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The Second Interview of Dr. Jamisson Neruda
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“When we arrived at the first chamber, which is only about thirty meters from the
entrance, I can clearly recall a sense of awe or something approaching a religious
experience I suppose. No one spoke for a long time after our lights hit the first
chamber painting. Everyone’s flashlight converged on the painting and we all just
stared for about forty seconds in the incredible silence of this tomblike structure.’”
Sarah: “Did you find all the chambers that same day”
Dr. Neruda: “Yes. We went from chamber to chamber, each time feeling like we had
stumbled into an alien natural history museum. You have to understand that our
lighting was not very good because we hadn’t expected to need anything more than
basic flashlights. I vividly remember seeing each of the chamber paintings for the first
time and just staring at them… mesmerized by the incredible anachronism of the place.
I’d never been in such a surreal environment… it was both eerie and completely
enchanting at the same time.”
Sarah: “So how large were the chambers and the paintings themselves”
Dr. Neruda: “The chambers themselves were relatively small… about four meters in
diameter with fairly high ceilings, in some instances as high as six meters.”
Sarah: “So, judging from the photographs I’ve seen of the chamber paintings, the
paintings themselves must be fairly large”
Dr. Neruda: “Yes, they’re large and always face the entrance of the chamber. If you
stand just outside the entrance of a particular chamber, you can’t see the whole
painting; it’s too large. You have to walk into the chamber in order to see the whole
composition.”
Sarah: “What, in the opinions of the Labyrinth Group, are the artistic merits of these
paintings”
Dr. Neruda: “No one within the Labyrinth Group claims to be an art critic I can
assure you. I think it’s fair to say that of those who saw the chamber paintings in their
original environment found the artistic merits to be very compelling, even captivating. I
think those who saw them only represented in photographs thought they were less art
and more of a cog in some masterfully designed wheel like an illustration in a children’s
book.”
Sarah: “Not to change the subject, but I keep wondering how you came to choose
me… I mean… I know you said it was completely random, but why did you select an
average journalist to share this story Why not a scientist or someone who could at
least ask you more sophisticated questions I have to confess that I feel completely
inadequate to interview you, mostly because I don’t even know what questions I should
be asking you…”
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