e9n. Despu\u00e9s de un momento de silencio y tabaco, sigui\u00f3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>El Sup volvi\u00f3 a tomar su pipa y vio con pena que el tabaco se hab\u00eda terminado. Busc\u00f3 en sus bolsillos. Se sonr\u00edo y sac\u00f3 una bolsita de pl\u00e1stico con un poco de hebras negras. Tard\u00f3 en encender la pipa, creo porque el tabaco estaba h\u00famedo. Despu\u00e9s sigui\u00f3:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Pero no me preocupa si las artes pueden imaginar esa casa, los colores que la vestir\u00edan, sus formas, sus sonidos, d\u00f3nde el d\u00eda, d\u00f3nde la noche, d\u00f3nde la lluvia, d\u00f3nde el viento, d\u00f3nde la tierra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Tampoco me preocupa si la ciencia puede resolver c\u00f3mo se puede hacer realidad. De por s\u00ed puede. Tiene los conocimientos\u2026 o los va a tener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Lo que me preocupa es que esa casa, que es un mundo, no vaya a ser igual que \u00e9ste. Que la casa sea mejor, m\u00e1s grande todav\u00eda. Que sea tan grande que en ella quepan no uno, sino muchos mundos, todos, los que ya hay, los que todav\u00eda van a nacer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Claro, habr\u00e1 que encontrarse con quienes hacen artes y ciencias. No va a ser f\u00e1cil. En principio no van a querer, no por malquerencia, sino por desconfianza. Porque tenemos mucho en contra. Porque somos lo que somos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Quienes son artistas creen que vamos a obligar su quehacer en tema, forma y tiempo; que en su horizonte art\u00edstico s\u00f3lo deber\u00e1 haber machos y hembras (nunca <i><b>otroas<\/b><\/i>), del poderoso proletariado exhibiendo m\u00fasculos y miradas luminosas en im\u00e1genes, sonidos, danzas y figuras; que ni siquiera insin\u00faen la existencia de lo otro; que si cumplen, cantos y alabanzas, que si no cumplen, el encierro f\u00edsico o el repudio. O sea que les vamos a ordenar que no imaginen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Quienes hacen ciencias creen que les vamos a pedir que dise\u00f1en armas mec\u00e1nicas, electr\u00f3nicas, qu\u00edmicas, biol\u00f3gicas, interestelares, de destrucci\u00f3n masiva o individual; que los vamos a obligar a formar colegios para superdotados mentales donde, por supuesto, estar\u00e1n los descendientes de los mandos con un ingreso asegurado a\u00fan antes de ser concebidos; que se reconocer\u00e1 la filiaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y no la capacidad cient\u00edfica; que si cumplen, alabanzas y cantos; que si no cumplen, el repudio o el encierro f\u00edsico. O sea que les vamos a ordenar que no hagan ciencia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y, adem\u00e1s, como somos pueblos originarios, un@s y otr@s piensan que lo que hacen ell@s es arte y cultura, y lo que hacemos nosotros es artesan\u00eda y ritual, que lo que en ell@s es an\u00e1lisis y conocimiento, en nosotros es creencia y superstici\u00f3n. Ignoran que nosotros pintamos colores que, cientos de a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, a\u00fan desaf\u00edan los calendarios, que cuando en la \u201ccivilizaci\u00f3n\u201d todav\u00eda cre\u00edan que la tierra era el centro y ombligo del universo, nosotros ya hab\u00edamos descubierto astros y n\u00fameros. Creen que amamos la ignorancia, que nuestro pensamiento es simple y conformista, que preferimos creer en lugar de conocer. Que nosotros no queremos el avance, sino el retroceso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">O sea que, como quien dice, ni se miran ni nos miran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El problema entonces va a ser convencerlos de que se miren como nosotros los miramos. Que se den cuenta de que, para nosotros, son lo que son y algo m\u00e1s: una esperanza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y las esperanzas, amigos y enemigos, no se compran, no se venden, no se obligan, no se encierran, no se matan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Se qued\u00f3 callado. Yo qued\u00e9 esperando para ver si \u00e9l le preguntaba algo m\u00e1s al Sup, pero como no dijo nada, entonces yo le pregunt\u00e9: \u201c\u00bfY entonces qu\u00e9 nos toca hacer a nosotros?\u201d El Sup suspir\u00f3 nom\u00e1s y dijo:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">A nosotros nos toca primero saber que esa casa es posible y necesaria. Y luego, pues bueno, lo m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil: nos toca construirla. Y para eso necesitamos el saber, el sentir, la imaginaci\u00f3n, necesitamos las ciencias y las artes. Necesitamos otros corazones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Ya llegar\u00e1 el d\u00eda en que nos encontremos con quienes hacen las artes y las ciencias. Ese d\u00eda les daremos un abrazo y, como bienvenida, les recibiremos con una sola pregunta: \u201c\u00bfY t\u00fa qu\u00e9?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Entonces yo como qui\u00e9n dice que no me qued\u00e9 conforme y entonces lo pregunt\u00e9 al Sup: \u201cy despu\u00e9s de que nos encontremos con esa gente, \u00bfqu\u00e9 vamos a hacer? El Sup se sonr\u00edo y dijo:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Etc\u00e9tera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>-*-<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Ah\u00ed termina la historia o leyenda que nos cont\u00f3 el comandante Tacho esa madrugada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y todo esto viene al caso, o cosa, seg\u00fan, porque queremos invitarle a usted para que venga o, de alguna forma se haga presente en esta tierra que somos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y es que, como quien dice, tenemos esta curiosidad que cargamos desde hace muchos calendarios, y pensamos que tal vez usted acepte la invitaci\u00f3n y nos ayude a resolver una duda:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 se necesita para construir una casa nueva, tan grande que en ella quepan no uno sino muchos mundos?