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I did the original sketch for this picture at the Doha airport while waiting for a flight back to Madrid. A friend of mine and I had just returned from trekking in the Annapurnas, Nepal, in 2008. I guess when I was drawing this, I was thinking about being dragged back to the office 🙂 just kidding.

The painting actually symbolizes all the forces that resist change — everything that needs to be left behind, everything that holds us back from moving forward. The black ink falling down represents the dead energy we spill while we struggle to break free from those forces.

That day, even though I was feeling very sick, turned out to be quite special. We even met Jesús Calleja, who sat next to us in the departure lounge. Somehow, meeting someone like him — a person who seems to accomplish everything he sets out to do — added an ironic contrast to my state of mind at the time. It felt like a small reminder that moving forward is always possible, even when you’re not at your best.

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