casimira: Édith Piaf

"Don't care what people say."
- Édith Piaf (1915-1963)

casimira: Mother Teresa

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
- Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)

casimira: Virginia Woolf

"Arrange whatever pieces come your way."
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

casimira: Coretta Scott King

"Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul."
- Coretta Scott King (1927-2006)

casimira: Lena Horne

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
- Lena Horne (1917 - 2010)

casimira: Coco Chanel

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

- Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)

casimira: rain kisses & song

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

poetry by Edda M. Sevilla

Dame la dulzura de tus labios
El calor de tu cuerpo
El placer de tus manos
El milagro de tu amor
Llename de ti y así los dos revalsaremos de pasión.

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Tu eres mi cielo siempre rodeandome de amor.
Tu eres mi sol siempre dandome calor.
Tu eres mi luna siempre mi luz en la oscuridad
Yo te prometo ser lo mismo y crear para los dos un paraíso hasta la eternidad.

- Edda M. Sevilla (b. 1949)

casimira: from my journals

My pen is speckled with golden dust...waves of sunlight.  My heart is full of gratitude.  I am joyful and rejoice...I am enough!

casimira: dreams

dreaming with blue angels...soñando con ángeles azules

casimira: open the window

"The graceful movements come from a pearl

somewhere on the ocean floor.


Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge

of driftwood along the beach, wanting!


They derive from a slow and powerful root

that we can't see.


Stop the words now.


Open the window in the centre of your chest,

and let the spirits fly in and out."


-RUMI

casimira: dream journal excerpt

...dressed in a gown of coral draped with pearls and diamonds, she sat on her throne in the balcony of the great Parisian palace...

excerpt from Dream Journal, August 16th 2006, inspiration for sculpture and short story in progress

originally published in March 2007

casimira: from my journals

siento tu silencio

en cada rincón de mi cuerpo

busco tu riza
y no la encuentro

I feel your silence in every corner of my body, I search for your laughter and do not find it

casimira: today

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment.  First to let go of life.  Finally, to take a step without feet." - RUMI

a day of reading, painting and writing...

casimira: sunset

This morning I painted with watercolors and discovered I painted the sunset...

“To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.” - RUMI

relax, reflect, rejoice

...message from a park bench

casimira: luna

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

casimira: authenticity

"My aim: never copy.  Create a new style, light, brilliant colours, and sense the elegance in your models."
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)

It is one thing is to be influenced by other artists, designers.

It is quite another thing to copy.

To copy is to have no shame and no self-worth, worse yet – no voice.

How can you be proud of yourself if you copy?

Authenticity matters to me.

casimira: a tree

"I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree."

-Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918)

casimira: art is air

el rey azteca se vistió de mis sueños

cantó de cristales y piedras con sedas y palabras

el arte es aire

...art is air...

exceprt from a short story

casimira: Picasso

excerpt from a series of writings featuring Pablo Picasso; the stories always come to me through Spanish dreams


un día de sol
Palo de Limón
se enamoro de Rosa Linda

con sus espinas ella le saco el jugo
con sus perfumes lo hipnotizó

después de mucho tiempo
con un poco de azúcar negra prestada
el finalmente la conquisto

una noche de luna
vestido de Toro-Cura
Picasso los caso con pluma, oro y luz

de esta unión
nació Pez-con-Alas-de-Mariposa

tu crees en estas cosas?
son maravillosas...son milagrosas



one sunny day
Lemon Tree
fell in love with Rosa Linda

and her thorns began to squeeze his juices dry
while her perfumes hypnotized him

after some time
with a bit of borrowed brown sugar
he finally won her over

on a moonlit night
dressed as Bull-Priest
Picasso married them with feather, gold and light

from this union
Fish-with-Butterfly-Wings was born

do you believe in such things?
marvelous and miraculous things...

originally published in 2007

casimira: embrace the entire world

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

how do we limit ourselves?

let us embrace the entire world...

casimira: RUMI

Rumi whispered a sweet song to me early this morning:


"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep."

casimira: fairy

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 !

casimira: awake

universe breathed


LIFE


wind whispered


CHANGE


spirit signaled


FREEDOM


I sense it all...I am awake...

