Amidst Water and Mud / Entre El Agua Y El Lodo (Paperback or Softback)

The poem in prose should contain poetry, but poetry should not stray too far from prose, at the risk of suffocating itself and ceasing to be. In this way, the poetry of this book travels from the water of the rivers to the clouds of the sky, from where it rushes back into the air and storms down to become salt again.

Amidst water and mud (The decomposition of a dream, in 50 fragments) is the first poetry book published by Héctor García Moreno (1975).

In this book the author balances all of his plastic and architectural experience to build an ancestral house made of words that combines textures, materials and the primary functions of a building as an analogy of the human body from inception to decadence, recreating the stages of its biological and emotional cycle.

El poema en prosa debe contener a la poesía, pero la poesía no debe alejarse demasiado de la prosa, a riesgo de asfixiarse en sí misma y dejar de ser. De esta manera, la poesía de este libro transita del agua de los ríos a las nubes del cielo, desde donde se precipita de nuevo entre el aire y tormentas para volver a ser sal.

Entre el agua y el lodo (La descomposición de un sueño, en 50 fragmentos) es el primer libro de poemas publicado por Héctor García Moreno (1975).

En este libro el autor hace un balance entre experiencia plástica y arquitectónica para construir una casa ancestral con palabras que entretejen texturas, materiales y funciones primarias de la edificación como una analogía del cuerpo humano desde su formación hasta su decadencia, recreando las etapas de su ciclo biológico y emocional.

Héctor García Moreno, in addition to writing poetry and short stories, has ventured successfully into the visual arts.

Born in Mexico City in 1975, and a professional architect, Héctor currently lives in the city of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, working on projects of visual arts, architecture and literature.

He traveled abroad and was a resident artist in the workshops of Heinrich Scheidgen in Köln, Germany (2007) and Arnoud Schurmann in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2005).

About his pictorial work, they include his individual exhibitions at the World Trade Center in Mexico City (2008), the exhibition Convenio Plástico at the Alfredo Zalce Contemporary Art Museum in Morelia, Mich. (2006), and the exhibition Fauna Onírica at the Great Arcade of the House of Culture of Morelia, Mich. (2003).

He has also participated in multiple group exhibitions, among which are: Disforma: around abstraction, Clavijero Cultural Center, Morelia, Mich. (2016) / III Pedro Coronel Biennial of Zacatecas, Pedro Coronel Museum, Zacatecas (2012) / VIII Alfredo Zalce Painting and Etching Biennial, MACAZ (2011) / I Pedro Coronel Biennial of Zacatecas, Pedro Coronel Museum, Zacatecas (2008) / Michoacán-New York Collective, Manhattan, New York (2003) / Paul Gauguin Biennial of the Pacific, Autonomous University of Guerrero, México (2001).

On two occasions he has been a scholar of the Ministry of Culture of the State of Michoacán, receiving the scholarships for Young Creators (2005) and Creators with a Trajectory (2009).

Héctor García Moreno has obtained several prizes for the acquisition of his work, many honorary mentions, as well as national recognitions for his artistic and architectural work, a highlight being the Distinctive Medal at the 457th Anniversary of the City of Morelia, in the category of urban intervention (1998).