{"id":5061687,"date":"2023-04-18T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5061687"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:35:17","slug":"esperanza-gama-su-nina-interior-sanada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2023\/04\/18\/esperanza-gama-su-nina-interior-sanada\/","title":{"rendered":"Esperanza Gama: healing her inner child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brushes and papel amate (which she uses as a canvas) are what Mexican visual-artist, Esperanza Gama, uses to transport her dreams into reality. Gama was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco and to pay homage to her hometown, in the cover of her<br>book, <em>Ra\u00edces, fibras magicas<\/em> \u2013 the Catedral de Guadalajara is seen in the iris of the eye. Having grown up in Mexico, Gama remembers that she did not have much as a child, material-wise but a lot of love, from her father who raised her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/illatinonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cover-of-her-book--1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5061688\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her last series, <em>Ni\u00f1as de las jacarandas,<\/em> derives from her childhood imagination and a dream she had in Mexico City. Not only is it dedicated to the jacaranda flowers but it has two other major components, immigration and her inner child. These flowers were brought to Mexico City by an imperial Japanese gardener. \u201cI mixed the healing of the little girl, misunderstood and hurt that I could have been at the time because I was missing the other part of my life, my mother,&#8221; recalls Gama. &#8220;I did not<br>have a mother. Although I had a great father, you still always need that [other part]. And I think that was an important part of my inner child that was not completely healed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might be wondering, so what helped heal Gama\u2019s inner child? Well, she says art is therapeutic so that helped heal her. Coming from a very humble family of five, Gama remembers that her sister was always getting sick so all of the attention and dolls would go to her. In Gama\u2019s case, she only ever had one doll and oftentimes she would wonder, why would she not get sick in order to receive more of them. Years later, Gama still finds it incredible how much she really likes dolls and now through<br>her art and sculptures, she creates a lot of girls. \u201cI don\u2019t know if those are my dolls now,\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Esperanza Gama: healing her inner child\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdetpZxCW6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This story originally aired on News Beat, Columbia College Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually, motherhood came to the life of this artist, when her son Alan De la Torre was born. Now 24, De la Torre, remembers that when he was growing up, his mother would always take him to her art shows and he would be the only kid there. &#8220;Looking back on having to sit through as a kid, through a boring art show, you know?&#8221; he remembers. &#8220;Whereas now, I\u2019m recording my mom, super proud and happy to see what\u2019s going on and actually understanding it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Gama\u2019s book presentation at the National Museum of Mexican Art &#8211; the crowd gasped in awe when she shared that the last image of <em>Ra\u00edces, fibras magicas<\/em> was dedicated to her son. She painted him when he was a child, out of memory, of him sleeping and surrounding him with little drawings. As a surprise, she shared that those [animal] drawings were her son&#8217;s from when he was a child. Gama mentioned she asked him for permission to use them in her painting. \u201cIt made me feel very<br>special how she involved me and how throughout the years she has involved me in different projects making it a point for people to know who I am, and how much she cares about me,\u201d affirms De la Torre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/illatinonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alan-de-la-Torre--1024x915.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5061690\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan De La Torre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being the proud son that he is, De la Torre shares, \u201cshe dedicated so much time to me growing up and I was a terrible kid. Throughout all of that she did her best to guide me in the right direction. She always remained calm and collected and did her best for what she had. If it wasn\u2019t for her, I wouldn\u2019t be in the position I\u2019m in, in any regard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To everyone she is the artist, but to him, she is his mother. &#8220;I love her, I\u2019m the result of her hard work, for sure,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher&#8217;s Notes: The portion of Gama\u2019s quotes were translated from Spanish to English.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brushes and papel amate (which she uses as a canvas) are what Mexican visual-artist, Esperanza Gama, uses to transport her 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