Voz

Post Week # 5: Voz
Ch.4 Octavio Paz Discussion 

(Post your fifth project Voz (photo & writing)
Post thoughts, observations on Octavio Paz.)

Don Octavio Paz writes an intense chapter 4 in the Labyrinth of Solitude. Chapter 4 entitled The Sons of La Malinche is a unique chapter that relates to our chosen word Voz in many ways. Voz seems to be symbolic not just of words but could be a representation of the woman or mother. The Chapter talks about the woman and how, "she is an image of both fecundity and death." He states that the the woman is the, "Goddess of of creation and the Goddess of destruction. He goes on to write about the word, "Chingada" he describes the word to be "The Mother, not a Mother of flesh and blood but a mythical figure and that, "Chingada," is one of the Mexican representations of Maternity. Chingada is a word he uses to describe, "the mother who has suffered metaphorically or actually." When creating my piece I decided to work on a found object. I decided to work on a rusted paint can lid that although old and warped seemed to be a figure of life like the woman or mother. The lid had given birth to rust on its surface displaying its hardships and was the protector like the mother to a family of small spiders. It was the perfect piece to work with because it represented what I had just read in chapter four. I painted an abstract representation of a nipple and breast with blood symbolic of flesh, blood, life and death. I really feel that this was one of my best pieces and I really enjoyed working with a found object as it gave my work new life. People reacted positively and felt the strength and tension in the work. I will continue to work with found object so that I may be able to give them new symbolic life. I really enjoy class and love hearing peoples opinions and what they think and what they assume Im trying to state with the work.