Writer’s block is so widespread that it’s a common theme in movies and fiction. Over the past year, I’ve seen what used to be a steady stream of new ideas and work reduce to a trickle. Like many artists, this is due to personal transitions that have taken much of my focus from my work.Continue reading “Images that Release Words”
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Writing with Eyes Wide Open
Writer’s block: it’s a Hollywood cliché to see a writer pining after ideas, when inspiration suddenly jumps out beside them. A murder happens next door or a love interest enters their life, flooding them with ideas. In real life though, writer’s block is more nuanced and harder to cut through. Sometimes the cause is obvious:Continue reading “Writing with Eyes Wide Open”
My Hispanic Heritage
October is Latinx Heritage Month in Canada. Reflecting on my Latin American heritage brings both nostalgic joy and a sting of bitterness. 2021 marks a decade since I set foot in Venezuela, a country that shows no progress towards peace or the oil-fueled prosperity that made it so famous in the 20th century. Instead, weContinue reading “My Hispanic Heritage”
2020: Creative Reconstruction
The year of the pandemic has shattered many things: it’s left millions without work or precariously employed, challenged our mental health and forced us to come to terms with many subjects that we generally avoid, like the impact that environmental destruction and polarized politics have on the lives of millions around the world. Having toContinue reading “2020: Creative Reconstruction”
My Second Soul
“To speak a second language is to have a second soul,” Charlemagne said. Each language has unique expressions and images that we can use to express ourselves, to see the world in a new way. At the age of six I started to learn English, after starting classes in an American school in Holland. IContinue reading “My Second Soul”
Nostalgia…
It’s been 9 years since I last visited Venezuela, the country where I was born and spent much of my childhood. The name used to be synonymous with beauty and oil wealth. Now, it’s an experiment in how dictatorship and corruption can cripple a country, trigger the worst humanitarian crisis in the hemisphere and divideContinue reading “Nostalgia…”
The Child’s Voice
I discovered the pleasure of reading at age six, when I walked into a library for the first time (“I can really take these home?”) By middle school, I dreamed of writing and sharing my voice. I’ve written a few short stories, which remain unpublished, and was a journalist in a previous lifetime. Now, IContinue reading “The Child’s Voice”
The Perfect Prose
It’s every writer’s dream: to write prose that is clear but also beautiful and captivating. Authors like Hemingway have made short, concise sentences into their own style. Others, like Saramago, have sentences that span almost a full page. Where do you add more description? Where do you keep it crisp? I like this quote fromContinue reading “The Perfect Prose”
It’s never too late to start…
Like so many of you, I wanted to change the world once. Life had other plans. I reached adulthood just as Chavez was ascending to power in Venezuela. That changed everything for so many. I’m one of the fortunate ones. I spend the last decade building a life here in Canada, focused on more practicalContinue reading “It’s never too late to start…”
My Writing Story 