When the cactus rose blooms
Author | : Val Villarreal, Jr. |
Publisher | : FriesenPress |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2014-02-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781460232354 |
ISBN-13 | : 1460232356 |
Rating | : 4/5 (356 Downloads) |
Download or read book When the cactus rose blooms written by Val Villarreal, Jr. and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title, When the cactus rose blooms, points to a human being: to one who is ruggedly heroic, not quite tied to an unassuming demeanor; it points to the intuitive character that John Wayne plays in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. The cactus plant serves as a motive running through this character’s prickly, but kind, awkward, but right symphonic journey: it points to that piece of music we might call “man”. In the film we are told that when the legend becomes a lie you print the legend, or something along those lines; we, on the other hand, live on too many legends founded on too many lies! The total venue of our existence has for the longest while now been needing an overhaul. As has been stated in The Pebble Poems, the first attempt to tackle such ills, this is a case for, and not against, love; our need to be unwhispered here requires it. We are asked to press out of the ordinary, past remembrance, to step into that place where “the cactus rose blooms”! The times we live in keep changing inordinately; here’s hoping a fresh perspective proves helpful.