Enliven Emotions

About the Book

These writings are long focuses on intuitive and real events which is time, according to this female author, to make the writings in a line up publishing after many years studying, writing and polishing prose. The reason she writes in English comes from her decisive instincts linked with her Windward English roots, partly maintained traditional families in Curacao next to Dutch and Papiamento, the native tongue. The uncovering stories are messages the author constantly encounters in her society and to let develop in a second niche-activity, suitable to her personality besides her visual art being. Since these are understandings from own developing heart, there might be people out there wanting to have some of revealed taste, next the usual touristic glamour of island. This said will finally put the author’s best intentions upfront to divulge her presence out there inside the writings. The prosaic poems are cultural narratives deepening with a sense of authority for change and stability. But with often natural character of humor in each separate development of work, clarity is still shown and insists on comprehensively attendance of complex islands’ situation. The first person speaks out through her multi ethnicity intrinsic values of culture, directed to differentiated powers in surround and dependent on outside claims that divides or she wishes for better adjustment at the end. Otherwise it’s a perfect place for living in its nature with handsome personalities of diversity. The one maintain their tradition claiming no restriction or the ones choose to make haste in politically turmoil for better choice. All in a drive with intermission with slightly calm but on the whole emotional sense of inner waves.

About the Author

Native Art-painter /educator –Creative writer and Holistic therapist Asyla ten Holt, born in 1953 is a female native from Curacao; Dutch West-Indian islands in the Caribbean. She has done undergraduate Visual Arts studies after high school,- resumed Conceptual Art studies at the University in Holland, now draws and paints with mix-media techniques and includes Refurbished Art to her works. Her perspectives are strong nuances of colors, figurative and usually with expressive real-surreal themes derived from moralistic, social and metaphysical aspects. A beneficial combination to her is ‘Art/Prose’ and love for Creative Writing which started parallel with her Fine Art. Next to her lively practices, she is enthralled with healing therapies and is certified practitioner in Shiatsu, Yoga, and Reiki body works. Asyla promotes herself as Caribbean Artist – engage in Diaspora activities and see the importance for a united artists/writers working field for sustainment and intercultural dialogue and encouragement to new ways of holistically thinking. Primarily importance is expanding abilities of youngsters – their focus on responsibility and lift up their talents to new involvement into Contemporary Arts-Prose and Therapies. Asyla’s career and her goals, living up her Arts since 1980 and her built-up effort are thanks to her pursuing believe in succeeding. She has oriented half-way the world included the States next to Europe-W. Africa – Antilles- Latin America and the Caribbean for Arts and Creative writings advancement. Efforts were made from obtained Art-scholarship in Holland – Grants in Curacao for Arts and Literature studies, self- organized solo exhibit next to group exhibits , being Art teacher at American- Curacao private school (4 years) and still gives practices in body works (20 years) next to Art. With above mentioned details Asyla promotes herself online via blogs and usual Google Net-spaces and her Funark foundation for outdoors Residency programs. She is to be reached at atenholt002@gmail.com - 0599-95268813