How To Exist An Impractical Guide Como Existir Guía Impráctica Lorena B Fernandez PhD 9781541128781 Books
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"At its core, How To Exist, An Impractical Guide / Como Existir, Guía Impráctica is a book of poetry and love (amor). Penned by Lorena B. Fernandez, in its pages may be found love in multiple forms compassionate love, erotic love, friendship love, but first and foremost a love of self. Not the self as a singular, but the self as a locus of sensation and movement from which relations emerge. But who is this self, then, that is Fernandez? Naturally, it is a multiple self that we are describing poet, artist, woman, mother, daughter, student, expressive arts therapist, Latin American, to name but a few. It is in this last aspect -- as Latina -- that lies the unique appeal of the book. Poetry has a very unique relationship with language, quite unlike other forms of writing. The rhythm of each word in succession, the cadence of each syllable bouncing one after the other, the flow of the entire body in expressing the verses aloud. Linguists perhaps study it in terms of structure or form, but for the rest of us it stands as a pleasant dance to the patter of our eardrums. Because of this unique relationship with the language in which it was written, poetry creates particular challenges for translation. Fernandez confronts this challenge head-on by writing her own translations, each of the poems in the volume presented in both English and Spanish. So which language comes first? In relentlessly juxtaposing the two, page after page, it becomes apparent that there is no primacy of one before the other, no dominant identity to which the other falls subaltern. Rather a both/and that suggests the author as always-already passing between such fixed constructs as singular linguistic identity. In other words, Fernandez dances in two languages at the same time. When it is the same artist who creates, translates and illustrates, one is rendered in awe at the artist's multiple talents and subsequently left to trace waves of affect throughout the pages of the book in search of insight into the mind of this unique individual. If a dominant identity wants to make its presence felt, it is the feminism that infuses every page of the volume, proud without being pushy or pedantic. But even this feminism is multiple, creating tensions throughout the book that magnify those created by its formal structure. In "Disappointment of Received Approval" she chastises the "poor little lap dog of a girl" who waits meekly in the corner for her small bone of acknowledgment. This reaches a tipping point in "How Thoughts Are Like Snakes," as her mind becomes "a nest of snakes / boiling with anger / each one with her idea / each one stubborn." These stand in stark contrast to the verse "love is being born / exits innocently the uterus of our souls / surrounded by softness" from "How To Help Love To Be Born." How to exist, then, becomes a polyrhythmic call to the reader. The recurring theme of the book is the search for meaning in life, and here lies perhaps that most impractical aspect of the book the quest. But Fernández doesn't leave the reader alone or singular in this regard in the introduction to the book she expressly encourages the reader to become a traveller herself, to transform the impractical into the practical through poetry and art. Not simply to be a traveller, actually, but rather a guide through words, colours and forms on one's own journey to meaning. The quest becomes a question how to exist? There might not be a destination in sight, nor even one to be found, but the journey "in the eternal minute / of the present / awaiting" will have been worth every step taken if only the call is answered." Sean Smith, Ph.D.
How To Exist An Impractical Guide Como Existir Guía Impráctica Lorena B Fernandez PhD 9781541128781 Books
Venezuela native Lorena B. Fernandez wears many hats -- author, painter, mother, wife, dancer, scholar, healer and engineer, just to name a few.An A-List painter of renown in Houston, Texas, art circles, Fernandez is a seasoned veteran of the competitive exhibition circuit as a member of the Post-Diversionists art group. And...she is also a well-known writer. Author of the Houston Chronicle's "ArtBeat" blog, Fernandez also tackles larger projects as in the two books to her credit, including this one -- her newest.
In the bilingual "How To Exist, An Impractical Guide" Fernandez displays both her recent paintings and poems, revealing her innermost self -- joys, fears, sadness, hope and resilience.
The verses and art reflect the many places she has lived, including Venezuela, California, Singapore, Texas and many others.
The book's large format provides an excellent vehicle for displaying her art. In the art of Fernandez, the reader can see influences spanning centuries of art with traces of inspiration from Kahlo, Klimt, DaVinci, Rivera and others representing schools and movements ranging from Impressionism to Surrealism to Expressionism.
Of her art reproduced in this book, I would say my favorites are "Imploring," "Island Woman," "Thoughts," "Horns," "The Birth of Love" and "Bull Rider."
The poems, all of which are presented in both English and Spanish, are an eclectic mix. Some disturbed me, some turned me on, some made me sad and some made me take a closer look at myself.
One of the best things about this book is that it will remain relevant for a long time - as will the art and writings.
I highly recommend this book. For yourself, for a gift or for a preview into the mind of an artist and poet who will be remembered and revered long after most of us are gone.
