Reminder
There is something I wanna remind myself
I will be doing their hair
But I won’t do it forever
I will go and do groceries with them
But they will do it by themselves one day
So, I have to think about myself too
I'm a mom, but I'm still a person
With dreams and aspirations
I still wanna sew the hell out of my fingers
While I wash their clothes
Making their closet ready for the week
Knowing for sure that they will drag their clothes on the floor
And filled them with sand and poop
And I will enter the kitchen every day to cook
To make sure they grow up healthy
While we eat I will think of my next move
To make sure they continue to eat
I will remember all The nights I read them books before they go to bed
Or all the dirty diapers I had to change before they were potty trained
AND I WILL SURE REMEMBER all the sleepless nights trying to make them sleep
In July 2023, I got the funding from CBK for a stop-motion project that I intended to organise alone. At that moment, this work was deeply significant to me, as it became a reminder first and foremost to myself. A reminder of why I chose art in the first place, and that my children, rather than being a reason to stop creating, are a reason to keep creating. But later on working on this project I directed the work to other mothers and caretakers.
I am certain that my kids will grow, and that I would be left behind with unfulfilled dreams if I were to give them all of my attention and none to myself. Of course, as a mother, I give my children my care and presence, but I must not disappear in the process. In the end, I am not only a mother; I am a woman artist who insists on continuing to create art.