casimira: mujer

te pinto mi alma

en acuarelas de sueños


te cuento mis secretos

en murmullos celestes


te invento de recuerdos

en las paginas de mi ser


soy esa niña hecha mujer

casimira: song of my soul

my 2-year-old's art

life is made up of many little choices

each moment

every breath

offers a choice

little by little

I recognize nature’s melody

the song of my soul

today, I choose happiness...again and again


originally published in January 2007

casimira: surrender

...to live life with nobility, grace and elegance

casimira: gypsy

mi ojo

soy guerrera de otros siglos

soy reina desde antes

soy gitana bailando

soy esa que grita su verdad en silencio

soy mujer

casimira: thank you family & friends



 ...for always supporting me

casimira: Tio Alberto

contemplating the ephemeral, fragile beauty of life...the sacred cycle of birth, death and rebirth...

remembering beloved Tio Alberto

casimira: peace through smiles

"If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace." - Thich Nhat Hanh

smile today and blossom

life is too short to carry around low energies that weigh us down

just smile

feel the sunshine on your face

breathe in the moment

casimira: moon to sun

I am goddess of pearl
born daughter of moonlight and stardust

he who seeks me
finds me not

until I say – my way
I need neither sun nor gold

and I never do as I am told
should you see him today

tell him you gazed upon me
making a wish in his name...

excerpt from a short story written many suns ago

casimira: love the whole world

Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.
- Buddha (563-483 B.C.)

casimira: toddler art

I love his freedom and security...this is the first time he "paints" on the computer...

casimira: feel & be silent

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

casimira: SHE

S H E

mother earth

vessel of creativity

we each sprang from a female womb

powerful protector

casimira: madre diosa

mother goddess energy surrounds us, guides and protects us
madre nuestra

madre diosa

madre majestuosa

madre tierra

madre naturaleza

casimira: mountain spirit

"You never conquer a mountain.
You stand on the summit a few moments;
then the wind blows your footprints away." 

- Arlene Blum (born 1945)

majestic

ancient

mountain spirit

casimira: celebrate the seasons of our lives

let us welcome winter's snow

with the wonder of a child

let us welcome winter's dance

and celebrate the seasons of our lives

casimira: take the plunge

take the plunge, she whispered.

--but the water may be cold...

take the plunge, she urged.

--but what if I drown?...

take the plunge, she pleaded.

--but I will get wet...

take the plunge, she ordered.

--but I am afraid of....of never wanting to come back for air...

take the plunge or you'll always be wondering--and how sad would that be, she said.

how many excuses do YOU have for not taking the plunge?

originally published in 2007

casimira: Eleanor Roosevelt

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.


Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.


No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.


Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."

- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962)

a few of my favorite quotes I try to live by

casimira: dreaming with pearls and diamonds

...dressed in a gown of coral draped with pearls and diamonds, she sat on her throne in the balcony of the great Parisian palace...

excerpt from 2006 Dream Journal

inspiration for sculpture and short story

casimira: inner rhythm

"She would never exchange her solitude for anything.  Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others." - Tillie Olsen (1912-2007)

Growing up, I often moved to the rhythms of others.

Today, I sing my own song and dance to the beat of my own drum.

I follow my inner rhythm...I must...

casimira: what do you love?

I love being a mother. I love being a woman. I love being with him.  I love writing. I love dreaming. I love playing... What do you love?

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." - Rumi

casimira: 50 years ago today

mixed media from a series I am very excited about

casimira: the dream continues to crystallize

eran las 3 de la mañana

de repente despertó

una nube la encontró

entre luna y estrellas

con Rubén y Margarita

la historia quería ser escrita


originally published in 2007, excerpt from a dream


today, the dream continues to crystallize

I am being guided by light

by stars holding secret messages

by the cycle of the moon

and the rhythm of the ocean

Margarita, esta linda la mar...

casimira: dreams

she weaves dreams with threads of memory and hope

casimira: we are the ones we have been waiting for

"Where are you living?

What are you doing?

What are your relationships?

Are you in right relation?

Where is your water?

Know our garden.

It is time to speak your Truth.

Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.

This could be a good time!

There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel like they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.

Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off toward the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

See who is there with you and celebrate.

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves! For the moment we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.

The time of the lonely wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we have been waiting for."

The Elders,
Oraibi, Arizona
Hopi Nation

casimira: murmullos celestes

te pinto mi alma
en acuarelas de sueños

te cuento mis secretos
en murmullos celestes

te invento de recuerdos
en las paginas de mi ser

soy esa niña hecha mujer