“In fact, Guerra based his story on the diaries of two explorers, German Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes. There work is some of the only documentation of cultures that have since vanished. But Guerra did not want white men to be his protagonists.” MenWantTwoFactsStoriesCultureWhiteWhite ManDiariesExplorersProtagonistsDocumentation Author:Tom Cole
“And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see these outsiders following in each other's footsteps as the same person, a single soul traversing across several lives. They also see time as something that doesn't proceed inexorably into the future.” BelievePersonsRealSoulLife IsFollowingComplicatedReal LifeOutsidersDiariesIndigenousFootstepsAmazonIndigenous PeopleLife Is Complicated Author:Tom Cole
