Castillo, María José

For my thesis project, I use the word/object as a canvas to imprint my analysis of the cultural rifts generated when we position ourselves in an unrelated cultural context, using handwriting to address a more personal take on the way we communicate via the written word. The text presented is an original poem written in both Spanish and English that will reflect on my personal experience as a Colombian now living in the United States. The thread that joins a word and its meaning is susceptible to alterations when subjected to translation into a different language. I posit the notion that even when we do not understand each other's language, we all have a story to tell and have more things in common than we realize.