[ePub] The Fear of Breathing: Stories from the Syrian Revolution (Oberon Modern Plays) by Ruth Sherlock; Paul Wood; Zoe Lafferty in Arts-Photography

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Wearing the white huipil with the lavender tassel;hiding my amputated leg in red-leather boots;I wheel the wheelchair to the Blue House studiothat Diego so lovingly built for me.I dip the brush in blood-red paintand; embracing life with all its light;I print on a watermelon cut openmdash;like I ammdash;iexcl;Viva la vida!mdash;a hymn to nature and life.Frida Kahlo; a native of Mexico; is described here in biographical poems accompanied by her own artwork. Both text and images reveal the anguish and joy of her two marriages to muralist Diego Rivera; her life-long suffering from a crippling bus accident; and her thirst for life; even as she tasted death. Her favorite motto was: iexcl;Viva la vida! (Long live life!)Back matter includes excerpts from Fridarsquo;s diary and letters; a prose biography; a chronology of the artistrsquo;s life; a glossary of Spanish words; sources; and notes.