Between celebration and memory: October 12 as a mirror of our shared history. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Every October 12, Spain and much of Latin America commemorate what has traditionally been known as “Hispanic Day” or “Day of the Race”. This date recalls the historical encounter between cultures that took place in 1492, when Christopher Columbus arrived on…
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Between algorithms and consciousness, an urgent invitation to regain control of human thinking in the face of accelerating automation. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – I received a comment on last week’s article in which someone spoke to me about the importance of critical thinking and how it serves as a defense against the obsolescence of thought imposed by today’s…
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When technology accelerates life to the point of vertigo, critical thinking becomes the only refuge against noise and immediacy. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Human beings feel that reality moves too fast for our capacity to assimilate it. Probably, in every era, people have experienced life slipping through their hands and reality transforming before they could fully grasp it.…
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Between the artist’s unique imprint and the infinite circulation of its reflections, art reinvents itself with every gaze. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Is reproduction a threat to the authenticity of the work, or could it become a way of bringing art closer to more people? This question has challenged us throughout time and has sparked intense debates around…
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When art leaves the museum to inhabit digital immediacy, becoming mirror, protest, and collective memory. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – It is nothing new for us to witness how art has found in the digital realm and social media a fertile ground to expand its language, break boundaries, and reinvent the relationship between creator and spectator. The rise of…
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Art as a language of healing: a bridge between memory, empathy, and hope. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – In previous articles, I have spoken about how art offers a space where the most complex emotions, sometimes impossible to name, find a voice. That whisper that surrounds us and moves through our bodies, inviting us to reconcile, capable of healing…
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Art as refuge and archive: a way to transform pain and joy into shared memory. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Human life seems to be marked by a constant oscillation. At times we find ourselves trapped in suffering, in the frustration born from the sting of abandonment, of pain, of unfulfilled desire; at other times we are confronted with…
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When the wound becomes creation: art as a language of healing and resistance. By Claudia Benítez HoyLunes – Violence inhabits us like an ancient shadow, anchored in our memory; at times it creeps into our skin in the form of fear, other times it ignites in the blood as anger, and sometimes it settles in our chest as a…
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This summer’s wildfires are an open wound. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – How much nature and how many human creations have disappeared because of the wildfires of recent years? Each summer grows more intense, and with it, the destructive fire. Our lives are being transformed and, even if we refuse to acknowledge those changes, they are happening. Art reminds…
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A journey through the celebrations, festivals, and artistic expressions that, under the summer sun, transform streets and squares into living stages where tradition meets modernity, memory is renewed, and art is shared in the open air. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – When summer arrives, the everyday dresses up in celebration, and the urban landscape becomes a living stage. Squares…
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