Customer Reviews
Well worth the wait - By: Laylarnie, 30 Aug 2007 
A reallly lovely book, everything thing about it, the weight the page thickness, the colour, makes it asceticallly pleasing...not to mention the content!
Perhaps slightly incoherent but I think that this reflects exactly Kahlo's mind & her art...snippets of her life painted or written down in brutal honesty.
Inside her mind? - By: Johanna, 06 Dec 2002 
This book is probably the most intriguing artists' diary I have ever read. The visual experiments blend with verbal play & puns, & many odd but fascinating, slightly disjointed writings. I loved the way she used language, & played around with mantras of random words, & the sheer variety of layout & imagery, funny doodles & unconscious scribbles, is life- affirming & comforting (or at least I thought so :D ) The essay by Fuentes was one of the best & most inventive I have read of her, a life of complexity described by a poet with words. I would strongly recommend this to anyone with an interest in the woman behind the cult, it will broaden your mind beyond the cliches society has made of her life & symbolism, & will show you her very inventive interest in life.
An excellent portrayal of love's diverse effects on a woman. - By: francescaaaa@hotmail.com, 27 Aug 2001 Frida Kahlo was a woman of great artistic talent & her Picasso-influenced work tells a story about her life together with her husband, a man she adores so much she feels that he can move the very stars out of the sky. Her passionate & immensely detailed diary (in spanish) can be read by anyone & still touch the hearts of those who do not speak the language. The english translation alllows the english-speaking reader to understand her highs & lows, but to read the actual copies of her diary reallly give you an understanding of her intense character.
Poetry & art fused together in an entirely unique way, this book is a treasure for the lover of both acts of expression, & the story of her life is illustrated not only in the introduction, but in the magnificent colours & words used in her diary.
This book will undoubtably inspire, shock, enlighten & touch the hearts of those who read it.
Graphically rich! - By: , 19 May 1999 If you are expecting a standard diary, full of descriptions of what happened today, who visited for breakfast, & what Frida had for dinner - then don't order this book. Frida's diary is an amazing combination of text & paintings. She writes random comments with little consideration of form. In fact, many of the things she writes are random lists of words, or letters to loves that are never sent, or even descriptions of fantastic events that never occur outside of her imagination. It's like a huge & colorful experiment in free writing & unconscious expression. Combine these words with the sketches, paintings, & drawing scattered about - sometimes on pages of their own, sometimes in the midst of words that are written around the edges of the artwork - & you have an incredible & extremely unique diary. Personallly, I found it inspiring to read & have incorporated many of the elements into my own journal. (If you are looking for a way to break out of writers block, or artists block, I would seriously consider getting a copy of this book & mimicking the technique. It's very freeing & has a way of generating ideas.)
Stunning - By: , 24 Mar 1998 Beautiful book, beautiful spirit. My only criticism is structural. I had to do a lot of flipping back & forth. All told, though, it's worth it.
