Una idea nacida en la postnavidad y en el post trauma de gastar tanto $ en juguetes hechos en China, en la tienda de Amazon...y en el encontrarte de cara, a pesar de la cobardia galopante que todo el tiempo cobijo, bueno de encontrarme a media cara con parte de la realidad de mi pais.
Un grano de arena...y a salvar un pueblo si hay un hombre bueno es la inspiracion para la
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An idea borned from the postXmas and post trauma of spending money on toys made in China, at Amazon...and finding yourself, despite the cowardice i protect on everyday basis inside myself, well of finding myself half face to half face of a part of the reality in my country.
A grain of sand...and to save a town if there is only one good man... is part of the inspiration for this :
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And just today 11 years later, I discover that the title of this dear old book/essay, Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, comes from Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, and which is the beginning of the second sentence of one of the most famous soliloquies, and is the response of the protagonist, Macbeth, to the news of his wife's death.
A book worth reading...Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Essay by Aldous Huxley.
Many years ago I stole (sorry mom) this small old, book that was coming apart, with the title Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow...and it has become one of my all time favorites...it contains various essays by Aldous Huxley, I highly recommend it.
I first fell in love with Kurt Vonnegut's work, while processing fish up in Alaska, I happened to come across "Galapagos", of all places, an old processing boat in the middle of the Bering Sea, amazingly it made laugh, and the romance began.
rhythm: noun.
1. A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.
3. A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions: the rhythms of the tides.
I believe there has to be a rhythm to creativity, in all it's hectic appearance...in all it's natural conflict like being.
Doesn't ever happen to you that you just want to do something, not feel useless and feel productive, and positive, so you push yourself trying to achieve that thing. Then you are just rushing and trying to do it no matter what, and even maybe you want to do it in a quick manner, and you just end up making a big MESS, and I think it is because one is out of rhythm, and things done in a rush seem to have a tendency to turn out wrong.
No les ha pasado que a veces quieren hacer algo, ser utiles y productivos, y positivos, entonces nos presionamos a hacer algo. Y lo que pasa es que te aceleras demas, haciendo lo que sea que decidiste que tenias que hacer, y de un modo rapido, y todo termina hecho un desastre, I creo que es porque estamos fuera de ritmo, y las cosas con prisa no parecen tener una tendencia a salir bien, mas bien tienden a salir mal.
The only thing that stays the same is...constant change.
One thing my family and I enjoy during the weekends is definitely cooking, preparing something a little extra special, maybe experiment a new recipe from a good friend or something from the web, is always fun.
Unexpectedly from our composte dirt some surprises were born during May, and they keep on growing, no sign of stopping, zuchinni plant, watermelon and cantaloupe; oh and not to be forgotten our Fig tree, ( we like to call it ours, even though we rent the house where we live, we like to call it Home and our Fig tree) it's a pretty old tree, with branches that for crazy knots, and it's so loaded with figs that we get to see many different birds everyday who come to feast on the sweet figs.
Here a little of my kitchen inspired work, which include my Gurushkas :D
Una cosa que disfrutamos mucho en familia los fines de semana es definitivamente cocinar, preparar algo especial, tal vez
Experimentar con alguna receta nueva de algun amigo o simplemente de la web, siempre es divertido.
Inesperadamente de nuestra composta surgieron varias sorpresas durante mayo, y continuan creciendo sin dar senial de detenerse, calabacitas, sandia y melon; y claro no olvidemos a nuestra higuera (la llamamos nuestra aunque rentamos la casa, pero nos gusta decir nuestra higuera, nuestro hogar), es un arbol muuy viejo, con locas ramas que forman locos nudos, y esta tan cargada de deliciosos y dulces higos que diario tenemos una serie de visitas de todo tipo de pajaros, mas de los que conocemos, palomas, gorriones, urracas, en fin...
