«…empecé poco a poco a ganarme mis cosas»

[2/4] Me desentendí de eso, y empecé poco a poco a ganarme mis cosas. La gente empezó a verme torear, y trabajé día y noche y día y noche hasta que me salió la oportunidad de irme para España. A mi maestro se le ocurrió la idea de escribirle una carta al pintor Fernando Botero explicándole mi caso… Y precisamente, él contestó el día de mi cumpleaños. El 7 de Septiembre. La carta decía que me mandaba para España, y que me iba a sostener allá por un año. Él nos cumplió, y cuando se acabó el año de beca allá nosotros nos quedamos jodidos. Mi maestro se tuvo que devolver, pero yo me quedé luchando. Ese fue el momento más difícil. En Colombia yo estaba en el hotel mamá, y en cambio allá hubo un momento en el que o pagaba el arriendo, o comía. Me tocó aplicar a una fundación española que se llama Cáritas, que toma alimentos no perecederos de las grandes cadenas y los dona.

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“I began to ignore my situation, and little by little I started gaining my own things. People started to see me fight bulls, and I worked day and night and day and night until I finally got the chance to go to Spain. My mentor had the idea of writing a letter to the crack Fernando Botero explaining my case to him… And he answered, precisely, on my birthday. September 7th. The letter said that he would send me to Spain and take care of the expenses for one year. He did it, and when that year was over we were fucked. My mentor had to go back to Colombia, but I stayed there fighting. That was the hardest moment. In Colombia my mom would take care of everything, but in SPain there was a moment where I waither payed the rent, or bought food. I had to apply for a Spanish foundation called Cáritas, that takes food that’s out of date from big food chains and donates them.”

Humans Of Medellín

Humans of Medellín, es la versión paisa del proyecto creado por Brando Stanton en NY, realizada en 2013 con el propósito de mostrar al mundo que las personas de aquí también tienen historias que vale la pena contar.
Al frente de esta iniciativa estamos Christian Monsalve Quintero, comunicador de la Universidad de Medellín, fotógrafo aficionado, fundador Y Margarita Restrepo, periodista de la UPB, apasionada por la escritura y las personas.

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