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1“And Draw Until I Die,” Eight Questions for the Illustrator Lorraine Rodriguez“Ary Hanao Sary Mandrapahafatiko” Fanontaniana Valo Ho An'ilay Mpanaingo An-tsary Lorraine Rodriguez
2I discovered Lorraine Rodriguez some time ago, while looking at the poetry book “El origen de los párpados” (2008) by Mara Pastor [es].Nahita an'i Lorraine Rodriguez aho fotoana maro izay, rehefa namaky ilay bokin-tononkalo “El origen de los párpados” (2008) nosoratan'i Mara Pastor [es].
3Many years went by, and I read her name again, as the illustrator of Juan Pablo Díaz's single cover “Day After Day”.Taona maro izay no lasa, mbola reko indray ny anarany, amin'ny maha-mpampihaingo an-tsary ny fonom-boky tokan'i Juan Pablo “Day After Day”.
4And when I discovered her blog, and later her website, she blew my mind away.Ary rehefa nahita ny bilaoginy aho, avy eo ny tranonkalany, naha lasa eritreritra ahy izy.
5Her illustrated autobiography “My Name is Lorraine”, and the “about” section of her website, are the basis for the questions of this interview, done via email, like we do so many things these days.Ny boky voaravaka sary mitantara ny fiainany nosoratany “My Name is Lorraine” / Lorraine no anarako, sy ilay “about / Mombamomba” ao amin'ny tranonkalany, no fototr'ireo fanontaniana amin'ity fanadihadiana ity, natao tamin'ny alalan'ny mailaka, toy ny fanaovantsika ireo zavatra maro amin'izao fotoana izao.
6Lorraine Rodriguez is from Puerto Rico, is 30 years old, and lives in Barcelona, Spain.Avy any “Porto Rico” i Lorraine Rodriguez, 30 taona, ary mipetraka ao “Barcelone”, any Espaina.
7But she is the best suited to offer a small glimpse into her life.Kanefa izy no tsara toerana indrindra mba hanome topimaso kely amin'ny fiainany.
8Global Voices (GV): Forgive me for such a clichéd question, but I have to ask: When and why did you start to draw?Global Voices (GV): Mamelà ahy aminà fanontaniana efa mahazatra, kanefa tsy maintsy manontany aho: Oviana sy naninona ianao no nanomboka nanao sary?
9Lorraine Rodríguez (LR): Whenever somebody asks me about this I always tell the same story.Lorraine Rodríguez (LR): Tantara mitovy foana no tantaraiko na oviana na oviana ny olona manontany ahy ny momba izany.
10When I was seven or eight, while at my aunt and uncle's house, I found the “Appetite for Destruction” cassette by Guns N' Roses among some of my cousin's things.Fony aho fito na valo taona, rehefa tany amin'ny tranon'ny nenitoa sy dadatoanay, nahita ilay rakikiran'ny Guns N' Roses “Appetite for Destruction” tao anatin'ny entan'ny anadahiko aho.
11And the cover really impressed me (it was a cross on a black background, and a picture of each one of the band members, but their pictures/skulls were placed on each point of the cross).Tena nahatalonjona ahy ilay fonony (lakroa teo ambonin'ny loko mainty ilay izy, ary ny sarin'ireo olona tsirairay tao anatin'ny tarika, kanefa ny sarin'izy ireo/karandoha dia napetraka teny amin'ny tendro tsirairain'ilay lakroa).
12I had to make my own version.Nila nanao ny ahy manokana aho.
13When I got home, I put it on my bedroom door.Rehefa nody tany an-trano aho, napetako teo amin'ny varavaran'ny efitrano fandriako ilay izy.
14My parents were scandalized.Nisomaritaka ny ray aman-dreniko.
15This was the first time I remember having had an “illustration” experience.Iny no fotoana voalohany niainana ny fananana traikefa tamin'ny “fanaovan-tsary”.
16I also remember drawing butterflies, clouds, and flowers.Tadidiko ihany koa ny nanaovako sary lolo, rahona, sy voninkazo.
17I drew them bigger than the houses.Nataoko lehibe noho ireo trano nataoko izy ireo.
18LR: I try to draw every day, so they are usually things that come to me in the moment: things others say, stuff I read, pictures, songs I listen to, stuff related to topics that interest me.Niezaka nanao sary aho isanandro, noho izany, matetika dia zavatra mivoaka avy aty amiko eo noho eo ireo: zavatra notenenin'ny hafa, toe-javatra novakiako, sary, hira fihainoko, toe-javatra nifanaraka tamin'ny lohahevitra mahaliana ahy.
