2006 Untitled mixed media
where do I begin?
just begin, she answered
begin today
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- every single day
- daisies to diamonds
- playing
- eagle goddess memories
- Consuelo Velázquez: BESO
- Juana de Ibarbourou: ALMA
- Floricelda Rivas Aráuz: MOVIMIENTO
- Sor María Romero: AIRE
- Casimira: MUJER
- María Félix: CORAZON
- Hope: ARTE
- Yoyita: GUERRERA REAL
- Mi Mimi: REINA
- Nicaragua: VIENTRE
- Mi Uca: ESTRELLA
- Sacasa-Sarria: CIELOS AZULES
- Sevilla-Sacasa: PLANETA
- Júlia Lopes Almeida: LUZ
- Remedios Varo: LOCURA
- Carmen Miranda: CUERPO
- Marina Nuñez del Prado: MILAGRO
- Evita Peron: PUEBLO
- Margarita: MUSA
- Melba: DIOSA
- Frida Kahlo: ALAS
- Gabriela Mistral: MADRE
- Celia Cruz: VIDA
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Wednesday, September 30
Tuesday, September 29
our eternal souls
2007 mixed media
When you look in the mirror who do you see?
When you find a new little wrinkle what do you blame?
A gray hair? Is it really time to despair?
An extra pound or two? Is that important to you?
Our bodies are not eternal, our souls are.
Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi...
originally published in 2007
When you look in the mirror who do you see?
When you find a new little wrinkle what do you blame?
A gray hair? Is it really time to despair?
An extra pound or two? Is that important to you?
Our bodies are not eternal, our souls are.
Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi...
originally published in 2007
Monday, September 28
manifest
Sunday, September 27
Saturday, September 26
daisies to diamonds
2005 Untitled hand-dyed silk detail
ribbons in her hair
a flower tucked behind an ear
rubber bands as bracelets
mother’s pearls - what pleasure
a crown of paper and a feather
oh nymph - oh fairy princess !
Always adoring adornments, from daisies to diamonds, if I thought it magical I was wearing it. Grand Mother initiated me by personally piercing my ears with gold when I was but two weeks old. Since then, adornments developed into a form of silent, almost sacred communication. Every piece I conceive carries a bit of my soul, paying respectful homage to my Muse, Mother Nature. A decade ago, after creating the first wearable sculpture I wrote, “…like the human soul, no two are alike…” It is still true today.
originally published in January 2007
ribbons in her hair
a flower tucked behind an ear
rubber bands as bracelets
mother’s pearls - what pleasure
a crown of paper and a feather
oh nymph - oh fairy princess !
Always adoring adornments, from daisies to diamonds, if I thought it magical I was wearing it. Grand Mother initiated me by personally piercing my ears with gold when I was but two weeks old. Since then, adornments developed into a form of silent, almost sacred communication. Every piece I conceive carries a bit of my soul, paying respectful homage to my Muse, Mother Nature. A decade ago, after creating the first wearable sculpture I wrote, “…like the human soul, no two are alike…” It is still true today.
originally published in January 2007
Friday, September 25
playing
inherited antique bronze venus
As a girl, she showed me to play with clay. As a woman, he taught me to command and form the clay. In telling me HIStory he posed a simple yet profound question: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ? I do have something to say. I am telling my story. I am remembering HERstory.
originally published in January 2007
I have so much to say...so much to remember....and I am playing every step of the way, through every dream...
As a girl, she showed me to play with clay. As a woman, he taught me to command and form the clay. In telling me HIStory he posed a simple yet profound question: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ? I do have something to say. I am telling my story. I am remembering HERstory.
originally published in January 2007
I have so much to say...so much to remember....and I am playing every step of the way, through every dream...
Thursday, September 24
eagle goddess memories
study for sculpture
One of my earliest memories is that of sitting on the majestic throne-like lap of beloved Grand Mother and kissing the Pre-Colombian eagle goddess pendant suspended from a long gold chain reaching her solar plexus. The shiny hammered talisman glowed in the sunlight, becoming warm in my hand, silently transferring ancestral wisdom.
originally published in January 2007
One of my earliest memories is that of sitting on the majestic throne-like lap of beloved Grand Mother and kissing the Pre-Colombian eagle goddess pendant suspended from a long gold chain reaching her solar plexus. The shiny hammered talisman glowed in the sunlight, becoming warm in my hand, silently transferring ancestral wisdom.
originally published in January 2007
Wednesday, September 23
Consuelo Velázquez: BESO
2008 mixed media
Bésame, bésame mucho,
Como si fuera esta noche
La última vez.
