Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Oct 15, 202215 min read
Vincent and I - a Timeline of a Lifetime of Light on Light and Lightness
From an early age, Vincent Van Goghian's exuberant yellows and explosive blues inspired me to write as he painted so very tenderly.
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Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Feb 16, 202212 min read
"The Other Me"-- Clearing the Smoke Blurring Faced-Up Mirrors: See and Thus, Be Seen
I've been obsessed with doppelgängers, alter egos, liminal experiences, otherness. Giga Agladze's The Other Me embodies it all
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Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Nov 15, 20217 min read
The Fourth Gender: Imagery, Identification, and Imagination In the Virtual Experience
Today, cyberspace is a place where women, nonbinary folks and BIPOC can defy, undermine, and dispute traditional concepts of gender roles.
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Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Apr 27, 20217 min read
Postcards from Uruguay, and a few connecting flights. With love, Profé
Postcards from Uruguay is an adaptation from the Blog prompt for my Santa Monica College students of English 57, Latin American Literature.
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Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Nov 1, 20204 min read
MAP - The Making of Liam Whelan's Irish Lullaby. A Cartography of a Heritage.
Liam remembered the very first time that his Máthair Chríona sang the lullaby for him when he was a child, and an old ache squeezed his gut.
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