19It also depends on my mood.Miankina ihany koa amin'ny fihetseham-poko.
20LR: I have always been surrounded by people who leave.Olona mpandeha/mpandao hatrany no nanodidina ahy.
21Friends who decide to leave Puerto Rico for a while to venture off to other places.Namana izay nanapa-kevitra ny handao an'i “Porto Rico” mandritra ny fotoana voafaritra mba hiaina fiainana any amin'ny toerana hafa.
22Several friends had studied here and in other cities in Spain, so after thinking a lot about it, and asking every question in the world-from the most silly to the most complex-I finally decided to come here.Maro irao namana no nianatra teto sy tany amin'ireo tanàna hafa tao Espaina, ka taorian'ny fieritreretana lava momba izany, sy fametrahana ny fanontaniana rehetra teto an-tany - niainga tamin'ireo adaladala indrindra ka hatrany amin'ireo sarotra indrindra- nanapa-kevitra ny ho aty aho tamin'ny farany.
23It has been an incredible experience in every way.Fiainana mahatalanjona foana ny làlana rehetra.
24The city, my new friends, the new experiences.Ilay tanàna, ireo namako vaovao, ireo fiainam-baovao.
25I have a “before Barcelona” experience and a “during Barcelona” experience.Nanana fiainana “talohan'ny Barcelone” sy fiainana “nandritra ny Barcelone” aho.
26We'll see what happens next.Ho hitantsika izay hitranga manaraka eo.
27LR: As it happens to everyone, distance makes you appreciate certain things more.LR: Toy ny mitranga amin'ny olon-drehetra, mahatonga anao hankafy bebe kokoa zavatra hafa maro ny elanelan-tany.
28What once seemed annoying, being away from it, you then see as the most special thing ever.Ny zavatra hitanao ho mandreraka indray mandeha, ihatahanao kely, amin'izay ianao mahita azy ho zavatra tsy manampaharoa efa hatrizay.
29I am proud of where I come from and who I am, and how this is reflected in my work as an illustrator.Ireharehako ny tany nihaviako sy ny maha izaho ahy, ary ny fomba isehoan'izany amin'ny asako amin'ny maha-mpampahaingo an-tsary ahy. GV: “2003: Fantaro ireo tena namako be.”
30LR: While I was a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras, I met many people.Lazao ahy ny mombamomba ireo namanao. LR: Fony aho mpianatra tao amin'ny Oniversiten'i Porto Rico, tany “Recinto de Rio Pedras”, dia nifanerasera tamin'olona maro be.
31People from other towns on the island.Olona avy any amin'ny tanàna hafa eran'ny nosy.
32Many with common interests.Manana tombotsoa iraisana ny maro amin'izy ireo.
33Many of them, I can say, are my closest and dearest friends.Betsaka amin'ireo, azoko lazaina, no namako akaiky be sy manana toerana lehibe ato am-poko.
34Many of them studied film; many of them studied comparative literature.Nianatra Horonantsary ny maro amin'izy ireo; nianatra ny literatiora “fanaovana fampitahàna” ny sasany.
35Throughout the years I have learned a lot about them and with them.Arakaraky ny nandefanan'ny taona no nahafantarako betsaka ny momba azy ireo sy niarahako tamin'izy ireo.
36Claudia Calderon, Yasiri Castro, Charlie Rivera, Chemi Gonzalez, Ariel Hernandez Domenech, Marina Reyes Franco, Rojo Robles, Mara Pastor, Ruben Gonzalez, Raymond Forbes, and Maria Ines Lefebre, just to mention a few, all professionals and all successful.Claudia Calderon, Yasiri Castro, Charlie Rivera, Chemi Gonzalez, Ariel Hernandez Domenech, Marina Reyes Franco, Rojo Robles, Mara Pastor, Ruben Gonzalez, Raymond Forbes, ary i Maria Ines Lefebre, mba mitanisa sasantsasany fotsiny, manam-pahaizana sy tafita daholo izy ireo.
37I am truly very happy with how we have kept these bonds throughout the years.Tena faly aho amin'ny fomba nihazonanay ilay fifandraisana nandritra ny taona maro.
