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a statement - I could 'hear' with my 'mind's ear': "We are amateurs at breathing, we are amateurs at walking, we are amateurs at naming colours, we are amateurs at rubbing our noses, we are amateurs at grunting, we are amateurs at twisting hair locks, we are amateurs at drinking mango juice. "We are amateurs at swimming, we are amateurs at watching sunsets, we are amateurs at waking up in the morning, we are amateurs at biting our nails, we are amateurs at spotting extraterrestrials, we are amateurs at sneezing, we are amateurs at inventing words. "We are amateurs at twirling our fingers, we are amateurs at tying green ribbons, we are amateurs at catching cold, we are amateurs at drawing a horse, we are amateurs at being drawn by horses, we are amateurs at curling our toes, we are amateurs at growing." I was filled with joy. The roundelay that was being played by the microscopic entities in the pentagonal room was a song I had waited all to long to hear. At last I was in the company of my equals, as far from the maddening pressures of professional life as I could possibly imagine: "We are amateurs at singing out loud, we are amateurs at boiling an egg, we are amateurs at throwing dice, we are amateurs at smiling, we are amateurs at banging pots and pans, we are amateurs at playing with ourselves, we are amateurs at moving a chair from the hallway to the bedroom."

Sjón (The Blue Fox, Marvels of Twilight & The Reykjavík Whale Watching Massacre)

from a short story published in the booklet to Hauschka's Salon des amateurs

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