About me
Hi, I’m Liana, an Afro-Latina creative and advocate for social justice. I was born in Florida and moved to Denver for my Master’s in Social Work. I support BIPOC and queer individuals by promoting emotional wellness, trauma care, dismantling white supremacy, protesting oppressive systems, and fighting for mental health and environmental justice. When I’m not working, I practice self care by immersing myself in the beauty of nature, traveling to new and exciting places that inspire me, diving into a various art forms that spark my imagination. I enjoy exploring the fascinating and ever-evolving world of sustainable fashion, and reveling in the magical experiences that music and photography bring into my life. This website showcases my unique creative services and talents, highlighting the many ways I can help bring your visions to life. With my background in social justice, I hope to interweave my social and artistic passions together. I am ready to share my ideas with the world and I am excited about where this journey will take me and who I will connect with along the way!
I consider myself a “jack of all trades, but master of none.”
What does Siempre Saudade mean?
Siempre
the word [always] in spanish.
Saudade
is a feeling of longing, melancholy, yearning or nostalgia; a mixture of feelings of loss, lack, distance and love; saudade “brings sad and happy feelings altogether, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling; It is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again.
Commonly described as “the love that remains” and “a pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy.”
“Saudade is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present.” The word often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return.” a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.”
“A somewhat melancholic feeling of incompleteness. It is related to thinking back on situations of privation due to the absence of someone or something, to move away from a place or thing, or to the absence of a set of particular and desirable experiences and pleasures once lived.”
My thoughts: The english language does not the proper word to express the complexity and beauty of this feeling. I love how the word encompasses the complexity and various interpretations of this strange, yet phenomenal feeling. I have felt saudades for memories I have and can no longer experience in the same way, for people who are gone, and even for experiences I’ve never and will never get to experience. Similar to the word saudade, I hope to explore the complex, varying and even contradicting feelings within myself through my art and creativity.
Reference:
https://medium.com/@studio_saudade/when-i-first-read-what-the-portuguese-expression-saudade-meant-i-cried-really-hard-536a5f2551c6
