When I was
just a child I used to think that there were people inside TV and radio. Once I
opened a radio to see if I could find those little people but there was no one
there; they must have run away, I thought. Strangely, I didn’t believe in Santa
Claus, unicorns and the equality promoted by politicians wearing suites costing
more than my mother’s paycheck.
I also
thought the blanket was some kind of shield that would protect people while
they slept, that all cats are female and all dogs are male, etc. Today I know
that Santa Claus is possibly a
character created by Coca-Cola and that you can really make a unicorn by wrapping
a stick with tape in the head of a horse or a donkey.
Much didn’t make sense but it was what was
going on in my head. And it seems I was not the only one.
Illustrations by Pierrette Diaz.