Commissioned for Bay Area Walls, Liz Hernández’s mural on Floor 3 is a prayer for community health. Below, find English translations of the Spanish words and phrases that appear in the artist’s mural.
Liz Hernández, annotated image of Conjuro para la sanación de nuestro futuro (A spell for the healing of our future), 2020; courtesy the artist; © Liz Hernández
- La cura = The cure
- Abundancia = Abundance
- Nuestra voz importa = Our voice matters
- Buena suerte = Good luck
- Solidaridad = Solidarity
- Un nuevo comienzo = A new beginning
- Equidad = Equity
- Todos unidos respirando el mismo aire = Everyone breathing the same air together
- Migrar es un acto de valor = To migrate is an act of courage
- Vivir en un mundo que nos permita descansar y sentir el duelo = To live in a world that allows us to rest and feel our grief
- Unidad = Unity
- Los bosques sanando y respirando más fuerte que nunca = The forests healing and breathing harder than ever
- Justicia = Justice
- Rendir cuentas = To be held accountable
- Nos cuidamos mutuamente = We take care of each other
- Revelaciones = Revelations
- Alimento y refugio para todos = Food and shelter for everybody
- Estamos vigilando = We are watching
- El valor del conocimiento ancestral = The value of ancestral knowledge
- Apoyo mutuo = Mutual aid
- Sobrevivir la soledad = To survive solitude
- La tierra en manos de quien mejor la conoce = The land in the hands of those who know it best
- Ponerle fin a la intolerancia = To put an end to intolerance
- Protección = Protection
- Abre el camino = To clear a path
- Te veo = I see you
- De luto por nuestro viejo mundo pero con la esperanza de crear uno mejor = Mourning for our old world but hoping to create a better one
- El respeto a todas las vidas negras = Respect toward all Black lives
- Vivir sin miedo = To live without fear
- Conocer la verdad = To know the truth