Mkazi wodabwitsa komanso wanzeru yemwe adafika ku Mexico mu 1939 ndipo adakopeka ndi anthu komanso zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana mdzikolo, kukhala m'modzi mwa osonkhetsa kwambiri zaluso zaku Mexico.
Ndani sanakumanenso ndi bohemian komanso luntha Mexico poyenda muzipinda za Casa Azul ku Coyoacán? Sizingatheke, poyenda m'minda, kulingalira Frida ndi Diego akuyankhula ndi Trotsky, kulawa pasadakhale zakudya zaku Mexico zomwe zimakonzedwa kumeneko, kenako ndikufika ku chakudya chamadzulo (chomwe chimakhalapo pambuyo pake) chomwe nthawi zina chimakhala mpaka usiku.
Kudzera m'zinthu zawo - zomwe zimawonetsa kukoma kwa zisanachitike ku Spain komanso zaluso zodziwika bwino zaku Mexico- munthu amatha kukonzanso moyo watsiku ndi tsiku waluntha a ojambulawa omwe, ndi anthu ena a nthawi yawo, amatha kupulumutsa, osakonzekera, zinthu zosiyanasiyana. komanso nthawi, zosangalatsa komanso kukhudzika zomwe sizinawapangitse iwo kukhala okhometsa zabwino zokha, komanso ochita upainiya pakukonzanso luso lotchuka ku Mexico.
Mphindi yomwe yadutsa ndiyosasinthika, koma populumutsa malo ndi zinthu zomwe mumlengalenga zimatha kukumana ndikupanga chidwi cha "nthawi yoyimitsidwa." Makhalidwe ena adzipereka pantchitoyi, ndikutenga nyengo yomwe yatsala pang'ono kutha m'dziko lamasiku ano, ndikukhala ndi zosintha nthawi zonse. Izi ndizochitikira mayi wina wodabwitsa komanso wanzeru yemwe adafika ku Mexico mu 1939 ndipo, atakopeka ndi anthu, malo, zomera, nyama komanso zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, adaganiza zokhala m'dziko lathu. Ruth Lechuga adabadwira mumzinda wa Vienna. Ali ndi zaka 18, adadzionera yekha kuwopsa ndi kuzunzika kwaulamuliro waku Germany ku Austria, ndipo nkhondo isanayambike adasamuka ndi banja lake, ndikufika ku Mexico kudzera Laredo.
Kudzera mwa kulawa, kumva ndi kuwona, akukumana ndi dziko latsopano lomwe linatseguka pamaso pake: china chake ndikuti sichingayesedwe ndi miyezo yaku Europe ", adatsimikiza zaka zingapo pambuyo pake. Chimodzi mwazokhumba zake zazikulu chinali kuwona magombe aku Mexico, popeza kotentha kumangowoneka pazithunzi. Mtsikanayo adachita chidwi atawona chidwi cha mitengo yakanjedza: zomera zokongola zidamupangitsa kukhala chete kwa mphindi zochepa, ndikumudzutsa mwa iye lingaliro lolimba loti asabwerere kudziko lakwawo. Ruth akunena kuti pomwe adalembetsa maphunziro ake (ndi cholinga cholowa ku UNAM) kusinthaku kunachitika mlengalenga: kukhutira ndi ufulu wa anthu komanso kuchuluka kwa ntchito zomwe amachitira anthu. Munthawi imeneyi chiyembekezo chonse, adalembetsa ntchito ya Medicine, yomwe idatha zaka zingapo pambuyo pake ngati Sing'anga, Dokotala wa Opaleshoni ndi Mzamba.
Abambo a Ruth, okonda mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana ofukula mabwinja, amapita kumapeto kwa sabata iliyonse kupita kumalo osiyanasiyana ali ndi mwana wawo wamkazi; Pambuyo pochezera malo ofunikira kangapo, adayamba kuwona anthu omwe amakhala m'derali, akuchita chidwi ndi miyambo yawo, chilankhulo chawo, malingaliro azachipembedzo ndi zovala, mwazinthu zina. Chifukwa chake, amapeza kafukufuku wamitundu m'njira yomwe imakwaniritsa zosowa zake, zomwe zitha kupulumutsa mitundu yabwino.
