Viva la Vida
con ganas....como gallo, como gallina, como pollito
con hambre para la vida
con ganas....como gallo, como gallina, como pollito
con hambre para la vida
Viva la Vida
How many Hail Marys do I have to say?
45 days since my last post! I am so so sorry. Will you forgive me? What if I give you something?
GIVEAWAY!
I will mail this fabulous book to a commenter chosen at random. (names in a hat)
For more info about the story click here.
I got it from Read it Forward. Great site. Sign-up , they send you e-mails about book giveaways, enter the once you like and maybe get lucky like I did and find a truly riveting story.
After reading about an Jewish Orthodox community (I am Forbidden) , I happened upon a book at the library about another community that cloisters its women, Muslim Afghanistan.
Read Kabul Beauty School. It is a wild ride on the back of Deborah Rodiguez's hot wired motorcycle.
She is the definition of a red head with a mission-kooky, endearing, sometimes wrong but always golden hearted. After you read it come back here and click this link for the after story.
At present I am reading:
Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day - Doug Mack
This book is charming. A travel journal to inspire the frustrated Liberal Arts major too tied to their desk job to follow a whim.
And
I wish I were Engulfed in Flames: My Insane Life Raising Two Boys with Autism by Jeni Decker
Knowing several fierce women that have children with Autism &/or Aspergers and having heard their stories of "extreme parenting" , I felt pulled to this book. Jeni Decker is now on my list as a fierce woman. She is funny, irreverent, self-less and still self- possessed, committed and passionate. ( I secretly think she is a UU because she gets the difference between religious acceptance vs tolerance. And if you like that you will like her politics.)
So what else have I been up to during my 45 day absence?
I will give you a list:
2 Performances of the play I directed
School trip to Boston
Young Stars of the Opera at MOCA (Joo Wan Kong will WOW you!)
Young Stars of the Opera at Gallery Night (Brittany Robinson - love her! AMAZING!)
Romeo & Juliet - Florida Grand Opera
Mother Daughter Book Club -Caddie Woodlawn
Choir Trip to Disney w/ countless extra rehearsal before hand
Investigated opening a retail store. (like looked at properties)
not enough?
Well, just yesterday, I captured 15 honey bees in my house and released them but then I had to call the bee removal folks as the hole in the eave of my townhouse was not an appropriate new home for the swarm.
FYI- This post constitutes my Hail Marys.
Post comments if you want a chance at the book!
Until next time (hopefully not 45 days)...
VIVA LA VIDA!
back to ADD TO THE LIST and I can't believe I forgot this as it was a life altering experience sitting in the dark of my local art house cinema watching this:
Pina - the documentary by Wim Wenders,
Gives me chills just remembering the total sensory effect of the tension she created. Go see this film!
GIVEAWAY!
I will mail this fabulous book to a commenter chosen at random. (names in a hat)
For more info about the story click here.
I got it from Read it Forward. Great site. Sign-up , they send you e-mails about book giveaways, enter the once you like and maybe get lucky like I did and find a truly riveting story.
After reading about an Jewish Orthodox community (I am Forbidden) , I happened upon a book at the library about another community that cloisters its women, Muslim Afghanistan.
Read Kabul Beauty School. It is a wild ride on the back of Deborah Rodiguez's hot wired motorcycle.
She is the definition of a red head with a mission-kooky, endearing, sometimes wrong but always golden hearted. After you read it come back here and click this link for the after story.
At present I am reading:
Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day - Doug Mack
This book is charming. A travel journal to inspire the frustrated Liberal Arts major too tied to their desk job to follow a whim.
And
I wish I were Engulfed in Flames: My Insane Life Raising Two Boys with Autism by Jeni Decker
Knowing several fierce women that have children with Autism &/or Aspergers and having heard their stories of "extreme parenting" , I felt pulled to this book. Jeni Decker is now on my list as a fierce woman. She is funny, irreverent, self-less and still self- possessed, committed and passionate. ( I secretly think she is a UU because she gets the difference between religious acceptance vs tolerance. And if you like that you will like her politics.)
So what else have I been up to during my 45 day absence?
