JaZzArt en València

An interesting story, the story of her life. If you want to know about it I recommend the film by Tim Burton…

These are some of her paintings. I did not provide the names or the dates, that you can find out through research, but at least I wanted you to see them and then you can relate them to the paintings done in the supposed new style called «low brow»…

Cheers…

Por si no sabias que Dalí también fue medio místico, y que tuvo una etapa de recogimiento cuando se refugió en la fe católica y pinto cuadros religiosos, aquí ahora te lo presento.

Quizá su etapa espiritual haya comenzado en el 1948, no estoy seguro de la fecha exacta, ya que el cuadro de las tentaciones de San Antonio es del 1946 y es ciertamente un tema religioso. Pero no importa si leéis su libro, «Diario de un genio» (fue un excelente escritor) os enterareis de todo lo que hizo y todo lo que pasaba por su cabeza durante esos años. Menuda faena la de tratar de entender a un chalado…

Aunque no estoy seguro si Dalí estaba loco o si se hacía el loco. Él mismo decía que la única diferencia entre un loco y él era que él no estaba loco…

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In case you did not know that Dalí was somewhat of a mystic, that he went through a period of contemplation when he sought refuge in his Catholic faith and painted religious themes, I am here to inform you…

Maybe that phase started in 1948, but I am not certain of the exactitude of that date as the painting about the temptation of St. Anthony is from 1946 and I think it qualifies as a religious painting. But it doesn’t matter, read his book «Diary of a Genius» (He was a great writer) and he will explain it all to you and you will learn all about the things that went on in his head. It is not easy trying to understand a madman!

Although I am not certain if he really was a madman or just pretended to be one. He always said that the only difference between a madman and himself was that he was not mad…

Gracias…

Cheers…

Not a prophet but a teacher…

Gentle, words of love and wisdom, always fair,

His load is light enough to bear…

C.2022, Francis Bravo Cabrera, 29 APR 2022, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Already almost one month in Miami Beach! Wow! The first few days, coming from cold Spain, I loved the warm weather. During those few days 25 degrees wasn’t hot, it was just warm and nice. Now it is bloody hot! The humidity is always over 85%, the sun is burning my skin, the mosquitos are doing a number on my skin and the other bugs, well, they bug me. And by now the 25 degrees have gone up to 30 degrees in the shade.

Another thing that bothers me about the City of Miami Beach is that they are always on your arse! When you actually go to the beach, meaning to the water, you have to cross through a stretch of sand worthy of the Sahara. It’s almost a kilometre long! Then when you finally cross through all the chaises longues and the umbrellas…all belonging to the hotels that line the coastline…you reach the soft, cuddly part of the sand where you can lay down, relax and let the soft sounds of the gentle waves as they kiss the shore…

NO! You cannot do that because all of a sudden here comes a huge tractor pulling a sand cleaning machine and the operator has his earplugs on and probably listening to heavy metal at 11! So you better «Run for Your Life if you can…» (as The Beatles said), or he’s going to roll right over you. Did you know that the Miami Beach Police Department has run over two sunbathers on the sand? Yes they did, killing one French tourist. Check it out: https://floridajustice.com/floridas-little-secret-government-vehicles-running-sunbathers/#:~:text=27%2Dyear%2Dold%2C%20Stephanie,often%20used%20by%20police%20vehicles.

Anyways, I leave you with a picture of one of our…their…local critters, the iguanas. Lamentably the City of Miami Beach destroyed their habitats back in 2016 when they cut down dozens of trees along Indian Creek Drive. The poor iguanas were decimated but some still survived and this morning I saw one eating a banana, like a monkey!

Until the next chapter, I hope you guys have a lovely day, after all it is Thursday, the «middle of the week», a night to begin your weekend festivities so go hit that bar across the street and order your first gin tonic!

Cheers…

El resplandor desplaza nubes grises y lamentos.

Las peteneras bailan sobre sal,

la sal que del salero de lo eterno ha vuelto ahora a cantar.

C.2022, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 28/04/2022, Miami Beach, Florida, EEUU

I am back here where it all began, Miami, Florida! The birthplace of Omnia Caelum Studios, this time «Miami»…

Cheers…

I stand there every morning and I wait until the northbound train floats by me.

Floating on a cloud of dreams, hopes and soulful wishes.

Floating as the red light of the sun fades into darkness.

C.2022, Francis Bravo Cabrera, 27 APR 2022, MiamiBeach, Florida, (EEUU)

Visitanos en Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera y @Guloshka y claro, puedes explorar todos los vídeos que tengo colgados en YouTube.

Gracias…

I received an email saying I was nominated for Spillwords Author of the Month (April 2022). So, I would like to ask you for your vote, if you would be so kind. Here is the link to cast your vote: https://spillwords.com/vote/

With my greatest appreciation and many thanks to whoever it was that was nice enough to nominate me.

Here you can see some of my poetry on Spillwords: https://spillwords.com/?s=Francisco+Bravo+cabrera

Cheers…