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Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 10 a.m.

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 Ren\xe9 Girard\u2019s concept of mimetic desire as I riff on my early aspirations to \u201cbeing\u201d smart and cultured (with questionable success). Eventually I return to the task at hand, trying to roughly sketch my parents\u2019 short foray into the Venezuelan ice business in the early 60\u2019s. 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.\xa0

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