i was just there and that is where i was starting to write about art and meeting artists like saul kamineror... you know? there were a group of artists, poets, literary people, and that's when i define, "oh, i participate, belong, to a conversation that is latin american, and that we have so much in common." and then when i got to new york, and that's when i realize what an importance that that i had discovered, and that it was not as present in europe. in the united states it has a very particular meaning, and it is something that more and more people are enjoying. so what is very... and so when i'm offered to go to el museo del barrio, i think i took it as a responsibility for thinking about this identity for the future of our kids, you know, in that sense. >> hinojosa: but you're... you're thrown into this kind of major debate around latino identity... >> mm-hmm, mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...and you know, a lot of people look at the latino community, and just say, "it's a latino community..." >> mm-hmm, mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...and have a hard time saying, "well, this person is mexican, or "t