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For those of you that got a chance to come out and learn about Sor Juana, enjoy both her poetry and Karen Z. and the actor's creativity, gracias. I'm glad all of you walked away with something. Hopefully, the play has sparked your own creativity in whatever form it manifests itself.
Sor Juana & Karen's work really left me inspired and frusterated at the same time. Since I'm about to hit 30 I've been doing a lot of reflecting. Trying to figure out the source of the chaos of my life.
Well it didn't take much. I've had three traumatic experiences. The first when I was 11 years old and my mother who supposedly didn't read English found my journal and was prohibited to write, the second came when my dream of going away to school and studying journalism came crashing down and the third was when I finally made it back to school I ended up being a business major because it was the practical thing to do and I couldn't afford to go to Columbia College.
So I've gone through all of this pure hell and have I been writing? Nope. Too busy trying to survive in this hellish city. Like Sor Juana "Trying to survive." The song once in a life time by the Talking Heads is on. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy their music. I feel like something is being compromised. Writing that doesn't exist? A utopic life that doesn't exist? I don't know.
Sor Juana and Karen thank you for reminding me that despite the chaos I can't give up this blissful and destructive habit of writing. May both of your energies whisper in my ear and guide my pen.
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Sin away, sin beatiful words, sin meaningful lines, just sin...and don't stop.
your journal invaded at 11, que horible. and then you were not allowed to write. why haven't you written about that? taking the practical route in college, i can relate, its not something i highly recommend.
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