HISTORIA DE UNA PIEDRA - THE HISTORY OF A STONE - by rock artist Loli Gambin
La pasada primavera cumplí 50 años…. y tuve mi pequeña fiesta con la familia. Siempre nos juntamos en casa de mis cuñados (“El Campito”) y con todo su cariño lo decoraron con mi color favorito y con detalles que sólo ellos saben que me harían feliz.
Last spring I turned 50 ... and I had my family organise a little birthday party for me. We always meet at my brother-in-law’s house: "El Campito". With all possible affection, they decorated the house in my favourite colours and details they knew would make me happy.
Tras el apetitivo y la paella (en Valencia no hay mejor forma de celebrar una comida) llegó el momento de los regalos. Toda mi familia sabe de mi pasión por pintar piedras, de lo que me ha ayudado en momentos complicados esta terapia de sentarse frente a una e imaginar cómo quedaría después, lo feliz que me hace regalarlas y que gusten a quien las recibe..
After the entrées and the paella (in Valencia there is no better way to celebrate a meal) it was time for gifts. All my family knows my passion for painting stones, how this has helped me in complicated times, what a good therapy it has been to sit in front of one rock and imagine how it would be later, how happy it makes me to give my rocks away and make others happy too.
Los regalos, en principio, nada tenían que ver con mi pequeño hobby, hasta que llegó la tarta imitando una maceta de cactus como las que pinto, pero aún tenían que llegar como nosotros decimos, “los niños”, mis sobrinos y sobrinas. Como una pandilla que va a gastar una broma, entre risas me trajeron su regalo ¡¡¡un pedrusco!!!, aquello era tan grande que no podía uno solo con ella.
At first, the gifts had nothing to do with my little hobby until the cake arrived imitating a pot of cactus like the ones I paint. Soon after though, “los niños", my nephews and nieces arrived in laughter with their own gift: a rock! It was so big they thought there was nothing I could do with it!
Loli receives her birthday surprise.
Quizá pensaron que la broma iba a quedar ahí.
But the joke did not stop here
Inmediatamente me puse a pensar cómo transformar el regalo en un agradecimiento, aquello tan rústico debía transformarse en un recuerdo para todos, esa era la manera de devolver tanto amor como estaba recibiendo.
Immediately I began to think how to transform the gift into a thank you memory: a gift for my family to return this much love I had received.
En las fotos veréis la historia de esa transformación, en la que acabé dibujando a todos los miembros de la familia caricaturizados como abejas, cada una con una característica personal que le identificara. Estarían ahí para siempre la reina madre (mi suegra, mi segunda mamá), el karateka ( Javier, mi hijo pequeño), la matrona (mi cuñada Elvira), el scout con su brújula (mi hijo mayor Ramón) , la enfermera (mi cuñada Julia), el jugador de vóley y el de béisbol (mis sobrinos Antonio y Mario), el cocinero, porque siempre nos cocina (mi cuñado Manolo), el ciclista (mi marido), el heavy (mi cuñado Toni) y todos los demás hasta completar esta familia tan numerosa.
The photos show the history of that transformation. I ended up drawing all the members of the family caricatured as bees, each with a personal characteristic that would identify them. The queen mother (my mother-in-law, my second mother), the karateka (Javier, my little son), the matron (my sister-in-law, Elvira), the scout with his compass (my eldest son Ramón), the nurse (my sister-in-law, Julia), the volleyball player and the baseball player (my nephews Antonio and Mario), the cook, because he always cooks for us (my brother-in-law Manolo), the cyclist (my husband), the heavy (my brother-in-law Toni) and all the others until completing this large family.
Rock transformation with colours and love
El proceso fue divertido, imaginar que característica era la más señalada de cada uno para que luego se vieran identificados en la piedra. Fue como repasar mentalmente a cada uno de ellos. Les iba mandando los bocetos al grupo de WhatsApp y nos reíamos adivinando quién era quién. El resultado les gustó a todos y se sintieron identificados.
The process was fun, to imagine which feature of each family member was the most indicated so that later they would be identified in the stone. It was like imagining each of them differently, as bees. I was sending the sketches to the WhatsApp group and we kept on laughing and guessing who was who. Everyone liked the result and they managed to identify themselves with my drawings.
La piedra volvió finalmente a su sitio, al lugar de la celebración, a “El Campito”, la casa de mis cuñados porque es ahí donde todas las abejas nos juntamos formando un perfecto panal.
The stone finally returned to its place, to the place of the celebration, to "El Campito", my brother-in-law’s house, because this is where all the bees come together to form a perfect honeycomb.
Birthday rock back to our favourite place, "the honeycomb" - El Campito
Espero que os haya gustado esta pequeña historia, para mi fue muy especial poder devolver de alguna forma todo lo que ellos me dan. Eso es para mi pintar piedras, repartir un poco de amor con cada piedra que pinto, aunque siempre recibo más de lo que doy.
I hope you enjoyed this little story. For me it was very special to be able to give back in some way everything that they give me. This is what I do with my painted rocks, I share a little love and I always receive more than I give.
Rocks painted by amazing rock artist Loli Gambin | Facebook | Instagram | for sale here
- Christine Onward
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Roxana, muchas gracias por tus palabras tan amables
Roxana Serban
Que historia más linda sobre lo que es la esencia de la felicidad: dar y recibir amor, compartir momentos, acompañarnos en ese caminito de piedras que deberíamos pintar con colores de alegría!
What a beautiful story about the essence of happiness: give and receive love, share moments with others on this road paved with rocks that we should all paint with colones of joy!
Loli Gambin
Maria, muchas gracias por tu mensaje y por tus palabras de aliento. Si! seguiré pintando.
Maria, thank you very much for your message and for your words of encouragement. Yes! I will continue painting.
MAria
It’s such a beautiful story! It’s so wonderful how close your family is, and I’m glad that you found a way to honour them with your art! It’s a beautiful thing and I hope you keep on painting!
Loli Gambin
Lorraine, Malina, muchas gracias por vuestro comentarios.
Lorraine
I really enjoyed your story Loli. Thank you for sharing it.
Malina
What a wonderful story!