Description
THE CHIRPING OF BIRDS AND THE DRIPPING OF WATER FALLING FROM THE ROOF
Book Summary
A lyrical and profound dialogue with the work of artist Louise Bourgeois that investigates the relationship between motherhood and artistic creation. Sara Herrera Peralta weaves a book of poems that questions the physical and symbolic spaces of creation, the urgency of the sketch, and the choice of materials. Through verse and poetic prose, the author explores how domestic confinement, memory, and identity intersect with the creative process, offering a reflection on the historical difficulties faced by female creators.
What is it about?
The book arises from Louise Bourgeois's work Ode à Eugénie Grandet and the embroidered pieces the artist created in her final stage. Sara Herrera Peralta establishes a fictional dialogue with Bourgeois to examine how motherhood impacts the development of a creative body of work, in both its symbolic and physical spaces. The book collects poems in verse and lyrical prose that engage with the author's intimate and collective memory, addressing themes such as displacement, migration, identity, and social threats. It is an inquiry into the circumstances from which artistic creation is approached, with its limits and possibilities, and the difficulties that women creators have historically faced.
Main themes
- Motherhood as an experience that transforms the creative process.
- Inter-artistic dialogue with the work of Louise Bourgeois, especially her textile and written production.
- Artistic creation in the domestic space and its symbolic and physical limitations.
- Personal and collective memory as poetic material.
- Identity, displacement, and migration as experiences that permeate the writing.
- Embroidery and poetry as gestures of resistance and expression.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in contemporary poetry that addresses the female experience and artistic creation from a critical and personal perspective. It will also be of special interest to those who follow the work of Louise Bourgeois, as well as to artists, writers, and readers looking for reflections on the impact of domestic life and motherhood on creative production.
What this book offers
- An original look at the relationship between motherhood and artistic creation, far removed from conventional discourses.
- An approach to the lesser-known facet of Louise Bourgeois: her written and embroidered work.
- A poetic experience that integrates verse and prose to explore intimate and collective memory.
- A reflection on the historical and contemporary difficulties of women in art.
- A book that invites the questioning of the very exercise of writing and creation.
Technical specifications
- Author: HERRERA PERALTA, SARA
- Publisher: La Bella Varsovia
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: POETRY, LITERARY ESSAYS
- Collection: LA BELLA VARSOVIA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: January 2025
- Number of pages: 112
- Weight: 160 g
Editorial review
A daring and lucid poetic proposal that establishes a bridge between the artistic tradition of Louise Bourgeois and the contemporary experience of female creation. Sara Herrera Peralta achieves a book that not only dialogues with the artist's work but also expands her questions about domestic space, motherhood, and identity. The combination of verse and prose, together with the reflection on embroidery as a creative gesture, makes this work an essential read for those looking for poetry that transcends the strictly lyrical to enter the territory of critical thought.