Ojambula ofunikira kwambiri ku Oaxaca amagawana zambiri zofunika pamoyo wawo ndi ntchito.
Toledo
Francisco Toledo si wamakono kapena wamasiku ano, iye ndi wojambula kunja kwa nthawi yomwe amakhala. Iye anabadwira ku Juchitán de Zaragoza: “Kuyambira ndili mwana ndinkakoka, kukopera zithunzi m'mabuku, mamapu, koma ndimene ndidafika ku Oaxaca, nditamaliza sukulu ya pulaimale, pomwe ndidazindikira zaluso poyendera mipingo, nyumba zachifumu ndi mabwinja ofukula mabwinja [ …] Sindinkachita mpumulo ndipo ndinali mwana woipa, chifukwa sindinamalize sukulu ya sekondale, choncho banja langa linanditumiza ku Mexico. Mwamwayi ndidakwanitsa kulowa sukulu yaukadaulo ndi zamisiri zomwe zimayambira ku Ciudadela ndipo mtsogoleri wawo anali José Chávez Morado. Ndinasankha ntchito yojambula zithunzi ndipo ndinaphunzira ntchitoyi: kuyeretsa miyala, kuilemba, kujambula ndi kusindikiza. Nditangokumana ndi wojambula Roberto Doniz, yemwe anali atayamba kale kuonekera, ndipo adandipempha kuti ndimuwonetse zojambula zanga, zomwe adapita nazo kwa Antonio Souza, mwiniwake wa malo ofunikira. Souza anali wokonda kwambiri ntchito yanga ndipo anakonza chiwonetsero changa choyamba ku Fort Worth, Texas, mu 1959. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono ndinayamba kugulitsa ndipo ndinali kale ndi kalembedwe, ngati mukufuna kutchula choncho. Ndi ndalama zomwe ndimasunga komanso upangiri ndi malingaliro a Souza, ndidapita ku Paris. Ndimapita mwezi umodzi ndipo ndidakhala zaka zambiri! […] Sindinapake utoto kwa nthawi yayitali, koma sindinasiye zolemba; Nthawi ndi nthawi ndimakhala ndi ma komisheni ndipo posachedwapa ndimapanga magazini yopindulitsa Botanical Garden […] Achinyamata pafupifupi nthawi zonse amayamba ntchito yawo potsanzira. Ndikuganiza kuti ojambula atsopanowo ayenera kudziwa zambiri, ndi maulendo, maphunziro, mawonetsero ochokera kunja. Ndikofunikira kuti titsegule tokha osakhala otsekeka kudziko lapansi ”.
Roberto Doniz
Roberto anayamba kujambula kuyambira ali mwana kwambiri. Ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zitatu adalowa sukulu yausiku ya antchito ndipo pambuyo pake adapita kusukulu yotchuka ya Esmeralda mu 1950: "Posakhalitsa ndidazindikira kuti kuphatikiza pamsonkhanowu, kunali koyenera kupita kumalaibulale, m'mabwalo, kuti ndikakhale ndi chithunzi chokwanira pamsika wamsika luso lodzipangira tsogolo langa ndikukhala katswiri wojambula, chifukwa ndizovuta kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku zaluso […] Mu 1960 ndidapita kukakhala ku Paris ndipo ndidali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi ziwonetsero zingapo […] Nditangobwerera ku Oaxaca, woyang'anira yunivesiteyo adandiitanira kuti ndikaphunzitse ku School of Fine Arts ndipo ndidakhala komweko kwa zaka ziwiri […] Ku Rufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1973, ndidayesetsa kulimbikitsa ophunzira kuti apange maluso awo opanga, omwe sadzipereka kuti akope ntchito za ojambula odziwika. Anyamatawa ankakhala mumalowo. Atadzuka ndikudya chakudya cham'mawa, amapita kuntchito tsiku lonse ndipo anali omasuka kujambula ndi kujambula chilichonse chomwe angafune. Pambuyo pake ndidayamba kuwaphunzitsa ukadaulo wamalonda.
