[Applause] so my girl
so my girl
so my girl she mastered the art of telling stories
she mastered the art of telling stories
she mastered the art of telling stories when he was just a little kid in the
when he was just a little kid in the
when he was just a little kid in the times that there was not TV or radio to
times that there was not TV or radio to
times that there was not TV or radio to people entertainment he also told me
people entertainment he also told me
people entertainment he also told me that we’re all made out of stars we’ll
that we’re all made out of stars we’ll
that we’re all made out of stars we’ll share this place that’s called mother
share this place that’s called mother
share this place that’s called mother earth but like Latin American agent
earth but like Latin American agent
earth but like Latin American agent we’ll call it
we’ll call it
we’ll call it Pachamama we’re often reminded that were
Pachamama we’re often reminded that were
Pachamama we’re often reminded that were really different we have different
really different we have different
really different we have different language we have it from flags but think
language we have it from flags but think
language we have it from flags but think for a second that you have to be diverse
for a second that you have to be diverse
for a second that you have to be diverse of language and if you share your
of language and if you share your
of language and if you share your personal story and everybody can
personal story and everybody can
personal story and everybody can understand it you will find that you
understand it you will find that you
understand it you will find that you have so many common things with people
have so many common things with people
have so many common things with people from the other side people like me who
from the other side people like me who
from the other side people like me who come from Caracas Venezuela and when you
come from Caracas Venezuela and when you
come from Caracas Venezuela and when you hear this you might think home for you
hear this you might think home for you
hear this you might think home for you is like 3,000 miles away from here but
is like 3,000 miles away from here but
is like 3,000 miles away from here but let me tell you that I also find home
let me tell you that I also find home
let me tell you that I also find home here in Moscow
this is Caracas Venezuela and as you can
this is Caracas Venezuela and as you can see see / social economical conference
see see / social economical conference
see see / social economical conference between the ones who have and the ones
between the ones who have and the ones
between the ones who have and the ones who have not it’s also performed by
who have not it’s also performed by
who have not it’s also performed by three million people which means three
three million people which means three
three million people which means three million different personal stories or
million different personal stories or
million different personal stories or personal narrative narratives have been
personal narrative narratives have been
personal narrative narratives have been used by humankind in order to define
used by humankind in order to define
used by humankind in order to define mortality they provide with strains to
mortality they provide with strains to
mortality they provide with strains to specific events and characters so they
specific events and characters so they
specific events and characters so they can be they can travel through time
can be they can travel through time
can be they can travel through time many times these moments become
many times these moments become
many times these moments become Circle so they can move also the
Circle so they can move also the
Circle so they can move also the cultural identity of certain communities
cultural identity of certain communities
cultural identity of certain communities narratives they can come in the form of
narratives they can come in the form of
narratives they can come in the form of illustration they can be told they can
illustration they can be told they can
illustration they can be told they can be written or volatile it doesn’t matter
be written or volatile it doesn’t matter
be written or volatile it doesn’t matter how this narrative have been crafted but
how this narrative have been crafted but
how this narrative have been crafted but what matter is like all of them they
what matter is like all of them they
what matter is like all of them they carry a message of knowledge and they’re
carry a message of knowledge and they’re
carry a message of knowledge and they’re passed to us by the use of metaphors and
passed to us by the use of metaphors and
passed to us by the use of metaphors and I adore it so we can remember them later
I adore it so we can remember them later
I adore it so we can remember them later on and these by remembering memories
on and these by remembering memories
on and these by remembering memories that we can start to study our own
that we can start to study our own
that we can start to study our own personal stories and is it the
personal stories and is it the
personal stories and is it the interpretation of different stimuli that
interpretation of different stimuli that
interpretation of different stimuli that we get from the outside world that we
we get from the outside world that we
we get from the outside world that we can start doing this the stimuli can
can start doing this the stimuli can
can start doing this the stimuli can come in the form of an image and come in
come in the form of an image and come in
come in the form of an image and come in a smell or in the case of this image
a smell or in the case of this image
a smell or in the case of this image right here it can come in the form of a
right here it can come in the form of a
right here it can come in the form of a bowl of soup my personal case right here
bowl of soup my personal case right here
bowl of soup my personal case right here this bowl of soup has a name and it’s
this bowl of soup has a name and it’s
this bowl of soup has a name and it’s the piece container now please can
the piece container now please can
the piece container now please can dinner that was crafted by a very
dinner that was crafted by a very
