Elena Poniatowska: Setting: A candlelit gallery before the doors open. The five paintings hang in silence. Marigolds surround the floor. Elena stands alone, holding one of Frida’s diaries.Frida did not paint beauty.She painted what beauty often avoids: pain, rupture, blood, survival.She painted miscarriage. She painted loneliness.She painted devotion … [Read more...] about Frida’s Fire: What Her Paintings Were Trying to Say