38LR: Once you have a chance to leave Puerto Rico, a world of possibilities opens.LR: Rehefa mahazo hirika indray mandeha ny hiala ao “Porto Rico” ianao, tontolo iray feno safidy no misokatra.
39I would love to be able to visit every corner of the earth.Mba tiako raha afaka mitety ny tanàna rehetra maneran-tany aho.
40But, being realistic, I would say I would like to spend some time in the Middle East for many reasons.Kanefa, aleo ny zava-misy no jerena, te hiteny aho hoe tiako ny hipetraka vetivety any Afovoany Atsinanan'ny tany noho ny antony maro.
41The literature, art, music, and culture of many of the countries that make up that geographic area have always interested me.Ny literatiora, zavakanto, mozika, sy kolontsain'ireo firenena maro be izay manana toerana ara-jeografia nahatalanjona ahy foana.
42I have spent a lot of time studying each one of these things, on my own, and there are no breaks.Nandaniako fotoana maro ny fianarana ireny zavatra ireny, nampiana-tena, ary tsy nisy fiatoana.
43It is a very beautiful and intense fixation.Fifoforana tsara be sy mahatalanjona izany.
44If past lives really do exist, surely I was born and lived there.Raha nisy marina ny fiainana tany aloha tany, azo antoka fa teraka sy nonina tany aho.
45GV: And why Bob Dylan?GV: Ary fa maninona no Bob Dylan?
46LR: Bob Dylan is incredible.LR: Goavana i Bob Dylan.
47Many of his songs are intense and beautiful.Maro ireo hirany no mampihetsi-po sy tsara.
48The first time I stopped and listened to the “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” I thought it was perfect to illustrate.Tamin'ny voalohany nijanonako sy nihainoko ilay “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” nihevitra aho fa mendrika raha hohaingona an-tsary ilay izy.
49Being here at the university, I was given the chance to work in the second block of story illustration.Tonga taty amin'ny Oniversite, nanome hirika ny tenako mba hiasa tao amin'ny toko faharoan'ny tantaran'ny fampihaingona an-tsary.
50It was difficult to choose the verses that I was going to illustrate because it wasn't a long comic.Sarotra ny nisafidy ny andininy izay hohaingoko an-tsary satria tsy tantara an-tsary lava be ilay izy.
51It was more like an exercise, so I had to decide what emotional and narrative aspects I was going to emphasize in only four pages.Toy ny fanazàrana aza ilay izy, ka nila nanapa-kevitra aho hoe endrika mampihetsi-po sy mitantara inona no hanomezako lanja ity ao anatin'ny pejy efatra fotsiny.
52Once I had that clear, I managed to draw it all in two days; coloring it on one day and presenting it on the other.Vao azoko mazava indray mandeha izay, nataoko izay hamitàna ny sary rehetra tao anatin'ny roa andro; lokoina mandritra ny andro iray io ary atolotra amin'ny andro hafa.
53LR: I think that once you discover what you like, what brings you satisfaction, what you know how to do, what you're passionate about more than anything else, then there's no turning back.GV: Ahoana ny fihetseham-po amin'ny hoe fantatrao ny ho ataonao mandrapahafaty? LR: Mihevitra aho fa vao hitanao izay tianao, izay manome fahafaham-po anao, izay hainao ny manao azy, izay mampikiry anao mihoatra ireo zavatra hafa, tsy misy fiverenana eo.
54You have to be responsible with that; you have give it an opportunity.Mila mandray an-tànana azy ianao; manome hirika azy ianao.
55I discovered that drawing is what I really like, so why not do that for a living?Hitako fa ny fanaovan-tsary no tena tiako, ka maninona no tsy hanao izany mba hiainana?
56I want to be a part of other people's childhoods, and for that reason I want to keep on illustrating stories for kids.Te ho ampahan' ny fahazazan'ireo olona sasany aho, ary noho izany antony izany dia te hanaingo an-tsary ireo bokin'ankizy kely.
57I want to be a part of other people's musical projects, and their film projects.Te ho ampahan'ny tetikasan-kiran'ireo olona sasany aho, ary ireo horonantsariny.
58I want to be a part of my friends' personal projects, their theater pieces, their poems, and their quirky fantasies.Te ho ampahan'ny tetik'asa manokan'ireo namako aho, ireo teatra-ny, ireo tononkalony, ary ireo nofinofiny.
59I want to contribute in any way that I can.Te handray anjara amin'ny zavatra rehetra afaka ataoko aho.