![]() ![]() ![]() In 1990, Childrens Book Press published a bilingual book which focused on Lomas Garza’s paintings and short stories. ![]() She is the recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited her work in galleries and museums across the United States, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She also practiced drawing every day and drew pictures of people she saw at school, at home, and in her neighborhood.Ĭarmen is a graduate of the Texas Arts & Industry University (now known as Texas A & M University-Kingsville), Juarez-Lincoln/Antioch Graduate School, and San Francisco State University where she earned her Master of Art in 1981. At the age of 13, she taught herself how to draw and learned about the basics of art by checking out books from her local library. At a very young age Carmen knew she wanted to be an artist and pursued every opportunity to improve her skills. Her paintings are based on her memories and experiences of growing up in South Texas. Carmen Lomas Garza was born in Kingsville, Texas in 1948. ![]() This object is a painting entitled “A Plaza in Texas in the 1930’s” by artist Carmen Lomas Garza, a Chicana narrative artist, inspired by the Chicano Movement, Carmen’s painting depicts every day events in the lives of Mexican-Americans. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When we did scenes together, they weren’t particularly funny or interesting. She would whisper funny and harsh things about Del to me. ![]() We took classes together and sat in the back. ( Apparently, this Catherine the Great joke is not safe for television.)Īmy (from Yes Please ): “She was sharp, shy, and hilarious. But I bang one horse and now I’m a horse banger for all eternity? That’s it? That’s what I am?’ I think Hillary Clinton’s got to be able to relate to that.” Kennedy had extramarital affairs and no one says anything. In the play, Catherine the Great would say things like, ‘You know, John F. I used to take playwriting classes, and I wrote a one-act play - I can’t remember the name of it, but it was really about the way women are perceived as leaders. They were bold and ballsy and fearless.”Īmy Poehler: “I remember Tina Fey wrote a play about Catherine the Great fucking a horse and I thought, ‘That lady is hot stuff, I wanna know her.’” Her name was Tina and she was like me but with brown hair.”Ĭo-founder of ImprovOlympic Charna Halpern: “They were just instantly brilliant … They were not the typical women who get steamrolled by men. She said there was another new improviser in another one of her classes whom she thought I would really like. She told me I was just as good as the big boys. The theater’s co-founder Charna Halpern introduced them to each other.Īmy (from Yes Please ): “Charna took a liking to me, and me to her. 1993: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler meet at Chicago’s ImprovOlympic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Second, once we do gain the self-awareness to identify the problems, it can be hard to figure out a suitable solution because our working environments are designed to enable the things that are holding us back. Many people wouldn’t identify the distraction of messages in their work environment as the thing that holds them back. This brings up a number of problems for people who want to be effective in their day.įirst, it’s can be hard to identify the items that are holding us back from the goals we want. The reality is that few of us are being truthful with ourselves and most of us are that person that feels phantom vibrations in their pocket even when our phone is charging across the room. We want to be able to say that we don’t have a problem checking our devices during any lull in the activity we’re engaging in. We all want to identify as this stoic person that doesn’t get distracted easily. Oh sure, there are some that don’t feel the unescapable desire to dive into social media every few minutes but it’s a very small percentage. ![]() If you can point to someone that says they don’t feel the pull of social media then you’re also most likely pointing to a liar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An intoxicating blend of blood, secrets, and haunting mythology, Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time. But the web of secrets at Everless stretches beyond her desire, and the truths Jules must uncover will change her life for ever … and possibly the future of time itself. There, Jules encounters danger and temptation in the guise of the Gerling heir, Roan, who is soon to be married. To stop him from draining himself to clear their debts, Jules takes a job at Everless, the grand estate of the cruel Gerling family. Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. The rich live for centuries the poor bleed themselves dry. Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time. ![]() Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. Description New York Times bestseller 'Sara Holland is a fierce storyteller. She graduated from Wesleyan University and worked in a tea shop, a dentist’s office, and a state capitol building before heading to New York to work in publishing. She grew up between small-town Minnesota and the countless fictional worlds of books. Sara Holland Everless (Everless Series, 1) Audio CD Unabridged, Januby Sara Holland (Author) 810 ratings 3.8 on Goodreads 38,473 ratings Book 1 of 2: Everless See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 11.36 67 Used from 1.33 22 New from 6. In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything – even time. Sara Holland is the New York Times bestselling author of the EVERLESS series. ![]() Packed with danger, temptation and desire – a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Frank Miller's Sin City motion-picture is based on three Sin City titles : Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Sin City: The Big Fat Kill and Sin City: That Yellow Bastard.Sin City is a major motion picture directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez ( Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, SpyKids) and features a cast of Hollywood all-stars.not to mention a "condition." He's gunning after Goldie's killer, so it's time to watch this town burn! ![]() Love is the fuel, and the now-infamous character Marv has the match. Sin City is the place - tough as leather and dry as tinder. This critically acclaimed triumph - honored by both an Eisner Award and the prestigious National Cartoonists' Award - combines the pulp intensity of writers like Spillane and Cain with the gritty graphic storytelling that only Miller can deliver. Legendary artist Frank Miller opened a noir opus in Sin City. ![]() ![]() I also really appreciate the use of various colors in the type itself, and the change from a plain black font to a more colorful and decorative one, when the text gets to the 'hoorays' throughout. The replacement of the gray scribble with a colorful hat was an effective visual representation of their changed mood. I really liked Brian Won's color scheme here - the vivid aqua blues, the subtler yellows and oranges - and I appreciated his use of a threatening gray scribble above each character's head, indicating their grumpy mood. Lion proves more of a challenge, as he feels that he shouldn't be happy when his friend Giraffe is unwell, but the animals companions all head to her home, and the day ends in happiness for all.Ī cute book with winsome artwork, engaging typography and design, and a sweet story, Hooray for Hat! is sure to be a winner with toddlers and younger children. Fortunately, he has head-wear to share, and improves not just Zebra's day, but that of Turtle and Owl as well. Putting them on, he proceeds to his friend Zebra's, where he discovers that he isn't the only one who began his day feeling grumpy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Waking up one day in a very grumpy state, Elephant's mood is considerably improved by the arrival of a package containing some fun hats. ![]() ![]() I feel a bit like God and I are on a journey together, seeing and doing a lot, but certainly not staying anywhere for any length of time. So you'd think I'd be really, really happy! In spiritual terms, Christmas is not very meaningful to me this year one way or the other. A little bit I resent all the hoopla sometimes I want to shout: Don't you know my baby could have died?!Īt the same time I'm very grateful she's alive and very aware that she might not have been. ![]() Surprisingly, I'm finding Christmas hard. She e-mailed me in mid-December, during the season which, before this, had always been her favorite: By Christmas the crisis was past, but they still were not sure of the long-term implications. ![]() One November a friend of mine almost lost her child. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stephen King is seminal for me, though, as I was reading him far younger than I should have been. I’m also fond of Cormac McCarthy-he has such a beautiful way of describing such gruesome events. TQ: Who are some of your favorite writers? 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