I have no arguments to defend how brutal and disturbing a ritual the corrida is. Like all tragedies, no matter the beauty created, there are no happy endings. If it is indeed an art form, bullfighting is the most disturbing I have ever witnessed. Brin-Jonathan Butler argumentartbeauty share on social
I've been going to Cuba since the Elian Gonzalez affair. Brin-Jonathan Butler affaircubaelian Change image and share on social
Both for Havana's beauty and decay, it's very hard to restrain yourself from staring everywhere you look. Brin-Jonathan Butler beautydecayhard Change image and share on social
I have a dirty little habit of distilling every city I've ever visited into the historical person I'd have most wanted to meet and share a cigarette with. Brin-Jonathan Butler cigarettecitydirty Change image and share on social
Maybe the real subject of every interview is how you really can't learn much of anything about anyone from an interview. Brin-Jonathan Butler interviewlearnreal Change image and share on social
As far as cities go, Havana is a festering treasure chest, a primary color. Brin-Jonathan Butler chestcitycolor Change image and share on social
Cuban athletes represent the most expensive human cargo on earth. They are sitting on over a billion dollars of human capital if these boxers and baseball players would come over to any other field or ring in the world and begin to ply their trade. Brin-Jonathan Butler athletebaseballbegin share on social
Galileo wasn't put in prison because he was wrong about anything he discovered looking through his telescope; rather, he was incarcerated simply because he saw what others didn't wish to see. Brin-Jonathan Butler discovergalileoincarcerate Change image and share on social
On the flight over to the Gulf of Mexico, I wondered about how they say you can never go home again, but maybe an equally expensive reality is how many people, regardless of how many years or miles they put between themselves and where they were born, are never truly able to leave home. Brin-Jonathan Butler bearequallyexpensive share on social