At a rebel time in my life, I traveled constantly to Mexico City and just saw a bunch of people smoking pots as a very regular practice in their lives. At the beginning I was like... Ho-ho-ho-howwwwww is that I am sharing table with somebody SMOKING THAT "TH-ING"???! And yes, yes, yes, without 1000 thoughts spinning around my head I eventually realized that.. it wasn't so bad as tobacco, very famous within art circles and well.. at the end The Beatles tried, don't they? I started to wonder what it may feel ... who said it couldn't be quite romantic-creative- and - who cares?
So feeling very very curious AND ARTIST, I said to a friend of mine my wish to get me a pot, and without making claims about FRIENDSHIP, this friend said something like: OK! I will tried to get you the cleanest.
But, a very very close friend, Javier MackDosElementos Crew listened to us and he just grabbed my shoulder and with a mix of words said what later became a lesson in my existence:
"Andrea, what that pot will make you feel won't be comparable to what art makes you feel. Art is discipline, pure satisfaction, a natural inherent echo IN you. You do not need that".
And just quoting my friend Erasmo smoking one pot is up to general culture, maybe there is nothing wrong in the try, but.. who needs something far from your head if looking into my paintings just saw pure joy and after all, The Universe and You is one reliable demonstration that a heart beating, imagination and mind wide open are the best drugs one can posses to retrieve the masterpiece.
Andrea.
The Universe and You
Acrylic over paper
30 x 35 cm.
MX, 2013
