Part 2 of a vibrantly colored metal souvenir plate from Ecuador in 2011.

The small souvenir plate made of stamped metal takes a back seat to René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire as I riff on my early aspirations to “being” smart and cultured (with questionable success). Eventually I return to the task at hand, trying to roughly sketch my parents’ short foray into the Venezuelan ice business in the early 60’s. I conclude with an ill-advised attempt to read a letter (written in illegible Spanish cursive) from my father to my uncle Edwin in Ecuador in 1970. Defeated and muttering to myself, I commit to a third episode in this Ecuadorian plate series. 

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