Viva la Frida

Art, childhood, beauty, violence, love are intricately woven into the luxurious everyday life she creates around her: national costumes reminiscent of the bright plumage of birds, exotic plants, masks of Indian idols, hair braided and styled like the headdress of the Aztec goddess of the earth, Tlazolteotl, the magic of the surrounding nature that sometimes so cruelly wounds, tears shining like diamonds, and blood - the most precious of all liquids, flowing like a bright scarlet stream.