By: Rolando Gonzalez Patricio<\/strong>
\nPhotos: Alfredo Sarabia (Essay on the parable of the sower, 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n
According to Jos\u00e9 Lezama Lima, Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed (1853-1895) is a mystery that accompanies us. More than a century after the death of the poet, in a war that he organized to give Cuba its complete independence and humanity \u201cworld equilibrium\u201d and \u201cman\u2019s greatest good,\u201d the presence of Mart\u00ed\u2014or better said, the certainty of his accompaniment\u2014seems to be growing.<\/p>\n
For Cubans, Mart\u00ed is a cultural reference in any circumstance. However, it may be that simply appealing to his image and his words is no longer enough for recurring to the essence of his ideas in facing everyday realities. That seems to be the suggestion of a young artist whose photos remind us of Mart\u00ed\u2019s Versos Sencillos (Simple Verses, 1891): I come from all places, \/ and to all places I go: \/ I am art among the arts, \/ and mountain among mountains.<\/p>\n
Sarabia became a participating observer, from one end of Cuba to the other, alert to the object of his series, and he goes farther by achieving refined moments of intentionality. He highlights how each person possesses or makes his or her own Mart\u00ed. He has no reservations about providing moments of poetry. These are the ones that most intensely mark the universality of Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed\u2019s ideas and everything that cannot fit into a bust. The images that Sarabia captures aim both at the accompaniment and the mystery, and seem to add that Mart\u00ed is the memory of hope.<\/p>\n
By: Rolando Gonzalez Patricio<\/strong>
\nPhotos: Alfredo Sarabia (Essay on the parable of the sower, 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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