(English) Man shall not live by bread alone

In this section we shall also dine on Inspired Words, those penned by the Light of the Soul, as is the case of the illustrious Don Quixote, whose words on poetry are worth reading once again:

(…) for, according to a true belief, a poet is born one; that is to say, the poet by nature comes forth a poet from his mother’s womb; and following the bent that heaven has bestowed upon him, without the aid of study or art, he produces things that show how truly he spoke who said, ‘Est Deus in nobis,’ &c. At the same time, I say that the poet by nature who calls in art to his aid will be a far better poet, and will surpass him who tries to be one relying upon his knowledge of art alone. The reason is, that art does not surpass nature, but only brings it to perfection; and thus, nature combined with art, and art with nature, will produce a perfect poet (…) the pen is the tongue of the mind, and as the thought engendered there, so will be the things that it writes down. And when kings and princes observe this marvellous science of poetry in wise, virtuous, and thoughtful subjects, they honour, value, exalt them, and even crown them with the leaves of the tree (…)

(Don Quijote de La Mancha – II, Chap. XVI
Trans. John Ormsby, 1885)

La Cultivada is the fresh juice of the olive fruit. It is life for the body. The essential character of La Cultivada also bestows on it a symbolic nature: Joy for the Soul.