Destellos de Sofía (Shimmers of Sophia)

A Miniature Book by Tanya Torres
Limited edition of 50 handmade books.
8 poems, 11 drawings
Spanish text
$25
English version now available in Miniature Book Pendant Format: Sophia's Light

Destellos de Sofía, A New Miniature Book

A pop-up!

Magenta for spirituality, the color of the highest flight of the heart...

It's been a long, but pleasurable process to create this book. First, I wrote the poetry throughout the last two years. Then, I created the drawings, many of them inspired by poetry written by other poets, including Luis A. Rodríguez and Stephen Cipot, whose work was a great inspiration to my own visual work. Next, I created a first version of the book, which did not contain any images and which also was bigger in size. But I felt that I wanted this book to say more about what it means to me, and decided to pair the poems with images. I soon realized that I had almost all the drawings I needed and that they each complimented a particular poem. Since I had chosen to make drawings inspired by poetry that explored the same themes I was exploring, it turned out I was also drawing for my own poems. Some drawings, of course, were created especially for this book.

Back to my miniature book roots...

Corazón, a drawing for my new handmade miniature book, Destellos de Sofía.

El río, accompanying the poem by the same title in Destellos de Sofía.

Song of the Magdalene

These are some photos of my new book with Raquel Z. Rivera, Canción de la Magdalena, part of a larger project that includes a CD by Raquel, several other art pieces by me and a lot more!

Synopsis of the New Book

Cuerpo de paz: Repercusiones de la batalla (Peace Body: The Aftermath of the Battle) recounts the transformation of the author, who after surviving cancer and a bone marrow transplant, finds that her problems are not over. She soon realizes that being sick gave her the opportunity to experience her creative potential, but she is letting her old fears lead her back into a life she can no longer accept. Through journal entries, essays, lists, letters and other forms of autobiographical writing in her blog Hoy, artista, she begins to create and experience a new life full of art, magic, love and, above all, peace to allow herself to be who she always wanted to be.

New Book

This is my new book, based on My blog Hoy, Artista. It will be born on April 17 with LART at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center!

Sagrario: Erotic Poetry