Good show, good show, good show!

Hi everyone, you must be wondering where is the hello, hello, hello, well I have to tell

you that for the first time and probably for the last, I asked Fabi if I could do this

episode all by myself. The reason being is because this is probably the, this is probably the one

of the last opportunities I have to truly show my voice in the podcast. Now that I have not done

before, I've been very fortunate to share this space with Fabi but I'm bringing you probably the

most important interview I've ever done here in the podcast. You've heard me say her name before

many times, Kirsten, this, Kirsten, that will, Kirsten said that, and Kirsten said that, and Kirsten

said that, and the reality is that she's going to be mad at me but she didn't want to be in the

podcast. I think she was afraid of what she will say. So part of the reason why I was excited to

start the podcast is because I wanted to interview her. I remember thinking, I remember fantasizing

about this and this was back five years ago and here we are. She finally agreed. She lives in

Albuquerque, Kirsten Pai Buick, a full professor at the University of New Mexico. She's been my

school since 2007. She is one of the most important people in my life. She's family more than anything.

Everything that a lot of the rogue things that you hear me say in the podcast, it's, it stands from

conversations with her. Together with Francisco Guevara and Alcatópia, which you already heard,

that interview, which I've heard a lot of my friends that are artists that have been impacted

by that interview because we really go into detail about the responsibility and the ethics of

being an artist. Together with Francisco and Annette Rodriguez in North Carolina, they form

the network of my most important mentors. I've had a wonderful people throughout not only my

undergrad, but my graduate studies, but between them three, they make every single word that I've

said in this podcast. And I've had interview Annette, I've had interview Francisco, but not Kirsten.

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