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[lunapress]

Hey y’all! I’m still around and I haven’t abandoned this blog, but things have been pretty rough recently with what’s going on in the US and my industry so I’ve been away. If you ever need me for anything, I still check my messages! 

Stay safe and sane! 

[lunapress]

My schedule is finally freeing up meaning that I can work on One New Follower again! I’m currently planning out the next few pages and I hope I’ll be able to show them to you all soon. Here are some tiny previews in the meantime!

[eugeniedalland]

Correspondences

The Brooklyn Rail, Artbooks in Review: Nocturnes, by Josephine Sacabo and Dalt Wonk (Luna Press)

https://brooklynrail.org/2013/02/art_books/nocturnes-by-josephine-sacabo-and-dalt-wonk

One of the poems that appears in Nocturnes is called “For Chopin”: “Time pauses before the web / your seanced fingers spin, / glistening and so delicately attached / to anything solid, it consoles like perfume.” Frédric Chopin’s own nocturnes were freeflowing, rhythmic pieces, often lyrical, sometimes melancholy, and always very expressive. His use of the pedal gave to the composition a greater sense of emotional expression by sustaining the resonance of the played note. While Nocturnes, a collection of poetry and images, is not a tribute to the pianist, it is, in part, inspired by the same sensibilities. There is a sustained resonance in the book, too, one that is rarely achieved nowadays by most visual art books.

Nocturnes is the first publication of Luna Press, founded by New Orleans-based photographer Josephine Sacabo and poet Dalt Wonk. It exemplifies their belief in the importance of interdisciplinary associations, and specifically illustrated books. “The best and most natural appreciation of a work of art,” reads their manifesto, “may be a response to it in another.” Partly inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s concept of “correspondences” in the arts, this belief in the natural interrelatedness of all art forms provides the key to understanding the rapport between image and text in Nocturnes.

[lhernandez-comunidarte]

Part of  Festival de Poesía, IV, Flor y Canto Para Nuestros Niños y Niñas (Luna Press). Painting with Words (Pintando con Palabras). A Nahuatl inspired Writing Workshop for youth 5-10 years old @ Acción Latina in the Mission District (SEPT 26, 2015). The poets experimented with music, drew author photos, tried out the stage and did “Word Math.”

“Mamá + Papá es yo cuando era bebe”

“I come from the Mission, the pan dulce and the MUSIC”

One of the mom’s observing began writing herself, and another commented that if someone had explained poetry like this when she was younger, she would have written poetry all the time. This is the exactly the point. Poetry, like bread. 

[lunapress]

Sailor Moon Crystal on BluRay

Not sure if I have asked this before, but does anyone know where I could watch Sailor Moon Crystal on BluRay?

[lunapress]

I started this drawing of Mamoru holding a cat, and then I never got interested in finishing it, so pls accept sketch instead

[lunapress]

what do you think of the new sailor moon character designs?

I’m not really impressed with them to be honest. I thought it was fan art when I was scrolling down my dash and first saw them. I don’t think they’re terrible, but I was hoping something a little more innovative. That being said, I don’t think I was surprised. It’s pretty in line with the animes that are coming out right now, though I applaud them for referencing back to the style of the manga.

All in all, the reason why I love Sailor Moon is not for it’s amazing and unorthodox style. As an illustrator, I had higher hopes for it, but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see it when it airs.

[lunapress]

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