life is a spiral

life is a spiral...and what a beautiful and exciting sprial it can be !

1999 details from ceramic self-portrait

la chancha

2007 "LA CHANCHA" mixed media
her body became thick

her eyes condensed into tiny specks

her head grew larger and larger

her legs shrank shorter and shorter

a small curly tail sprouted

a strong snout emerged

LA CHANCHA still felt beautiful, however

she knew the witch’s spell could not last

she knew the magic gems would save her

LA CHANCHA snorted with laughter and continued to dance...

excerpt from short story about women’s obsession with appearances

patient pearls

some of my pearls waiting to become a CASIMIRA
patient pearls of wisdom
patient pearls of light
the goddess handed them to me in a dream last night
no rush
no hurry
creation takes time
creation takes patient pearls

me visto...

2007 mixed media self-portrait study
me visto de rojo
del rojo volcán

me visto de mar
del mar mas profundo

me visto de amor
amor como ninguno

me visto de flor
flor de calor, flor de sol

me visto de mariposas
porque ellas son misteriosas y poderosas

i dress in red
volcanic red

i dress in sea
the deepest sea

i dress in love
love like no other

i dress in flowers
flowers of the sun

i dress in butterflies
because they are mysterious and powerful

originally written in Spanish - the translation is never quite the same and then how can it be? why should it be?

picasso & me

2007 mixed media study
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...


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

la princesa guajira

2007 journal jewelry sketch
La princesa guajira quería venganza.

El indio malcriado la había traicionado con otra – otra quien no merecía nombre.
excerpt from fictional short story about machista infidelities

hoja pintada

just a lovely little leaf I found on my doorstep
hoja pintada

vestida de rojo y rosado

hoy te encontré

talvez te busque



painted leaf

dressed in red and pink

today I found you

perhaps I looked for you

poetry within

2007 mixed media study
my life is a poem

my heart sings every day

a sculpture is birthed

out of poem and song

darkness & light

2007 mixed media study
do you accept the darkness of your nature?

does poison sometimes cure instead of kill?

transformation

healing

rebirth

out of the darkness

into the light

Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa

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

the thirst...la sed

2007 color study
what do you thirst for?

are you able to acknowledge the torturous thirst?

do you live in a dry desert dreaming of an oasis?

LA SED by JUANA de IBARBOUROU

"Tu beso fue en mis labios
de un dulzor refrescante.
Sensación de agua viva y moras negras
me dio tu boca amante.

Cansada me acosté sobre los pastos
con tu brazo tendido, por apoyo.
Y me cayó tu beso entre los labios,
como un fruto maduro de la selva
o un lavado guijarro del arroyo.

Tengo sed otra vez, amado mío.
Dame tu beso fresco tal como una
piedrezuela del río."

are you alive?

then quench your thirst...only to thirst again and again...!

detrás de una hoja azul

2007 mixed media study, untitled
detrás de una hoja azul

se encuentra la mujer

vestida de blanco

pintando su alma

detrás de una hoja azul

esto es amor...amor al arte

2007 mixed media print
in creating this little print I cut myself and used the blood as paint...esto es amor...amor al arte...!

ESTO ES AMOR...

Esto es amor, esto es amor, yo siento
en todo átomo vivo un pensamiento.

Yo soy una y soy mil, todas las vidas
pasan por mí, me muerden sus heridas.

Y no puedo ya más, en cada gota
de mi sangre hay un grito y una nota.

Y me doblo, me doblo bajo el peso
de un beso enorme, de un enorme beso.

- Alfonsina Storni

pequeña flor color pitaya

una pequeña flor color pitaya que encontré dentro mi valija
pequeña flor

color pitaya

con pétalos pintados

de amor

de viento

de tiempo

pequeña flor

desde Nicaragua volastes...

mi ciudad colonial de arte

ya regrese
solo para volver a
la casa azul
en mi ciudad colonial de arte

a waking thought this morning, I am also remembering beloved Pavarotti with gratitude for the art I've created, the stories I've written with his voice

nature deities

2007 mixed media study
daughters of Zeus

Naure deities

bring joy to the hearts of men!

white butterflies

2007 mixed media study

White butterflies danced in her hair. Her eyes glowed with child-like joy and innocence. As she carved out her dreams, she sang songs of love...

excerpt from journal entry

delicate & powerful

2007 a beautiful insect painted blue
I found this lovely creature's little corpse on the sidewalk. I brought it home and studied the beauty of it's wings - delicate yet also powerful...

A lot of people I know dislike insects or bugs, just won't tolerate them at all. I have come to understand these tiny creatures as messengers of nature...even hungry mosquitoes which seem to be obsessed with biting my flesh...nature's love bites perhaps?

how to respond

2006 Untitled watercolor study
As an artist born with a bohemian heart, I am often questioned. Someone does not understand my sculpture..."too heavy" she says. Another attempts to analyze...Why do you continue to take art courses instead of something "practical" and "useful" such as business administration? Are you going to finally get serious? How old are you...what about having babies? A kind-hearted friend tells me I am in her prayers. Then there is the always judgemental and almost threatening - I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING !

I finally know how to respond...thank you Ms. Swanson!

"I know exactly what I'm doing darling; you don't have to hope that I do." - Gloria Swanson

Mother Mary

2007 mixed media detail
"Our Lady of Guadalupe
Celestial Patroness of the Americas
Empress of the Americas
Star of the New Evangelization

"I shall be there to listen to your cries, your sadness. I shall be there to cure your grievances, your misery, your suffering."

Mary is, and shall always be, the Mother of all mankind. We must heed Her call to love..."

excerpts from a small pamphlet I picked up at St. Patrick's in NYC, I saved it and just found it in one of my journals