The Book of the Creatures

"I learned that there are three kingdoms in Nature: Mineralia, Vegetalia and Animalia. Those kingdoms were studied as separate and it was hard to understand the meaning of a forest, where the three kingdoms get together". As well, we are a part of another kingdom or a kingdom of a kingdom above in the sky.
When the author saw the Milky Way for the first time, she was told that the galaxy was made of a goddess milk. We do not know exactly their size but we feel like a little life, micro bios, the ancient Greek word for germ. So depending on the scale, we are galaxies or little lives in kingdoms of animalia, vegetalia and mineralia.

The Book of Blood and Slime

The Book of Blood and Slime 2010

"I had a bunch of a beautiful paper given to me by one of my professors at grad school. I just read Sandor Marai's book "Embers" and I was caught by the story. I had some new born images", said the author.
There is a story about newborn creatures and its protection. Blood and slime that accompany the mankind into the world, but also as a protective layer in our arrival into the world.
There is a fascination towards those body fluids, mainly rejected but absolutely ours.

Map of Celestial Bodies

Map of Celestial Bodies 2101

Over us, there is the Milky Way or the Galaxy. Galaxy comes from Gala, the ancient Greek name for milk. It is believed that this was the milk split by Hera when suckling Heracles.
Ancients sought their path, their fate and their future in the stars. The star is the little glimpse of light that indicates where we are. A map of celestial bodies it is very important in our GPS times.

The Book of the Belonging

The Book of the Belonging 2010

"To belong is to live". This phrase of Clarice Lispector has been the thread for this book. The introspective quality of her literature inspired a story about all we think we need for belonging. This is the first signature and hard cover book, a more serious one, more bookie. The book shows some clues, but at last, we only belong to our lives. The phrase sewn in a delicate gampi paper is one of those clues.

Ward

Ward 2010

Ward is the third of those series of books related to the beloved. It is a book made of blood, like roses.
The author heard this poem read from a friend a long time ago. She was a poet and she passed.
The sense of exile still remains.

The last train has stopped at the last platform. No one is there to save the roses, no doves to alight a woman made of words. Time has ended. The ode fares no better than the foam.

Mahmoud Darwish from Fewer Roses. Translated from the Arabian by Munir Akash and Carol Forche

Hamama

Hamama 2010

"Hamama", as "Ya Nour" was inspired in John Berger's book From A to X. The lecture of those love letters made me familiar with words related to affection. Both words are related to beloved people. We do not know where Aida and Xavier are, probably they are somewhere in the middle east. Those Arabian words sound special and its meaning is surprising.

Ya Nour

Ya Nour, 2010

In John Berger's book From A to X, a woman, Aida, writes to her lover Xavier, who has been imprisoned. They cannot be together and future is the only thing to dream on.Those love letters from Aida are passionate and tender at the same time. Those letters are the only thing that connects the man with the outside, with the small details from every day's life . Those letters give Xavier a sense of normality among the abnormality. Aida recreates her desire for him and the days of tenderness writing these letters. "There is a future that has our names"
The vocabulary related to love and feelings was the main idea for this book.