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Memories of a Mexican; An Historic National Monument

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by Fernando Cruz Quintana Commemorative poster for  Memories of a Mexican (1950) , prepared for the celebrations of the Bicentennial of Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution in 2010.  The photographs above show, on the left, Salvador Toscano, and on the right, his daughter Carmen. Few cinematographic works can succinctly relate, in just a few hours, fifty years of national history. Memorias de un mexicano/Memories of a Mexican (Carmen Toscano, 1950) is probably the best example of a film that, through documentary images, reconstructs half a century of a country's past. "The best Mexican film" In 1950, one of the greatest films in the history of Mexican cinema (the adjective refers both to its artistic magnificence and the all-encompassing nature of its story), Memoirs of a Mexican , was presented in what was a true media phenomenon at the time. At the premiere, artists, politicians and intellectuals alike gathered: José Vasconcelos, Vicente Lombardo Toledano

IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A LIVING FROM ART

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by  Evee Sandoval /Screenwriter & Producer🎬       Art is sensibility and thought, we are in contact with art from an early age through music, cinema, painting, dance and various disciplines that we experience at an early age. What changes in art over time is the way we experience it and relate to it. Photo by Matthieu Comoy on Unsplash If you have decided to dedicate yourself to an artistic profession, surely you have heard negative comments or misunderstandings about your way of life. Surely there were no doubts when you chose your artistic path and went against all opinions, but surely there were doubts in your professional path and above all in the way of how to apply it to make a full time living from art. THE VALUE OF ART There is a lot of talk about the devaluation of art, especially when it becomes difficult to make a full-time living from artistic work. I think that such a thing as not valuing art does not exist, rather it may be that each person has a greater appreciatio