Wednesday, May 22, 2013

one day closer

And with each day that passes I get closer to returning to Guanajuato.

Find out more about The Muskoka Foundation and Colectivo TAN473
to see more about the programs that we are developing in Mexico.
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Also, check out my art!


Y con cada día que pasa se aproxima el momento de volverme a Guanajuato.

Visitar las páginas de The Muskoka Foundation y Colectivo TAN473
para información sobre los programas que estamos desarrollando en México.
Si quiere recibir información en inglés,

Y, toma un momento de ver mi arte!


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

easter [a poem]

and it will be that when I die
I'll remember
till then I wonder
how can it be what makes me cry
is not all very somber.
yellow is the daffodil emerging from the frost
translucent in the morning sun
evanescence lost.
this fleeting feeling once familiar
now forever thrown
I believe we're stars
we're light
but hell
to each his own.
the violent pink of the morning sun
same as them eyes of yours
it sets the tone that marks another
day passed inside doors.
and reminiscing of the days that we'd sleep hand in hand
and chin in neck and lips on cheek
ashes lost in sand.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

at the altar [a poem]


With nails as red a Jesus’ blood
I sit before the altar
there’s yet one challenge left to face
don’t let my focus falter.
With heads of babes 
the palms they read
the feathers one blue only
the cyclops he’s eternity
and knowing this he’s lonely.
With cougar face the girl she stares
mi jefe se robaron
a su hija 
the bride stripped bare
the shells and showing one.
One thing’s half missing with partial face
the world’s a heavy load
with Alice under foot 
the hound
lights the way to gold.
Ché qué decís 
the ginger aid
sleeps among the fields
where fresas smoke 
the girls who dance
And John the saint 
he heals.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Altarations

A Social Study.
First installation: Cleveland/West Eastland & McFerrin, near Más Tacos X Favor.
Pay your respects.


Una investigación social.
Primera instalación: Cleveland/West Eastland & McFerrin, cerca de Más Tacos X Favor.
Favor de respetar.

Only 2 Weeks Remain!

Thanks to everyone who has already donated to Celia Rose's Guanajuato Transformation! Without your help, we would not be able to provide the youth of Guanajuato, the girls of Buen Pastor or the surrounding communities with the safe and encouraging environments in which to develop their artistic creations.

There are only two weeks left and we have currently raised $1,075 of our goal of $8,000.  Please, donate and share with anyone who you think would be interested.  The following links have more information and feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions you have at maverickradar@gmail.com.

We now have a newsletter in English and we ask that you sign up so that we can keep you up to date on our adventures in art!



Gracias a todos que ya han donado a la campaña de Celia Rose's Guanajuato Transformation! Sin su apoyo, no sería posible proveer a los jóvenes de Guanajuato, las nenas del Buen Pastor, ni a las comunidades cercanas los lugares seguros y inspiradores en que los niños pueden desarrollar sus creaciones artísticos.

Nos quedan dos semanas y hasta la fecha hemos juntado $1,075 de la meta de $8,000. Por favor, dona o comparte con todos que tendrían interés en nuestro proyecto.  Haz clic en los enlaces que aparecen arriba y contáctame con toda confianza por correo a maverickradar@gmail.com con preguntas o sugerencias.

Monday, April 8, 2013

El Año de Transformar: Mover

The Year of Transformation: Move

Self-confidence and self-love. Two important feelings that I hope to share with the girls at the Buen Pastor orphanage in Guanajuato while working with Colectivo TAN 473. One of the ways that I would like to do this is through movement.

I grew up dancing... everywhere!  I couldn't keep myself from tap dancing in the kitchen, pirouetting on the soccer field and twirling across the stage. And though my experience as a ballerina ended at age 20, I continue to dance today- only not in a tutu. I still crave the feeling of the music and my body combining to express the emotions that I feel but am unable to put into words.  I hope to share that excitement with the children in Guanajuato just as my parents gave me that opportunity.

During the 2013 Fall semester, I would like to offer dance and movement classes to the children as part of El Año de Transformar.  Not only does dance allow a healthy way to release energy or tension that is felt, it gives confidence and a sense of ownership of one's body.

I would like to combine ballet technique, to strengthen the body, with improvisation that will encourage the girls to move in creative and non-limiting ways.  For example, as the music begins, we will all pretend to be algae at the bottom of the ocean. Swaying with the soft current and then, as the music becomes faster, we become jelly fish, then turn into a manta ray, we will change into the waves crashing on the beach and end as a the bubbles swirling back into the great blue sea.

My plan is, for the month of November, to work on a performance inspired by the classic The Nutcracker.  Local musicians will do a rendition of the beautiful music to which we will choreograph new dances. At the beginning of the holiday season I would like to organize performances in a few plazas in Guanajuato's historic town center to share our excitement and love with the community.

Please help me make this dream a reality by donating or sharing this with your friends!





El Año de Transformar: Mover

Confianza en si mismo y amor propio.  Dos sentimientos importantes que espero compartir con las nenas del internado del Buen Pastor en Guanajuato mientras trabajando con Colectivo TAN 473. El movimiento es una de las maneras en que espero lograr eso.

Cuando era pequeña bailaba y bailaba... por todas partes! No me podía parar de bailar en la cocina, dando vueltas en el campo de futbol y brincando por el escenario.  Y aunque mi experiencia como bailarina se acabó cuando tenía 20 años, sigo bailando hoy... pero sin tutu.  Las ganas no se me quitan de poner la musica y fundir mi cuerpo con el sonido para mostrar la emoción que siento pero no puedo expresar en palabras. Espero compartir mi amor del baile con los jovenes de Guanajuato como mis padres a mi me lo compartieron.

Durante el primer cuatrimestre, quiero ofrecer clases de danza y movimiento como parte del Año de Transformar. Les provee una manera saludable de soltar energia o quitarse de la tensión tanto como les da confianza y un sentido de propeidad de su cuerpo.

Me gustaria combinar parte de la técnica de ballet clasico con improvisación para animar a los participantes moverse en maneras creativas y sin limites. Quiero, en el mes de noviembre, crear un performance inspirado por El Cascanueces.  Musicos de Guanajuato van a crear una interpretación de la musica y vamos a hacer nueva coreografía.  Al principio de las posadas la idea es hacer los performance en algunas de las plazas del centro histórico de Guanjauato para compartir nuestra emoción y amor con la comunidad.

Por favor, ayudame hacer este sueño realidad! Donar aquí y comparte con tus amigos!