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Create to strengthen ties with dad

By A. Osuna

The Nahualli Creative Marathon drawing contest, held at the end of April this year, became the starting point for many amateur artists, as well as a new showcase for emerging and professional artists. With great talents and outstanding works, the winners and honorable mentions were also chosen for giving us an insight into the depths of their art and for their dedication to creating fifteen works throughout the Creative Marathon.

In the “Amateurs” category, we highlight the participant Jorge Iván Saldaña with an Honorable Mention. Through his drawings created for the Marathon, Jorge Iván manifested a constant duality between reality and fantasy, order and chaos, the earthly and the celestial. But he, as a dad, was also able to turn a drawing contest into the perfect opportunity to spend more time with his children.

“It was a surprise to find out about the Marathon; I showed it to my children and the three of us decided to participate together. I have ten-year-old twins, and they liked the idea so much that mainly they motivated me to participate. We started doing this exercise, of which what caught my attention the most, was that we should not talk about the pandemic … ”

In his work, Jorge Iván creates dichotomies that refer to the struggle that man faces during the transformation process.

Before the Marathon, Jorge Iván and his children adopted the habit of drawing an hour daily. “It is a marathon, so we had to prepare ourselves; seven days before, we would put jazz music on the computer and from 7 to 8 we would draw the three of us. Then on Monday the marathon started and we were already warm for the activity ”, says the dad of the twins..

Through the ideas that his work transmits; Jorge Iván suggests a reflection on the existential uncertainty of the human being in the world that he himself has created and that perceives it through conscience, which intends to interpret it according to his experiences, these being a component of his grasp of the reality.

“The main thing is that [the habit of drawing] stayed as something for us, it became something very established at home. We are grateful from the heart, it was a very pleasant experience not only of fifteen days -in addition to the seven days of preparation-, the tradition has already stayed at home: the hour of drawing. For me, it is a prize and a gift to share this with my children and with you …

Fatherhood is many things, it manifests itself in different ways and contains in itself a wide range of shades of colors. For Jorge Iván, the most intimate fatherhood managed to manifest itself through art, as a pretext to strengthen ties with his children. Now, drawing with his children every day has become the best way to create new memories and traditions, which, hopefully, will remain for many years to come.