Paz
Octavio Paz. Writer.
With poetic thoughts on the modernist state– the individual’s intersection with philosophy, religion, art, and politics– I’m inspired by his explorations on the Mexican identity. Also a Mexican ambassador in India.
“Modern man likes to pretend that his thinking is wide-awake. But this wide-awake thinking has led us into the mazes of a nightmare in which the torture chambers are endlessly repeated in the mirrors of reason.”
