3 Tres Costas Vital ~ Three Vital Coasts 3
0 ¡Oh! ~ O! 0
5 [Enredado]: Aguas Vida y Alama ~ [Entangled]: Waters Life and Soul 5
Titulos son like tidal waves they crash, fall, and flow–they can bring, take, and move life away. This is critical from here on out que tu–you the reader [perhaps, recipient] of this Love Letter become aware that its author [be]comes lost in waters pero le prometo ah hambos que nos encontramos at the end–profundo–mojado–y capase un poco mas o menos liberado–liberated In think–feel–act(ing) through prose/poesia/narrative/cansiones I search in/with aguas–waters for awareness, connection, identity, music, agency, love, and more than anything my own soul; the waters always trying to reveal to us something, will this letter reel you in like a great Gruper or Mahi-Mahi or will it catch you in a undertow sweeping you further out to sea?
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David Riera, an Afro-Hispanic combat veteran, is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, which means he writes a lot y no para divertirse. David co-creates, supports, and stewards learning environments in formal K-12 schools and collegiate spaces. His true knack lies in informal STE(A)M (which combines STEM with Agriculture, Arts, and even Advocacy) curricula which bring learners y communidad to connect with natural laboratories like coral reefs, apiaries, mangrove forests, farms, and parks.
