

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.

Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Oct 15, 202215 min read
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"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

Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Feb 17, 202212 min read
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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.

Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Nov 15, 20217 min read
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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.

Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Apr 27, 20217 min read
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MAP - The Making of Liam Whelan's Irish Lullaby. A Cartography of a Heritage.
Liam remembered the very first time that his Máthair ChrÃona sang the lullaby for him when he was a child, and an old ache squeezed his gut.

Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Nov 1, 20204 min read
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