(«Jazz sin titulo»/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)
Si crees que el jazz que hablo es la verdad, ¿Lo escucharías?
Pues escucha y aunque te hayan dicho que no lo hagas, hazlo. Te han dicho que abras la boca pero que no hables; que oigas pero no escuches; además que no leas, que no busques…
Pero yo te digo que la búsqueda es el arte, asi que busca… Dentro de lo más profundo de tu mente encontrarás que eres un ser mágico.
Has recibido la cultura de Grecia y Roma y como en otrora, eres hombre y mujer del polis que pensando, buscando y aprendiendo has creado las bases de la verdadera democracia y el origen del gobierno. Pero no olvides que el poder lo tiene el pueblo.
Así que no me sigas porque llevo la boina al estilo del Ché, sino por lo que digo… Y si lo piensas, lo asimilas, y lo escudriñas, tu serás el revolucionario…
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If you think my jazz here speaks the truth, will you listen?
Listen… for although they have taught you not to look deep within, search… In the deepest recesses of your mind you will find you possess the freedom to choose. You decide…
You are the recipient of the culture of Greece and Rome who knew that the educated men and women of the polis could guide the people. They created democracy, meaning that the government, the crucial and necessary one only, belongs to the people, as all power in society does…
So… Do not praise me for because I wear a beret like “Ché Guevara», but instead listen to what I have to say. If I speak the truth believe it and admire my words. That alone takes courage, and you can then admire your willpower as well. In so doing you have become the revolutionary!
(Bodo Vespaciano/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)
El fruto de febrero (2025) aquí en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia… el cuadro se titula «Yang-Yang», y está pintado en acrílico sobre lienzo y mide 60 x 80 centímetros.
“Yang-Yang” es una reflexión, un pensamiento, una ilusión… Es una de mis versiones del Yin y Yang (Taijitu), el símbolo chino de un todo indivisible que representa realidades dicotómicas. Otras dicotomías son meramente perceptuales. Yin es un símbolo femenino, la luna; Yang, el símbolo masculino, es el sol.
En «Yang-Yang«, la mujer, entre el follaje, simboliza el poder de Yin, así lo veo. Ella es la esencia de la feminidad y lleva el ritmo de la Tierra. A su izquierda, los dos peces, como notarás, no están mirando en direcciones opuestas, de hecho, los he pintado de manera opuesta a los peces en el taijitu (el símbolo de Yin y Yang). Representan el poder del masculino que crece y se desarrolla dentro de la realidad infinita, el Mar, el símbolo eterno de la vida.
La pintura representa un equilibrio entre el poder y la belleza; la necesidad esencial de salud y prosperidad; el desarrollo de nuestra sociedad, en paz, y eventualmente nuestra proyección hacia todo el universo.
He sido estudiante de símbolos y de la relación que tienen con el arte durante muchos años. Mis pinturas suelen llevar estructuras simbólicas y mis composiciones apuntan a crear una totalidad entre el yo, el artista, el observador, el espíritu y la naturaleza. Mi arte se encuentra en colecciones privadas en muchos países y he expuesto mis obras en muchas galerías en América del Norte, Europa y Asia. Mi amor por el arte es equivalente a mi amor por el conocimiento.
El 8 de octubre (2025) abre mi exposición anual en la Sala d’Exposicions de Ciutat Vella en el corazón de València (Sala d’Exposicions de Ciutat Vella, Carrer del Micalet, 1, València). Este año lleva por titulo «La Búsqueda» y estaremos en el museo 10 días. Estaré presente en todo momento y espero verte allí.
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«Yang-Yang» is the fruit of February (2025) and measures 50 x 70 centimetres done with acrylics on canvas…
“Yang-Yang” is a reflection, a thought, an illusion… It is one of my versions of the Yin and Yang, (Taijitu), the Chinese symbol of an indivisible whole representing dichotomous realities. Other dichotomies are merely perceptual. Yin is a female symbol, the moon; Yang, the male symbol is the sun.
In “Yang-Yang” the woman, among the foliage, is the power of Yin, as I see it. She is the essence of femininity and carries the rhythm of the Earth. On her left side, the two fish, as you will notice, are not facing opposite directions. In fact I have represented them in the opposite manner of the fish in the taijitu (The Yin and Yang symbol). They represent the power of the male as it grows and develops within infinite reality, the Sea, the eternal symbol of life.
The painting represents a balance between power and beauty; the essential need of health and prosperity; the development of our society, in peace, and eventually our projection onto the entire universe.
I have been a student of symbols and of their relationship to art for many years. My paintings usually carry symbolic structures and my compositions aim towards creating a whole between the artist, the observer, the spirit, and nature. My art hangs in collections all over the world and I have exhibited in numerous galleries in North America, Europe and Asia. My love of art is equivalent to my love of knowledge.