Bésame, bésame mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte después.
Quiero tenerte muy cerca,
Mirarme en tus ojos,
Y estar junto a tí.
Piensa que tal vez mañana,
Estaré muy lejos,
Muy lejos de aquí.
Bésame, bésame mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte después.
- Consuelo Velázquez (1917- 2005)
Tuesday, September 22
Juana de Ibarbourou: ALMA
2008 mixed media
Te doy mi alma desnuda,
como estatua a la cual ningún cendal escuda.
Desnuda con el puro impudor
de un fruto, de una estrella o una flor;
de todas esas cosas que tienen la infinita
serenidad de Eva antes de ser maldita.
De todas esas cosas,
frutos, astros y rosas,
que no sienten vergüenza del sexo sin celajes
y a quienes nadie osara fabricarles ropajes.
Sin velos, como el cuerpo de una diosa serena
¡que tuviera una intensa blancura de azucena!
Desnuda, y toda abierta de par en par
¡por el ansia del amar!
- Juana de Ibarbourou (1892(5) – 1979)
Monday, September 21
Floricelda Rivas Aráuz: MOVIMIENTO
2008 mixed media
Hay que vivir como en todo, actualizado. Vivir leyendo, dando vueltas junto con el mundo, no estar viendo que el mundo da vueltas, sino meterse en ese movimiento, si no te quedás, como el que quedó esperando un bus en la parada y lo vio partir. Si uno sigue así, se hace viejo, yo, en ese sentido, sí me siento jovencita.
- Floricelda Rivas Aráuz (1947-2007)
Sunday, September 20
Sor María Romero: AIRE
Saturday, September 19
Casimira: MUJER
2008 mixed media of my Great-Great-Grand-Mother
Daughter of a President.
Sister of a President.
Wife of a Genius.
Mother of a Muse.
Mother-in-Law of a President.
Grand-Mother of Presidents.
Grand-Mother of Muses.
Grand-Mother of Poets.
Grand Matriarch of Multitudes.
Great-Great-Grand-Mother of Mine...
mujer de mujeres es un orgullo llevar su nombre
Casimira Sacasa Sacasa de Debayle
mujer de mujeres
Daughter of a President.
Sister of a President.
Wife of a Genius.
Mother of a Muse.
Mother-in-Law of a President.
Grand-Mother of Presidents.
Grand-Mother of Muses.
Grand-Mother of Poets.
Grand Matriarch of Multitudes.
Great-Great-Grand-Mother of Mine...
mujer de mujeres es un orgullo llevar su nombre
Friday, September 18
Thursday, September 17
Hope: ARTE
2008 mixed media
Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza
esperanza, luz, amada Tia Mia
temple of culture
temple of expression
temple of light
temple of music
temple of dance
temple of history
temple of HERstory
temple of HOPE
thank you
for being a visionary
for birthing Nicaragua’s majestic theatre,
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío
Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza
esperanza, luz, amada Tia Mia
...un templo del arte...temple of art
- Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza (1929 –1991)
temple of culture
temple of expression
temple of light
temple of music
temple of dance
temple of history
temple of HERstory
temple of HOPE
thank you
for being a visionary
for birthing Nicaragua’s majestic theatre,
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío
Wednesday, September 16
Yoyita: GUERRERA REAL
Tuesday, September 15
Mi Mimi: REINA
Monday, September 14
Nicaragua: VIENTRE
2003 Untitled mixed media on canvas
Con lagrimas te sueño
Con lagrimas te extraño
Con lagrimas te baño
Bautizada amada NICARAGUA
Con lagrimas te siento nacer de mi vientre
Con sangre y orgullo
Con grito de guerra y fuego del mar
NICARAGUA...Con dolor hoy te pinto
for my noble Father and his Motherland
Julia Casimira Sacasa de Checa
originally published in 2004
Con lagrimas te sueño
Con lagrimas te extraño
Con lagrimas te baño
Bautizada amada NICARAGUA
Con lagrimas te siento nacer de mi vientre
Con sangre y orgullo
Con grito de guerra y fuego del mar
NICARAGUA...Con dolor hoy te pinto
for my noble Father and his Motherland
Julia Casimira Sacasa de Checa
originally published in 2004
Sunday, September 13
Mi Uca: ESTRELLA
2007 "MARUCA" my beautiful Grand Mother, mixed media
Maria Lidia Tercero Teran de Sacasa
mi abuela paterna, mi estrella del mar, mi Uca
excerpt from "Estrella Maruca" written in 2005
Maria Lidia Tercero Teran de Sacasa
mi abuela paterna, mi estrella del mar, mi Uca
...Hoy sentí el sol mas fuerte que nunca y la luna brilla con luz especial...las olas del mar bailan de alegría y mis lágrimas me las seca con su manto nuestra Madre María...Estrella Maruca regreso a su hogar, al cielo...ya no hay porque llorar...
