My good friend, fellow poet and featured artist in my upcoming book, “One Petal At A Time,” Francisco Bravo Cabrera (aka Bodo Vespaciano, https://paintinginvalencia.com/) was recently interviewed by my publisher, Lisa Tomey Zonneveld (Prolific Pulse Press https://www.prolificpulse.com/). Please see the details below on Lisa’s blog.
BIG thank you to Francisco and Lisa for their assistance in making my dream a reality, and thanks also to Nigel Byng (https://hytsdaily.com/), Michelle Ayon Navajas (https://michnavs.wordpress.com/), Masticadores (https://masticadores.com/ https://hotelmasticadoreshouse.wordpress.com/ https://masticadoresphilippines.wordpress.com/ https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/ – look for upcoming book review) and Mike Utley (https://silentpariah.com/) for promoting and getting the word out about my upcoming book.
It was quite an intersection interview. Especially listening to pieces of poetry being read by Francisco. 💜
Yes, Francisco is an amazing poet. I especially love the peace that he read, which he won international publication of the year at spill words with. he is just one of those multi talented men who continue to study each of the disciplines that he is so talented in and shares them with others on his WordPress site. So glad you got to listen Nigel, Lisa does an incredible job interviewing. ❤️🙏❤️
Thanks, Joni, for introducing me to another fabulous poet. ❤ His artwork is also great.
Dearest Tim, I am so glad that I was able to do the introduction. However, my dear friend, when I was on line years ago it was you that introduced me to so many beautiful people inside and out. You have such an enormous heart. Promoting people for years, sharing talented people with me, I will never forget that or you my friend. You are part of my family. I love and pray for that family too. Enjoy your Sunday dear Tim. Love Joni ❤️
Thank you so very much Joni for the kind words. Love and many blessings. We await anxiously for your book which will touch many hearts and heal many wounds.
Thank you so much Francisco. We will make a difference is my prayer. 🙏 Blessings to you two from us. ❤️🙏
You’re welcome ❤️
Interesting interview. Ironically too am an FIU alumni…different time.
Thank you for listening Holly. Isn’t that something. I am not surprised to hear that however, but you are right a different time. I am so glad you listened to his interview, thank you dear Holly as I know he will appreciate it. Sending lots of hugs and love this morning. Have a blessed Sunday my friend. 🥰
Congratulations Joni on your upcoming book. I am just so thrilled for this, as i know it will be of great help to a lot of people.
Thank you so much dear Mich. I appreciate all your support and help and using your magazines space to support me. I hope it will help people that is my prayer. I think the series you are doing right now with Nigel will help people as well, “#Whattheydontsee” as I enjoyed the new ones so much last night. I hope a lot of new folks from all over the world will get to know who Francisco Bravo Cabrera is if they don’t already know his work. Hopefully people will want to go into his sight and examine his work. The work in the book is beautiful. I am feeling very blessed with such wonderful support. Thank you again Mich for all your love and support. Big blessings and lots of love from both of us. ❤️
It is my honor to support you and your work. The world needs to read you Joni❤️
Mich, I am honored by your comment yet again. One thing I found in you as a mentor, right away, was that you encourage everyone and especially young people who write. I know that you don’t mention or talk about your work and just how much you do to help women. At least I have never seen you publish anything about it. I just admire your desire to help others that are less blessed, as well as the amazing encouragement you provide to others to write. You bring a lot of awareness about issues that are not easy to speak about and that means a lot to me, as you know. I try to imagine having access to (your latest project #Whattheydontsee) all the things you do on your platform to raise awareness when I was young and what it would have meant to me. I would not have thought that everyone lived this way. I might have reached out for help, to one of my teachers. So I applaud you and Nigel again for this latest project, but I know that you have been encouraging young women especially to take a chance and write for a long time. What a wonderful thing that can do to a person’s self-esteem. I just thank you for what you have done for me and are continuing to do and for your efforts in your beautiful country. Big hugs my dear friend
Such a beautiful interview!
Oh I am so glad you watched Francisco’s interview, I have watched it twice. I am an enormous fan of his work and a collector too. I have never collected anyone’s art before and my husband and I have always lived pretty frugally. I don’t ask for too many material things except for the basics, and even when I worked I recycled suits. So one day I saw a painting of his that was called, “Life is Life,” and I showed my husband and said, “I want this!” He immediately explained that he liked it too and he told me he would love to get it for us. Then from there we ordered a commissioned piece which is based upon our religious beliefs. We were so pleased and excited when we got the piece. Now we own some Indian Ink and Graphite artworks. So when Francisco heard about my book and offered to donate the art and the cover I was just overwhelmed with his kindness. Everyone who sees his work generally loves it. Some people walk in our home and just literally stop and stare. This may sound silly but they become like friends. I am not one to go crazy about furniture or anything like that. We love nature, compost everything, and generate only one of the normal size recycling bins of trash per year. So what I am trying to say is that I love the arts and the other stuff is not so important. Life, health, love, nature and God are the things that matter to me and I believe Francisco and is beautiful wife is very much the same. Lisa did such a great job interviewing him, as we found out so many interesting things about him and his life, painting, poetry, music and so much more. Sorry I got carried away, Francisco is so talented that he intimidates me and yet look how modest and kind he is my friend.
So happy for you with your wonderful interview on you and your new book coming out. Love reading Nigel and Mike’s wonderful posting and support so well deserved, Joni💓
Oh thank you so much Cindy, Francisco did such an amazing job interviewing a natural. Even I learned so things I did not know about him even though we are good friends. You are so right Nigel and Mike have done the most amazing support for me as well as Mich of course, and Navin did an unbelievable reading of my poem in the book, “Open Casket.” Scott and I cried three times listening to it before it went live. He is so talented and his voice is just so compelling. There is so much support and appreciation for all those kind folks that have been supporting me and I am so grateful too. Thank you Cindy truly, I appreciate you. Give those little babies a big kiss next time you see them. I bet that grandma is in demand many days, and what a blessing for those little ones, to have such an amazing grandma and grandpa. Love you Cindy
Congratulations on your upcoming book! And thank you for featuring Sir Francis!
Thank you so much. I have quite a collection of original works of Francisco’s work as I love his pieces. I also have a commissioned piece which is amazing. I am so blessed that he donated pieces for the book and did the cover which I truly love. This was so very gracious of him. His Indian Ink and Graphite Works are just brilliant and I am proud to have some of those as well. My interview will air tomorrow and there are four of those, museum framed pieces right behind me. I was so grateful he agreed to be interviewed by my publisher which I thought did a great job. I was very glued to the screen the whole time. I loved hearing him talk and I too, learned a few things I did not know about Francisco but we are good friends with the family. Although I totally meet him on-line and fell in love with his amazing work and what a multi-faceted talent he is in every media. So thanks again for watching this interview with my publisher, Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld at Prolific Pulse Press, LLC. Have an incredibly wonderful week filled with love and inspiration.
I hope your book is doing really well Joni! I am wishing you every success with it!
Thank you my friend. It has done very well. It is a best selling Amazon book and is still getting high numbers in several categories. Thank you for asking Carol how very gracious of you my friend. Love, hugs and blessings. So glad you had a wonderful birthday. 🥳 🌹❤️