Kowa ya kira ni Sebastián, banda yara na, waɗanda ke kira na Uba. Mutumin da ya faɗi waɗannan kalmomin dogon mutum ne, mai nauyin gashi, fari fata.
Yana kama da saurayi duk da furfurarsa, an haife shi shekaru hamsin da ɗaya da suka gabata a Ciudad Camargo, Chihuahua, kuma an yi masa baftisma kamar Enrique Carvajal. Ciudad Camargo, mai nisan kilomita 150 kudu maso gabas na babban birnin Chihuahua, an kafa shi ne a wajajen 1790, a cikin yankuna masu hamada, yana ratse Kogin Conchos da Bolson de Mapimí.
“Ni daga arewa nake kuma arewa tana kewaye da hamada, amma hamada ta kowace fuska. Na yi yarinta da samartaka a tsakanin bishiyoyi da bishiyar goro, a waɗancan manyan wurare. Shan tsananin launin shudi na sararin samaniya, bayyananniyar haskensa da kuma hasken yashi ”.
“Gari na gari ne da ke da yawan gaske, tare da dumbin rashi iri daban-daban kuma na kasance a wurin har na kammala makarantar sakandare. Sanin cewa mai zanen Siqueiros ɗan ƙasata ne ya sa na so yin koyi da shi kuma na tafi Mexico don ci gaba da karatu. Mahaifiyata ta kasance mai tasiri a cikin ƙuruciyata tare da goyon baya da shawarwari. Ya koya mani zanen furanni kuma ya cusa mini sha'awar yin abubuwa da kyau ”.
Tun yana ɗan shekara 16, tare da yawan ruɗu da difloma a ƙasansa kamar kowane babban birni, ya yi tafiya zuwa Mexico City. Ana nufin ya zama kamar Siqueiros; Ya halarci Academia de San Carlos kuma ya shiga cikin darussan zane, amma ba da daɗewa ba ya fahimci cewa ainihin abin da yake sha'awa shi ne sassaka.
"Na zauna a San Carlos, gidana ne sakamakon hadin gwiwar jami'in da ya ba ni damar kwana, saboda ba ni da isassun kudin da zan iya biyan daki a gidan baki." Don biyan kudin karatunsa da biyan bukatunsa, yayi aiki a inda zai iya, wanke kwanuka da kunna g theiro a cikin motocin fasinja.
Daga ƙaramin bacci da rashin cin abinci ya rasa nauyi, wata rana ya yi barci a cikin aji, yana kwance a kan benci. Malami, da ya fahimta, ya ce wa sauran ɗaliban: "yara maza, zana San Sebastián." Wani lokaci daga baya mawaƙi Carlos Pellicer ya yi masa sharhi a lokacin cin abinci cewa yana kama da San Sebastián de Botticelli. Daga baya wani mai sukar fasahar Turai ya ambata cewa yana kama da zanen Saint Sebastian.
“Na yi farin ciki kuma na fara tunanin zan iya ɗaukar ta a matsayin sunan ƙarya. Yana da kyau, ana faɗan kusan iri ɗaya a cikin yare daban-daban kuma kowa yana tunawa da shi, kuma na nuna cewa zai iya yin kasuwanci.
Da daddare Enrique Carvajal ya zama Sebastián, kuma sabon sunan ya kasance kamar fara'a mai sa'a, yayin da sa'a ta fara yi masa murmushi kuma jim kaɗan bayan ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a gasar shekara-shekara ta National School of Arts Robobi
“Sebastián shine sunana, abokaina suna kirana da Sebastián. Na sa hannu a kan Sebastián a katin kiredit da kuma kan asusun bincike… ”(Na manta ban tambaye shi ko shi ma yana amfani da sunan a fasfonsa ba).
Tun yana karami, Sebastián ya kasance mai yawan karanta labarai kuma ana gamsuwa da sha'awar sa a dakin karatun San Carlos. Ba tare da gajiyawa ba, yana karanta littattafan ka'idar, rubuce-rubucen gine-gine, marubuta irin su Leonardo da Vitruvius, kuma ya saba da aikin manyan masu zanen Renaissance da masu sassaka. Tasirin kusanci kamar na Picasso, Calder da Moore zasu ba shi kwarin gwiwa don aikinsa na gaba.
“Ina yawan maimaitawa, ina neman wata sabuwar damar bayyana ra’ayi. Ina neman musayar ra'ayoyi, aiki tare cikin rukuni, kafa ƙungiyoyi, tare da sha'awar motsa mai kallo da sabbin dabaru. kuma aikina a koyaushe alama ce ta tsananin ilimin kimiyya, ta hanyar zurfin nazarin ilimin lissafi ”.
Da yake magana game da tsarin da zai canza shi, ya yi bayanin cewa: “A cikin farkon kayan aikina na kere kere na tsara wadannan abubuwan da ake canzawa a matsayin wani hadaddiyar hadaddiyar kwalejojin kimiyya guda biyu wadanda ake aiwatar da su a cikin yanayin halittu, wadanda aka cakuda da fahimta ta da kuma yadda nake ji a jikin mutum. wancan yana da sassauƙa, abin wasa wanda ke tsokanar mai kallo canza shi kuma wannan yana da kyau, wanda ke koyar da canza launi da fasali. Rawar da mai kallo ke takawa ita ce shigarsu, wanda zane-zane da wasan sifa da launi suka haɗu, farawa daga harbi zuwa ƙarar da baya zuwa harbi ”.
Yin magana game da baje kolin mutum da rukuni wanda Sebastián ya halarta zai zama mara iyaka; Ya isa ya ce sun wuce ɗari uku. Jerin kyaututtukan nasa suma suna da tsayi sosai. Ana nuna ayyukansa a cikin ɗakunan ajiya da gidajen tarihi a cikin Meziko, Amurka, Kudancin Amurka, Turai, Isra'ila da Japan.
Sha'awar sa game da gine-ginen birni ya sa shi ya gabatar da mafita a wuraren budewa, kamar su Cosmic Man a filin jirgin saman Mexico City, Tláloc a UNAM, Red Lion a Paseo de la Reforma, La Puerta de Chihuahua da La Puerta de Monterrey, da ƙari da yawa a cikin ƙasa da ƙasashen waje. Ofaya daga cikin sanannun ayyukansa shine watakila Shugaban Caballo, wani ƙarfe ne mai zane mai launin rawaya, mai tsayin mita 28, wanda yake akan Paseo de la Reforma da Avenida Juárez, kuma wanda yazo don maye gurbin tsohon mutum-mutumin Carlos IV de Tolsá wanda aka fi sani da suna "El Caballito".
“Na tuna abin da ya faru da aikina, wani sabani ya tashi game da shi da kuma adawa da shi. Har yanzu da yawa daga Mexico ba sa son hakan. "
