DITORIAL
Interchanges. Mexico-Colombia
Those who have seen and know Living Art Room closely will know of my philosophy:“ what I do not know, I learn”. That of course has resulted in many mistakes, but I think there have been more correct answers.
From March 2009 when the LARmagazine experiment began we had never interrupted its publishing, until last trimester. I don’ t know if the Mayans were right, but personally, 2012 was a year full of transcendental changes; there were so many of them that it was more vital than necessary to stop for a second and review everything so we could grow and reach higher. A token of that is our new editorial designer, the fully talented Judith Memun.
In less than 2 weeks my daughter was born and I changed cities, left the capital city without many goodbyes and I’ m now in Monterrey, a place where many giant things are about to happen in terms of art and culture; nothing gets me more excited than to save a place in first row to witness every step of that transformation. It is known – and I am sure that I’ m not the only one who thinks it – that Mexico and Colombia, my homeland, are alike. Let’ s say that I first was aware of how Colombia resembled Mexico, maybe because of the legacies left by the golden era of cinema, or for the liking of mariachis in Colombia. To me it was always more a relationship from Mexico to Colombia, until I got to Monterrey, where you can see cars with bumper stickers that read:“ I love Barranquilla”, you can hear vallenatos and cumbias in the streets and many music groups such as Rayito Colombiano, or the well-known Celso Piña and his Ronda Bogotá.
There are many other lines crossing besides music between Monterrey and Colombia. Being so far
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