Well, well. You have been patient. I am Bouche dorée, Boca de Ouro. Mouth of gold. Golden Lips. I am still waiting for my mysterious guest. On the porch of my house on the beach of Itapuã, north of Salvador da Bahia. Oh yes, yes. When Levy Colombia wrote me a letter from Paramaribo about…
Where were we? Oh yes, yes. We were in Salvador, in Bahia. I was telling you about Candomblé. About my house in Itapuã. The trip from Salvador was a bit longer than expected. A few “bandits” on the way. Cangaceiros from the Northeast. Some call them bandits, I don’t. I know some of them. We…
Meu nome é Rosa. Rosa “Boca de ouro”. Rose Golden lips or Golden mouth as you please. I was born in Salvador in Brazil. The full name given to the city – not even a mere settlement then – by the Portuguese explorers was São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos… Oh, yes, yes.…
“Disquieting presence”. 1959. By Remedios Varo. (MAM, Mexico city) Remedios Varo (1908-1963) was born in Spain. One of the first women to study art in Madrid. She went to Paris in 1937. As many artists did then. Like Leonora Carrington, she left Europe in 1941 for Mexico. Never came back. She is one of the…
“I remember the day he came. It was a Sat’day. The day it began to rain. I didn’t see him myself that day. Freddy told me.” “Freddy Henderson?” “Yes. Freddy was… he was… comin’ back from the lake. He’d gone… fishin’. Yep. Fishin’!” “At night? Freddy must’ve been poaching. Never mind. I’ll talk to him…
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone.Oh, when will they ever learn?Oh, when will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?Where have all the young girls gone, long…
Equinoxio 