Happy 2012 to all! I’m so uber proud and grateful to be part of the exhibition, Voces y Visiones: Gran Caribe at El Museo de Barrio; Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado. I simply love everything about this place: the staff, building, colors, cafe…! VOCES Y VISIONES: Gran Caribe Drawn from El Museo del Barrio’s wide-ranging Permanent Collection, this exhibition [...]
What a pleasant surprise to find this wonderful and encouraging post in the Athleta Chi blog. Loved the story (the photos are amazing too) about how the writer’s kids found courage and fun in the same beaches where I grew up. Oh, this makes me smile… If You Never Did, You Should By Jessica Bellofatto “If you [...]
Hope you’re all having a great summer. Here are some of my summer thoughts after having a wonderful time with family and at my favorite place: the beach. It pleases me immensely to see how my boy loves the ocean. He was born in NYC, but his blood is Caribbean…and I truly love that! Fruit [...]
The feeling of showing work is always wonderful, but when the exhibition is at home — Oh, that feels awesome! I’m happy to write that the site-specific installation, Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC), Puerto Rico. There is lots to see in Elsa Melendez for inviting me to participate in the exhibition. And as always, [...]
As I turned and walked on the street to get to a meeting, I could sense I was a stranger. I knew the only way to make a connection was by using a universal language ⎯ an unconditional smile. So I smiled at the people around me and they smiled back at me…and there was [...]
The holiday season is the time when I enjoy my family and reconnect with nature at home in Puerto Rico. I can’t describe the feeling of seeing an intense blue ocean while running to the beach in the morning. Running home uphill is SERIOUSLY breathtaking! While we were at the beach a couple of afternoons [...]
During yoga class this morning, the instructor told us to get focused and rooted before we did our tree pose. The pose looks easy, but balance is crucial. Some of my classmates were in tree pose quickly, but others needed a bit more time to find balance. I find tree pose so poetic. I see [...]
Last week, my father was telling me about the time when my parents decided to move to Puerto Rico. He was a student in Spain, where he met my mother. Those were hard times for them because they were living on a student budget (=no money), had a kid (my amazing brother), and my father [...]