Aqui esta un poco de la inspiracion de la naturaleza y cocina e incluye mis gurushkas :D
Really drawing, just drawing, is such a relaxing and beautiful activity...here my first design for a tea towel, inspired by a crazy caterpillar pink that got inside the house, my husbands tea collection and the love for drawing and color. Also soon for sale at www.spoonflower.com
"It came through the whispering woods,
down the grassy paths with tinkling little noises and sizzling sounds
With perfumed vapors
that were comforting and mischievous at the same time...
It was as dusk fell
that the master tea maker made his appearance
and they were all happy to see Mr. Cateapillar..."
Due to the recent terrible fires going on in the woods in Coahuila, Mexico, different wildlife face the consequences, three bear cubs have been rescued by my neighbor who happens to be a wildlife officer, and now they have to be fed milk for the next 5 months or so, considering they are like a baby...
The littlest is Golondrina a female bear cub, and the other two are male bear cubs
QUIEN AMA LECHE NIDO...???!!!
Debido a los recientes y terribles incendios que han ocurrido en Coahuila, muchas especies salvajes sufren las consecuencias, suertudos nosotros nuestro vecino trabaja en esa area de rescatar animales salvajes, y nos ha tocado conocer a 3 ozesnos, la mas pequenia Golondrina de poco mas de un mes, y dos hermosos hermanitos mas grandes.
Finally after two atempts to convince my husband to go to Monterrey, he agreed to go. I really wanted to go see Dominique Lemieux's and Ron Mueck's exhibitions at MARCO, one of the main museums at Monterrey. My husband doesn't despise art or doesn't like Monterrey, he was just concerned we could be endangered by going there, because of the violence that this city is living, as well as many others in the northern part of Mexico are going through... And when I saw Muecks Man in a boat, made me think that that's how alot of us living in Mexico are felling... that uncertainty in his expression, of what's coming next... a little suspicious and a little concerned.... and by saying this I feel like I'm undermining how I feel... because truly I feel alot suspicious and alot of concern.
And despite all of the violent tragic events going on every single day...at every hour of the day... with or with out the sun present... we must continue to have faith, work create and believe and help ourselves, our kids, our families to grow and become better individuals; so the future is something desirable and not a nightmare we don't dare to think about; so that in the future we can attend an art exhibit with a joyous feeling, with a pure expectation of discovering another person's creation, not with a heart filled with uncertainty and fear of what you may encounter on the way to the museum...
Lovely new grass and dandelions :D Pasto delicioso y dientes de leon :D
New clutchic designs, practical and pretty
Nuevas clutchic practical y bonitas
Well finally right on track and working and creating...and on Easter Vacations, so kids are home a little bored a little fun... alot of work and organizing to be done... I don't know why I forget how fun it is to design from scratch...just grab a pencil, dream about color and sure, why not?, digitalize it :D New fabric designs coming soon...from other designers and from Gurumania
Bueno finalmente en ruta y trabajando y creando...y de vacaciones de Semana Santa, con los chicos en casa mas aburridos que divertidos, me temo... mucho trabajo y mucho que organizar en casa... No se porque se me olvida que divertido y fabuloso puede ser deseniar de cero... simplemente tomar un lapiz, soniar con el color y claro, porque no? digitalizar el disenio :D Nuevos disenios de telas pronto... mios y de otros diseniadores.
I guess I've been trying to get back on track since January and I haven't done it yet. But today I went for a 25 minutes run (slow :D) and listened to Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion which I really like...makes me wanna sing and dance and also cry...
Creo que he estado intentando desde Enero retomar un ritmo y no lo he conseguido. Pero hoy fui a correr durante 25 minutos...lentamente claro, escuchando Life in Cartoon Motion de Mika, me encanta...me dan ganas de cantar, bailar y claro llorar...