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Es todo, o no, eso depende de usted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Desde las monta\u00f1as del Sureste Mexicano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">A nombre de los ni\u00f1os, ancianos, mujeres y hombres zapatistas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Subcomandante Insurgente Mois\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">M\u00e9xico, julio-agosto-septiembre del 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Fuente: <a href=\"http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2016\/09\/12\/una-casa-otros-mundos\/\">Enlace Zapatista<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg\" alt=\"Foto: JORGE UZON\/AFP\/Getty Images\" width=\"488\" height=\"594\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669.jpg 488w, https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/175863669-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><br \/> <small>Foto: JORGE UZON\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One House, Other Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July\/August\/September, 2016<\/p>\n<p>To whom it may concern:<\/p>\n<p>Subject: Invitation to \u201c<strong><em>CompArte<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>ConCiencias<\/em><\/strong> for Humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we know. Days and nights go by in which bitterness is the only thing that appears on the horizon. Our steps drag along in pain, rage, and indignation, stumbling every so often over the impertinent gaze of cynicism and our own disappointment; over the stupidity exalted in government positions and polls; over simulation as a way of life; over the substitution of frivolity for culture, art, and science; over the multiple tiers of disrespect for the different (the problem isn\u2019t that the other exists, but that it shows itself\u201d); and over a wholesale resignation in the political market sphere (\u201coh well, the only option left is to choose not the lesser evil, but the least scandalous\u201d). Yes, things are hard, harder every day. It is as if the night has become longer. It is as if the day has postponed its stride until no one and nothing is left, until the path is empty. It is as if there was no breath left. The monster lies in wait in every corner, countryside, and city street.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all this, or precisely because of it, we send you this invitation.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem that it is not the moment nor the matter at hand, but we Zapatistas invite you to participate in the festivals \u201c<strong><em>CompArte<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>ConCiencias<\/em><\/strong> for Humanity.\u201d So, respecting etiquette, we have to send an invitation. This should be something that details a calendar and a geography, because we know that you have your own path, your own pace, your own company on that path, and your own destiny. And we don\u2019t want to add another difficulty to those that you already confront. Thus, an invitation must include the when and where.<\/p>\n<p>But you know who we are. You know how we are, that is. And the question that we think an invitation must address is not the when and where, but rather the why. Perhaps that is why this invitation does not comply with the etiquette of the occasion and does not arrive on time, but rather too late or too early. But as you\u2019ll see, it doesn\u2019t matter. That is why this invitation is very other, and why it includes as a crucial element this little story:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One House, Other Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more of a legend than a story. That is, there\u2019s no way to confirm the truthfulness of what is told here. This is partly because it details no specific calendar or geography; it could have happened, or not, in any undefined time or place. It is also because the supposed non-protagonist of this story is dead, deceased, done, defunct. If he was alive, we could just ask if he actually said what it says here that he said. And as he was always tenacious in his wanderings through the tree tops, it is likely that he would go on at length to describe this imprecise calendar.