dinner that was crafted by a very special one that I also called
we have the power to take it to that
we have the power to take it to that special place that it was was a child
special place that it was was a child
special place that it was was a child again I can’t remember the faces of my
again I can’t remember the faces of my
again I can’t remember the faces of my family members my friends in other words
family members my friends in other words
family members my friends in other words I just remember chatter so now let me
I just remember chatter so now let me
I just remember chatter so now let me tell you a secret I’m going to share
tell you a secret I’m going to share
tell you a secret I’m going to share with you so see that have been done by
with you so see that have been done by
with you so see that have been done by several years what if I told you that I
several years what if I told you that I
several years what if I told you that I can offer you the opportunity to speak
can offer you the opportunity to speak
can offer you the opportunity to speak an universal language
an universal language
an universal language what if I told you that I’m gonna tell
what if I told you that I’m gonna tell
what if I told you that I’m gonna tell you how to turn wood into a storytelling
you how to turn wood into a storytelling
you how to turn wood into a storytelling among wood woodcut pre-major and I know
among wood woodcut pre-major and I know
among wood woodcut pre-major and I know what you’re thinking because then I’m
what you’re thinking because then I’m
what you’re thinking because then I’m making friends I don’t work in Kings
making friends I don’t work in Kings
making friends I don’t work in Kings actually it turned wood into peaceful
actually it turned wood into peaceful
actually it turned wood into peaceful narratives I’m gonna tell you if I said
narratives I’m gonna tell you if I said
narratives I’m gonna tell you if I said how to do that first to pick one memory
how to do that first to pick one memory
how to do that first to pick one memory right and that comes from the specific
right and that comes from the specific
right and that comes from the specific stimuli you translate that memory into a
stimuli you translate that memory into a
stimuli you translate that memory into a drawing you can use different icons when
drawing you can use different icons when
drawing you can use different icons when you can use many representational images
you can use many representational images
you can use many representational images once you throw that on the wooden
once you throw that on the wooden
once you throw that on the wooden surface you proceed to carve away the
surface you proceed to carve away the
surface you proceed to carve away the negative space or in this case the white
negative space or in this case the white
negative space or in this case the white spots so you will keep your light work
spots so you will keep your light work
spots so you will keep your light work on the surface these relief is going to
on the surface these relief is going to
on the surface these relief is going to be easy then you can place a piece of
be easy then you can place a piece of
be easy then you can place a piece of paper on the surface apply a little bit
paper on the surface apply a little bit
paper on the surface apply a little bit of pressure
of pressure
of pressure voila you get one of many many prints
voila you get one of many many prints
voila you get one of many many prints that you can get for that specific
that you can get for that specific
that you can get for that specific matrix and this is the way that I
matrix and this is the way that I
matrix and this is the way that I personally will start to interpret the
personally will start to interpret the
personally will start to interpret the outside world many times the
outside world many times the
outside world many times the illustrations can be a little bit
illustrations can be a little bit
illustrations can be a little bit magical sometimes they represent
magical sometimes they represent
magical sometimes they represent social-economic
social-economic
social-economic situations or many times they’re just an
situations or many times they’re just an
situations or many times they’re just an interpretation or a celebration of a
interpretation or a celebration of a
interpretation or a celebration of a nostalgic moment my story like any other
nostalgic moment my story like any other
nostalgic moment my story like any other story have different characters they can
story have different characters they can
story have different characters they can be persons or they can be special
be persons or they can be special
be persons or they can be special individual than my my friends french
individual than my my friends french
individual than my my friends french bulldog which name is jenny jesus type
bulldog which name is jenny jesus type
bulldog which name is jenny jesus type of my friend James my body has a little
of my friend James my body has a little
of my friend James my body has a little Buddha who has the power to kill he
Buddha who has the power to kill he
Buddha who has the power to kill he comes to you and he offered you
comes to you and he offered you
comes to you and he offered you unconditional love anytime that you need
unconditional love anytime that you need
unconditional love anytime that you need but many times like I don’t really get
but many times like I don’t really get
but many times like I don’t really get to get get to know these characters that
to get get to know these characters that
to get get to know these characters that deep sometimes they disappeared and they
deep sometimes they disappeared and they
deep sometimes they disappeared and they just remind you about the importance of
just remind you about the importance of
just remind you about the importance of this intangible name that make us human
this intangible name that make us human
this intangible name that make us human like that moment when made around the
like that moment when made around the
like that moment when made around the lyric crowd were in the presence of this
lyric crowd were in the presence of this
lyric crowd were in the presence of this beautiful thing between a mother and her