I will give you a list:
2 Performances of the play I directed
School trip to Boston
Young Stars of the Opera at MOCA (Joo Wan Kong will WOW you!)
Young Stars of the Opera at Gallery Night (Brittany Robinson - love her! AMAZING!)
Romeo & Juliet - Florida Grand Opera
Mother Daughter Book Club -Caddie Woodlawn
Choir Trip to Disney w/ countless extra rehearsal before hand
Investigated opening a retail store. (like looked at properties)
not enough?
Well, just yesterday, I captured 15 honey bees in my house and released them but then I had to call the bee removal folks as the hole in the eave of my townhouse was not an appropriate new home for the swarm.
FYI- This post constitutes my Hail Marys.
Post comments if you want a chance at the book!
Until next time (hopefully not 45 days)...
VIVA LA VIDA!
back to ADD TO THE LIST and I can't believe I forgot this as it was a life altering experience sitting in the dark of my local art house cinema watching this:
Pina - the documentary by Wim Wenders,
Gives me chills just remembering the total sensory effect of the tension she created. Go see this film!
Found thing
This is a found thing, a foto from Frida Khalo's private collection of over 6,500 fotos that was sealed until 2007 only made public recently. First at Casa Azul in Coyoacan and now at Artisphere in Virgina.
A found thing to me because I found it amongst the media feed that is this modern life. A found thing because I found a lost love that need to be dusted off. Many of you know I love Frida but do you know I love Tina Modotti.
Imagine my delight at seeing this foto of them together looking so youthful and vibrant.
foto linked from artisphere site.
Look at these two- Dynamic Duo ready to take on the world, eyes on the horizon, arms akimbo, sass and confidence. What a wonderful found thing!
Viva la Vida como Frida y Tina!
A found thing to me because I found it amongst the media feed that is this modern life. A found thing because I found a lost love that need to be dusted off. Many of you know I love Frida but do you know I love Tina Modotti.
Imagine my delight at seeing this foto of them together looking so youthful and vibrant.
foto linked from artisphere site.
Look at these two- Dynamic Duo ready to take on the world, eyes on the horizon, arms akimbo, sass and confidence. What a wonderful found thing!
Viva la Vida como Frida y Tina!
Arts Challenge
I have just submitted to the Knight Art Challenge.
I may soon take the Miami Lit scene by storm. (tongue in cheek)
Wish me luck!
VIVA LA VIDA!
I may soon take the Miami Lit scene by storm. (tongue in cheek)
Wish me luck!
VIVA LA VIDA!
Theatre, Art and oh yeah I have...
another poem published! Oddly, this publishing found me thanks to my dear friend Jess. He shared my blog with his friend, the editor and she asked me to submit the poem that I had written about another friend of mine, Yadira. Friends make for a small and wonderful world. The poem passed the jury and many moons later there it is in an anthology for sale on amazon.
Buy it for your local library, dearest girlfriend, your mother, your aunts and all those ladies that know how to roar! (And maybe better yet, all those ladies that need to learn to roar!)
On to other subjects---
Theatre. I just finished up the production of a modernized Sleeping Beauty at my local elementary school. As with any show there were tears and joy. Working with 34 kids sucked my mental capacities and energy for the remainder of the day but I loved every minute of it.(In hindsight!) I have great pictures of the sets, I will post them later I promise.
Art. Not getting enough of it. I had to miss the monthly gallery night due to conflicts and might miss next month's also. Thankfully, there are many opportunities here in the Magic City. Like the Legal Art CSA meet & greet at MAM on Mar 16th and the MAM opening on Mar 17th of Contemporary Art & Vinyl hosted by William Cordova.(Check his art out, you will not be disappointed.)
People, go see art! Go see theatre! Viva la Vida!
Buy it for your local library, dearest girlfriend, your mother, your aunts and all those ladies that know how to roar! (And maybe better yet, all those ladies that need to learn to roar!)
On to other subjects---
Theatre. I just finished up the production of a modernized Sleeping Beauty at my local elementary school. As with any show there were tears and joy. Working with 34 kids sucked my mental capacities and energy for the remainder of the day but I loved every minute of it.(In hindsight!) I have great pictures of the sets, I will post them later I promise.
