
Makinga
by Chi Chiazzo
Prose
Published: 2000
Pages: 101
ISBN: 978-34301-4-9
Description
The luck of true pilgrims is thus: there is a lover waiting for you in every corner of the earth, however near or faraway. No matter how hostile the folks might seem to be. There is a place for you in someone's heart. Go and find it. And never forget: Human hearts are like fishes in rich water. To angle one you have to bait your own hear. You catch a heart with a heart. Masai hears these words from the mouth of a seer as he prepares to embark on his journey. He has heard a voice that called on him to leave his people and cross a boundary. He crosses the boundary, and discovers a mysterious cat which completely changes him. This is a story that teaches us the elemental wisdom of self discovery: the true search for oneself often begins with the openness to the other. It is a fable about a journey to the self, packaged in a language that easily reminds one of Antoine de Saint-Exupery or Kahlil Gibran.