Come on!

I know you can do it!

Challenges and Stumbles in the Millennial Era.

The series "Come On!! I Know You Can Do It!" immerses us in highly compelling and perplexing landscapes. Through meticulous work that began with pencil and charcoal drawing, with flashes of acrylic on paper and canvas, a profound and detailed study of accidents is presented; however, by focusing on details and deformities, the boundaries between abstraction and reality become blurred. These representations, far from being mere highly stylized images, become allegories of millennial life: a life marked by constant pressure for excellence and an insatiable thirst for self-improvement.

Millennials, the generation that has grown up in a globalized, digitized, and constantly changing world, have been bombarded with the idea that they must be many things that perhaps they cannot achieve: they must be better, faster, more efficient. They have been instilled with the desire to exceed expectations, to be more powerful, more economically capable, and therefore, more powerful. However, as the series reflects, this excessive ambition can lead to self-destruction. It's a race against time, against oneself, where stumbling is inevitable.

Within the drawing series, repeated studies of the same scene can be observed, such as a car that seems to "slide" or "trip" over a whimsical but lethal banana peel. This image, despite its apparent simplicity, is extremely powerful.

"The banana peel, such a common and banal object, becomes a symbol of the absurdity of chance and destiny. It reminds us that, no matter how much we try to control every aspect of our lives, there are always unexpected elements that can make us stumble. (There is also a layer of interpretation in the series regarding Latinidad as an obstacle to emancipation and the realization of the American dream of progress and speed).

By focusing on specific details of accidents, we are invited to decipher the entirety of the scene, to reconstruct what happened. To imagine, like forensic experts, what led to what. This need for understanding the causes of events reflects our own search for meaning in a world that often feels chaotic and directionless. The abstraction of these images attracts us, seduces us with its aesthetic beauty, but at the same time challenges us to find meaning amid deformity and chaos.

In conclusion, "Come On!! I Know You Can Do It!" is a powerful reflection on the challenges and expectations of a generation desperately seeking to define its place in the world. Through technical mastery and full-color symbolism, the series invites us to contemplate the dangers of limitless ambition and the importance of recognizing and accepting our own vulnerabilities. It is a call to introspection, to understand that, sometimes, it is necessary to pause, observe, and perhaps, change direction."