Jaime Puertas Castillo

I remember vividly how my grandmother taught me to pray to the Guardian Angel. Over the years I have carried on praying even though I have become aware of wounds. Wounds and contradictions make up the fabric of this portrait of friendship between people once marginalised and oppressed. And this portrait, like any portrait, tries to situate itself in the place described by de Mario Satz, quoting the Sefer ha-Bahir, where the mysterious relationship between blessing and kneeling arises: genuflection of resistance. So, at best, this portrait will serve to intone prayer. The idea, through perseverance and hope, is for the prayer to be new and sincere. Into the void and with great love.