A Day for Remembering
Today, I went with my dad and K’iche’ teacher to visit his hometown, Cantel, and met his beautiful, lovely wife and daughters. He showed us around many beautiful views of […]
Xela Roofs
I smell powdered sugar and butter, warm buttered, frying dough. Caramelized sugar. Roof greens drinking sun. Hot sun, warm hearts, friendship. Sinews show themselves, of the inner life. Raw and […]
Strawberry Palm Gracias
I am grateful for so many things. Firstly, this handful of strawberries that grew right outside my apartment door. They are sweet and warm, as fresh as you can get. […]
Doodle Color Bubbles
Lots of color doodle bubbles. I was all about these shapes, and had fun with watercolors and crayons, and the contrasting colors and layering watercolors on top of crayons.
Paper Quilts
I’ve been on a binge of making paper-quilt things, that is using thick, patterned paper to make designs and geometric shapes on cards and other items 🙂
Beauty in the Madness
Beauty in the madness. Growing up near the water, I’ve learned to read the water to understand the weather and the earth better. You could use the water to tell […]
.Drowning.
Seeing a few clips of what has been happening in Syria the past couple of days, I recall a poem my dad read to me when I was younger, one […]
Survivance, Art, and Empire
Going back through my recent blogs, I realize I haven’t been writing much. But then I remembered school work, and the fact that in the past few months I’ve passed […]
Dad’s Epiphany
My dad had a dream, which upon recounting the dream to a friend, had an epiphany, a spiritual renewal. As he told me about the dream, I got an image […]
Fighting Monsters
I came across this quote that my dad shared with me years ago, and somehow seemed to really resonate today: “Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he […]
