PASSAGES: Thank you! / Gracias!

Quiero agradecerles por el apoyo, la buena energía y la dulce compañía.
El trayecto no hubiera sido tan enriquecedor sin ustedes.
Gracias Neil, Geraldine, Fazz, Zoe, Kahlo, Jo, Catherine, Regina, Manal, Riyadh,
Sam, Suzanne, Dawn, Caroline, Diana, Kara, Yasir, y todos los otros nombres que no puedo recordar,
por venir y estar ahí, al otro lado del teléfono roto que es el arte.
Gracias Carlitos por prestarme tu tiempo, tus brazos, tus oídos, tu corazón.
Gracias abuelitos por sembrar las primeras semillas y por ese cariño que llega y llena.
Fué importante tener sus nombres impresos viajando por las manos de mi presente.
Que los pasajes compartidos sigan siendo muchos.
-Ana.

©2011 Photo courtesy of Carlos A. Manrique C.


I want to thank everyone for the support, amazing energy and wonderful company.
This experience wouldn't have been as enriching without you.
Thank you Neil, Geraldine, Fazz, Zoe, Kahlo, Jo, Catherine, Regina, Manal, Riyadh,
Sam, Suzanne, Dawn, Caroline, Diana, Kara, Yasir,
and all those other important friends and colleagues that I can't remember,
for visiting and being there, at the other side of this broken phone that art is meant to be.
Thank you Carlos for lending me your time, your hands, your ears and your heart.
Thank you grandparents, for planting the firsts seeds
and for that love that is capable of coming close and filling in the gap of time and space that separate us.
It was important to have your printed names travelling along the hands of my present.
To all of you a big thank you.
May we share many other Passages together.
-Ana.