HONORING TRAILBLAZERS OF THE PAST & INSPIRING LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
men and women who changed the world…
the LIFE-CHANGING POWER of '"WORDS"
"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world." -John Keating
"No importa lo que te digan, las palabras y las ideas pueden cambiar el mundo". ~ JOHN KEATING
EINSTEIN said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled."
the importance of WORDS ~ la importancia de las PALABRAS
The STEREOTYPE
That we're rich (we're not) That we are all odd, outcasted, or eccentric (again not all writers are like that) That we suffer some kind of emotional pain. This one is understandable, and actually does happen, but not to all writers.“Oh, so you don’t really work really hard.”
That they are super-creative and intelligent, but withdrawn and anti-social.
The MOTIVE
Orwell argued, artists are those who embrace a strong purpose, a desire ‘to push the world in a certain direction’."Bearing witness" to other people's li ves who are little known...Evoke syjpathy/gi e credit/prseent new thoughts/ideas/to relate a story/expose someting/to connect people from around thjer world in a dcommo casue/
The REQUIREMENT
Writers and poets find satisfaction in expressing themselves, although they are often and harshly criticized. They write for themselves, not for others. They must put aside life's distractions and focus heavily on their writing. They may forego many social events in order to complete their work. They spend many hours at their craft each day, take rise, and show courage as they bare their hearts and thoughts to the world.
POET & ACTIVIST
WRITER/POET ~ Escritora/poeta
SANDRA MARÍA ESTEVES
is a Latina poet and graphic artist. She was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, and is one of the founders of the Nuyorican poetry movement.[1] She has published collections of poetry and has conducted literary programs at New York City Board of Education, the Caribbean Cultural Center, and El Museo del Barrio. Esteves has served as the executive director of the African Caribbean Poetry Theater.[2] She is the author of Bluestown Mockinbird Mambo (Arte Publico Press, 1990) and Yerba Buena (Greenfield Review, 1980). She lives in the Bronx
Founding poet of the Nuyorican Poets Café ~ Former Director, African Caribbean Poetry Theater
Boricua Nuyorican poet and artist Sandra Maria Esteves was born and raised in the Bronx. A founding member of the Nuyorican poetry movement, she writes poems engaged with themes of social justice, environmentalism, and personal transformation. She is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Portal (2007), Undelivered Love Poems (1997), and Yerba Buena (1981), and has recorded the spoken-poetry audio CDs DivaNations (2010) and Wildflowers (2009). Esteves’ work has also appeared in numerous anthologies, including Breaking Ground, An Anthology of Puerto Rican Women Writers in New York 1980-2012 (2012, edited by Myrna Nieves), The Afro-Latin Reader, History and Culture in the United States (2010, edited by Miriam Jiménez and Juan Flores), and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café (1994, edited by Miguel Algarín and Bob Holman). Her honors include awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Bronx Council on the Arts, Acentos Poetry Collective, and Blind Beggar Press. Esteves has served as the executive director of the African Caribbean Poetry Theater and has shared her work at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian and the Kennedy Center. She lives in New York City.
SHE ONCE SAID
"I seek poems that rise from the ashes wherein lies the path of completion, becoming master of myself. "