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  • Echoes in the Mirror: A Poem on Grief, Cosmic Isolation & Lost Love

    “…above, the enormous dome laden with millions of stars, engulfing an extravagant, silvery-purple moon reigning over me and an absent her.” Explore a powerful poetic journey from cosmic grandeur to stark self-confrontation in a cheap L.A. motel.

  • THE INFANTA DULCIMARGARITA TERESA

    The Spanish court enters the royal boudoir only to find Infanta Dulcimargarita Teresa completely transformed by cosmetics and a pair of scissors. Horrified by the transfiguration, Queen Mariana asks who made her do it, to which the young princess calmly points to the mirror: "The Other."

     

  • Pas de Deux: A Contemporary Poem & Foil Sculpture on Urban Solitude & Memory

    An intimate journey through the sprawling grit of Los Angeles, "Pas de Deux" weaves together memory, urban isolation, and raw motion. Paired with textured foil sculptures, the poem maps the quiet dance of two souls navigating endless streetlights, memory's geometry, and an inevitable screeching halt.

  • Did You Say— | A Poem on Loss, Absence, and Echoed Love

    "She sighs in silence... she is absent now forever." A deeply emotive poem capturing the haunting panic of chasing a fading whisper through grief, memory, and ultimate nothingness.

     

  • Of Grammatology | Poetry, Reflection & Intangible Desire

    What have I learned from you, my beloved Dulcinea? A poetic journey through language, desire, and the elusive reflections that slip through our fingers like intangible images in a mirror.

  • Facilis Descensus Averno: A Reflection on Grief, Time, and Unimaginable Loss

    “Facilis descensus Averno...” Time blurs when faced with absolute finality. This moving piece delves into the crushing reality of returning home one day too late—standing at an open door only to find a loved one already buried, leaving behind an inescapable void of regret.

     

  • Osculum: A Mixed-Media Exploration of Intimacy & Shadows | Contemporary Sculpture & Poetry

    From the deep, two emerging shadows meet in silent intimacy. Osculum pairs evocative poetry with a crinkled foil sculpture, exploring the delicate, tactile boundary where two souls almost touch and become one

     

  • What in Goddess’ Name by Rodrigo Palacios | Poetry & Mixed Media Sculpture Art

    "What in Goddess’ name, what in all the gods’ names, through time immaterial..." A raw, haunting exploration of vulnerability, betrayal, and creative devotion, featuring poetry alongside Rodrigo Palacios's striking mixed-media sculpture.

     

  • The Face Refusing Containment: Memory, Loss, and Levinas in Los Angeles

     Haunted by a recurrent vision of a woman running through dusk-lit Los Angeles, he struggles with the helplessness of memory. Paired with Emmanuel Levinas’s reflection on the uncontainable face, this prose piece traverses grief, indivisible perception, and purplish twilight.

     

  • "I Want to Live, Live, Live" by Rodrigo Palacios: Poetry, Memory, and Mixed Media Art

    A powerful collaboration of poetic narrative and raw mixed media art by Rodrigo Palacios, exploring themes of shared identity, transient landscapes, and the lingering reflections of memory.

  • The Unseen Hand and the Mirror of Time: Reflections on Velázquez, Shakespeare, and Identity

    Neither Dulcinea nor the Escribidor—nor even "the Other"—has seen the unseen hand that governs our words and mirrors our becoming. A reflective journey into art, identity, and the relentless passage of time.

     

  • God’s Dulcineas: A Philosophical Poem on Creation & the Infinite

    Atop the highest peak overlooking an infinite book, El Escribidor contemplates whether the infinite creations of his mind can reveal the divine. "God’s Dulcineas" is a poignant philosophical prose poem that weaves together themes of authorship, creation, and the limits of proving God's existence.