ʻO ka honua o nā hana akamai i kahi ʻauana mua ʻole he mea ia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā manawa he nui me nā mea lawena ʻē aʻe e like me aʻu iho. Akā ʻo ia ka nīnau nui ʻo ia… ʻOi aku ka waiwai o nā manaʻo o nā mea aloha e pili ana i nā hōʻikeʻike noʻeau? ʻO ia nō ka hana noʻeau wale no no ka poʻe ʻike e ʻike pehea?
ʻO kekahi o nā wehewehe ʻana o ka RAE e ʻōlelo ʻia he hōʻike ia ka hana a ke kanaka nona ka manaʻo e wehewehe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a i ʻole ka manaʻo, e unuhi ana me nā kumuwaiwai like ʻole o ka ʻōlelo, nā mele a i ʻole nā mea ea.
ʻAʻole wau i pau i ka ʻike maopopo ʻana. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike inā he mea ākea ka ʻoihana a i ʻole he ala ia e hōʻike ai i ka honua no nā "smartass" a me nā mea pili.
ʻO kēia mau mea a pau aʻu e kākau nei (ua hoʻouna mua wau iaʻu iho me ka maʻalahi) ʻo ia ka puke Fred poʻo poʻo. Hoʻolaha aku ka inoa grotesque i ka manaʻo hāpai i ka mea kākau. Ke waiho nei i ka hana noʻeau, a i ʻole i manaʻo ʻia he mea noʻeau, i ka nīnau e like me he hana kūpono.
ʻO nā papa o kēia puke i haku ʻia i nā ʻāpana kahi e hoʻāʻo nei kahi kālaiʻike e ulana pū i ke ola o ka mea nui ʻo Fred Cabeza de Vaca. ʻO nā mea i noho kokoke loa ma kahi o ka mea pena e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kaʻao, a kāna moʻolelo, a me nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia o loko, o kāna mau hiʻohiʻona hanohano.
ʻO ka hui ʻana o ka mea pena i hoʻopau i ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻokolokolo ma ke kiʻi ponoʻī, ma nā avant-garde a me nā loina, i ka waiwai maoli o nā mea noʻeau, ma kāna kumu kūʻai a ma ka mea ʻaʻole paha ʻoe he kiʻi maʻamau.
Malia paha ma hope o ka honua holoʻokoʻa o ka hana he nui elitism, proselytism, ka pono e kaohi a lawe i kahi mākeke i kāna ana kūpono kūpono. Hoʻopili nā mea pena kiʻi i ka piko e ka wana o nā loiloi, hoʻopakele nā mea pena kiʻi mai gehena mai e pīhoihoi i nā limahana snobbish e ʻike iā lākou. Hōʻike kiʻi ʻia ʻaʻole nā kiʻi kiʻi ʻia i nā hale hōʻikeʻike nui. ʻO kēia mau mea āpau āpau a me nā mea ʻano ʻē o ka honua artistic ʻike nui a maikaʻi hoʻi i loko o kēia puke.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke Poʻo Pipi Fred, ka puke hou na ʻO Vicente Luis Mora, ma aneʻi: