learn more about my culture and country of origin.

The National coat of arms represents our island. It is shaped like a pointed leather shield, and divided into three sections. In its horizontal upper part, there is a golden key between two mountains, and a sun rising over the sea – which symbolises the position of Cuba in the Gulf, between the two Americas, amidst the emergence of a new state. The blue and white stripes, down the left hand side, represent the situation of the island, in terms of its division into states, in the colonial period. Down the right hand side, a Cuban country scene is dominated by a royal palm tree – the symbol of the ubreakable character of the Cuban people.

There is so much to learn and I am anxious to do so. This is a project that may go hand in hand with the bookbinding project. I think I’ll base at least two books on Cuba, and perhaps one about my feelings concerning my spanish ancestors and the hand they probably had in bringing slavery to Cuba and America, and killing off the natives of those respective places. What terrible guilt I feel for thier actions.