Vivian Ara Regueros is a multidisciplinary artist of Colombian origin, who has lived the greater part of her life in New York City. The fabric of her work is spun through careful active contemplation, experimentation and spiritual practice that along with inquiry and study have helped develop her personal aesthetic within the realms of music, visual art and the written word. Throughout her travels and collaborations with other artists whether as vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, visual artist, poet, translator or interpreter, she seeks to create a permeable space of vivification, where wonderment and inclusion meet, a space in which deep listening unveils the unvisited paths that connect and enrich the creative act. Her desire is to be a catalyst for complex, revelatory and soulful beauty . Lumina is her first bilingual collection of poems and visual art. (For details, see bio at www.araodara.com)
Lumina is a poetic-pictorial book in two languages: Spanish -the mother tongue- and English, that of the chosen second home. It was created as an homage to the author’s mother who transcended in June of 2024. As an instrument, it plays the role of the unguentarium, a glass or ceramic vessel for scented oils or tears (lacrimarium), to accompany the beloved on the journey towards her new dwelling. Through the redemptive power of words and images, tears of grief turn into fertile rivers, as the author recognizes with infinite gratitude, the certainty of her mother’s Luminous presence, and the innumerable gifts she has bestowed upon her, to continue living.
The essence of art lives in the hearts it touches.
Through Lumina and her creative journey, Vivian’s work has inspired reflection, healing, and wonder.
Here’s what readers and collaborators have shared:
A masterful blend of language and imagery, Lumina is a profound tribute to love and loss. The way it weaves Spanish and English together creates a seamless journey of grief and healing. This book doesn’t just speak to the heart—it holds it, gently, and allows you to grieve with grace. An unforgettable read.
Poet and Writer
In Lumina, the author captures the transformative power of grief and remembrance in a way that is both intimate and universal. The blend of poetic verses and evocative images allows readers to experience the depth of loss while also feeling the light of renewal. This is more than a book; it’s a spiritual experience.
Spiritual Counselor
The beauty of Lumina lies not only in its words but in the visual artistry that accompanies them. Each image feels like a quiet prayer, and each poem is a bridge to healing. It’s a poignant reminder that love never fades, even in the face of sorrow. A truly healing work.
Artist and Designer
Lumina is a stunning testament to the bond between mother and child, and the power of memory in the healing process. Through its heartfelt words and vivid imagery, the author has created a sacred space for those navigating grief. This book is a comfort, a guide, and a reminder that love transcends all boundaries.
Reader and Advocate for Grief Awareness
In an era crowded with noise, few books arrive with the quiet authority of something consecrated. Lumina, the debut poetry collection by Colombian singer, fine artist, musician, and poet Vivian Regueros, enters the literary landscape not merely as a publication, but as a ceremonial offering. Rooted in grief, memory, migration, and ancestral reverence, the collection weaves poetry and visual art into a unified act of devotion. Written in both English and Spanish, Lumina bridges languages and geographies, honoring the mother tongue while embracing a chosen homeland. In doing so, it speaks to the universal human search for light in the wake of loss.
LUMINA, the debut poetry collection by Colombian singer, fine artist, musician, and poet Vivian Regueros, is a work of rare synthesis: a meeting of word, image, sound, and spirit. Each of its thirty-four poems feels less like a composition on the page and more like an invocation, a prayer spoken into the air and left to shimmer there. Regueros’ own visual art accompanies the text, deepening the reader’s immersion in a world where color, sound, and language are inseparable. The result is a book that is as much an experience as it is a reading, a luminous offering that invites return after return.
The poems move between the intimate and the archetypal, often holding both at once. In LONG DISTANCE, absence and return are braided into a tide of memory, carrying love across oceans of time, bonds that neither distance nor death can erase. LUMINESCENT transforms what was meant to be withheld into a radiance no hand can extinguish. CITY
LORE tells of the overlooked and uncelebrated, the ones never called to the Ball, yet triumph. BEL CANTO sings gratitude to the voice that shaped the soul, where past and future meet in joy. These pieces set the tone for the collection: each is rooted in a specific image or moment, yet each opens into something vaster, a truth that feels communal, ancestral.
Other poems deepen the book’s spiritual register. EXILE descends through fire and grief into the dissolution of self. DELIRIUM drifts from bird-flight to eclipse, carrying an omen across impossible shores until love’s last geometry scatters into night. THE ANGEL rests in a valley transformed by stardust and water, where tenderness and rapture meet. SAFFRON meditates on the soul’s origins, honoring the delicate power hidden in gold and violet. WATCHTOWER turns with the day toward the rose of dawn, holding fast to a single star, a voice, as a promise in the vastness.
Taken together, these poems form their own constellation. Each is distinct, yet they speak to one another across the pages, echoing themes of transformation, resilience, and the sacredness of beauty. Regueros’ voice is assured yet open, her imagery precise yet dream-touched. The pairing of her visual art with her verse makes Lumina not just a book but a gallery of devotions, a space where the reader is invited to pause, to listen, to remember.
In the end, Lumina feels like a blessing, one that honors the seen and unseen, the personal and the cosmic. It is a first book that already carries the weight and grace of a seasoned offering, and it leaves the reader with the sense of having been both witnessed and transformed.
With Lumina, Vivian Regueros establishes herself as a multidisciplinary voice of rare spiritual clarity and artistic integration. This debut signals not a beginning, but the unveiling of a fully realized creative vision, one that dissolves boundaries between disciplines and between worlds. Readers will discover within these pages not only poetry and image, but a sanctuary of reflection, remembrance, and renewal.
At its heart, Lumina honors the sacred thread between mother and daughter, absence and presence, mortality and radiance. It is a testament to art’s enduring power to console, illuminate, and call us gently back to ourselves.
For readers of literary poetry, contemplative art, and spiritually resonant works, Lumina stands as a luminous arrival. Available on all major platforms!