What is a pipe dream
(sueño guajiro)?
The most accurate description for this colloquial
phrase in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, is: -An impossible or unlikely
fantasy to actually happen.
Pipe dreams create an illusion, which will always
ends up being crushed by the weight of reality. However, at the time a pipe
dream is created, comes along with it a feeling of being able to accomplish
anything. A feeling of becoming invincible. At that point, anything is possible
and there is nothing in the world that can stop us.
In my works of art I try to represent the strength
of this hope that causes a pipe dream, a "sueño guajiro", through
colors full of light and intensity, which most often complement each other. The
symbols I use are symbols that have been with me throughout my artistic career,
representing my emotions. The lone wolf crying endlessly for his lost love.
Broken hearts, caravans coming and going. Voices heard in the distance forming
dialogues coming from solitude, projecting memories trapped in the walls of our
unconscious. A chaos of emotions living in harmony, all in one space. Desire,
joy, sadness, love, lack of affection, disappointment. It is exactly
this time, that I am seeking to represent this chaos, these different elements
and characters that invade my paintings living together in harmony, through
composition. In this work, all elements coexist with each other, interacting
with each other. Sometimes to end up with the bitter taste of frustration that
surprises us like a slap in the face, when we realize that it is impossible
what we dreamed of, that it is a fantasy, a pipe dream, nothing more, and
nothing less than just a dream.
Fortunately, dreams cannot hurt us and ultimately
end when you wake up. It is the same with pipe dreams. And like in every dream,
in every life and in every picture there is always a new dawn, a new beginning,
a new reason to dream. There is always the possibility that a new pipe dream
fill us again of hope.
