@gastonellugar

 

Gastón Soublette: @gastonellugar

 An interesting person I follow on Instagram is called Gaston Soublette a 96 year old Chilean philosopher and musicologist. Probably his social networks are not managed by him, but the content posted is from him like small videos talking about some topic, or reminders of talks he will be giving.

Gaston won the recognition and national prize of humanities for his critical thinking and search for cultural dissemination on the "folklore" or on the cultures of other continents. 

I do not remember well when I started to follow him, but I remember having seen a documentary about him "The wise man of the tribe" where were sample the good form his wisdom, a characteristic for which Gaston is recognized. I remember that in one part of the documentary he talked about a tree where he liked to sit in the afternoons, where he

liked to reflect and enjoy the silence, to get there he had to take a walk and thus he felt connected to the essence of life, how he said.

A man who knows well about his ancestors, the different cultures and their spiritualities.  He also teaches us the importance of knowing about it and the importance of nature in humanity, which is increasingly lost in the pace of city life and the complex societies of today. 

I hope someday to hear him directly and be able to see him. In his networks Gastón tries to leave messages, reflections, and knowledge of the many things he knows, has researched and even published, some examples are subjects such as history, art theory, philosophical thought of the East, literature, cinema, musicology, and traditional Chilean popular culture.