Cecilia Martinez-GilOct 15, 202215 min readVincent and I - a Timeline of a Lifetime of Light on Light and LightnessFrom an early age, Vincent Van Goghian's exuberant yellows and explosive blues inspired me to write as he painted so very tenderly.
Cecilia Martinez-GilNov 15, 20217 min readThe Fourth Gender: Imagery, Identification, and Imagination In the Virtual ExperienceToday, cyberspace is a place where women, nonbinary folks and BIPOC can defy, undermine, and dispute traditional concepts of gender roles.
Cecilia Martinez-GilApr 27, 20217 min readPostcards from Uruguay, and a few connecting flights. With love, ProféPostcards from Uruguay is an adaptation from the Blog prompt for my Santa Monica College students of English 57, Latin American Literature.
Cecilia Martinez-GilOct 27, 202016 min readAuthor Bill Clegg—Storytelling Sprinkled in Fairy DustA holistic look into author Bill Clegg’s literary works as interconnected ecosystems evincing his solid signature and sophisticated style.
Cecilia Martinez-GilFeb 14, 202013 min readA Blue Sky Watched Over Us From Sunrise to Sunset [and en las noches in-between]After my first abortion at eighteen, I fretted as to whether I'd be able to bear a child. So, I consulted a palm reader. She said, "Seven."
Cecilia Martinez-GilJan 26, 202017 min readSky-Diving Into Seas of Ink: Full Immersion in the Reading ExperienceVertical Reading it's a full immersion into a book's pages, where I swim beside the people in a world of liquid ink within an author's pages
Cecilia Martinez-GilOct 18, 20199 min readThe Making of "Realization": Merging Time, Place & Being Towards ResilienceToday, I find inspiration in the shape of a scar. I imagine that polka dots of blood can be read like musical notes spilling sounds.