El hombre se cortó la oreja para obsequiársela a una mujer. La mujer no supo qué hacer con aquella mitad llena de girasoles; si la hubiera sembrado, los campos de Francia hubiesen florecidos distintos y luego hubieran sido arrasados por los sordos, y hasta millones de holandeses hubieran ido a reclamar su parte; el mundo entero, seguro, hubiese querido tener un girasol famoso. Pero Raquel no quiso aquel regalo; le negó a los sordos la posibilidad de escuchar al mundo con el oído de un pintor.

     Se imaginan la cantidad de hombres y mujeres arrancando girasoles para cambiárselos por sus orejas sordas; la calidad de los sonidos que hubieran penetrado en el corazón de Francia, de Holanda y del mundo estuviera dibujada en la historia como el fenómeno más milagroso, científico y poético de la humanidad.

     ¿Cómo no se le ocurrió a Raquel, aquella prostituta que se inmortalizó con semejante regalo, cultivar la oreja de Van Gogh? Las oportunidades no se presentan dos veces porque hasta el presente, nadie, famoso, sensible y artísticamente bien conceptualizado, ha querido cortarse una oreja, sacarse un ojo o arrancarse el corazón para regalárselo a una mujer, independientemente del oficio de esta.

     Con esto queda demostrado que hay mujeres que no saben qué hacer ante los gestos imponderados de hombres ponderados; pero también que hay artistas que no miden a quién les donarán sus sentidos y mientras eso siga a la buena del tiempo, puede que más nunca conozcamos a otro Van Gogh, aunque sobren muchas Raquel.

FUENTE

VAN GOGH'S EAR

     The man cut off his ear to give it to a woman. The woman did not know what to do with that half full of sunflowers; if she had sown it, the fields of France would have bloomed differently and then would have been razed to the ground by the deaf, and even millions of Dutchmen would have gone to claim their share; the whole world, for sure, would have wanted to have a famous sunflower. But Rachel did not want that gift; she denied the deaf the possibility of listening to the world with the ear of a painter.

     Imagine the number of men and women plucking sunflowers to exchange them for their deaf ears; the quality of the sounds that would have penetrated the heart of France, Holland and the world would be recorded in history as the most miraculous, scientific and poetic phenomenon of mankind.

     How did it not occur to Rachel, that prostitute who immortalized herself with such a gift, to cultivate Van Gogh's ear? Opportunities do not present themselves twice because up to the present, no one, famous, sensitive and artistically well conceptualized, has ever wanted to cut off an ear, pluck out an eye or tear out a heart to give it to a woman, regardless of her profession.

     With this it is demonstrated that there are women who do not know what to do before the imponderable gestures of pondered men; but also that there are artists who do not measure to whom they will donate their senses and as long as this continues, we may never meet another Van Gogh, even if there are many Raquel's left over.