begin today

2006 Untitled mixed media
where do I begin?

just begin, she answered

begin today

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

manifest

2007 mixed media
...this book is about you and me...

We travel in the light, hand in hand, giggling all the way!

Let's create together...let us be guided by the Masters and manifest our Divine Destinies...NOW is the time!

excerpt from a book I gave and dedicated to him in July 2004

every single day

2007 mixed media detail
what do you do every single day?
breathe
laugh
pray
write
dream

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

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...

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

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)

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)

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)

Sor María Romero: AIRE

2008 mixed media

La oración es para el alma lo que el aire para los pulmones.

Prayer is to the soul what air is to the lungs.

- Sor María Romero Meneses (1902 – 1977)

a prayer can be a single breath

inhale light, inhale God,
exhale love, exhale forgiveness

Casimira: MUJER

2008 mixed media of my Great-Great-Grand-Mother

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

María Félix: CORAZON

2008 mixed media
Sólo he sido una mujer con corazón de hombre.

- María Félix (1914 – 2002)

Hope: ARTE

2008 mixed media
Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza
esperanza, luz, amada Tia Mia

...un templo del arte...

- Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza (1929 –1991)

temple of art

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

Yoyita: GUERRERA REAL

2008 mixed media of my beloved Great Grand Mother

Salvadora Debayle Sacasa de Somoza
mi bisabuela, mi guerrera real, mi YOYITA

she visits my dreams with messages, symbols and strength

Mi Mimi: REINA

2008 mixed media of my beloved Grand Mother
Lillian Somoza Debayle de Sevilla-Sacasa
mi abuela materna, mi reina, mi MIMI

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

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

...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

Sacasa-Sarria: CIELOS AZULES

2007 mixed media of my beloved Grand Father
entre cielos azules
y mares morados

los pájaros cantaban
las mariposas bailaban

amado abuelo

con luna llena
y sol fuerte
hoy te pinto de celeste

originally published in 2007

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