Milena Brown

An interview with Diana Herrera, the Colombian urban artist known as Morazul, who has been painting the streets of cities across Latin America and now Miami for twenty years. Her first mural happened at age five. No permission, no plan - just her hands and whatever paint was within reach, pressed against her mother's wall. She doesn't describe it as the beginning of a career. She describes it as the beginning of a conversation. Twenty years later, Morazul is still having that conversation,...

I received very kind messages on Mother’s Day from family and friends who probably thought it would be a hard day for me since it’s the first one without my mom, and since, despite all of my efforts, I haven’t been able to become one. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel too bad that day. I have felt worse on ordinary Tuesdays. I had this calm desire to take care of myself, my dog included as an extension of me, to take care of my needs, worry only about the wrinkles in my neck, my hair, my outfit,...

When the Spanish version of my book, The Last Margaret Keane, came out, the publisher invited me to participate in the LeaLA Festival in Los Angeles. My husband and I drove from Phoenix, where we were visiting his parents, to attend. Sadly, my books didn’t arrive on time, so I didn’t have anything to sell at my table. The publisher had given me a table where I was supposed to have one hour to display my book and try to sell it. I had made a banner that came out beautiful, and I sat there with...