Art. Not getting enough of it. I had to miss the monthly gallery night due to conflicts and might miss next month's also. Thankfully, there are many opportunities here in the Magic City. Like the Legal Art CSA meet & greet at MAM on Mar 16th and the MAM opening on Mar 17th of Contemporary Art & Vinyl hosted by William Cordova.(Check his art out, you will not be disappointed.)
People, go see art! Go see theatre! Viva la Vida!
"Everyone knows it's Windy "
This week the winds have come ashore. I know it is nothing like the terrible storms & tornadoes that have hit the South and Mid-Atlantic but it certainly is a reminder of our tropical storm season when ones roof creaks. The winds also whipped up this poem. Enjoy.
Palm trees shaking like pom-poms
March roars through Miami
A kiss of hurricane season
An exhibition game
R.V. Reyes
3-7-12
Viva la Vida!
Art and Manatee Mating
The only thing they have in common is location. I was at Deering Estates last night to take the curator's tour of the recent art installation "Wedding Crashers".
From the PR blurb:
"Artist Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez, whose alternate cinema project is incorporated with the lush mango grove that lines the Deering Estate path, greets guests at ArtSoBay Event Night. The evening also brings together this community’s most notable artists, whose works are featured in the groundbreaking exhibit, Wedding Crashers. “This outdoor show has site-specific installations that go beyond traditional art spaces,” said Ralph Provisero Special Projects Curator. “When I curated this show, my intention was to select artists that I thought would respond to a given area by creating an altered space through an alternate sense of reality. A space with a sense of time in play, of something happened, happening or about to happen.” Wedding Crashers artists include: Rene Barge, Bhakti Baxter, Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Robert Chambers, Clifton Childree, William Cordova, Jason Hedges, Michael Loveland, Cheryl Pope, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Frances Trombly and Wendy Wischer.
Provisero says that weddings can be iconic images of momentary time. “The preparation, the party and the aftermath are often based on grandiose images of fantasy or skewed reality. With the Deering Estate being such a popular wedding destination, these art installations, though curated for the spaces they occupy, are wedding crashers - uninvited witnesses that nonetheless embody a presence as fantastical as their surroundings.” "
And.. it just so happens to be Manatee mating season. Down in the boat basin I heard their snorting and saw their noses. I wish I had pictures but that might get me censored plus it was sunset (Romantic, right?!) so the water was dark and the surface had glare. But I do have fotos of the art!
Channel Markers. Dusk above, Night below.
This piece called Horizons is a vintage 1920s phone booth w/ an itouch mounted in place of the phone showing a video of Dakkar.
Detail of 200 yards of hand embroidered caution tape.
Oh yeah and the other reason we were there was for the LegalArt CSA delivery. Each one of those burlap sacks has 3 pieces of art by local artist (SO is one of them). There will be 3 deliveries total. So in the end the CSA shareholder gets 9 pieces of art. Want to buy a share? They have a few left.
Okay .. I do have one wildlife foto for you all. No, you dirty minded lurkers it is not of mating manatees!
Viva la Vida! Get off the computer and go see some art!
From the PR blurb:
"Artist Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez, whose alternate cinema project is incorporated with the lush mango grove that lines the Deering Estate path, greets guests at ArtSoBay Event Night. The evening also brings together this community’s most notable artists, whose works are featured in the groundbreaking exhibit, Wedding Crashers. “This outdoor show has site-specific installations that go beyond traditional art spaces,” said Ralph Provisero Special Projects Curator. “When I curated this show, my intention was to select artists that I thought would respond to a given area by creating an altered space through an alternate sense of reality. A space with a sense of time in play, of something happened, happening or about to happen.” Wedding Crashers artists include: Rene Barge, Bhakti Baxter, Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Robert Chambers, Clifton Childree, William Cordova, Jason Hedges, Michael Loveland, Cheryl Pope, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Frances Trombly and Wendy Wischer.
