{"id":166835626,"date":"2025-10-22T17:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/?p=166835626"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:57:44","slug":"el-proposito-de-la-oscuridad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/eng\/2025\/10\/22\/el-proposito-de-la-oscuridad\/","title":{"rendered":"El prop\u00f3sito de la oscuridad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rese\u00f1a del libro de Amanda Escalante. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Escrib\u00ed esta rese\u00f1a hace un a\u00f1o cuando le\u00ed <strong>El Prop\u00f3sito de la Oscuridad<\/strong> de Amanda Escalante. No encontr\u00e9 c\u00f3mo ni d\u00f3nde compartirla, as\u00ed que la pongo aqu\u00ed para que no est\u00e9 nom\u00e1s guardando polvo en una aplicaci\u00f3n de notas. Que s\u00ed, <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/eng\/2025\/10\/15\/ninos-adultos-adultos-ninos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"166835562\"><strong>volv\u00ed a Joplin<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em> Todav\u00eda batallando con la sincronizaci\u00f3n entre dispositivos, pero quiz\u00e1s no tengo que estar haciendo notas digitales hasta en la cama. Quiz\u00e1s podr\u00eda volver al confort de escribir a mano en la libreta y luego pasar a la compu. Algo m\u00e1s h\u00edbrido, entre lo an\u00e1logo y lo digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everand.com\/book\/743196432\/El-proposito-de-la-oscuridad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Portada del libro El Prop\u00f3sito de la Oscuridad, de Amanda Escalante.\" class=\"wp-image-166835627\" style=\"width:485px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.jpeg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Todo es risa y diversi\u00f3n hasta que se apagan las luces.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Por m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada, Amanda Lalena Escalante Pimentel ha sido parte de la cultura pop mexicana. Bajo el nombre art\u00edstico de <strong>Amandititita<\/strong>, la joven cantautora nos ha regalado temas ic\u00f3nicos sobre fen\u00f3menos contempor\u00e1neos, desde la metrosexualidad hasta las asesinas en serie, con un estilo audiovisual multicolor e irreverente. Una versi\u00f3n m\u00e1s punk de la legendaria tradici\u00f3n nacional de <strong>&#8220;re\u00edr para no llorar&#8221;<\/strong>, por ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En realidad, la vida de Amanda ha sido guiada por una b\u00fasqueda de algo m\u00e1s all\u00e1. <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everand.com\/audiobook\/743198801\/El-proposito-de-la-oscuridad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Prop\u00f3sito de la Oscuridad<\/a><\/strong><\/em> es su segunda memoria, publicada un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de <em>Trece Latas de At\u00fan<\/em>. A diferencia de la primera, este audiolibro de Everand se dedica a los <strong>numerosos caminos espirituales<\/strong> que Amanda ha seguido desde que era peque\u00f1a. Desde el duelo familiar hasta la escuela de monjas. Desde el <em>Demian<\/em> de Hermann Hesse hasta la obra de Fernando Pessoa. San Judas Tadeo, la Metaf\u00edsica, la Cienciolog\u00eda: menciona cualquier movimiento religioso o espiritual, y Amanda lo ha visitado, como <strong>ensayos cient\u00edficos de prueba y error<\/strong>, o como en un probador con prendas que aprietan, abarcan o que quedan perfectas hasta que se desgastan. O hasta que te desgastan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amanda comparte <strong>historias de amor y desamor<\/strong> entre seguidores de una gur\u00fa de la India. De su fase atea, en la que su pastor era el alcohol y las pretensiones de intelectualidad, sus sacramentos. Habla de los tiempos en los que estuvo o no medicada. Sobresalen los ataques de p\u00e1nico, los pensamientos intrusivos, <strong>el vac\u00edo interno que ven\u00eda de aquellas presentaciones tan entretenidas<\/strong> con las que la llegamos a conocer. Escuchamos c\u00f3mo alguien que trajo tanta alegr\u00eda ha pasado por tantos per\u00edodos de suma tristeza. <strong>El chiste del Pagliacci, pero versi\u00f3n <em>anarcumbia<\/em> en el Vive Latino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No hay final feliz, porque <strong>la felicidad, como la tristeza, nunca es final.<\/strong> Hay un final pac\u00edfico, sereno, pleno, en el que Amanda encuentra la espiritualidad que mejor le queda a trav\u00e9s de un movimiento <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/eng\/tag\/amanda-escalante\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">que ahora ella misma comparte<\/a> en cursos. Esta prueba cient\u00edfica ha sido exitosa con ella. Esta prenda del probador le ha quedado de maravilla. Quiz\u00e1s le quede tambi\u00e9n a otras personas, y quiz\u00e1s el experimento tambi\u00e9n le funcione a alguien m\u00e1s. <strong>Eso es lo bello de la condici\u00f3n humana, con tantas formas de comulgar con nuestro ser y nuestros seres como personas en la tierra.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El viaje de Amanda es uno de muchos, como el tuyo y el m\u00edo. En lo \u00fanico que coincidimos universalmente es que pasaremos por varios grados de luz, oscuridad, y todo lo que hay en medio. Y como lo infiere el t\u00edtulo del libro, <strong>cada uno de estos grados tiene su prop\u00f3sito.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revistacentral.com.mx\/famosos\/el-proposito-la-oscuridad-el-lado-mas-personal-amandititita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled.webp\" alt=\"La artista Amanda Escalante.\" class=\"wp-image-166835628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-300x260.webp 300w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-768x665.webp 768w, https:\/\/cynthiarodriguez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-14x12.webp 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amanda Escalante. 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