What a day. I went out in search of a Sexy Gay Jesus poster (as you do) because I heard they were available at city hall and reckoned it was about to become a collector’s item, especially if it gets banned (it won’t) so I should get one. The guy at city hall told me I’d have to go to the office of Fiestas Mayores up the road, so off I went. Well, the very nice lady there told me that they only had posters of Fiestas de Primavera, not Semana Santa, for that I’d have to go to the Hermandad office around the corner. Then it occurred to me to ask if they had old posters too because there is ONE POSTER that I’ve been looking for since I first saw it in 2017 by local artist Nuria Barrera. She showed me the ones they had on offer, nope not there. Then I said… it was the one with the closet, you remember? And she was all like OH THE CLOSET ONE, nipped behind her desk, opened a drawer and handed me two of them. I was almost in shock. After all this time I couldn’t believe my luck and felt totally silly-happy.

BUT I still had to find Jesus (so to speak). Over at the Hermandad office they told me the posters wouldn’t be available until mid-February. So okay fine. I really didn’t care at that point, all I wanted to do is get home and put my gorgeous poster somewhere so I could look at it every day. Except I needed a frame! Quick stop at El Corte Inglés and I was home with this simple wooden frame, a perfect fit, which I put together in a snap and only then noticed that – aaaargh – the left bottom corner was fucked. Whatever, I’ll deal with that later, change it, maybe.

I don’t know why this poster got to me the way it did. It is sooooooooo Sevilla though, the imagery, so many details, the colours, taking us from Semana Santa into Feria, as happens every spring. It probably won’t mean much to non-sevillanos but I just love it. And now I have one! Even with a busted frame. I’m still happy.