Lately, that sentence feels less like a joke and more like a daily status update.
Back home in Havana, we are navigating days marked by no gasoline, political tension, deep exhaustion, and — above all — uncertainty. The kind of uncertainty that seeps into everything. Into schedules. Into plans. Into conversations. Into sleep.
There are mornings when simply getting to work feels like a small victory. Fuel shortages reshape routines. Delays become normal. The emotional weight of not knowing what comes next becomes part of the atmosphere. And still, life moves. Slowly, stubbornly, beautifully.
We repeat our favorite mantra over and over again. We breathe in. We breathe out. We try to call in calm. We try to manifest peace.
So far… the drama continues.
But here’s the other truth.
While we wait for peace to manifest, we keep working. Louder. Braver. With even more energy than before. We challenge uncertainty the only way we know how — by creating, by designing, by producing, by building something that did not exist yesterday.
We cannot control the fuel shortages.
We cannot control the political temperature.
We cannot control the instability around us.
But we can control how we respond.
We can choose to invest every drop of energy into improving our day to day. Into strengthening our team. Into refining our processes. Into dreaming bigger than our circumstances.
At Clandestina, resilience is not a marketing concept. It is logistics. It is teamwork. It is patience. It is humor in the middle of chaos. It is showing up even when showing up is complicated.
Because here in Cuba — despite everything and everyone — life continues. People continue. Creativity continues.
And color? Color refuses to disappear.
So while the outside world feels tense and unpredictable, inside our studio we are working on something vibrant. Bold. Alive.
Long live the colors of the new season. 💛