Over the last few years, some of us have expressed our opinion on the cultural sector of Lanzarote. Sometimes correctly, sometimes mistakenly. Sometimes in bars discussing with our friends and other times we have done it through social networks, the press or even through books.
Be surprised: before us other people have also done it in different contexts. Other people have opined and worked hard to change things on the island: they have written, painted, modeled, designed, composed songs, acted, managed projects. Sometimes they were right, sometimes they failed. And that's the way things are. Matches that light up and go out. Life. The tradition that sustains us.
In principle, it would be good to think that nobody owes us anything. Citizens have a responsibility and politicians must listen to us, but they are not there to fix everything either. We must commit ourselves. Nor should we trust the past. It is worth remembering that César Manrique is no longer here. That there will be no other and that we live in other times. We need less genius and more community. Less messianism in culture that demonstrates a daring ignorance, an arrogance and a contempt for others very regrettable and more collaboration and respect for the diversity of a very large group.
It would be easy to remain silent in the face of the injustice of those who intend to reach certain spaces of power or profit in a certain area through fallacy, accusations against the administration without any specificity or evidence and the pointing out of colleagues for not supporting this type of incoherence and not for hard work, honesty, seriousness and commitment to art.
We cannot continue to support a culture of privileges based on narcissism, manipulation and activism on social networks. It cannot be a merit not to know the work and the discourse that precedes us. Appropriating a discourse that others have elaborated before us is plagiarism.