Provisero says that weddings can be iconic images of momentary time. “The preparation, the party and the aftermath are often based on grandiose images of fantasy or skewed reality. With the Deering Estate being such a popular wedding destination, these art installations, though curated for the spaces they occupy, are wedding crashers - uninvited witnesses that nonetheless embody a presence as fantastical as their surroundings.” "
And.. it just so happens to be Manatee mating season. Down in the boat basin I heard their snorting and saw their noses. I wish I had pictures but that might get me censored plus it was sunset (Romantic, right?!) so the water was dark and the surface had glare. But I do have fotos of the art!
Channel Markers. Dusk above, Night below.
This piece called Horizons is a vintage 1920s phone booth w/ an itouch mounted in place of the phone showing a video of Dakkar.
Detail of 200 yards of hand embroidered caution tape.
Oh yeah and the other reason we were there was for the LegalArt CSA delivery. Each one of those burlap sacks has 3 pieces of art by local artist (SO is one of them). There will be 3 deliveries total. So in the end the CSA shareholder gets 9 pieces of art. Want to buy a share? They have a few left.
Okay .. I do have one wildlife foto for you all. No, you dirty minded lurkers it is not of mating manatees!
Viva la Vida! Get off the computer and go see some art!
Art Wynwood and the best thing ever...
SO and I went to the Art Wynwood last night and then to dinner. Dinner saved the evening.There was not much in the big white tent to recommend and I'm thankful we had free tickets. I wish this show were better. Snobbish? Perhaps. It just feels very pedestrian. Wynwood should be represented by something fresher than this show.
Here are a few things I found to like:
Claudio Gallina Represented at the show by Ginocchio Galeria, Mexico City.
I loved the textural quality of the carved desk tops.
Tula Telfair w/ Forum Gallery in NYC. It is very hard to make a horizon interesting. She does a wonderful job of caputuring the magnitude of the horizon. Perhaps some of it is her having grown up in Africa. Her pieces called me to the SW landscapist of New Mexico & Arizona
I don't have the name of this artist and I wish I did. Pretty sure this was at Pan American Art Projects. A Foosball table about immigration. Above the goals it says welcome. The interior sides say things like "green card" and "temporary residency" . Nicely executed concept.
On a completely different note.... pota-let trailers were very swanky.
Okay now on to the best part of the evening... dinner at BVD. Buena Vista Deli in the Design District.
This is the best thing ever! BVD's Lemon Tart. Perfect Meringue! So good it will save any day.
Here are a few things I found to like:
Claudio Gallina Represented at the show by Ginocchio Galeria, Mexico City.
I loved the textural quality of the carved desk tops.
Tula Telfair w/ Forum Gallery in NYC. It is very hard to make a horizon interesting. She does a wonderful job of caputuring the magnitude of the horizon. Perhaps some of it is her having grown up in Africa. Her pieces called me to the SW landscapist of New Mexico & Arizona
I don't have the name of this artist and I wish I did. Pretty sure this was at Pan American Art Projects. A Foosball table about immigration. Above the goals it says welcome. The interior sides say things like "green card" and "temporary residency" . Nicely executed concept.
On a completely different note.... pota-let trailers were very swanky.
Okay now on to the best part of the evening... dinner at BVD. Buena Vista Deli in the Design District.
This is the best thing ever! BVD's Lemon Tart. Perfect Meringue! So good it will save any day.
Challenge Poem # 4
Almost lost this one (which is fitting to the theme - like mercury) to a ghost in my machine. The document I was working on disappeared. Thankfully the techie overlords had mercy on me and the document appeared when I closed down its program. Sweat mopped up let us move on to Challenge # 4.
Andi L-P challenged me with: Mercurial
There is nothing to say
no avenue of reply
Whipped by the silvery tongue
a brutal assessment
capricious and witty
God-like with a following
Sunday, the food page
the devotees rush to read
with salivating mouths
like hyenas in the coliseum
The chef a slave
to the mercurial critic
R.V. Reyes
2-7-2012
Andi, let me know what you think. Did I meet your expectations? Or will I be slain in the "books" section?
I am out of challenges! Please help me. Leave a word, theme, inspiration in the comment section and I will write a poem with it.
