Friday, November 13, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe: En el desierto de las vulvas
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Malísimo
Let Me Down Easy
¿Vivir la vida?
Friday, November 06, 2009
Trabajo, trabajo
Monday, October 26, 2009
A Sanskrit proverb for living in today
For it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lies all
The realities and verities of existence,
The bliss of growth,
The splendor of action,
The glory of power.
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Take Care of Your Art...
Friday, October 16, 2009
How to Be an Artist (Or anything else you want to be)
Don’t complain. This too takes too much energy and does not solve anything.
Instead, dedicate time to your craft, dream or goal.
Listen to good advice, but don’t compromise your values or vision to follow it.
Cultivate your relationships, your tribe.
Make decisions. Listen to your instincts when you make them. If your body is saying “don’t go that way”, don’t. There is always another way to get there.
Be practical, but not so practical that you end up frustrated. Take risks!
Be grateful every day. If you don’t recognize what you already have, how can you use it to get to the next level?
Share your work with the world. Be aware that it is your contribution to humanity. In other words, be shameless!
Above all, do what you love and love what you do. That love will speak louder than any words.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sacred Poetry Contest (Win an edition of handmade books of your poetry)
Sacred Poetry Contest![]()
I would like to invite you to submit up to 5 poems of mystical theme by email to tanyaetorres@gmail.com to win an edition of 10 handmade books designed especially for you by me, artist Tanya Torres (visit www.tanyatorres.com to view my work and books). When you submit your poetry you allow your work to be published in L.I.F.E. (Life, Interiority, Faith, Eternity. You may view the electronic version at http://lifeartandletters.blogspot.com/), a free publication I create every week as a way to bring art and poetry to my community here in East Harlem, NYC. It is printed in photocopy and is very humble, but made with great love. Poems need not be religious or follow any particular path, only the way of love and kindness.I hope that YOU get inspired to write a poem and that you pass this on to a friend. ACEPTO POEMAS EN ESPAÑOL (and ANY other language as long as you send me a translation!) All work submitted remains the property of the writer and I only ask that you allow me to publish it in L.I.F.E. Deadline: December 20, 2009 (My birthday!)Here goes a simple poetry exercise to help you get inspired! Answer these questions, each answer is a verse of the poem:1. Close your eyes, what do you see? (Begin with something concrete that represents an idea that is important for you) Yellow flowers grow enveloped in a veil of grey,2. Use your senses to describe it. (Colors, smells, textures, sounds, taste) echoes of the wishes of love, surround with perfume their brief and immense breath,3. How does it make you feel. Use a metaphor. They grow in me, as if my earth had given fruit,4. What does it remind you of, where does it take you? I will not ask, whether their petals fall or stay, I know they will be gone, they are like any other, you or me.5. Write a conclusion that makes the reader think about the ideas you are expressing or a question for the reader to answer. But will their beauty revive their yellow hope among the gray?City GardenYellow flowersgrow envelopedin a veil of grey.
Echoes of the wishes of love of passersby,they surround with perfume,their brief and immense breath.They grow in me,as if my earth had given fruit.
I will not ask,whether their petalsfall or stay.I know they will be gone,they are like any other,you or me.
But will their beautyrevive their yellow hopeamong the gray?6. Keep it short, write more only if you need to. To get inspired you might also want to visit http://www.Poetry-Chaikhana.com, a website containing sacred poetry of all traditions and path.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Quiero
Friday, October 09, 2009
El silencio (Dedicado a la Papisa)
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Ugly Exhibit ? 10/07/09 : Currents
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
Mission
I realize
is to bring artistic creation
into people's lives
in the hope
of opening the door
to joy,
realization,
and love.
I do that
by sharing
my work,
techniques,
stories,
and most importantly,
myself.
(I could have just written a paragraph, but why not a poem para no predicar la moral en calzoncillos? Do not be afraid to write bad poetry! It helps if it is short!)
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Cositas Bonitas que hice en Arizona
2. Llevar a cabo mi Proyecto de la Paz en la escuela de Daisy. Cerca de 100 niños pintaron un pajarito de la paz en un pedacito de tela, "The Peace Badge".
3. Presentar mi libro Cuerpo de paz a un grupo de mujeres amigas de Daisy. Les leí el ensayo de María Magdalena...interesante experiencia... pero nadie se desmayó, menos mal.
4. Ir a Sedona con Daisy.
5. Escalar una piedra para llegar al vortex de energía masculina, ¡y falta que me hacía teniendo que enfrentarme al miedo de treparme por esas piedras!
6. Celebrar el cumpleaños de Daisy con su esposo Ricky y amigos en un bar, bailado.
7. Ver a Mima que vino a visitarme en casa de Daisy con una amiga, ¡y nos reímos mucho!
8. Quedarme en la cama antes de viajar (aunque fuera por sentirme un poco enferma.)
Sólo cositas bonitas,,, ¡el viaje con el chico perfumado que se me sentó al lado, que por poco me mata de la alergia, lo voy a borrar de la cinta!
Trabajos de ayer y hoy (Literalmente)












Tuesday, September 29, 2009
"Sé feliz", cueste lo que cueste
The other night a young artist said to me, "When I'm painting it kinda feels like prayer." I was struck by "kinda."
We know there are a lot of people who are quick to say they pray, but I wonder, are they as attentive to the present as the young artist as she paints?
In other words, they are praying but are they listening?
Any artist will tell you that at some point while working they loose consciousness of time and their surroundings. They enter time out of time, "liminal space". It is not a "high" in that it is not an "easy" or "relaxed time", it is "creative space", colors, shapes, ideas that were not connected before are being connected. Artists will tell you they "hear" an inner voice guiding them; they can tell the difference between this voice and a need to finish the piece or worse, by thoughts of how they can make it appeal to others.
Entering this liminal space demands the artist listen to her soul. It is deep listening, and deep listening is prayer.
I told the young artist that her painting isn't "kinda like prayer," it is prayer and all she has to do is more of what she is already doing, open more to the experience and know the presence of God.


