amethyst foundation

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; / The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

- Revelation 21, from the Bible

I usually don't quote from the Bible, but I simply adore this description.

treasures

I discovered a box of ancient letters today...what do you treasure?

remembering and forgiving

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

remembering and forgiving

strange & extravagant

"Break the Monotony. Do something strange and extravagant!"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

I opened the book and the message flew into my hands...strange and extravagant

Nicaragua

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

decide

decide to be healthy, decide to see beauty and feel joy, decide to love

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

Tia Nena's moon

last night's brilliant crescent moon seemed to be smiling and lighting the way home

remembering beloved Tia Nena

journey

She placed earth's gifts around her neck and began the journey...

embajador del planeta

my beloved grandfather would have been 102 today
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

gratitude & celebration

today, let us be grateful for every single miracle

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

today, let us celebrate every single moment

PHOTOGRAPH: from a series taken at the nursing home in Rivas during dance lessons organized through Future of Nicaragua Foundation's cultural programs

another corner of my soul

where is your haven?

"My home is my retreat and resting place from the wars. I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner of my soul." - Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592)

new moon

may tonight's NEW MOON gift you with NEW IDEAS and NEW BEGINNINGS

new eyes

I opened the book and received this message: "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922)

with spirit

when we are in touch with our spirit, there is simply nothing to fear

"Go on with the spirit that fears nothing!"
- Homer (c. 8th century BC)

our temples

our bodies tell a story

where we have been, where we are headed

every curve is a blessing...our bodies are our temples

Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body.

- Carmen Miranda (1909 – 1955)

rich by spending

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

How do we spend ourselves?

Are we rich in life and energy?

mother nature's child

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

where is your focus?

watch your words today
observe your thoughts
where is your focus?

man-goes

It was a lazy Sunday morning. Tumbling out of bed, I made my way to the grocery store in search of tulips and mangos. The sun was gloriously hot – summer was near.

While contemplating what color of tulips to get, red, pink, white, maybe striped...I suddenly sensed something and looked up. Clad in vintage aviator Ray-Bans, a mane of luscious locks swept back – it was him – HIM...

Ducking behind the roses, my heart and mind began a marathon. Why could I not take 5 minutes to shower...2 minutes to comb my hair...had I even brushed my teeth...PANIC. Could HE see me? Why had I not followed my parents’ cardinal rule – be ready to see anyone and be seen at all times?

He looked freshly showered, impeccable as always, but still maintaining the signature rugged manly appeal for which he was famous. I was dressed in yoga gear – black cotton lycra – UGH. Lip gloss was the extent of my beauty morning routine.

Snatching a bunch of tulips, I took advantage of the fact that he was selecting organic tomatoes. I seized my mangos and sprinted to the check-out...

originally published in 2007 and yes I had brushed my teeth

dance the freedom

"...The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of that soul will have become the movement of the body. The dancer will not belong to a nation but to all humanity. She will dance not in the form of a nymph, nor fairy, nor coquette but in the form of a woman in its greatest and purest expression. She will realize the mission of woman's body and the holiness of all its parts. She will dance the changing life of nature, showing how each part is transformed into the other. From all parts of her body shall shine radiant intelligence, bringing to the world the message of the thoughts and aspirations of thousands of women. She shall dance the freedom of women ..."

excerpt from “The Dancer of The Future” by Isadora Duncan in 1903

flowers

I dream in fragrant flowers of memory...

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. - Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

let the guilt go & feel the buoyancy

"Why should we grieve that we've been sleeping?
It doesn't matter how long we've been unconscious.

We're groggy, but let the guilt go.
Feel the motions of tenderness
around you, the buoyancy." ~ RUMI

ojo de mujer

ojo de mujer
que ves ?
a quien lloras ?

ojo de mujer
durmiendo
soñando

ojo de mujer
deja la luz entrar
-- es hora de despertar

ojo de mujer
pintado o desnudo
mirate en el espejo – y dime, de que color eres ?

originally published in 2007

warrior queen gypsy woman

soy guerrera de otros siglos

soy reina desde antes

soy gitana bailando

soy esa que grita su verdad en silencio

soy mujer

being a woman

2008 mixed media

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

- Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962)

With every year that passes, I enjoy who I am and where I am headed...
Being a woman is a great adventure.
Being a woman is a gift...an honor.

imagination

one of my landscapes
imagine today - all day

knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
- e. e. cummings

moon dreams

what do you thirst for?
take in tonight's full moon and tell her your dreams.

Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon's reflection. - RUMI

a blessing

everything and everyone is a blessing - although often in disguise

a dream

the other night I dreamed with fairies dancing around fountains of water in lush gardens...

"Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?" - Lewis Carroll

observe, feel & be silent

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. - RUMI

excerpt from a quote found within one my journals this morning

con guitarra y voz dulce

nací siendo la primera nieta de
Antioco Sacasa Sarria
mi bello Papa-Coco de ojos azules

Papa-Coco quien me contaba cuentos
historias reales
leyendas maravillosas
con guitarra y voz dulce

Papa-Coco siento su mirada en cielos celestes
Papa-Coco escucho sus consejos con amor,
ya que siempre nos encontramos en mis sueños

invented truths

el cuello
pilar del templo
de donde salen verdades inventadas
voz de cuento
canción de amor

from a series soon to be published in print

rain baptizes

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.”
- Roger Miller (1936-1992)

rain baptizes my soul

under my bed

"Expand your reality to the point where you pursue what you love doing and excel at it. Involve yourself in high-energy levels of trust, optimism, appreciation, reverence, joy, and love when you engage in every activity in your life." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

I found this message under my bed...

alma de mar

amanecí con ganas de crear

amanecí con ganas de volar

vamos a bailar

vamos a soñar

amanecí con alma de mar

suspiros y sueños

La vida es hecha

De momentos...

De suspiros y sueños...

wild moments

wild beauty, wild laughter, wild joy, wild dance, wild freedom, wild dreams...wishing you WILD MOMENTS today...

“All good things are wild, and free.”
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

a thought on energy, on life

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. - Aristotle
positive thoughts equal positive energies

dare to dream

"Some place where there isn't any trouble.
Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto?
There must be.
It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train.
It's far, far away — behind the moon — beyond the rain —

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true."

- Dorothy from the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)

temple of goddess

la perla nació en el templo
de la diosa...

the pearl was born in the temple
of the goddess...

excerpt from a series of writings accompanying my latest collection of pearls, sterling and bronze

new moon tonight

new moon...

what begins tonight?

blossom

we are on earth
we are of earth
we are to BLOSSOM...

ginkgo leaf in bronze

play

motherhood reminds me to play every single day...

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. - Kahlil Gibran

mi estrella del mar, mi UCA

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

remembering my beloved grandmother, truly a Grand Mother...

Andy Warhol - fantasy

Andy Warhol and I are friends...I call him Andres. He wears CASIMIRA and likes to photograph me when I dance...

"Everyone must have a fantasy." - Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)
what is one of your fantasies?

Happy Birthday Andrew Warhola

simplify life

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

sing a song

one of baby's favorite songs has become a favorite of mine too...

Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad.

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.

Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me.

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.

- Words & Music by Joe Raposo created for Sesame Street

of the soul

Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,
why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul - RUMI

this beautiful quote fell out of one of my books this morning

spark of light

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

- Anne Frank (1929-1945)

We must look for the good in each person...I do believe the spark of light in within every human being...

24 months

he is 24 months old today

my little prince

motherhood blesses, changes, challenges, transforms...

Happy 2nd Birthday !! Mama loves you beyond words...