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Pas d'avenir

Jahdiel Guillen

Updated: Oct 25, 2020

@yeiyies.art


Passengers, the journey to becoming a plastic artist is just about to take off; don't forget to hold on to where you can because we do not have any seatbelts. A long and diluted journey awaits us. Enjoy your trip, and thanks for flying with the "Pas d'avenir" airline.


Studying art is for the brave ones, and the one who jumps out of the plane is no less than the one who grabs where he can…

We are brave because we choose to be ourselves. We have fears, we have hunger, we have thirst, and yet bitterness turns sweet when we turn around and see that we are not alone.

We are full of illusions, we are creative, we are sensitive, we are amateurs, we have passions, and we are full of colors. We reek of paint and turpentine, we wallow in tears of joy and sadness, and we get dirty of our own fears that we later learn to clean off of each other.

We must be honest with ourselves; we know that studying art is difficult. Every day, every night, we find ourselves bombarding each other with questions about what is to come. We travel together on this dead-end plane, and we learn from ourselves.

Being afraid is as valid and real as having illusions. We are art students; we learn to work with fear. But within the existence of misfortune, something always appears that motivates you to continue. My friends motivate me; I love those passengers who are sitting next to me on that plane because they are my family.

Studying art is being brave, studying art is crying and constantly being in a fight with yourself, studying art can be a pain, studying art is falling in love, and hating yourself at the same time.

I am the one who gets on the plane without knowing where it is going. I am the one who carries a parachute in case I decide to jump. I am the one who does not board the plane because of fear of heights. Morality does not fit in our decisions, we just let ourselves be carried away by our soul. My passion drowns me but I have friends and teachers who teach me to swim. Studying art is like going on the plane that is said to possibly crash before the end, “where are you?”

In that plane thousands of people that share my same dream travel with me, and I will never regret choosing this path.

The plane that I am in is still flying and my peers next to me are waking up. The flight attendants serve them water while I look out the window at the clouds and nothing but the clouds. It's funny that down there on earth, people always told me that my mind was always in the clouds, now that I'm next to them, “where is my mind?”.


Versión en español

Pas d'avenir

@yeiyies.art


Señores pasajeros, el viaje con destino a ser artista plástico está por despegar, recuerden sujetarse de donde puedan ya que no contamos con cinturones de seguridad. Nos espera una marcha larga y lluviosa. Disfruten su viaje, muchas gracias por volar con la aerolínea "Pas d'avenir".


Estudiar arte es para valientes y no es menos aquél que salta del avión que quien se agarra de donde pueda…

Somos valientes porque somos nosotros mismos, tenemos miedos, tenemos hambre, tenemos sed y aún así la amargura se vuelve dulce cuando volteamos y vemos que no estamos solos.

Estamos llenos de ilusiones, somos creativos, somos sensibles, somos novatos, somos apasionados, somos de colores, apestamos a pintura y aguarrás, nos revolcamos en lágrimas de alegría y de tristeza, y nos ensuciamos de miedos que aprendimos a limpiar entre nosotros.

Debemos ser honestos con nosotros mismos; sabemos que es difícil estudiar arte. Todos los días, todas las noches, nos encontramos azotándonos con preguntas sobre el devenir. Viajamos juntos en este avión sin futuro y aprendemos de nosotros mismos.

Tener miedo cabe tanto como tener ilusiones, somos estudiantes de arte, aprendemos a trabajar con el miedo. Pero dentro de la existencia del infortunio siempre aparece algo que te motiva a seguir adelante; a mi me motivan mis amigos. Amo a esos pasajeros que están sentados junto a mí en ese avión porque son mi familial.

Estudiar arte es ser valiente, estudiar arte es llorar y pelear contigo mismo, estudiar arte es una joda, estudiar arte es enamorarte y odiarte a ti mismo.

Yo soy aquel que se sube al avión sin saber a dónde va, soy aquel que lleva un paracaídas por si decide saltar, soy aquel que no aborda por miedo a las alturas La moral no cabe en nuestras decisiones; sólo nos dejamos llevar por el alma. Mi pasión me ahoga pero amigos y maestros me enseñan a nadar. Estudiar arte es como ir en ese avión que posiblemete choque antes de aterrizar, ¿Dónde estás tú?

En ese avión viajan conmigo mil y un personas con quien comparto un mismo sueño; nunca me arrepentiré de decidir seguir este camino.

El avión en el que voy sigue en vuelo y los compañeros a mi lado están despertando; las aeromozas les sirven agua mientras yo miro por la ventana a las nubes y nada más que las nubes. Es gracioso que allá abajo en la tierra, siempre me dijeron que mi mente siempre estaba en las nubes y ahora que estoy junto a ellas, ¿En dónde está mi mente?


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