Island in Shadows

Hello friends and community, I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. For a moment, I thought I wouldn’t have the chance to participate in this round, but I’m very happy to always find the space to share a photo from my gallery and write about it.

Hola amigos y comunidad, espero que estén teniendo un muy lindo fin de semana. Por un momento pensé que no tendría oportunidad de participar en esta ronda, pero estoy muy contento de siempre encontrar el espacio para compartir una foto de mi galería y escribir sobre ella.

This photo touches on something personal: a map of Cuba, my homeland. I am a geography professor, and on the map rests a seashell brought from one of its beaches. Just like in the image, we have spent years in the shadows—shadows of power outages, shadows in our streets and homes, and worst of all, shadows in our dreams. The deepest realities hide in the everyday: in an old map and a forgotten seashell, in the coming and going of electricity, painting shadows under the light of whatever invention we can come up with.

Esta foto toca un tema algo personal: un mapa de Cuba, mi tierra. Soy profesor de Geografía, y sobre el mapa descansa una caracola traída desde una de sus playas. Como en la imagen, llevamos años en la sombra: sombras de cortes eléctricos, sombras en nuestras calles y hogares, y lo más difícil, sombras en nuestros sueños. Las realidades más profundas se ocultan en lo cotidiano, en un viejo mapa y una caracola olvidada, en el ir y venir de la electricidad dibujando sombras a la luz de cuanta invención se nos ocurra.

Perhaps, longed-for freedom, you will be the light that finally disperses the shadows. In the meantime, we remain trapped in the imposed darkness.

Quizás, añorada libertad, seas la luz que finalmente disipe las sombras. Mientras tanto, seguimos atrapados en la oscuridad impuesta.

I hope you like the photo, friends. Sending my best wishes for luck and success. See you in the next post. Bye!

Espero que les guste la foto, amigos. Un gran saludo, mis deseos de suerte y éxitos. Nos vemos en el próximo post. ¡Chau!

	I’m Ernesto, a Cuban passionate about art and writing. Always learning, always growing. Excited to share and learn more every day! I write about art, drawing, video games, nature, and review the things I like. My goal is to inspire and connect with others through my creative journey.

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