Flying garment II ~ Delirio del incrédulo reimagines a ceremonial suit, tailored to the contours of the artist’s grandfather, as a site where memory, loss, and hope converge. Worn during a pivotal family event in 1984, the suit now bears the weight of time, an heirloom reframed. Three preserved rose petals are sewn near the heart, symbolizing the intimate connection between body and past.

A half-smoked cigar stub, ‘mended’ with solid gold embroidery thread, serves as a poignant trace of remembrance—fragments that persist even as they fade, bound together by the delicate act of mending. The suit is accompanied by a handkerchief that also belonged to the grandfather, silkscreened with a poem by Terri Witek in gold ink. Placed in varying positions, the handkerchief extends the suit while remaining distinct, reflecting the fluid and elusive nature of what we try to or believe we remember.

The title Delirio del incrédulo (“Delirium of the Unbeliever”) is drawn from María Zambrano’s poem, which explores the disintegration of what we recall, the disorientation of time, and the tension between hope and despair. For Zambrano, delirio carries both a oneiric and hopeful connotation. The poem begins:

Bajo la flor, la rama
sobre la flor, la estrella
bajo la estrella, el viento;
¿Y más allá?
Más allá ¿no recuerdas?, sólo la nada
la nada, óyelo bien, mi alma,
duérmete, aduérmete en la nada.
Si pudiera, pero hundirme.
Bajo la flor, la rama…

These lines evoke a quiet surrender to the void, but also a yearning for transcendence, with the repeated refrain of la nada (“the nothingness”) underscoring the tension between loss and hope. In tandem with Flying garment I, these suspended forms honor a legacy’s quiet persistence across time.