“Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?” the mourning dove chants her mantra for me a spring morning unveils with peculiar luminescence
in full bloom intoxicating the fragrance of binorama imprints a path in my heart making sure I can find el camino de regreso a casa. ¡Algún día!
I am dressed in my daily blessings: white cotton striped pants white linen sleeveless shirt lo puesto meanwhile Carlos’ clothes are already placed inside drawers at a much more northern latitude.
My first sip of coffee Is abruptly interrupted. The cell rings. I felt his words: the estruendous of Pompa y Circunstancia – ¿Hoy? I reply Carlos’ reassuring voice and detailed instructions envelope me,
abundant silence, exquisite pauses between his words, unspoken sadness on both ends.
The short and heavy call ends. Inhalo profundo. Exhalo IN A SCREAM!
Dani’s fingers interlace mine; a mother and son cue, inviting each other on a new adventure.
We leave our shoe prints on the fertile soil as we drag our feet towards the robust bugambilia framing el portón.
Outside, our friend’s truck awaits windshield decorated with tiny yellow, blue and white butterfly wings whose destinies were abruptly interrupted.
Meandering hills towards Navojoa, precious cardones and pitayas with wide open arms; I insist it is an “hasta pronto” though it may in fact be an “adios.”
Dani’s childhood consisted of exploring the mystic Sonoran desert roads. Not this time. not today a straight ten-hour-long bus ride to the border, a three-hour-long uncharted “first class” flight to Dallas, a four-hour-long yearned landing in Seattle today.
Carlos is here He embraces us.
Doña Elena
Three Questions for Doña Elena
What inspired your choice of genre and/or form for your piece?
I joined a group of emigrants eager to embrace the moment each of us left our country and connect it with an artifact. I just let my memory take full speed.
What was your creative process?
My creative process consisted in a poetic allegory of a fell circle that concludes on my deep emotions.
What is the significance of this piece to you?
The significance of this piece is the impact it created upon the other participants who embrace the idea of being whole as immigrants regardless of the positions left behind. An invitation for the to embrace an abundance mind set.
Doña Elena renace cada día como aprendiz, así como maestra de materias relacionadas con la energía de la expresión individual y de la conciencia colectiva. El arte, la lengua materna, el contacto con la Madre Tierra –Juya Annia- y la yoga son senderos que le permiten compartir estos descubrimientos. Elena y su hija ita comparten su legado de pintura proveniente del linaje expresado por su madre, abuela, bisabuela y tatarabuela; todas ellas Elenas. Su obra artística es transgeneracional seha enfocado a través de más de un siglo en el descubrimiento de que Tú eres mi otro Yo, seres radiantes, absorbiendo y reflejando la luz y energía con intenso resplandor.
Doña Elena is reborn each day as both a student and a teacher of subjects related to the energy of individual expression and collective consciousness. Art, her native language, contact with Mother Earth –Juya Annia– and yoga are paths that allow her to share these discoveries. Elena and her daughter ita share a painting legacy from the lineage expressed by their mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother; all of them Elenas. Their transgenerational century-long artistic work focuses on the discovery that You are my other I; radiant beings, absorbing and reflecting light and energy with intense brilliance.