Akuyenda, adapeza zinthu zosiyanasiyana mosangalatsanso pokhala ndi tsatanetsatane wa komwe amapitako. Ruth akukumbukira chidutswa choyamba: bakha wopangidwa ndi ceramic wonyezimira wopezedwa ku Ocotlán, pomwe amayamba kusonkhanitsa. Mofananamo, ndi chisangalalo chachikulu, akutchula ma bulauzi ake awiri oyamba omwe adagula ku Cuetzalan “[…] pomwe kunalibe misewu ndipo zidatheka, kuchokera ku Zacapoaxtla, ngati maola asanu atakwera hatchi”. Mwa iye yekha, adayamba kuphunzira ndikuwerenga zonse zokhudzana ndi zikhalidwe zakomweko: adasanthula maluso ndi kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka chidutswa chilichonse (ceramic, matabwa, mkuwa, nsalu, lacquers kapena china chilichonse), komanso zikhulupiriro za amisiri, zomwe zidalola Ruth kusanja zosonkhanitsa zake.
Kutchuka kwa Dr. Lechuga ngati katswiri wazinthu zonse zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino kudapitilira dziko lonse mzaka za 1970, kotero mabungwe aboma monga National Cooperative Development Bank, National Fund for the Promotion of Handicrafts ndi National Indigenous Institute nthawi zonse amapempha upangiri wake. Mwachitsanzo, National Museum of Popular Arts and Industries, idakhala ndi mgwirizano wofunika kwa zaka 17.
Monga kufunikira kochokera ku mafuko, Ruth adayamba kukhala wozindikira ngati wojambula zithunzi, amatha kusungira zoyipa pafupifupi 20,000 mulaibulale yake yazithunzi mpaka pano. Zithunzizi, zambiri zakuda ndi zoyera, ndizo chuma chawo chomwe chawatsogolera kuti akhale ndi gawo loyenera mu Sosaiti ya Olemba a Photographic Work (SAOF). Siko kukokomeza kutsimikizira kuti zambiri mwazomwe zidasindikizidwa zaluso zodziwika bwino zaku Mexico zili ndi zithunzi za wolemba wake.
Ntchito yake yolemba mabuku ili ndi zolemba zambiri zomwe zidasindikizidwa ku Mexico ndi ku United States komanso m'maiko ena aku Europe. Malingana ndi mabuku ake, omwe amagawidwanso kwambiri, The Costume of the Indigenous People of Mexico ndi ntchito yokakamiza. Nyumba yake yosungiramo zinthu zakale imatiitanira kuti tigawane malo aliwonse okhala bwino ndi mipando, lacquers, masks, zidole, zojambula, zinthu za ceramic ndi zidutswa zambirimbiri zaluso zodziwika bwino zaku Mexico, zomwe tiyenera kutchulapo nsalu zoposa 2,000 , masikiti ovina pafupifupi 1,500 ndi zinthu zosawerengeka zazinthu zosiyanasiyana.
Chitsanzo cha chikondi chake pa chilichonse cha Mexico ndi malo mnyumba mwake operekedwa ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana yaimfa: polychrome magulu a zigaza zadongo zochokera ku Metepec amapikisana ndi zikatoni zomwetulira zomwe zimawoneka ngati zonyoza kuwopsa kwa mafupa a rumberos kapena masks ofanana. Magulu azosungidwa zazikuluzikuluzi zikuyimira kuyeserera kwa titanic komwe kumawoneka kuti sikutha, popeza nthawi iliyonse Rute akamapita kukachezera abwenzi ake amisiri, amabwerera ndi zidutswa zatsopano zomwe sizoyenera kukhala khadi yolingana yokha, komanso awapezereni malo owonetsera.
Patha zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene Dr. Lechuga adalandira dziko la Mexico, motero amaganiza ndikukhala moyo. Chifukwa cha kuwolowa manja kwake, gawo lalikulu la zopereka zake zawonetsedwa m'maiko osiyanasiyana padziko lapansi, ndipo, china chake chofunikira kwambiri, ndizo magwero azidziwitso kwa wofufuza aliyense amene angafune kuwafunsa. A Ruth Lechuga, okondedwa komanso okondedwa ndi iwo omwe amamudziwa, kuphatikiza madera omwe amakhala nawo pachibwenzi, lero ndi mgwirizano pakati pa Mexico wamakono ndi amene ali ndi zamatsenga, nthano komanso zachipembedzo zomwe zimapanga nkhope inayo ya Mexico.
