“You make me un poco loco
Un poquititito loco
The way you keep me guessing
I'm nodding, and I'm yessing
I'll count it as a blessing
That I'm only un poco loco”
“I'm hiding, sister, and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
I'm hiding, baby, and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile”
6x8 Acrylic Gouache
"Saturn Devouring His Son" by Francisco Goya.
This painting was one of 14 oil pieces (known as his Black Paintings) that Goya painted directly onto the walls of his farmhouse outside Madrid between 1819 and 1823. He was in his 70s at the time and had survived a few serious illnesses (one of which left him deaf in one ear) while grappling with his own mortality. Goya also suffered from depression and trauma from the horrors of war that he had witnessed at the hands of Napoleon and the Spanish monarchy.
Moreover, the Enlightenment era in Spain that Goya had cherished during his childhood and youth had been replaced by an absolute monarchy that rejected the Spanish Constitution of 1812, which was one of the most progressive at the time.
All these factors contributed to Goya's Black Paintings, which were never meant for public display. The title, "Saturn Devouring His Son," was given much later due to its resemblance to Roman mythology. However, for all we know, Goya could have just been depicting a larger person eating a smaller person as a way to portray his bleak outlook on the future of humankind.
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“It won't be long before another day
We gonna have a good time
And no one's gonna take that time away
You can stay as long as you like
So close your eyes
You can close your eyes
It's alright”