MUSIC IS A HUGE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ME. THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS GRAPHIC WAS 1950′S SPANISH SONG ENTITLED “PIEL CANELA” AN HOMAGE TO TANNED SKIN LATINAS BY PUERTO RICAN COMPOSER BOBBY CAPO.
Let the universe be without stars
Or the wide sea lose its immensity
But don’t ever let the blackness of your eyes die
And keep the cinnamon of your skin as it is
If the rainbow were to lose its beauty
And the flowers their perfume and color
My sadness wouldn’t be as great
As it would be without your love
Your are my everything
You
And you alone
You are all that matters
You
And no one else
Black eyes, cinnamon skin
That make me despair
You are everything…
Gurl, first of all, this should be an album cover! This is an amazing piece or art.
Second, my daughter needs to hear this song. Being of a multi-racial background, she doesn’t feel as though she fits any one particular place. She is so remarkably beautiful but she looks are her dark brown eyes as nothing and her sun loved skin as a curse for every scar to be magnified. Her eyes are like fathomless gems and millions of women out there pay top dollar for her skin tone. Her latin/african/european heritage is eclectic but no curse.
I will get the song for you Anj. As a kid I too had issues with my coloring thanks to quick to run their mouth without thinking people. . Everyone except me is whiter than white in my family. I seemed to have taken after the middle eastern side. If it weren’t for the fact that I am the spitting image of my grandmother some would think I am adopted. Hell, as a kid some people did ask if I was adopted/ if my siblings and I had the same father.
You are so right, Mia this is beautiful. I’m sad to say I hadn’t heard it before. I have to agree with you and how our culture views skin color. Even in my own childhood I was teased for being darker than my sisiter. They used to call me “mosca (fly)”, especially in the summer. Or India, because l looked Indian. I did used to feel like something was wrong with me, but I’ve come to embrace my skin color.
And as to Anj, your daughter is one of the most beautiful young woman I’ve EVER seen in my life. I hope and pray that she accepts herself as she is. She doesn’t see the beauty yet of just being her and not fitting in to any category. She’s a strong young woman. She’ll figure it out.