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, since we don\u2019t have the exact date, we\u2019ll just say it was more than two decades ago. The geography? The mountains of the Mexican Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>It was Comandante Tacho who told us the story in the wee hours of the morning at the EZLN headquarters. He was describing the house of the system, the home of capital, the storm, and the ark. We were in our headquarters, the headquarters where what would later become the seedbed\/seminar was born. We think we took a coffee break\u2026 or that we adjourned the meeting in order to continue the next day\u2026 to tell you the truth, we don\u2019t really remember. The point is that we were talking to Tacho and it was he who told us what we\u2019re going to tell you now. There is of course a little bit of finagling involved because we have added to and rearranged Tacho\u2019s original words. We did this not out of bad faith, disrespect, or an attempt to mend faulty memories, but because both of us who are writing now knew the deceased quite well and can reconstruct his words and feelings. Here goes:<\/p>\n<p>This is Comandante Tacho speaking:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I don\u2019t remember very well when it was, but it was when the deceased Sup was not yet deceased. He was just the Sup, staying up all night and smoking his pipe. Yes, chewing on the pipe, as usual. We were in the shelter that was the EZLN headquarters, although it wasn\u2019t a shelter because it wasn\u2019t finished yet. That is, it wasn\u2019t EZLN headquarters yet.\u00a0 Perhaps it was going to be, but not yet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We were telling funny stories, things that happened in the communities, in the meetings, in the work of the struggle. The Sup was just listening, sometimes laughing, sometimes asking more about what happened. Before I really knew him I didn\u2019t understand why. Later I realized that these accounts would appear later as stories in the communiques. I think he called them \u2018postscripts.\u2019 I asked him once why he called an account of what had really happened just a story. He said<\/em>, \u2018The thing is that they don\u2019t believe the accounts, they think I am making things up or imagining things. So I write it like it\u2019s a story because they are not ready to see the reality.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Anyway, so there we were.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So then he asked the Sup\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, Tacho has used the third person singular: \u201che.\u201d In order to clarify we asked him if by \u201che\u201d he meant the Sup. \u201c<em>No<\/em>,\u201d he answered us, annoyed, \u201c<em>he asked the Sup<\/em>.\u201d We didn\u2019t want to insist because we thought, perhaps mistakenly, that that wasn\u2019t the point of the story, or that it was merely one piece of a puzzle still being sketched out. So Comandante Tacho used the word \u201che.\u201d Not \u201cshe,\u201d not \u201cI,\u201d not \u201cwe.\u201d He said \u201che\u201d in referring to the person who was questioning the Sup.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hey Sup, how come every time we are building a house, you ask if we are building it according to traditional custom or by scientific method?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here Tacho took the time to clarify:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEvery time that we built a house, the deceased SupMarcos would come and stare at the beams and rafters. Then he would always ask:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018That crossbeam that you\u2019re putting there, are you putting it there because it is necessary for the construction of the house?\u2019 <em>Then I would respond, \u2018Yes, if you don\u2019t put it there the roof will fall in.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I see,\u2019 <em>the Sup said<\/em>, \u2018but how do you know that if you don\u2019t put it there that the roof will fall in?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>I just looked at him because I knew that wasn\u2019t the real question. It wasn\u2019t the first time he had asked it. He continued, <\/em>\u2018do you put it there because you know scientifically that if you don\u2019t the roof will fall in, or do you put it there because it is traditional custom to do so?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Because it\u2019s traditional custom,\u2019 I answered him, \u2018because that is how I was taught. That is how my father built houses, and he learned from my grandfather, and so on going way back.\u2019 The Sup was not satisfied, and always ended up climbing up onto the central beam before the supports were finished and, balancing as if he were riding a horse, would ask, \u2018<\/em>so if I get up here, is the beam going to fall?\u2019 <em>And boom, he would fall. \u2018<\/em>Ouch!\u2019 <em>was the only thing he\u2019d say. He\u2019d take out his pipe from where he landed on the ground, light it, and with his head resting on the broken beam, gaze up at the roof. We would all laugh of course.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So that\u2019s why he asked the Sup why the Sup was always asking about whether something was done by traditional custom or scientific method.\u00a0 The thing is that it wasn\u2019t just that one time. Every time that our headquarters had to be moved and I had to oversee the construction of a new structure for the headquarters, that is what happened. The Sup would come, he would ask that question, I would respond, he wouldn\u2019t be satisfied, he would climb up on the beam, it would break, and he would fall to the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(Note: in discussing this between the two of us, we have concluded that the approximate dates for what Tacho is recounting were the first months of 1995 when there was such heavy governmental persecution against us that we had to continually pick up and move our headquarters, accompanying the community of Guadalupe Tepeyac in exile. End of note and Tacho continues):<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI am telling you this so that you understand