{"title":"NOTES TO SELF","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLessons life gave me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of these paintings comes from something I had to go through personally. Ideas in my head that I had to question, change, or let go of. Emotions I had to learn how to feel, accept, and understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are little pillars of my experience in this world. Things life taught me, sometimes gently and sometimes not. Concepts that, in a way, I painted because I needed to remember them myself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreedom. Love. Pleasure. Acceptance. Time. Grace. Learning how to exist inside my own life without constantly fighting against it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor me, art starts from the need to express something. A feeling, a thought, a moment of life that needs somewhere to go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are deeply personal to me, but at the same time, very human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes to myself, painted so I don't forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"enamora","title":"enamorá","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal — Acrylic on canvas with gold leaf - no frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove. Do not be afraid of loving someone. Fall in love hundreds of times, but never lose yourself in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlways stay grounded in your truth, your values, your own garden of life. 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