Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

“ Right now, I'd love to be painting, working on my music. I have my piano right there, and I haven't been learning many things I've always enjoyed and used to do, and I have to start all over again. I have stacks and stacks of poetry books that I need to publish, songs, everything, just sitting there...” Do these words sound familiar to your soul? This is the story of so many of us…

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene A month has passed as if it were just a few hours. It was a month of reorganizing, cleaning my space, and strengthening myself for the year. Because I was traveling during the New Year, it was really hard to get back and start over. And first, I cleaned my studio and reorganized my materials, a necessary ritual for a good start. The time has come to return here, with my prayers of gratitude to the Magdalene for her ongoing companionship and i

In my house in Puerto Rico, a wood carving of Mary Magdalene by traditional Puerto Rican saint carvers Barbara Díaz and Marta Rodriguez Olmeda. Hello from Puerto Rico! I have been here a few days, a time I gave myself for thinking, decompressing, earthing, and enjoying the very simple things that life has to offer. Just a few days to remember, create new thoughts and find brief moments of a different silence. The green that surrounds my house soothes my soul. Tree planted in

Yesterday’s drawing of Mary Magdalene Today’s writing… I went through this so many times this year! After writing and editing a post, I get this message. It’s usually when I haven’t assigned a title and the auto save is not working properly. But I forget sometimes, and this happens. As I used to tell my son when he was young and had a bad day: Tomorrow will be a good day!!!! I had a good day, so losing a post is just a minor annoyance. Magdalene blessings to anyone who sees t

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I needed more rest than usual this week, and the whole week passed before I was able to sit down to draw. Finally today I was free and was able to work on this drawing and some projects. The new year approaches and my mind is looking toward the future. And also back to this year. Even though I’m exhausted, I did manage to have a good six months where I completed several projects and emerged out of the intertia I had been experiencing for suc

Continued progress Progress may not be noticeable, but this painting has an extra 4 hours of work from the last version I posted here. It’s a slow process to finish a painting. I only worked on the face, the foot, the hand and the hair. Now it needs to dry again before painting another layer. The last month of the year is here. It’s been a long year of work, thinking, dreaming and hoping. I have been working on rebuilding the bases of my art practice. It’s a process that beco

Painting is still in progress. I spent the day painting, back to the painting in progress that I have been working on this month. I changed several things in it and… there probably will be more changes. It still needs a lot of work, but it’s getting closer. It is at this point that a painting requires trust and faith. It’s the moment when it’s not working, when it’s tempting to let it go and start over with a white canvas. But after so much work, one becomes reluctant to let