Category: mexico

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The Art and Surrealism of Leonora Carrington

A couple of years ago, I picked up Leonora Carrington’s Down Below, a memoir she details a psychotic break that she had, in 1940, as the invading Germany army took her partner, Max Ernst, to a concentration camp and she tried to flee across the Pyrenees into Spain. The memoir introduced me to Carrington, whom I had not heard of before, and later I … Read More The Art and Surrealism of Leonora Carrington

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The Search for Nothing Amidst Everything

Esperaba que alguna vez. Nada puede durar tanto, no existe ningĂşn recuerdo por intenso que sea que no se apague. I woke up alone in Puerto Vallarta. My mouth dry. My body sore. My senses numb. I heard the waves crashing against the rocks and receding back into the depths, and I desired nothing more than to become part of the backwash, letting it … Read More The Search for Nothing Amidst Everything