Most children tend to be picky about food. It’s what I’ve noticed being a mother and now an aunt. It was my experience as a child, and one of the foods I did not accept was the nopal, or cactus pad. It was sour-ish, slimy, and too vegetable-y. My mom usually made it into a…
Tag: creativity
I Love Blogging and Nopales
These past two weeks, Instagram has been on my mind—not because I’ve been posting, but because I haven’t. I said I’d stay active, but I haven’t followed through. Maybe Instagram just isn’t my thing. I end up scrolling and then feeling unproductive. I can’t just post without commenting (or at least that’s how it feels),…
Healing Through Creativity and Some Lip Gloss
If you are or will be going through a mastectomy, here is a little encouragment for you that I hope will bring some ease and hope… Also, these were two of the best books I read when I was going through treatment: Anticancer: A New Way of Life and Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All…
Challenges in the art life are good
Last month, for Lent, I challenged myself to post my art on Instagram for 40 days. The decision came after an experience I had while attending a Catholic conference that a friend invited me to, where the speaker spoke about how the simple fact that we were born meant that we are automatically loved and…