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-GilFeb 16, 202212 min read"The Other Me"-- Clearing the Smoke Blurring Faced-Up Mirrors: See and Thus, Be SeenI've been obsessed with doppelgängers, alter egos, liminal experiences, otherness. Giga Agladze's The Other Me embodies it all
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-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-GilSep 17, 201910 min readTracing Lines Between Stars: A Shamanistic Happenstance with Dr. David S. WhitleyAwareness opens our eyes to see, to gain access, and once we cross the threshold, we reach agency. And that is too, what brings awe.
Cecilia Martinez-GilAug 28, 20195 min read“Lily’s Dance at The Spinoff”She wore pink stilettos. Her steps towards the stage were sensual, following the cry of mating, the howling of Beck’s guitar.