"Viva Frida"

  CREATIVITY & DISRUPTION

Celebrating Frida Kahlo’s Story and Spirit

VIVA FRIDA

BY MARIA POPOVA BRAINPICKINGS.ORG

The story of creative culture’s most uncommon Alice in a luminous Wonderland of her own making.Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907–July 13, 1954) was a woman of vibrantly tenacious spirit who overcame an unfair share of adversity to become one of humanity’s most remarkable artists and a wholehearted human being out of whom poured passionate love letters and compassionate friend-letters.

Kahlo’s singular spirit and story spring to life in the immeasurably wonderful Viva Frida (public library) by writer/illustrator Yuyi Morales and photographer Tim O’Meara.  In simple, lyrical words and enchanting photo-illustrations, this dreamlike bilingual beauty tells the story of an uncommon Alice in a luminous Wonderland of her own making. Read Now This Amazing Article About Frida On 110th Birthday Anniversary via Brainpickings.