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SiempreYo β The Reality of Cuba
Published: 2004-04-07 17:27:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2206; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 123
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This is actually a painting that I redid of an original that my father got from Cuba. I decided to redo it because I was inspired with the colors and depiction of the realism. If you want to know more, you know where to reach me!! Thanks to ~prototype-x for taking the pic.Related content
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i guess i'd like it more if you made up the entire thing. . . .but otherwise the fact that you could recreate it and add stuff is really talented of you at least.
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well, this was when i started painting. i try not to directly copy anymore, but i dunno, just like it so much more, makes it easy for me. lol and plus, a lot of the time that i come up with my own stuff it's horrible.
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its a very nice piece, & i dont understand that guy arguing with u.
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haha, i know. thank you very much. did u read the entire argument? it's bs.
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yeahh i did. i was torn between amusement and irritation.
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haha yea. it was an interesting arguement.
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wow, thats... surpricing, a great piece 
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thanks....... i think. why is that surprising?
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bueno talvez se me hace muy clara la realidad dispersa de la pintura, pequeΓ±os detalles como el daΓ±o en los edificios , el hecho de que estΓ‘n como amontonados, no lo se, todo aotrado en un muy buen estilo , muy expresivo yo creo
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I like your Painting of the Buildings, tha portray Cuban life. Yout use of color here is very cheering, but the ackward structure of the buildings, coupled with the, monocomatic blues in the back, brings out the dispair in your communication.
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I love the colofulness of it, I think it is great.
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it almost exactly like that one, but from someone in cuba. it's huge and we have it in our house.
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I love this painting... it is cute... but reality... I love reality paintings... hope to see more
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I like this - it's good to see some original art on DA for a change - nice, colourful and inspired. Give yourself a coconut!
(the comments seem to have gone a bit political on this page. I have to say I agree with the artist. Some of my friends have been to cuba and they said it was pretty horrible. A nice country, but a bit... well. I'll stop now)
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This is really cool! I don't think a building can actually stand like that though, but that is the cool thing about art, you can do WHATEVER you want! Sometimes art is mas mejor que la realidad. Nice job as always, --Erik
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hey i like this very much
sup with the title? just curious
paz-palin
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thanks so much. alright, well before i say anything, i have to say that my parents were born in cuba and so i've heard my share of stories about life there. so, when i redid this painting and was thinking of a name, i realized, wow - this looks a lot like what my parents described and what they said life was like there; garbage on the floor, toppling houses, and cracks in the buildings. also, the sign that's on the balcony reads: "permuto 1x1." because people in cuba cannot sell their houses on the open market because it's a communist nation, people must "swap" houses. that sign basically means "exchange: 1 for 1" they would put up those signs if they wanted to trade houses and someone would come and move. so, that's why i named it that. i didn't have time to write this all when i submitted the piece and never got around to editing the comments so i'm glad someone asked me. at least i was forced to respond. thanks!
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i dont know the situation your parents were put in or why they came here or even when nor is it my biz pero ive heard my share of horror stories of cuba and ive also heard that alot of those stories are lies i heard that the poor where basically in economic and social hell without any representation in govt. i know for a fact fidel is from a well off family and he shot people twice only one of which he served time for and that was very little because he was rich i dunno i have alot of tight consortes de cuba and we build on this alot thats y i ask peace
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ay-ay-ay.... whatever. let's just leave this because you have no idea what life in cuba is unless you've lived there. and you have to have lived there with lots of money to do well. i think that you are under the false apprehension that life in cuba is ok. no, it's not. in order for you to succeed in cuba, you better have a lot of money and be well off. u now that the average cuban works for only a few cents every week?!? apparently not. i'm not going to get into it all though because i have a feeling that this would just turn into an arguement. tight consortes, huh? heh - interesting. i won't say any more then. this is funny - a person who.... nevermind. forget it. i was going to start arguing, but screw it. it's not worth trying to convince people of something that they will never come to grips with.
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funny because u wanna argue yet you have never lived in cuba either also that you would get so emotional tells me alot about you i mean not only that your weak but you whine if cuba is soo bad go back and fix it or shut up do u duty to your country or shut the fuck up dont start an argument you wont win u donot have the brain power nor the strength to get into it with me also it was a question not a debate grow the fuck up novice
en cada familia hay un guerillero
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wow.... that just goes to prove that you have no brain. if someone who would curse at another person that they do not even know, then who knows what they would do to someone they do know. interesting. why would i want to go back to cuba when there is nothing that i can do about it? if i went there, i would be jailed and killed if i even tried to start a rebellion. but if i come here and make a piece that shows how i feel about it (recreation of a Cuban artist's piece nonetheless - as the comment says), then i would be informing others of life there.
novice? no, no, no. you're talking to the wrong person here. if you actually knew me you'd know that i was a very strong person and i never let up. but then again, i was in no mood to start an argument with someone whom i didn't even know. and i even said that i did not want to argue. i clearly stated that in my comment.
and by the way, i was not whining. to whining is to make a tone; or as dictionary.com tells us: to utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint. you could not hear me, therefore you could not have possibly known that i was whining. though i was not.
if you'd like to continue this, be my guest. but thank you for your comment and everyone has their own opinions.
