Reality transcends the senses, the physical dimension. We remain trapped in the Newtonian separateness. Life is not a machine composed of separate parts. Energy matters! A life of inner explorations enables the urge to express the way I see the world as a Queer Mestiza from the Caribbean and a former refugee with a diverse makeup of cultures and languages. The need to integrate what otherwise would be a fragmented identity, led me to create a new literary style, Lucid Surrealism (LS).

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LS seamlessly weaves multiple realms of reality. This multi-layered style of writing gently guides the reader from exuberant physical encounters to the deep oceanic trench of the unconscious where a plurality of realms fuse in perpetual oneness. Fascination for detail mixes with ambiguity, creating a collage of surreal fictionalized scenes rooted in actual stories. In LS, elements of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, fable, poetic prose, epistolary writing and storytelling are carefully stitched to form a cohesive, hybrid, a unique Mestiza voice.

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In addition, LS explores the sensorial realms of perception, the sensual, mental, emotional, erotic, and spiritual realms, the world of energy, particles, connectivity, and entanglements, and ultimately the plurality of the collective consciousness. This collage of realms makes up the immigrant experience.

 

The resulting literary style fuses reality, imagination, memories, conscious and subconscious experiences and perceptions, and the parallel realities of dreams, out-of-body, remote viewing, previous incarnations, Shamanic journeys, and near-death experiences. It obliterates the perceived illusion of linear time. Samples of this writing are available on this website.

"The Butterfly's Ring" is the first novel in a series written in this hybrid literary style where paintings become actors and butterflies move the plot.

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Mariel Masque

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