This author asserted "the air is a spongy body / a promiscuous faceless being" in "The Balcony" and asked "Do I believe in man / or in the stars?" in another poem. The speaker comments, "I travel my way through the body of sound" in a poem framed by the image of "a fountain 
This author asserted "the air is a spongy body / a promiscuous faceless being" in "The Balcony" and asked "Do I believe in man / or in the stars?" in another poem. The speaker comments, "I travel my way through the body of sound" in a poem framed by the image of "a fountain of crystal, a poplar of water". This author wrote about "racing among my thoughts in the lighted stars" in the poem "Vrindaban," which was written contemporaneously with Eastern Slope and Eagle or Sun?. He analyzed the pacuchos in a collection, which includes "The Day of the Dead" and "The Conquest of Colonialism", and another poem is structured around the Aztec calendar. For 10 points, name this author of "Sunstone" who discussed Mexican culture in The Labyrinth of Solitude.
This author asserted "the air is a spongy body / a promiscuous faceless being" in "The Balcony" and asked "Do I believe in man / or in the stars?" in another poem.
Octavio Paz