Talking POP as Mika I also think of Murakami's Norwegian Wood, which I may have misjudged, but then I gotta remember to place creations and people in a context :D
Hablando de POP como Mika tambien pienso en Murakami y su libro Norwegian Wood, el cual quizar lo juzgue inapropiadamente por sacarlo de contexto, tengo que recordar que las creaciones como los seres pertenecen en un contexto :D
Getting ahead of oneself, forcing to move in order to "Don't let the waves let you drown", it can get hard to relax and just be happy when there is so much violence and plain negative vibe because of what's happening in this country.
Luckly nothing has happened to my family and all I can think of is Keep Calm and Carry On, which was a political poster made to be published in case UK and the allies lost the II World War, it was never oficially published for the reason it was intended... and now it's part of our world icons... and a fixed image in my head.
Seguir y salir adelante, forzarse a mover para " No permitir que las olas te ahogen", puede ser dificil relajarse y simplemente estar contento cuando hay tanta violencia y simplemente un ambiente negativo con todo lo que esta ocurriendo en el pais.
Tenemos la fortuna que nada nos ha ocurrido y todo lo que puedo pensar es Manten la Calma y Continua, frase de un poster politico que se realizo para publicar en Inglaterra en caso de que se perdiera la segunda Guerra Mundial, el cual nunca fue publicado oficialmente para lo que se disenio...y ahora es parte de los iconos que compartimos mundialmente y una imagen pegada en mi mente.
So let's move...Here is what I move around during these days:
Entonces a moverse... Aqui esta un poco de donde me muevo en estos dias:
lunes, 10 de enero de 2011
The soft side of single parenting: Washing dishes more times than you care to remember...
Yeap life can be sweet after a nice relaxing bath...
...change...such a big opportunity to learn, grow and reinvent yourself or maybe just rediscover what's buried under monotony of adulthood...I'll try again the sour/sweet waters (lemonade is one of my favorite beverages, by the way) of beign a single parent for the next three weeks, but today at 5 am I realized its a forgotten chance to see yourself, the other important self and the WE... that has been evolving in the day by day, and has been buried under a coat of dust of the once so precious routine.
So here I go again; against my will and at the same time with all the passion, that is trying to burst, whenever uncertainty appears...
Today is my Santi's 7th Bday, so many memories and so much on the road ahead of us...and at the end of the day all you need is love...
Hoy es el cumple numero 7 de mi Santi, tantos recuerdos y emociones vividas y tanto mas nos espera... y al final del dia lo que necesitamos en nuestras vidas es amor...
The best of the best and the force be with you Have a Great 2011!!!
Lo mejor de lo mejor y que la fuerza este contigo este 2011!!!
Xmas Bazar selling my parents wonderful products by "El Jorongo"
and a tiny bit of "Gurumania" handbags.
Bazar Navidenio en Saltillo con los maravillosos productos de mis papas
y El Jorongo y un poquitin de mis bolsas Gurumaniacas :D
Mis despeinados en sus vacaciones, me encanta verlos que se abrazen...que mejor regalo que ver a tus chicos sanos y felices :D My little ones with their messy hair, disheveled...hahaha one of those things I don't care much about keeping their hair in place, I can be soooo corny about somethings but really what's a better gift than happy healthy kids... :D ?
Alimentando el espiritu navidenio un poco con una super receta de pay de Queso, Gracias Marthita!!!! Para los venaditos...
Xmas spirit at full throtle, love waking up to finish this amazing Cheese cake & fruit, while I slowly wake up, drink my coffe, while my kids are still asleep...Merry Xmas to you all...XOXOX
What to do...? what to do...? with such amazing fabric... well something practical and yet soooo pretty :D Kitchen mittens for all my sisters and also my brother.
