Dreaming in Cuban

The title comes from the homonymous novel by Cristina Garcia. In the novel, Pilar Puente -a punk artist emigrated to NY - goes to a Lou Reed’s concert. It is one out of several portraits of the controversial NY rock star - and full artist - Lou Reed. Almost in full figure, he stands on a background of cadmium red maybe Spanish Harlem buildings, a yellow Triumph motorcycle at his left. Some lines out of his songs or, better, poems in music, are reversely written in gold on red. Read them, listen to the songs. Everybody has his moments of glory looking back at the youth.