Welcome / Bienvenidos

I'm Alejandra. I love painting and that is why I decided to create this website to make my art public and accessible to everyone. I graduated from CSU Monterey Bay earning a B.A. in the Integrated Studies Special Program. My focus was Visual Arts and History of the Americas. I have also applied to the Counselor Education program at San Jose State, and hopefully I'll get in.

The main objective of this web space is to display my art works, (paintings) and some of the pieces that are still in progress. I'm also a mother of a beautiful 3 year old daughter who has become my greatest inspiration and my model as well.

I am very interested in Chicana Art, and that is why I chose that to be my webstie title, because I am Chicana and I'm also an artist that wants to create beautiful art for a social/environmental purpose of educating, raising awareness and creating change, not just to decorate. I am also very proud of my Purepecha heritage. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

email me at: lafrida.@. yahoo.com

Catholic Ceremonies in the lives of Latinas, 2004 (capstone project)

Exhibited at the CSU Monterey Bay Library on 7/02/04

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Mi Papa Nacho!

I went to visit him today with Quetzalli. Cada que voy siento feo y me da tristesa verlo asi, como un bebe grandote. Mi tia carmen y mi tio poncho estaban ahi con el cambiandole el panal.

Celeste no estaba muy agusto, she just wanted me to hold her. My grandpa has altzhaimer's and does't speak anymore. Yo le hablaba y le placticaba while I rubbed his forehead but he only looked at me with a very intense but at the same time vague look.

Lo quiero mucho y el esta muy bien cuidado por sus hijos y en el nursing home, pero aun asi es algo triste ver a tu abuelo como que te quiere decir algo pero lo unico que escuchas son gemidos despasitos y su mirada en ti.

Ojala se pudiera recuperar, pero cada vez su enfermedad avanza mas. Ya esta mas pesado y necesita ayuda al caminar. Solo Dios sabe porque pasan esas cosas tan tristes.

Peace....Paz!

# posted by Alejandra @ 2:14 PM