Cuídame, 2025
Helena Emerita Gomez
Los Angeles, CA
Glass, ribbon, lace, prayer bracelets, angel embellishment
16 × 16 inches
@helenaemerita

Bringing together sacred imagery and personal reflection, this work explores how faith, cultural memory, and inherited traditions shape our understanding of identity and belonging. The Virgin Mary serves as both a spiritual presence and an enduring cultural symbol through which generations have expressed devotion, sacrifice, and reverence. The work reflects on how these inherited beliefs and traditions become woven into our sense of self, asking us to consider what we carry from the past, what we choose to preserve, and how these histories continue to shape who we are becoming.