Read the text and answer: Who called Marc Chagall "a poet with the wings of a painter"?

1. Localizo en el texto la frase entre comillas: "A poet with the wings of a painter."
2. El párrafo dice: "That is what the American writer Henry Miller called him".
3. Por lo tanto, el autor de la frase es el escritor estadounidense Henry Miller.

What should you do before talking about the painter?

1. El texto indica: "Before we talk about him, look closely at one of his paintings..."
2. Añade: "Take a few minutes to contemplate it."
3. La acción pedida es observar y contemplar la pintura con atención.

What sensations do you perceive when you see the figures, the colors, the order of things, the objects and the people?

1. Observo la obra The Blue House: una casa azul domina el primer plano; detrás, un pueblo con iglesias y cúpulas; colores fríos (azul, verde) contrastan con tonos cálidos (amarillo, rojo).
2. Las figuras son sencillas y casi infantiles; el orden de los objetos es onírico, no realista.
3. Esas elecciones producen una mezcla de calma, nostalgia y curiosidad.

Respuesta orientativa: I feel calm and nostalgic because of the blue and green colors, but also curious because the town looks like a dream. The simple figures make me feel close to the place, as if I were a child looking at it.

Were you able to travel with your imagination to the place where The Blue House is?

1. La pintura muestra un pueblo con cúpulas que recuerda a Vitebsk, la ciudad natal de Chagall.
2. Los colores y la perspectiva inclinada invitan a imaginar calles, casas y personas.
3. Sí es posible "viajar" con la imaginación: la obra funciona como una ventana a un lugar lejano.

Respuesta orientativa: Yes, I was. The blue house and the town behind it made me imagine a cold, quiet village where everyone knows each other.

Does it seem similar to any place you know or have seen before? Can you think of any story that happens in that place?

1. Comparo la pintura con lugares reales: un pueblo de montaña, una ciudad colonial o un barrio antiguo.
2. Pienso en historias posibles: un niño que vuelve a su pueblo, una abuela que cuenta leyendas, etc.
3. El texto sugiere escribir esa historia.

Respuesta orientativa: It looks like a small town in the mountains near my city. I can imagine a story about a girl who returns to her grandmother's blue house and discovers old family secrets there.