Andi L-P challenged me with: Mercurial
There is nothing to say
no avenue of reply
Whipped by the silvery tongue
a brutal assessment
capricious and witty
God-like with a following
Sunday, the food page
the devotees rush to read
with salivating mouths
like hyenas in the coliseum
The chef a slave
to the mercurial critic
R.V. Reyes
2-7-2012
Andi, let me know what you think. Did I meet your expectations? Or will I be slain in the "books" section?
I am out of challenges! Please help me. Leave a word, theme, inspiration in the comment section and I will write a poem with it.
Challenge Poem # 3
Had a weekend hiatus but its Monday and back to work.
David T. wrote:
In the spirit of Roxanne's multiple choice list and for some offbeat and whimsical topics:
1) I love gummy bears in the spring.
2) I love girl scout cookies in the spring
3) I love the B-52s in the spring.
David T. wrote:
In the spirit of Roxanne's multiple choice list and for some offbeat and whimsical topics:
1) I love gummy bears in the spring.
2) I love girl scout cookies in the spring
3) I love the B-52s in the spring.
Orange popsicle and lemonade
clamshells clappin' through
the gate that opens on the pool
blue botomless pool
boys in bikinis
sand in my hair
remember when you were my man
one of the seven stars
that shine after 3:30 in the morning
before you break my heart
why don't you dance with me.
Here is a challenge to you.
Can you name all the B-52 songs that I used to assemble that poem?
Yes, they are all lyrics from the B-52s.
David T. I am so envious. Enjoy the concert this weekend.
Help me re-habituate myself to writing daily. Challenge me!
Give me a word or theme and I will write a poem about it.
Leave your challenge in the comments section and share this with your friends.
Viva la Vida!
clamshells clappin' through
the gate that opens on the pool
blue botomless pool
boys in bikinis
sand in my hair
remember when you were my man
one of the seven stars
that shine after 3:30 in the morning
before you break my heart
why don't you dance with me.
Here is a challenge to you.
Can you name all the B-52 songs that I used to assemble that poem?
Yes, they are all lyrics from the B-52s.
David T. I am so envious. Enjoy the concert this weekend.
Help me re-habituate myself to writing daily. Challenge me!
Give me a word or theme and I will write a poem about it.
Leave your challenge in the comments section and share this with your friends.
Viva la Vida!
Challenge Poem # 2
Vin responded to my challenge with this word: Ambition.
Be forewarned it is rough and needs an edit. Remember I am working to build a daily habit with this challenge. I am not worried about the polish, yet.
Beneath the folded
blanket of cherubic dinosaurs
Next to the stack of
crispy tempera keepsakes
Amongst the debris of expensive
punched paper and acid-free glue
She found what had been lost
during the babymoon
easy jetsam on a
monumental journey
until the doldrums came
with no wind to fill the sails
her ambition - flotsam
Between swim team and supermarket,
volunteering and fundraising
In the selflessness and ingratitude
her ambition begged to be reclaimed
R.V. Reyes
2-2-12
As I said before it is rough, the crux is not there .. yet. The idea of ambition abandoned and then found in the isolation of service to the other.
Anyway~~ I need more challenges!
You post a theme in the comments and I will (try) to write a poem about it.
Read this for the back-story to the challenge.
Viva la Vida!
Be forewarned it is rough and needs an edit. Remember I am working to build a daily habit with this challenge. I am not worried about the polish, yet.
Beneath the folded
blanket of cherubic dinosaurs
Next to the stack of
crispy tempera keepsakes
Amongst the debris of expensive
punched paper and acid-free glue
She found what had been lost
during the babymoon
easy jetsam on a
monumental journey
until the doldrums came
with no wind to fill the sails
her ambition - flotsam
Between swim team and supermarket,
volunteering and fundraising
In the selflessness and ingratitude
her ambition begged to be reclaimed
R.V. Reyes
2-2-12
As I said before it is rough, the crux is not there .. yet. The idea of ambition abandoned and then found in the isolation of service to the other.
Anyway~~ I need more challenges!
You post a theme in the comments and I will (try) to write a poem about it.
Read this for the back-story to the challenge.
Viva la Vida!
