I made this work in 1992 to mark the quincentennial of the conquest—not in celebration, but in mourning. Back then, I carried the weight of 500 years, answering a legacy of invasion, erasure, and resistance.

Now, decades later, I return to it with older eyes. The past hasn’t faded—it’s only deepened. History must be named, not whitewashed.

This piece still speaks. And I’m still listening.