Tu Eres Mi Otro Yo (2026)

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Jesus Barraza
Open Edition (s) of 8.5" x 11", Printed in San Leandro, CA , (September) 2026
- Dark red metallic in on Pink Acid and Lignin Free, paper
- Dark red metallic in on Turquoise Acid and Lignin Free, paper
- Dark red metallic ink on Rose paper Acid and Lignin Free, paper

Tú Eres Mi Otro Yo draws from Luis Valdez’ In Lak’ech and its call to see yourself in those in the world: tú eres mi otro yo. The words sit within the sacred heart, an image that carries the weight of Mexican and Chicano spiritual traditions—love, pain, sacrifice, protection, faith, and survival. Here the heart is not only of love but it is a collective heart, one that asks what it means means to hold one another in community through difficult times.

The flames rising from the heart speak to burning, but also to warmth. They hold the heat of memory, desire, struggle, and transformation. The rays that surround it move outward like a force that burns to transform the world into something new. It moves to build a world where community comes together to challenge the systems that create divisions and teach us to see ourselves as distinct groups rather than a unified force.
Valdez’ poem offers a simple lesson: when I harm you, I harm myself; when I respect you, I respect myself. The piece brings us back to this lesson at a moment when our world pushes isolation, fear, competition, and the abandonment of others. It helps us remember that our lives are bound together—not only emotionally or spiritually, but materially. What happens to one of us, one family, one community, eventually reaches us all.

The heart helps us come together, it imagines solidarity not as an abstract idea, but as a practice of looking toward one another, protecting one another, and making room for futures that we cannot create alone.