why he asked the Sup this question. At other times I had also asked him this question, but he hadn\u2019t responded fully. It wasn\u2019t that he hadn\u2019t wanted to respond, but that always at that moment they called him on the radio, or someone came to talk to him. So I wanted to know the answer too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Sup took his pipe out of his mouth and put it to one side. We were sitting on the ground. It was very hot like it always is before a hard rain. I knew the answer would take a while, because when the Sup answered quickly, he didn\u2019t even take the pipe out of his mouth; the words would just come out all chewed up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So then the Sup said\u2026 well really, he asked:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hey Tacho, how big is this house?\u2019<br \/>\n<em>\u20183 by 4 [meters],\u2019 I answered quickly, because it wasn\u2019t the first time he asked.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018And if it were 6 x 8, would it need more rafters for support?\u2019 <em>he asked me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018It would indeed,\u2019 I responded.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018And if were 12 x 16?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>I didn\u2019t respond quickly, so the Sup continued:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018And if it were 24 x 32? Or 48 x 64? What about 96 x 128?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Then, to tell you the truth, I laughed. \u2018That\u2019s a really big house, I don\u2019t know,\u2019 I answered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Correct,\u2019 he said, \u2018houses are made according to one\u2019s own or one\u2019s inherited experience. Traditions and customs, that is. To make a bigger house, one would have to ask or try something different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But let\u2019s say that no one has ever built a house measuring 192 x 256\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>I laughed right before the Sup finished:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018kilometers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Umm, who would want a house that big?\u2019 I asked laughing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He lit his pipe and said<\/em>, \u2018well, let\u2019s make it easier: what if the house were the size of the world?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Ah no, that\u2019s rough. I don\u2019t think we can imagine a house that big, nor what it would be for,\u2019 I said, more serious now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We can,\u2019 <em>he said.<\/em> \u2018The arts can imagine this house, and can put it into words, sounds, images, figures. The arts can imagine what seems impossible and, in this process of imagination, sew doubt, curiosity, surprise, admiration\u2014that is, they make it possible.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Ah, okay,\u2019 I replied, \u2018but it\u2019s one thing to imagine and another thing to do. I don\u2019t think a house that big can be made.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018It can,\u2019 <em>he said, and put the broken pipe aside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The sciences know how. Even if a house the size of the world has never been made, the sciences can say with certainty how a construction that size would be built. I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s called, but I think it has to do with the strength of the materials, geometry, economics, physics, geography, biology, chemistry, and who the hell knows what else.<\/p>\n<p>But even without previous experience, without traditional customs, science can in fact say how many beams, supports, and rafters are needed to make a house the size of the world. Scientific knowledge can determine how deep the foundation needs to be, how high and how long the walls need to be, what angle the roof should have if it is a pitched roof, where the windows should be given the climate, how many doors there should be and where, what material should be used for each part, and how many beams and supports it must have and where.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Was the now-deceased already thinking about the transgression of the law gravity and all of the straight lines linked to it? Did he imagine or already know about the subversion of Euclid\u2019s Fifth Postulate? No, Tacho didn\u2019t ask him. To tell you the truth, the two of us wouldn\u2019t have asked either. It is hard to imagine, in those days of no tomorrow, with warplanes shaking the earth and sky, that there was time to think about art, much less science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Everyone remained silent, Tacho recalls. Us, too. After a moment of silence and tobacco, he continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Sup took up his pipe again and saw with sorrow that there was no more tobacco. He looked in his pockets. Smiling, he pulled out a little plastic bag with some black strands. It took him awhile to light the pipe, I think because the tobacco was damp. Then he continued:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I\u2019m not concerned about whether the arts can imagine this house, its colors, its shapes, its sounds, where the day comes in, where the night falls, where the rain falls, where the wind blows, where the earth sits.