beautiful thing between a mother and her
beautiful thing between a mother and her child what she must performance in a gas
child what she must performance in a gas
child what she must performance in a gas festival in a little bar downtown but
festival in a little bar downtown but
festival in a little bar downtown but let me tell you the matrons
let me tell you the matrons
let me tell you the matrons these characters don’t really show
these characters don’t really show
these characters don’t really show everything to the external world what
everything to the external world what
everything to the external world what about the inner world what if you can
about the inner world what if you can
about the inner world what if you can see inside their personal stories and
see inside their personal stories and
see inside their personal stories and make an accessible for everybody this is
make an accessible for everybody this is
make an accessible for everybody this is where the art has the power to actually
where the art has the power to actually
where the art has the power to actually create illustrations for many people and
create illustrations for many people and
create illustrations for many people and get more accessible stories from
get more accessible stories from
get more accessible stories from individuals stories from people that
individuals stories from people that
individuals stories from people that have been shocked by the conservative
have been shocked by the conservative
have been shocked by the conservative practices of certain values in their
practices of certain values in their
practices of certain values in their home that doesn’t allow him to really
home that doesn’t allow him to really
home that doesn’t allow him to really express his sexual identity as you can
express his sexual identity as you can
express his sexual identity as you can see many times these all these icons
see many times these all these icons
see many times these all these icons come
come
come to my head and their Express and they
to my head and their Express and they
to my head and their Express and they become way more dynamic more complex
become way more dynamic more complex
become way more dynamic more complex into the foreman of the paper
into the foreman of the paper
into the foreman of the paper somehow they become overwhelming and
somehow they become overwhelming and
somehow they become overwhelming and they want to just get free from that
they want to just get free from that
they want to just get free from that format traditional format of the paper
format traditional format of the paper
format traditional format of the paper they’re asking me many times to become
they’re asking me many times to become
they’re asking me many times to become even three-dimensional but in the case
even three-dimensional but in the case
even three-dimensional but in the case of my little friend right here because
of my little friend right here because
of my little friend right here because these characters want to become also
these characters want to become also
these characters want to become also part of this reality main determinant
part of this reality main determinant
part of this reality main determinant but also look is just only the
but also look is just only the
but also look is just only the three-dimensional they can also become
three-dimensional they can also become
three-dimensional they can also become larger in scale and that’s when the
larger in scale and that’s when the
larger in scale and that’s when the practice of the contemporary prevention
practice of the contemporary prevention
practice of the contemporary prevention comes into play even as to even asking
comes into play even as to even asking
comes into play even as to even asking you to repurpose man center machinery
you to repurpose man center machinery
you to repurpose man center machinery that you use for building this like we
that you use for building this like we
that you use for building this like we did in the first battle Steve Rother
did in the first battle Steve Rother
did in the first battle Steve Rother project in the past October when we use
project in the past October when we use
project in the past October when we use an asphalt water in order to create and
an asphalt water in order to create and
an asphalt water in order to create and this in this moment when people faculty
this in this moment when people faculty
this in this moment when people faculty from Washington’s University and even
from Washington’s University and even
from Washington’s University and even the president of the University of Iowa
the president of the University of Iowa
the president of the University of Iowa came together sharing one sharing the
came together sharing one sharing the
came together sharing one sharing the passion for creating visual narratives
passion for creating visual narratives
passion for creating visual narratives and this is that moment when you get
and this is that moment when you get
and this is that moment when you get together people sharing this one load
together people sharing this one load
together people sharing this one load that I also find a comfort that I called
that I also find a comfort that I called
that I also find a comfort that I called home and this is when I also believe
home and this is when I also believe
home and this is when I also believe that brick making has the power to
that brick making has the power to
that brick making has the power to provide a visual aid to reinforce and
provide a visual aid to reinforce and
provide a visual aid to reinforce and empower the voices of those who use
empower the voices of those who use
empower the voices of those who use returning as a way to preserve the
returning as a way to preserve the
returning as a way to preserve the cultural heritage but also to reach more
cultural heritage but also to reach more
cultural heritage but also to reach more people beyond the borders of the
people beyond the borders of the
people beyond the borders of the limitations of the written language
limitations of the written language
limitations of the written language thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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