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How To Exist An Impractical Guide Como Existir Guía Impráctica Lorena B Fernandez PhD 9781541128781 Books Reviews
Lorena Fernandez, author and artist of How to Exist, An Impractical Guide provides an inspiring reminder that there is wisdom that resides within each of us. Lorena is a trailblazer as she presents her art and poetry in Spanish and English. She is able to show us the light and the shadow in life through her inspiring artwork as she links it to poetry. I have discovered secrets embedded in her artwork and in her words. There are layers of meaning that rendezvous with my imagination.
In her moving bilingual art memoir "Spiritual Healing with Art" (2006), Ms. Fernandez showed how she was able to heal her spirit with art. In that book, her life story, including early emotional traumas and healing, unfolds in a sequence of magnificent paintings, revealing the process by which the artist emerged as an independent, open and free person.
In her new book "How to Exist, an Impractical Guide" (2009), Ms. Fernandez explores the meaning and reality of everyday existence and the choices she made about how to live her life through bilingual (English and Spanish) poems and paintings. The book displays the amazing talents of the artist not only in painting but also in poetry writing. Permeating through the collection of poems and painting is the artist's passion for life, a life that is not static, but is constantly changing to accommodate new perspectives and new "pieces of puzzle". The artist expresses her strong sense of clarity about the general path of her life, a "complicated path even without knowing its final destination". Even though there were pieces here and there that reveal the doubtful moments about her choices, the collection as a whole exults a sense of optimism and love for life, especially evident in the poem "How to Ensure Happiness" and the paintings "Freedom" and "Quantum Leap". In "How to Exist, an Impractical Guide", it is inspiring to see an artist, healed by art, is now free to use art to seek and define meaning of her existence and to affirm her creative path!
After reading "How to Exist, An Impractical Guide" I realized Lorena B. Fernandez achieved what she had hoped. In the opening pages of her book she stated; "I hope that this book will inspire your inner guide using art." I was certainly inspired and more than inspired, I felt as one feels when listening to a great teacher, "equipped". A great teacher gives you inspiration and also equips you with the right tools to move into action. Lorena has achieved both. Through the medium of poetry, Lorena's prose becomes "teachings" as they transcend from mere clever poetic reactions and observations. Her poems reveal an acute sensitivity and unusual ease of putting into words typical emotional situations and psychological struggles; she does this in "How to Answer the Question 'What's going on with you'"? Lorena takes us into the deeper dimensions that are hidden under casual greetings
"I'm running like an underground river. Sometimes I surface to form lakes in peaceful and sunny areas, But underneath I continue to run into deep and dark places, Occassionally carrying toxic sedimentation..."
She ends her poem with a very direct probing question "What's going on with you?" It's as if after opening her own dimension of feeling she's challenging her reader to join her in opening their own.
Lorena continues other self-revealing journeys in "How to Deal with New Perspectives", "Approval I" and "Disappointment of Received Approval". She is at times playful, ironic but always arduously and painfully honest about her own journey of self-discovery, self-revelations, disappointment and healing.
Lorena's paintings illustrate many of her poems......or one might ask, do her poems illustrate her paintings? Either way, she has allowed both mediums to speak eloquently and honestly about her life and to give the reader a "practical" guide to navigate the vicissitudes of life-albeit through seeing life through this artistic prism. Truly, her work is an excellent example of ekphrastic poetry but much more importantly an example of the courage it takes to teach and impact the life of others through artistic mediums. I recommend the book to educators and anyone who wants to journey valiantly into their own "inner world" being facilitated in that journey by a great artist/poet.
Venezuela native Lorena B. Fernandez wears many hats -- author, painter, mother, wife, dancer, scholar, healer and engineer, just to name a few.
An A-List painter of renown in Houston, Texas, art circles, Fernandez is a seasoned veteran of the competitive exhibition circuit as a member of the Post-Diversionists art group. And...she is also a well-known writer. Author of the Houston Chronicle's "ArtBeat" blog, Fernandez also tackles larger projects as in the two books to her credit, including this one -- her newest.
In the bilingual "How To Exist, An Impractical Guide" Fernandez displays both her recent paintings and poems, revealing her innermost self -- joys, fears, sadness, hope and resilience.
The verses and art reflect the many places she has lived, including Venezuela, California, Singapore, Texas and many others.
The book's large format provides an excellent vehicle for displaying her art. In the art of Fernandez, the reader can see influences spanning centuries of art with traces of inspiration from Kahlo, Klimt, DaVinci, Rivera and others representing schools and movements ranging from Impressionism to Surrealism to Expressionism.
Of her art reproduced in this book, I would say my favorites are "Imploring," "Island Woman," "Thoughts," "Horns," "The Birth of Love" and "Bull Rider."
The poems, all of which are presented in both English and Spanish, are an eclectic mix. Some disturbed me, some turned me on, some made me sad and some made me take a closer look at myself.
One of the best things about this book is that it will remain relevant for a long time - as will the art and writings.
I highly recommend this book. For yourself, for a gift or for a preview into the mind of an artist and poet who will be remembered and revered long after most of us are gone.
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