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you are pathetic and a disgrace to la raza go away now kiddie time is over
"to whining" huh? dictionary.com this is intelectually redundant you are a monkey trained to talk
yeah u didnt want to argue hmmm
this must be why you took offense to an innocent question you are an idiot
you are a shame to the true cuban revolucionario spirit
that of marti and che
the outsider who saved cuba's poor population ( la mayoria) from the rich disgusting pigs (probably tu familia)who ran the country who could kill any farmer or any working class person and not so much as get a ticket
my consortes are artist from cuba
who live there now
and cubano's in new york not the HIGH-spanic creidos y vendidos that you are accustomed to im sure
but nonetheless cubanos and for someone not really from there you sure know a whole lot dont you
you are pathetic you have probably shortened your last name id be surprised if you even spoke spanish
but no te apures the people you asimilados want to be like will never accept you no matter how much you all strive to be like them
you will always be a spic or a degenerate spaniard you are seriously out of your league in this dialogo
be gone
Palin Perez
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what?! since when did this be a question of if i spoke spanish or if i was rich? not that it's your business, but as a matter of fact, my family was completely poor in cuba and went days sometimes without eating. they didn't have anything and when they did they would savor it. my family has struggled all of our lives and when they came from cuba they lived in newark, nj living on cents until they moved when they had me. so we are not the "rich disgusting pigs" that you talk about. "spic or degenerate spaniard"? i'm not even completely sure what those mean because i've never be called anything like that.
my last name is not shortened: it is still Alonso. i love being cuban and i embrace my heritage. my parents actually think that i speak too much about it. i think everyone should embrace their background/ethnicity and since i am cuban, i am damn proud of it.
y que mas? o si - hablo espanol... no es mi primer lengua, pero si hablo y obviamente no has visto mi galeria. escribi un poema en espanol que puse ahi.
and i know other cubans by the way. many who lived there, not only my parents. i've heard their stories as well, gotten background info (book/online reasearch) and have also listened to things my teachers say. i am not out of my league at all. i'm fine with continuing this, but seeing as how upset u've been getting and how you are cursing at me and judging me without knowing me, i'm not sure if it's a good idea.
if u want to leave it, ok. if you don't, ok. i don't think having tension on DA is a good idea though. i'm cuban and have my opinions. you're hispanic and have yours. thank you for your comments even though i may not agree with them. you have your right of speech and i respect you. have a good night.
-Raquel
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funny how the high and mighty cubans always refer to themselves as cubans and everyone else latino as hispano the euro-centricos and the HIGH-SPANICS always do that ie. noy soy latina soy cubana you know what im talking about
you know peolple like yourself
and as far as you and ya family living in newark on pennies thta shows me how you lie because you cant live in newark on pennies
i lived in newark for a year on grove street i even went to irvington HS before going back to brooklyn the hispanic part were all the latino's live i dont expect someone like you to understand by the way you was outta ya league when ya gave me that bullshit answer and im not cursing at you(intelligence of a simeon)i cursing while i type i understand if you cannot distinguish the two basically in lay terms you have brought your G.E.D. to a game of brain chess you donot understand its chinese math complex with many variations of your intellectual demise you are weak but its not your fault you were made to be that way you are a victim and i didnt say you are rich i said your family was probably rich in cuba ( bought there way onto a plane after the great revolucion) or umm maybe they were sent here by fidel in the 80's when he discarded the worst the island had to offer? whats fucking funny is you think im angry and that this occupies my day and i lose sleep or something but you are funny to read i think your cute
as far as spanish i could copy any number of prose in german spanish french etc. doesnt mean i speak those languages also youve read book yay do u beleive everything you read nena?(sacrificial lamb led to mental slaughter) you listen to your teachers huh lol
the people who couldnt make it in the real world most of whom are complete incompetents (takes alot to be a teacher u gotta get that liberal arts degree or you can even sub if you have an AA) are you kidding is that the best rebuttal u could muster baby maybe im looking for a life on the wrong planet here well if your perverbial panties are not bunched up too tight and you wanna keep chatting then go to dictionary.com and thesaurus.com you might wanna check if they have a book a yellow one intelligence for dummies this should help
paz -palin perez
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screw this. there's no point in talking to someone as rude, unpleasant, and negative as u.
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very expresive and i like very much the colours
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Me gusta como destaca el edificio sobre el fondo, que parece casi desenfocado. Y ese contraste con los colores frios... realza mucho el edificio. El estilo me recuerda a un dibujante espaΓ±ol que no recuerdo ahora su nombre...
Muy lindo tu dibujo
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wow really nice pic raquel!! i love the coloring!!!
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thanks!! i really like it too!
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i love this piece so much! very funny and perfect colouring!
Janet
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I like this, it's pretty good. You can do what I don't have the patience to...paint. Aside from that, it's good that you care about your heritage so much.
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thanks a lot! i really like it as well...
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haha... pense la misma cosa. quien importa? el puede decir lo que quiera.
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haha... pense la misma cosa. quien importa? el puede decir lo que quiera.
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hahaha! u make me laugh.
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