EL ETERNO PRESENTE
"The present moment is the only thing that actually exists, it's happening to us at all times, and yet we rarely ever truly experience it. The feeling of our clothes constantly touching our skin, our feet bearing our weight at all times while we're standing, or our muscles pushing against the force of gravity endlessly. The truth is, our body experiences and inhabits the present moment at all times, it just cannot not do it. It's just that we don't pay attention to it. Alternating between living in future scenarios and reminiscing about the past we forget of the endless gift that this moment is. We miss The Eternal Present."
"Sueño Lúcido” (Banner version)
"El Eterno Presente" was my first ever exhibition, it took place in 2022 and it was made up of 10 pieces that I ellaborated over that year and that took place in Torre Andrade Cultural Center from september the 10th to october 10th.
The appreciation of the present moment is something that seems to be so trendy and important nowadays, and yet something that we rarely do, and we often don't recognize it when it happens to us. The ten pieces of this series seek to depict the emotions and ideas that flow through me when I'm capable, either by fluke or as a result of conscious attempt, of experiencing the present moment.
For the artwork used to promote the event, I was deeply inspired by old western movies' posters and their bold style in their illustrations, and so I used "Sueño Lúcido" as a reference for the illustration since it shows a desertic landscape reminds me of an old cowboys movie setting, where we can see the main character in comparison to the vast landscape that he faces.
Each piece aims to be a manifestation of the present moment in their own way, they are ways that I have found that allow me to communicate the infinite. Some of them were first thought by the feeling that grass causes on the skin, the sudden realization of one’s true potential, and music. Moments at which, by one way or another, I could not help but to be immersed if only for a second, in the vastness that is this moment.
I was deeply influenced and inspired by the art of Moebius and Thomas Blachshear, specially by their amazing ability to create ethereal landscapes that seem not only otherworldly, almost surreal, but also incredibly vast and peaceful.
“The size of the chaos tells me the size of the serenity that I need in order to face it.”
I wanted to represent the feeling that I got after waking up from a lucid dream I had, during this dream I was trying to remain sufficiently conscious to remain lucid while not waking up myself in the process, and to let go and let the dream flow so that I could experience its more surreal aspects, being in this situation, clinging to a state semi-consciousness I began to feel as if I were this "sand castle-like" entity crumbling away, not being able to maintain my form, while at the same time being this traveler trying desperately to reach this fantastic realm before it’s too late, to admire it before it collapses and crumbles to dust.
El Eterno Presente
Opening night
On September 10th, at 8 pm, the doors opened and my first ever art exhibition began, during the following hours I was in a mix of ecstasy and anxiety that could only be described as a type of adrenaline rush.
Organizing a solo exhibition by myself as my first art show was a surreal experience in itself, I am forever grateful for daring to do it.
This was just the beginning. Thank you for being a part of this journey than I am on.
