Title: Remendamos la Historia (We Mend the Story 2)
Medium: Original Art Mixed Media on Black Paper (Ink, Pencil, Threads)
Size: 30" x 22"
Year: 2019
This artwork reinforces the fact that we begin to be at peace with our imperfections and with the natural rhythm of our lives. Then we understand that there is an energy that moves us and we cease to be unconscious. We mended the story.
Ely Lugo
"Healing Maps" is the name of a series of artworks that I can describe as a work of connection between something I feel flowing through me. I am the vessel, the channel through which that idea is transmitted. The process of creating these pieces is a spontaneous ritual of balance. I work within a circle as a symbol of wholeness and infinity. Then, I seek to break the order within the circle without using conventional patterns or techniques. I simply flow with the shapes and/or textures as I feel and distance myself from the ego. I let the piece itself guide me. It is rather a work that reflects the natural movement between silence, coherence, and chaos.
Sometimes I use only neutral colors, other times bright colors, and I can add materials that inspire me and are available at the moment. But always following that inner impulse. Afterwards, like any other viewer, I step back from the piece to observe the result and create my own story.
(This is one of two pieces of art that I had the great opportunity to donate for the fundraiser that was used for the adoption and training of a Service Dog for a teenager with disabilities and raffled off in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 16, 2019. What is art if we don't serve through it?)