Os he hecho un paréntesis para introduciros a un pintor contemporáneo y he elegido a Miquel Barceló porque admiro su obra y porque creo que en ella se nota la influencia de los grandes maestros de la antigüedad que seguramente estudió durante su estancia en las academias de arte.
I thought it would be nice to take a break from the old and begin to introduce some of the new. I chose Barceló because I do admire his work and I think that in it one can see the influences that the study of art history and of the masters can bring to modern art.
(Photo by FBC, property of Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, C.2021, All Rights Reserved)
A little bit of you…
a piece of me.
Sweat breaks off our skin and we sprinkle the floor with the gin we drank in better days when we thought we were truly free.
No, it wasn’t honey, we toasted with bile and not champagne, no honey moon with us remained.
And it wasn’t freedom.
Shackled hands and shackled feet to the altar we were led by a glorious man of many wars a sailor tried and true, with voices pouring from his head that made us dream of youth…
A hefty chunk of you,
and a bit more of me,
leads us to days when we suffer dearly and crave to live one more second of laughter or a minute of tears.
Because if from you and from me there exists only shadows,
from me and from you there is nothing.
C.2021, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 28 de noviembre 2021, València, España
Sofonisba Anguissola is considered the first «successful» woman artist (painter) of the Renaissance… She served in the court of Phillip II of Spain, the most powerful monarch of the times… She is known for her portraits and for establishing new rules of painting feminine portraits… I think you will enjoy her paintings…
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(Art Digital by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)
From the earliest forms of democracy in Ancient Greece, the people spoke and those who were poets, writers, and the philosophers spoke loudly. They lifted their pens and their voices in defence of the democracy they were building and protecting. I do not think we are any different. I truly believe that artists, musicians, actors, poets and anyone else that knows how to think, should speak out against injustices. And I think that many are doing that now in these extremely turbulent and dangerous times.
Artists like Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Lady Gaga and many more have all taken a stand and have said wonderful things in defence of democracy. The democracy that is being eroded, maligned and destroyed.
So my voice also rises, not to defend illegal entry into the US, and not to defend those who have committed crimes while living in a land that has allowed them the formula for a new life. I think those that do not know how to be good guests do not deserve the generosity they have been granted and should be deported ipso facto from the country.
But, but, BUT, in a lawful and civilised manner. They should be arrested and charged, then given due process to defend themselves and then only be deported by the orders of an immigration judge, not by the sitting president. And not by being kidnapped from their homes by masked thugs pretending to be ICE agents. AND I say that those are «pretending» to be ICE officers because having been a law enforcement officer for many years in the US I know that we, whether we were local police, sheriffs, state, or federal agents, had a duty, and an obligation, to identify ourselves, show our face and explain why we were arresting someone, citizen or not. And Habeas Corpus was never denied. However, some in the current administration do not even know the definition of Habeas Corpus…
So my voice rises to denounce tyranny, abuse and unnecessary violence against human beings. No one is «illegal». Some folks might be undocumented, but a human being on planet Earth is not illegal anywhere.
I invite one and all to also unite against injustice and to post, blog, write poetry, songs, or speeches to make their voice heard against the barbarities of having armed, active duty fighting troops deployed in the streets of an American city to fight Americans exercising their Constitutional right to protest. And know for sure that EVERYONE in the US has rights. At least they did before the 21st of January 2025.
I know God is in charge, and peace and justice will prevail.
(Image source: Military.com/U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend to support U.S. Northern Command’s mission, gather for a formation in the greater Los Angeles area, June 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Godfrey Ampong)
Something that has never happened… first a US president by-passes a state governor and deploys the National Guard, then active duty US Marines… then the Secretary of Homeland Security says they are going to liberate Los Angeles from the elected officials of the city and the state. This is an attack on democracy and a very irresponsible way to instigate more violence… We need peace, tranquillity, coexistence and for the US government to stop persecuting Americans.
THIS IS HOW TRUMP IS MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, with brutality, racism, hatred and a total disregard for the rule of law, and by deploying active duty military to the streets of US cities to combat the citizens.
We should all pray for peace, and for an end to tyranny…
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