Navidades y regalos...guantes para la cocina para mi familia y tambien uno urgente para mi :D
Hoy es mi cumple...y mi mejor regalo es el amor que tengo en mi vida, Gracias a mis 3amores, a mis padres y a Dios porque siempre he sido tan afortunada...Y festejemos Halloween adelantado :D
Today is my Bday...and my best gift is the love I have in my life, Thank you to my 3 Loves, my parents and God because I've always been so fortunate...And lets celebrate Halloween one day ahead :D
Special Handbag give away: I've reached 5000 visits to my Flickr: So i'm really happy to offer a give away, I'll choose an email from the ones I receive in the following week, to send one of my special handbags totally free of charge, shipping included, Thank you for visiting. HOY HE ALCANZADO LAS 5000 VISITAS A MI PAGINA DE FLICKR, ENTRE LOS CORREOS QUE RECIBA EN LA PROXIMA SEMANA ELIGIRE UN GANADOR Y LE ENVIARE GRATIS UNA DE MIS BOLSITAS ESPECIALES...SORPRESA, SIN COSTO ALGUNO A SU CASA!!! email:susadeperez@hotmail.com GRACIAS POR VISITAR Gurumania ♥
Moving for the 12th time in eight years...that is too much, still I think is worth it, cheaper rent, larger house, old house, big window house, and trees :) I'll post some pictures of our new little nest, and well I cannot work or design for a couple weeks, except in my head. New gurushkas designs coming soon...
Mudanza... por doceava ocasion desde que me case, pero creo que vale la pena, casa mas barata, casona vieja, casona con ventanas grandes, techos altos luz y arboles benditos :) pronto subo fotos de nuestro refugio, y bueno mientras tanto no puedo producir mas que ideas en mi cabezota arriba un poquitin de lo que viene el proximo mes, gracias a Amelita que lo sugirio san Antonio de cabeza ...nueva frida superb y catrina novia
I feel like crazy rabbit in Alice in Wonderland...run run, and of course work work, my head is dizzy from so much sewing and planning and thinking, but I can't stop, here is some of the last things I've done...It's raining almost every day which I loooove totally, but alot of people have lost their homes and rain will continue. I think that sign designed during WWII in England reflects my way of looking at the world today "Keep calm and carry on", and try and carry on, the best you can, because this country is in such a hectic state so it needs that...we are in a war
My mind is hectic too. OK moving on...going back to work... run run
Me siento como el conejo loco de Alicia en el pais de las maravillas, corre corre, y por supuesto trabaja trabaja, me duele hasta la cabeza y estoy atarantada de tanto coser, planear y pensar, pero no puedo detenerme, aqui estan algunas de las cosas que he estado haciendo... Llueve casi diario y la verdad me encanta...amo la lluvia, desgraciadamente muchas personas han perdido sus casas y hay mucha devastacion y al parecer la lluvia continuara. Y pienso en el letrero que se disenio para la segunda guerra mundial en Inglaterra y creo que refleja algo como me siento respecto al mundo hoy "Manten la calma y continua", y tratar y continuar de la mejor manera, porque este pais esta en un estado de desastre que eso necesita, estamos en una guerra
Mi mente tambien esta medio en desastre. Ok lo que sigue...de regreso a trabajar... corre corre
Some of the last work done for a contest at Spoonflower... so exciting I loved the result... originally instead of the kitten there was a baby mouse, upon request of my family I had to change it... ajjaja okey kitten still cute, but I think the mouse was cuter... but they can be really mmmhhh annoying, so here it is... just a little pick. Once I get the real thing printed I'll publish the real thing, thank you all who voted for my ...le jardin nocturne apron
Que emocion participar en el concurso del mandil... estoy lista para lo que sigue y acumulando ideas... originalmente era un raton pero como mi mama esta en pelea constante con los ratones y por mayoria de votos se cambio a un gatito, el ratoncito estaba lindo... total pueden ser una verdadera peste, me acorde del jardin en la casa anterior en Saltillo. En unos 20 dias tendre impreso el disenio, hoy se publican los resultados, estaba dura la competencia, pero no pierdo la esperanza... el jardin nocturno y su magia :D
It certanlly took more than I thought but finally got all the things I needed to start production of my first larger project.... YUJUUUUUUUUUUUU, okey here are a few pictures of what I got... oh also I'm doing all of this while the weather is extremely hot.... check it out...