excerpt from "Estrella Maruca" written in 2005
Saturday, September 12
Sacasa-Sarria: CIELOS AZULES
Friday, September 11
Sevilla-Sacasa: PLANETA
2007 mixed media of my beloved Grand-Father
nació un 11 de septiembre
del vientre de venus
con alas de mariposas
y plumas de pavo-real
el sol
la luna
las estrellas
te celebran
hoy y siempre
amado abuelo
embajador del planeta
en mis sueños nos vemos
remembering my Popo on his birthday
originally published in 2007
nació un 11 de septiembre
del vientre de venus
con alas de mariposas
y plumas de pavo-real
el sol
la luna
las estrellas
te celebran
hoy y siempre
amado abuelo
embajador del planeta
en mis sueños nos vemos
remembering my Popo on his birthday
originally published in 2007
Thursday, September 10
Júlia Lopes Almeida: LUZ
2008 mixed media
Perfumada laranjeira,
Linda assim dessa maneira,
Sorrindo à luz do arrebol,
Toda em flores, branca toda
- Parece a noiva do Sol
Preparada para a boda.
E esposa do Sol, que a adora,
Com que cuidados divinos
Curva ela os ramos, agora!
E entre as folhas abrigados,
Seus filhos, frutos dourados,
Parecem sois pequeninos.
- Júlia Lopes Almeida (1862-1934)
Wednesday, September 9
Remedios Varo: LOCURA
2008 mixed media
There is a Spanish saying, which I grew up with:
In Granada, Nicaragua I have recently heard:
At times, aren't we all crazier than goats on bicycles...?
...trying to pedal our way through life
striving for balance and stability while moving along...
originally published in 2008
On second thought, I think I am crazier than my goat.
- Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
There is a Spanish saying, which I grew up with:
mas loca que una cabra OR
crazier than a goat
In Granada, Nicaragua I have recently heard:
mas loca que una cabra en bicicleta
crazier than a goat on a bicycle
At times, aren't we all crazier than goats on bicycles...?
...trying to pedal our way through life
striving for balance and stability while moving along...
originally published in 2008
Tuesday, September 8
Carmen Miranda: CUERPO
Monday, September 7
Marina Nuñez del Prado: MILAGRO
2008 mixed media
...el espiritu de mi gente...
Mi vida es mi obra:
Siento la inmensa dicha de haber nacido bajo la tutela de los Andes que son la expresión de la fuerza y el milagro cósmico así mi obra expresa el espiritu de mi tierra Andina y el espiritu de mi gente aymara.
- Marina Nuñez del Prado (approximately 1910 -1995)
...el espiritu de mi gente...
Sunday, September 6
Evita Peron: PUEBLO
Saturday, September 5
Margarita: MUSA
2007 "Tia Margarita" mixed media
Margarita Debayle Sacasa de Pallais
mi musa de sueños y fantasias, mi Margarita
Margarita Debayle Sacasa de Pallais
mi musa de sueños y fantasias, mi Margarita
eran las 3 de la mañana
de repente despertó
una nube la encontró
entre luna y estrellas
con Ruben y Margarita
la historia quería ser escrita
2004 excerpt from an ongoing series of writings inspired by Margarita...his Grand Mother who also visits my dreams from years and years ago
Friday, September 4
Melba: DIOSA
2007 "ISIS" mixed media collage study for sculpture
Melba Tercero Debayle
mi ada madrina, diosa de luz
I am Isis, mistress of the whole land...I am she who separated the heaven from the earth. I have instructed mankind in the mysteries...I have ordered the course of the sun and the moon. I am queen of the rivers and winds and sea...I have made justice more powerful than silver and gold. I have caused truth to be considered beautiful. I am she who is called the Goddess of women...
