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The lemon tree is a resilient plant that bears fruit even when it is dying. In this project, the lemon tree is a symbol of the members and generations of my Cuban family, it is an inheritance of sentimental and moral values in it. | The lemon tree is a resilient plant that bears fruit even when it is dying. | ||
In this project, the lemon tree is a symbol of the members and generations of my Cuban family, it is an inheritance of sentimental and moral values in it. | |||
This piece is inspired by my grandfather, Justo Manuel González. The last words he wrote, when he was already losing his faculties, were an autobiography recounting the enormous work he did, mostly linked to the Cuban revolutionary process and its social and economic tasks. Justo, who was a “national vanguard” of the Cuban Revolution, worked with honesty, sacrifice, and faith, to create a good society for his family, his community, and his country. He died in 2021 in Cuba, after several months of being a victim of medical abandonment and negligence since his country became corrupted and neglectful of its people. | This piece is inspired by my grandfather, Justo Manuel González. The last words he wrote, when he was already losing his faculties, were an autobiography recounting the enormous work he did, mostly linked to the Cuban revolutionary process and its social and economic tasks. Justo, who was a “national vanguard” of the Cuban Revolution, worked with honesty, sacrifice, and faith, to create a good society for his family, his community, and his country. He died in 2021 in Cuba, after several months of being a victim of medical abandonment and negligence since his country became corrupted and neglectful of its people. | ||
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The death of the old lemon tree also speaks about the Cuban context in general, its history, and its current sociopolitical crisis that generates physical and sentimental ruptures of its most vulnerable families. It has affected especially the humble elderly people who were the working generations who created and supported the revolutionary Cuban process that became corrupted. Now, those persons are the most affected by the crisis, being abandoned by the social system to which they gave their faith and the effort of their lives. The piece is a tribute to them. | The death of the old lemon tree also speaks about the Cuban context in general, its history, and its current sociopolitical crisis that generates physical and sentimental ruptures of its most vulnerable families. It has affected especially the humble elderly people who were the working generations who created and supported the revolutionary Cuban process that became corrupted. Now, those persons are the most affected by the crisis, being abandoned by the social system to which they gave their faith and the effort of their lives. The piece is a tribute to them. | ||
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