This year, in October, I will hold my yearly exhibition in Valencia. I will open our show «La Busqueda» on the 8th of October (2025) and the exhibition will run for 10 days. I will be in attendance at all times and I hope to see you there. (Sala d’Exposicions de Ciutat Vella, Carrer del Micalet, 1, València).
(«Yang-Yang»/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved/Derechos Reservados
Visítanos en Instagram, @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera y @Guloshka (representante) y en YouTube.
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Visit us on Instagram, @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera and @Guloshka (artists rep)
Uno de los grandes del arte abstracto español, Luis Gordillo nació en Sevilla en 1934. Sus obras están en los museos más grandes de Europa y Norteamérica. Gordillo estudió Derecho pero inmediatamente despues de terminar esa carrera comenzó la de Bellas Artes. A fines de los años cincuenta se marchó a París donde se inmerso en las vanguardias del arte del Siglo XX.
Trabajó el informalismo, o sea la version europea de lo que en America conocían como el expresionismo abstracto, siguiéndole los pasos a otro gran pintor español, Antoni Tàpies. Tambien hizo arte pop en los años sesenta. Gordillo, tras el descubrimiento y la práctica del psicoanálisis, mezcla en su obra simbología que procede del mundo del pensamiento, de la experiencia y el de la expresión estética.
En 2010 se le encargó el diseño del cartel de la temporada taurina en la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla. En 2025 diseño el cartel de la Macarena de Sevilla que ha causado un tanto de controversia en Sevilla.
(FBC/Bodo Vespaciano in his OCS Valencia Studios/All Rights Reserved)
This is «Pino» one of the characters I created as a drawing back in the days of OCS Miami (2017)… I think he will look quite clever once he is in full colour…
(«Picasso in Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona»/2024/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)
Greetings folks! Hope y’all are having a smashing good summer! Now I know many of you are on holiday or thinking about it, and I am too, for sure, but work, what we call in Spain «faena» never really stops, does it? Well, maybe for you…
In any event I’ve some questions for you:
I have fully expressed who are my favourite painters, musicians and dancers, as well as my favourite album, my favourite movie, my favourite food and favourite drink. If you do not recall, or know what these things are, I will tell you…
Picasso is my favourite painter, heads and shoulders above the rest.
The Beatles are my favourite, superior to all the rest.
Gene Kelly over the others is my favourite dancer.
Revolver by The Beatles is my favourite album.
Mary Poppins is my fave pic.
Grilled Yellowtail is my favourite food (with tostones…do you know what tostones are? No? Ask a Cuban from Miami. 😁)
Wine is my favourite drink (besides water, naturally)
SO NOW IT IS YOUR TURN.
Tell me what are your favourite things. In part two (coming soon) I will tell you my least favourite things and I will ask you about yours.
Jesus taught his disciples many things. Some things, apparently, they were unable to understand and they usually replied rather dumbfounded. But eventually, I believe, they realised the truth and the teachings were assimilated. On one occasion where Jesus was actually giving advice he told them this:
Be merciful, as your Father in Heaven in merciful; do not judge others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven; give and it will be given onto you; a generous portion for with the measure that you use for others you will be measured as well. (a paraphrasing from the Gospel of Saint Luke 6:36-38)
And this is really a lesson on how to live a life well lived. Yet, mercy is not so common anymore even among those professing faith, and rare among the powerful that supposedly lead their countries. As far as judging others goes, well, they are a dime a dozen and it seems no one fears the fact that they will be judged. Reference condemning others, well, there are plenty out there, including the so-called “powers that be” that are quick to condemn those that they do not understand and that because they do not understand them, they fear them. And there is such a phenomenal lack of forgiveness in the world…
Governments turning into the rulers of the people, when people are meant to be free and control their governments. They are measuring their people wrongly but with that same measure they will be measured one day. And I ask where is the compassion?
And these instructions for a life well lived is not found only in the Holy Bible. The Baghavad Gita, a book of knowledge and blessings, says that for a life well lived one must: Know their duty and purpose in life; act without attachment; surrender to God; practice meditation and yoga; live in the present moment and be kind and compassionate.
Without kindness and compassion there is little chance that anyone’s life will be a meaningful experience. And without love, as Saint Paul had taught, nothing has any real value:
If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing.3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing. (Epistle to the Corinthians 1: 13)
Therefore, I truly do believe that the only thing one does need to do to live a life well lived one must start to practice charity, render to God what is God’s and show kindness and compassion to all, and keep all the other commandments.
C.2025, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 17 MAR 2025 – Valencia, España