- excerpt from the Inscription on The Temple of Isis at Sais
the goddess called me
it was a full moon yesterday
Melba Tercero Debayle
mi ada madrina, diosa de luz
I am Isis, mistress of the whole land...I am she who separated the heaven from the earth. I have instructed mankind in the mysteries...I have ordered the course of the sun and the moon. I am queen of the rivers and winds and sea...I have made justice more powerful than silver and gold. I have caused truth to be considered beautiful. I am she who is called the Goddess of women...
- excerpt from the Inscription on The Temple of Isis at Sais
the goddess called me
it was a full moon yesterday
Thursday, September 3
Frida Kahlo: ALAS
mixed media from a series
Pies para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar...
Feet why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Do you have wings to fly?
I do...I have enormous wings which rescue me and dare me to continue soaring into my wildest dreams. The more I use my wings, the stronger they become and the further I am able to fly.
originally published last year
Pies para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar...
Feet why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Do you have wings to fly?
I do...I have enormous wings which rescue me and dare me to continue soaring into my wildest dreams. The more I use my wings, the stronger they become and the further I am able to fly.
originally published last year
Wednesday, September 2
Gabriela Mistral: MADRE
2008 mixed media
Have you ever written a poem - or a note of love - to your Mother?
The bond between Mother and Child is sacred...
originally published in 2008
Madre, madre, tú me besas,
pero yo te beso más,
y el enjambre de mis besos
no te deja ni mirar...
Si la abeja se entra al lirio,
no se siente su aletear.
Cuando escondes a tu hijito
ni se le oye respirar...
Yo te miro, yo te miro
sin cansarme de mirar,
y qué lindo niño veo
a tus ojos asomar...
El estanque copia todo
lo que tú mirando estás;
pero tú en las niñas tienes
a tu hijo y nada más.
Los ojitos que me diste
me los tengo de gastar
en seguirte por los valles,
por el cielo y por el mar...
- Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957)
Have you ever written a poem - or a note of love - to your Mother?
The bond between Mother and Child is sacred...
originally published in 2008
Tuesday, September 1
Celia Cruz: VIDA
2008 mixed media
Todo aquel que piense que la vida es desigual,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que la vida es una hermosura, hay que vivirla.
Todo aquel que piense que esta solo y que esta mal,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que en la vida no hay nadie solo, siempre hay alguien.
Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval,
es mas bello vivir cantando.
Oh, oh, oh, Ay, no hay que llorar,
que la vida es un carnaval
y las penas se van cantando.
Todo aquel que piense que la vida siempre es cruel,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que tan solo hay momentos malos, y todo pasa.
Todo aquel que piense que esto nunca va a cambiar,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que al mal tiempo buena cara, y todo pasa.
Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval,
es mas bello vivir cantando.
Oh, oh, oh, Ay, no hay que llorar,
que la vida es un carnaval
y las penas se van cantando.
Para aquellos que se quejan tanto.
Para aquellos que solo critican.
Para aquellos que usan las armas.
Para aquellos que nos contaminan.
Para aquellos que hacen la guerra.
Para aquellos que viven pecando.
Para aquellos nos maltratan.
Para aquellos que nos contagian.
[lyrics from Celia Cruz’s “La Vida es un Carnaval”]
¡ Azúcar !
- Celia Cruz (1925 – 2003)
Todo aquel que piense que la vida es desigual,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que la vida es una hermosura, hay que vivirla.
Todo aquel que piense que esta solo y que esta mal,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que en la vida no hay nadie solo, siempre hay alguien.
Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval,
es mas bello vivir cantando.
Oh, oh, oh, Ay, no hay que llorar,
que la vida es un carnaval
y las penas se van cantando.
Todo aquel que piense que la vida siempre es cruel,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que tan solo hay momentos malos, y todo pasa.
Todo aquel que piense que esto nunca va a cambiar,
tiene que saber que no es asi,
que al mal tiempo buena cara, y todo pasa.
Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval,
es mas bello vivir cantando.
Oh, oh, oh, Ay, no hay que llorar,
que la vida es un carnaval
y las penas se van cantando.
Para aquellos que se quejan tanto.
Para aquellos que solo critican.
Para aquellos que usan las armas.
Para aquellos que nos contaminan.
Para aquellos que hacen la guerra.
Para aquellos que viven pecando.
Para aquellos nos maltratan.
Para aquellos que nos contagian.
[lyrics from Celia Cruz’s “La Vida es un Carnaval”]
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