Filemoni James
Adabadwira ku San José Sosola, tawuni yaying'ono yomwe ili pamsewu wopita ku Mexico, koyambirira kwa Mixteca, mu 1958: "Ndakhala ndikulakalaka ndikuphunzira kujambula. Kenako ndinali wokondwa […] ndimaganizira chinsalu chobiriwira ndikachiyambitsa, ngati zipatso, ndipo ndikachipaka chikukula […] Ndikachimaliza, ndichifukwa ndimawona kuti tsopano ndiufulu kuyenda. Ali ngati mwana wamwamuna yemwe adzayenera kudzidalira ndikudziyankhulira.
Fernando Olivera
Adabadwira mumzinda wa Oaxaca ku 1962, mdera la La Merced; adaphunzira kujambula ku Sukulu ya Zaluso ndi mphunzitsi waku Japan Sinsaburo Takeda: "Nthawi ina yapita ndidali ndi mwayi wopita ku Isthmus ndipo ndidawona zithunzi ndi makanema azimayi ndikulimbana kwawo ndikukhala ndi moyo wathanzi, ndale komanso zachuma mderali, kuyambira kuyambira pamenepo ndinabwereranso kwa akazi ngati chizindikiro penti yanga. Kukhalapo kwachikazi ndikofunikira, kuli ngati chonde, dziko lapansi, kupitiriza ”.
Rolando Rojas
Adabadwira ku Tehuantepec ku 1970: "Ndakhala moyo wanga wonse mwachangu ndipo ndimayenera kuyika malingaliro anga pachilichonse. Maganizo amenewa andipangitsa kuti ndipite patsogolo, popeza kuyambira ku pulayimale komanso mothandizidwa ndi amayi anga, banja lonse lidayenera kupulumuka. Ndinaphunzira zomangamanga ndi kukonzanso nyumba, ndipo izi zinandithandiza kupitiliza kujambula. Ku sukuluyi adandiphunzitsa lingaliro la utoto, koma atakhazikika, ayenera kuyiwala za izo ndikupaka chilankhulo chawo, kumva mitundu ndikupanga chilengedwe, moyo watsopano ”.
Felipe Morales
“Ndinabadwira m'tauni yaing'ono, ku Ocotlán, ndipo kumeneko ndi bwalo lamasewera lokha, malo okha omwe tiyenera kuwonetsa ndi tchalitchi. Kuyambira ndili mwana ndakhala wokonda zachipembedzo nthawi zonse ndipo ndimawonetsa izi penti yanga. Posachedwapa ndawonetsa zojambula zingapo ndi mitu yachipembedzo komanso yachikhalidwe yomwe imawonetsa zomwe ndakumana nazo […] Zolemba zanga zaumunthu zimakonda kukhala zazitali, ndimazichita mosazindikira, ndiomwe amatuluka. Dzanja, kugunda, amanditsogolera, ndi njira yowakongoletsera ndikuwapatsa zinthu zauzimu ”.
Abelardo Lopez
Wobadwa mu 1957 ku San Bartolo, Coyotepec. Ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu, adayamba maphunziro ake openta ku Sukulu ya Zaluso ku Oaxaca. Anali mgulu la Rufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop: “Ndimakonda kujambula malo omwe ndimagwirako ntchito kuyambira ndili mwana. Sindikufuna kuwonetsa chilengedwe monga momwe ziliri, ndimayesetsa kuti ndichitanthauzire momwe ndimafunira. Ndimakonda kuthambo, mawonekedwe achilengedwe opanda mithunzi, kujambula china chake chomwe sichinawoneke, chopangidwa. Ndimajambula m'njira yomwe imandisangalatsa kwambiri, ndi sitampu yanga ndi kalembedwe kanga. Ndikapaka utoto ndimatengeka kwambiri ndikumverera komanso malingaliro abwezeretse chilengedwe kuposa kuwerengetsa ".