<\/p>\n<p>Neither am I concerned about whether science can solve the problem of how to make it a reality. Of course it can. It has the knowledge\u2026 or it will.<\/p>\n<p>What concerns me is that this house that is a world not be the same as the one we live in. The house must be better, even bigger. It must be so big that it can hold not one world but many, those that already exist and those yet to be born.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, one would have to meet with those who do art and science. That won\u2019t be easy. At first they won\u2019t be willing to help, not because they don\u2019t want to but because they will be skeptical. Because we have a lot going against us. Because we are what we are.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are artists think that we will constrain the subject, form, and pace of their work; that their artistic horizon will hold only males and females (never <strong>others<\/strong>), members of the powerful proletariat showing off their muscles and bright shining gazes in images, sounds, dances, and figures; that they could not even insinuate the existence of the other; that if they comply they will receive praise and applause, and if not, seclusion or repudiation. In other words, they think we will command that they not imagine.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do science think that we are going to ask them to create mechanical, electronic, chemical, biological, and interstellar weapons of mass (or individual) destruction. They think that we will force them to create schools for exceptional minds where of course one will find the descendants of those currently in power who have a salary guaranteed before they are ever conceived. They think that what will be recognized is political affiliation and not scientific capacity, and that if they comply they will receive praise and applause, and if not, seclusion or repudiation. In other words, they think that we will command them not to do science.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, because we are indigenous peoples, there are some [<em>un@s<\/em> and <em>otr@s<\/em>] here and there who think that what they do is art and culture, and that what we do is folk art and ritual. They think that what for them is analysis and knowledge, for us is belief and superstition.<\/p>\n<p>They are ignorant of the fact that we have produced colors that, hundreds of years later, still challenge calendars. They do not know that when \u201ccivilization\u201d still believed that the earth was the center of the universe, we had already discovered celestial bodies and numerical systems. They think that we adore ignorance, that our thinking is simple and conformist, that we prefer to believe rather than to know. They think that we do not want advancement but rather regression.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they neither see themselves, nor do they see us.<\/p>\n<p>The issue then is going to be to convince them to see themselves as we see them, to make them realize that, for us, they are what they are and also something else: hope. And hope, friends and enemies, cannot be bought, cannot be sold, cannot be coerced, cannot be contained, and cannot be killed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>He fell silent. I waited to see if he would ask something else of the Sup, but since he didn\u2019t say anything, I asked: \u2018so what must we do?\u2019 The Sup just sighed and said:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our job is first of all to know that this house is possible and necessary. Then comes the easier part: to build it. For this task we need knowledge, feeling, imagination\u2014we need the sciences and the arts. We need other hearts. The day will come when we will meet with those who make art and science. On that day we will embrace them and welcome them with one sole question: \u201cAnd what about you?\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>I wasn\u2019t satisfied with this answer though, and I asked the Sup: \u2018And after we meet with these people, what are we going to do?\u2019 The Sup smiled and said:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Etcetera.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>_*_<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is where the story or the legend that Comandante Tacho told us that morning ends.\u00a0 All of this is relevant at the moment because we want to invite you to come, or to be present in some way, in this earth that we are.<\/p>\n<p>We have this curiosity, you could say, that has been nagging at us over the course of many pages of the calendar and we think that perhaps you will accept this invitation and help us to resolve a particular doubt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What do we need to build a new house, a house so big that it holds not one but many worlds?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s all. Or not, depending on you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the name of the Zapatista children, elders, women, and men,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subcomandante Insurgente Mois\u00e9s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mexico, July\/August\/September of 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] Foto: JORGE UZON\/AFP\/Getty Images Julio-agosto-septiembre del 2016. A quien corresponda: Asunto: Invitaci\u00f3n a \u201cCompArte y ConCiencias por la Humanidad\u201d. S\u00ed, lo sabemos. D\u00edas y noches donde la amargura parece ser el \u00fanico horizonte. 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