I was talking with my friend, who arrive to USA when he was a little kid, he had to jump across the border with his mom and siblings. They tried around ten times before succeeding.
And I asked him,
Of all the works you have done, which was the most difficult?
He said: "not peeking oranges, not working at the factories 12hrs per day, not cleaning toilets, not this, not that... but harvesting cucumbers".
Happen to be that cucumbers have tiny microscopic thorns that make your hands inflamed no matter if you use gloves, plus you are under the hot sun all day in your KNEES.
“i would not wish this job even on my worst enemy” my friend said.
I painted this blue donkey, this blue burrito in 1994. At that time I didn’t know that in this world, there is a very small percent of people that have the chance to receive an education
The painting is a story about “Celestino, y la Dama” (the little blue burrito and the lady).
Celestino worked in a circus show having to carry a heavy lady on his back, he was sad. He didn’t know that he was the main attraction, and that the lady wouldn’t have a show with out him.
What would you do, if you went to another country (or another planet) and you find out that 90% of times you meet people from your country they are washing dishes, cleaning toilets, peeking oranges, harvesting cucumbers?. They have the worst and the hardestestest of the jobs in society. What would you do if you were a simple dancer? What would you Do?
....I’m sure you would create some Fantasia Mexicana.
Fantasia Mexicana is about bringing a gift of dignity to brave people.
We’ll present a series of performances, at the heaviest hours at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco (when immigrants have been waiting in lines for hours, waiting for assistance). Each performance will explore the organic gap between sophisticated scenic language, dance fusion and music interpreted with aerial dance (fabrics and harness), modern dance and live painting. Highlighting the power that is found within the Mexican ancestral art, cosmology, nature, colors and pyramids.
Imagine the face of the people when they’ll watch us dance?
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Cucumber Dream Manifesto:
*We love cucumber. *We are full of gratitude with those who harvest (.anything.) around the WORLD. *We believe blue burritos are linchpins. *We are not looking for who is wrong. We are not left nor right. *We are not sectarians nor patriotic. *We respect all faiths and laws, yet, we honor all those whom have risked their life looking for a better future. *We give unforgettable gifts. *We deliver irreversible inspiration. *We celebrate harsh, severe, tough, rough work. *We create adrenalineque cosmic moments. *We are proffessional human beings. *we are GIFTERS. *We are artists. *We are JAGUARS!! *we’ll make your corazon GRUARR. (period).
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This weekend, 20th and 21st Agosto.
go go go!
The Tea Dancers / Ballet de la Compasión
(i've heard that we'll have an after party on Saturday, welcome if you want to stay, and bring your grandpas!).
and remember, no matter where you are in this planet, if you look down, there will be always an amazing, magic blue "someone" making life easier.
mucho happy, mucho love.
(and mucho cucumber!)
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