After the Mary Magdalene Celebration, I was exhausted and sad for a few hours. And then the love started pouring in. People called me to let me know how much they enjoyed. All the details I had been worrying about had not been as bad as I thought. My mood transformed, and I realized that my goal had been accomplished, and that people had received the work as I had intended. We had at least 100 people in the theater, and about 30 online during the workshops. Considering I had

My friend Judith from Catalonia and her friends created a beautiful collection of messages for Mary Magdalene. It's in French and I don't understand everything, but we could all still can feel the beautiful messages, music and feelings. El Prat de Llobregat, July 22, 2022 Dear Tanya, Today the Feast of our BLESSED Mary Magdalene is celebrated throughout the world. Many of us united around this celebration that you did almost a week ago now. May the postcard for our dear MAAM-

Not everyone understands what the celebration is all about. Especially the audience of the organization that will host it and has hosted it for the past few years. I wrote this letter to share with them, and would like to share it with you in the hope it will inspire you to join! Dear Leticia and friends of La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, I am so grateful to once again receive the support of this amazing and committed Puerto Rican institution, that has always

I don't really know why. It's an urge, an inspiration, a force that makes me move forward when I'm stuck or defeated. A need to connect, a desire and delight of the heart. There isn't a reason for art, but the human heart glows alive when engaged in creativity. I'm not particularly religious. My spirituality in nothing anyone would recognize. I don't use spiritual phrases or cite spiritual texts or proselytize. I only believe because I experience. Those little miracles that r

THE MARY MAGDALENE CELEBRATION July 16, 2022 You are invited to celebrate with us a creative promesa in honor of Mary Magdalene, Our Lady of Lexington Avenue, Patron Saint of Creativity and muse of all who believe in the infinite power of Imagination. This event is created with Love, Peace and Joy by Tanya Torres, Artist, with Corazón Tierra, Dancer, María Mar, Poet and Shaman, and (virtual) Raquel Z. Rivera, Singer and Composer, Special Guests: LEGACY WOMEN, an all-women

It's been a long and difficult journey. I have started many paintings, without being able to finish most of them. I have tried to get to my center time and again, with limited success. I have tried to quit and start over, without any success. For a long time now, I have been unable to fulfill my art mission. But I keep going. And to gather some impulse, I decided it was time for another Mary Magdalene Celebration. And while the process has been slow and not as graceful as oth