I’ve been obsessing on Lola’s obsessiveness. Especially the role obsession has on making art. When I was in Patricia Yossen’s studio, I saw a torn piece of paper on her wall, handwritten in pencil: Dale más lugar a la obsesión. Make more room for obsession.
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We tend to simplify our relationships with her, always referring back to an incident or series of effects that hang on the shoulder like a yoke. As adults, we imagine a chance to reframe a new portrait for her with warm and fuzzy edges. I am not asking the writers and artists in the show to address their ill-feelings in public, but I am thinking about complex connections that were forged in the past. In this way, we might observe a multi-dimensional impression rather than hiding out in our memories.
This is the time of year that we think of our mothers and of mothering. It's inescapable.
In that spirit, here’s a poem of mine:
I've been thinking about Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos lately, especially her direct and fierce feminist voice. And since today is International Women's Day, and Mexicans are being maligned by you know who, it seems perfect. Also, she is virtually unknown outside of Mexico and Latin America.
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