{"id":1910,"date":"2025-01-11T10:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T15:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2025-01-12T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:08:10","slug":"the-gaze-from-exile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/the-gaze-from-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gaze from Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday an imposter, Nicolas Maduro, installed himself as President and Dictator of Venezuela after receiving less than 15% of the popular vote in the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andru is a 28 year old Venezuelan refugee living in Costa Rica. She is not only a friend but &#8220;mi nieta en Costa Rica&#8221; and I am blessed that she calls me &#8220;abuelito&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"781\" data-attachment-id=\"1937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/the-gaze-from-exile\/fb_img_1736635087905\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"585,781\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FB_IMG_1736635087905\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1937\" style=\"width:137px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905.jpg 585w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905-500x668.jpg 500w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736635087905-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is a very gifted artist. She paints, sings, plays multiple instruments and yesterday, I found out that she is a poet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am attaching audio of her reading her poem in Spanish and, a photograph of the copy she wrote as well as her poem translated into English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Exile.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gaze from Exile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From exile, there is nothing left but the gaze,<br>a gaze that is like a bridge between yesterday and now,<br>full of nostalgia, and at the corner of the eye,<br>there, hidden as if trying not to make a fuss,<br>is that little ray of hope,<br>curled up behind the memories that hang,<br>like works of art in a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with every passing minute,<br>the memories fill up,<br>they drown in dust,<br>turn into mental voids,<br>get lost among whispers,<br>fade away like sea foam,<br>a sea, a sea of anecdotes<br>about a place that no longer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet in the depths of the eye,<br>deep down inside,<br>there is an echo that beats,<br>that resonates and persists!<br>An echo of what cannot be forgotten,<br>of the very essence of the gaze that doesn\u2019t change,<br>no matter how far it may be.<br>~ Andru Bec 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to see more of Andru&#8217;s work, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andru._artistry?igsh=aHpmZzAxY2lycng4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> to visit her Instagram page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday an imposter, Nicolas Maduro, installed himself as President and Dictator of Venezuela after receiving less than 15% of the popular vote in the general election. 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