Retablo de una madre

Watercolor and colored pencil on card stock

Al convertirme en madre sentí que mi identidad no desaparecía, pero sí se transformaba. Seguía siendo yo, con mis propios miedos, deseos y recuerdos, y al mismo tiempo me había convertido en refugio para otra persona.

Elegí la forma del retablo ayacuchano porque es un objeto creado para contener y narrar historias. En esta obra, el cuerpo de la mujer se transforma en ese espacio protector y el niño habita en su interior, como si encontrara allí su primer hogar.

Refugio representa para mí esa dualidad de la maternidad: seguir siendo una misma y, a la vez, convertirse en abrigo, sostén y hogar para otro ser.

English translationWhen I became a mother I felt that my identity did not disappear, but it did change. I was still myself, with my own fears, wishes and memories, and at the same time I had become a refuge for someone else.

I chose the shape of the retablo from Ayacucho because it is an object made to hold and tell stories. In this painting, the woman's body becomes that protective space, and the child lives inside it, as if finding there his first home.

For me, Refuge stands for that duality of motherhood: still being yourself and, at the same time, becoming shelter, support and home for another being.