everivera: November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

nov29::: walls skies and in between

nov29::: walls skies and in between, a photo by eve rivera on Flickr.

nov28::: (n)one

I think in the end it all comes down to a series of circles and lines.....
art, life, relationships, personalities,
the universe, our perceptions and realities.
The way we color, write, draw, and spill our souls on paper,
the way we hide from ourselves and move forward,
the way we are reflected in each other and develop individuality,
the way we see, feel, reject, and engulf
beauty and pain,

it all breaks down to the simplist form
0/1
none and one
la illah il lallah

yeah. sometimes it is just that deep.

nov27::: cried with her

nov26::: a post

Life asked death "Why do people love me, but hate you?"
Death responded "Because you're a beautiful lie and I'm a painful truth"

nov25::: pjs

pjs all day. mission accomplished.

nov24::: thankful for her

nov24::: thankful for her, a photo by eve rivera on Flickr.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

nov23::: cupcakes

I made over 40 cupcakes this night...yellow, white and chocolate...with cream cheese, vanilla, and chocolate frosting. I meant to take photos of them.....but didn't. :)

Thursday, November 24, 2011

nov22::: packaging

nov22, a photo by eve rivera on Flickr.

nov21::: thoughts

the eve hypothesis

nov20::: unknown

Sometimes the pain it takes to stay,
becomes greater than the pain it takes to go.

Unknown

nov19::: renamed roots

nov19, a photo by eve rivera on Flickr.

Decolonize Geography : Caribbean

Jamaica - Xaymaca (Taíno-Arawak)

Puerto Rico - Borikén or Borinquen (Taíno, meaning “Land of the Valiant Lord”)

Haiti/Dominican Republic - Haití (Taíno, meaning “Tall Mountain”. term referred to a region located on the island of Hispaniola and may have also been used to refer to the entire island.)

Bahamas - Ba-ha-ma (possible Lucayan origen, meaning ‘large mupper middle land’) or Lucayo (Taíno name for Bahama islands and inhabitants.)

Cuba - Caobana (Taíno, meaning “Great Place”)

Grenada - Camerhogne (Kalinago)

Carriacou - Kayryoüacou or Cariouwacou (Kalinago, meaning ‘Island surrounded by reefs’)

Trinidad - Lëre or Lele (Kalinago meaning ‘Land of the Humingbird’)

Tobago - Tobago (Kalinago)

Barbados - Ichirouganami (Arawak)

Dominica - Wai’tu kubuli (Kalinago, meaning “Tall is her body”)

Martinique - Madinina (Kalinago, meaning “Land of Flowers”)

St. Lucia - Hiwanarau (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Iguana”)

St. Vincent - Hairoun (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Blessed”)

Bequia - Becoua (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Clouds”)

Canouan - Cannouan (Kalinago, meaning “Island of Turtles”)

Anguilla - Malliouhana (Arawak, meaning Arrow-Shaped Sea Serpent)

St. Martin - Soualiga (Arawak, meaning “Land of Salt”)

St. Barths - Ouanalao (Arawak)

Saba - Amonhana (Arawak)

St. Eustatious - Aloi (Arawak)

Saint Crioux - Ay Ay (Taíno)

Saint Kitts - Liamuiga (Kalinago, meaning “Fertile Land”)

Nevis - Oualle (Kalinago)

Montserrat - Alliouagana (Kalinago, meaning “Land of Prickly Bush”)

Barbuda - Wa’omoni (Kalinago)

Antigua - Wadadli (Kalinago, “Land of Fish Oil”)

Redonda - Ocananmanrou (Kalinago)

Guadeloupe - Karukera (Kalinago)

Marie-Galante - Aichi (Kalinago) or Touloukaera (Arawak)

nov18::: speak

what we speak becomes the house we live in

Hafez

nov17::: handle it

my love for you is not about you, it is not even about me and my ability to recognize and feel it as mine. my love for you is about the creator of THE love and how to honor the mercy of letting me feel it, in its pain and joy. it is quite amazing really that I Love You has nothing to do with I or You, but everything to do with how we handle it.

nov16::: the sudden urge

and I had the sudden urge
to cry
somewhere between
significant other
and his poetry
the laughter
and the sheer irony
of pain
I reach for my pen
with shaking hand
knowing how this story will end
knowing I knew all along
knowing I had to bare
my soul anyway
as liberating
it is
as damaging
and again
I am here
in that place
still
where
love has nothing to do with it
and everything to do with tears
that still
fall