Artist: Jonathan Jimenez
Location: San Francisco
Medium: Poetry

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Not selling, but if possible I am accepting donations if folks enjoyed my work.

Venmo: @pupusazaddy
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"Sol y tierra" and "Luna y mar" are different sides of the same cloth. As a Gemini I believe these works help exhibit my duality when it comes to my relationship with myself and how I am positioned in the world. I wanted to be able confront aspects of myself tat I have been taught to be uncomfortable with or ashamed and decided to write odes/acknowledgments to my brownness and femininity. Since we live in a racialized and gendered world dictated by capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and other systems of power, these aspects of myself left me at a perceived disadvantage. My brown skin and feminine demeanor shaped my perception of the world due to the real life implications of race and gender which were exacerbated by my class background growing up. For most of my life these were qualities of myself that I somehow had to make up for. Now I am putting them at the forefront. The Sun, Land, Moon, and Sea oversaw and cared for my people for generations in El Salvador and even now in the various places we now call home. My being and the being of those who have been "othered" is a legacy of that. 

“Never Knew Love Like This” is a piece that came out of feelings of tenderness and as an act of love and gratitude for the chosen family I have managed to build for myself. It's a reminder to cherish and celebrate QTIBIPOC while we are still here and to make room for joy and pleasure as revolutionary acts. This important not just around Pride but year-round. We exist as both revolutionary and celebratory beings and more than worthy of love and respect.