Wonke umuntu ungibiza ngoSebastián, ngaphandle kwezingane zami, ezingibiza ngoBaba. Umuntu osanda kukhuluma lawa mazwi yindoda ende, eqinile futhi enezinwele ezisontekile nebala elimnyama.
Ebukeka njengomfana yize enezimpunga, wazalwa eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nanye edlule eCiudad Camargo, eChihuahua, futhi wabhapathizwa njengo-Enrique Carvajal. ICiudad Camargo, eyi-150 km eningizimu-mpumalanga yenhlokodolobha yaseChihuahua, yasungulwa cishe ngo-1790, emazweni asenkangala, ewela uMfula iConchos neBolson de Mapimí.
“Ngivela enyakatho kanti enyakatho izungezwe ugwadule, kepha ugwadule ngayo yonke imiqondo. Ngichithe ubuntwana nobusha bami phakathi kwemipopula nezihlahla zemidanso, kulezo zikhala ezinhle. Ukuphuza okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esibhakabhakeni, ukukhanya kwaso nokukhanya kwesihlabathi saso ”.
“Idolobha lami bekuyidolobha elinabantu abaningi, elinamaphutha amakhulu ngazo zonke izinhlobo futhi ngihlale lapho ngaze ngaqeda amabanga aphezulu. Ukwazi ukuthi umdwebi uSiqueiros wayengumuntu wakithi kwangenza ngafuna ukumlingisa nokuhambela eMexico ngenhloso yokuqhubeka nezifundo zami. Umama wayenethonya elinqumayo eminyakeni yami yokuqala ngokusekelwa nezeluleko zakhe. Ungifundise ukudweba izimbali wangifaka nesifiso sokwenza izinto kahle ”.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, enemicabango eminingi kanye nediploma yakhe ngaphansi kwengalo yakhe njenganoma iyiphi inhlokodolobha, waya eMexico City. Yenzelwe ukufana neSiqueiros; Uya e-Academia de San Carlos futhi abhalise emakilasini okudweba, kepha ngokushesha uyaqaphela ukuthi intshisekelo yakhe yangempela iyisithombe.
"Bengihlala eSan Carlos, bekuyikhaya lami ngenxa yokuxakaniseka konogada abangivumele ukuba ngilale, ngoba bengingenayo imali eyanele yokukhokhela igumbi endlini yezivakashi." Ukuze akhokhele izifundo zakhe futhi ahlangabezane nezidingo zakhe, wasebenza lapho ayekwazi khona, egeza izitsha futhi edlala igüiro emalolini abagibeli.
Kusukela ekulaleni okuncane nokungadli kahle wehlile emzimbeni, kwathi ngolunye usuku walala ekilasini, elele ebhentshini. Uthisha, ekubonile, wathi kwabanye abafundi: "bafana, dwebani iSan Sebastián." Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi imbongi uCarlos Pellicer yamtshela esidlweni ukuthi wayebukeka njengeBotticelli San Sebastián. Kamuva umgxeki wezobuciko waseYurophu waveza ukuthi kubukeka njengomdwebo kaSanta Sebastian.
“Ngangijabule futhi ngaqala ukucabanga ukuthi ngingayithatha njengombumbulu. Kuzwakala kukuhle, liphinyiselwa ngokufana ezilimini ezahlukahlukene futhi wonke umuntu uyalikhumbula, futhi ngibonisile ukuthi lingasebenza ngokuhweba.
Ngobusuku u-Enrique Carvajal waba nguSebastián, futhi igama elisha lalifana nentelezi yenhlanhla, njengoba inhlanhla yaqala ukumoyizela futhi ngemuva nje kokuthola umklomelo wokuqala emncintiswaneni waminyaka yonke weNational School of Arts Amapulasitiki
“USebastián igama lami, abangani bami bangibiza ngoSebastián. Ngisayina uSebastián ekhadini lesikweletu naku-akhawunti yokuhlola… ”(Ngikhohliwe ukumbuza ukuthi uyalisebenzisa yini negama lelo kwipasipoti yakhe).
Kusukela esemncane, uSebastián ubelokhu ethanda ukufunda futhi ilukuluku lakhe laneliseka emtatsheni wezincwadi waseSan Carlos. Ngokungakhathali, ufunda izincwadi zemibono, imibhalo yokwakha, ababhali abanjengoLeonardo noVitruvius, futhi ujwayelana nomsebenzi wabadwebi nababazi bemifanekiso ehloniphekile be-Renaissance. Amathonya aseduze njengalawo kaPicasso, uCalder noMoore azomkhuthaza ngomsebenzi wakhe wakamuva.
“Ngihlale ngizilolonga, ngifuna ithuba elisha lokukhuluma. Ngifuna ukushintshaniswa kwemibono, ngisebenza ngamaqembu, ngakha amaqembu, ngesifiso sokuhambisa umbukeli ngemibono emisha. futhi umsebenzi wami uhlala uphawuleka ngokuqina kwesayensi, ngokufunda ngokujulile kweJiyomethri ”.
Ekhuluma ngezakhiwo zakhe eziguquguqukayo, uyachaza: “Engxenyeni yokuqala yomkhiqizo wami wokubaza, ngakha lezi zinto eziguqukayo njengohlobo lwe-cocktail yemikhakha emibili yesayensi eyenziwa ngaphakathi kwejometri, exutshwe nengqondo yami kanye nomuzwa wami wezinkondlo wokwakha isithombe lokho kulawuleka, ithoyizi elicasula umbukeli ukuthi aliguqule futhi lelo elenza ukuthi kufundiswe ukuguqulwa kombala nokuma. Indima edlalwa ngumbukeli ukubamba iqhaza kwabo, lapho ubuciko nomdlalo wefomu nombala ziyahlangana, kuqala kusuka kushutha kuya kwivolumu bese kubuyela emuva kushutha ”.
Ukukhuluma ngemibukiso yomuntu ngamunye neyeqembu lapho uSebastián ehlanganyele khona bekungapheli; Kwanele ukusho ukuthi badlula amakhulu amathathu. Uhlu lwemiklomelo yakhe nalo lude kakhulu. Imisebenzi yakhe ikhonjiswa emaqoqweni angasese naseminyuziyamu eMexico, e-United States, eNingizimu Melika, eYurophu, kwa-Israyeli naseJapan.
Intshisekelo yakhe ekwakhiweni kwamadolobha imholele ekutheni aphakamise izixazululo ezindaweni ezivulekile, njengeCosmic Man esikhumulweni sezindiza eMexico City, eTláloc e-UNAM, eRed Lion ePaseo de la Reforma, eLa Puerta de Chihuahua naseLa UPuerta de Monterrey, nabanye abaningi ezweni nakwamanye amazwe. Omunye wemisebenzi yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu mhlawumbe iCaballo's Head, isakhiwo esinezinsimbi eziphakeme ngamamitha angama-28 esenziwe ngopende ophuzi, esisePaseo de la Reforma nase-Avenida Juárez, futhi esathatha indawo yesithombe esidala sikaCarlos IV de Tolsá edume ngokubizwa nge- "El Caballito".
“Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi kwenzekani ngomsebenzi wami, kwaqubuka impikiswano ngawo futhi waphikisana nawo. Namanje abantu abaningi baseMexico abayithandi. "
