Meet Omar Liricas Celestiales” Barbosa | Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Omar “Liricas Celestiales” Barbosa and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Liricas Celestiales, how has your work-life balance changed over time?
Attempting to manage a “healthy” work-life balance is probably one of the things that I have to put constant work in, outside of marriage. It’s very transient due to the unpredictable nature that can be our day to day life. Before I got married I had to only worry about not double booking things that I had to do. After marriage it shifted to learning how to work in partnership with my wife first to attempt to make a sound decision that could best work for both of us. Now as a first time father, there can be a sense of entropy at times but there is not doubt that the well-being of my family has to be first. There is always a thought between not missing opportunities that could further my career and not missing monumental milestones in my son’s life. I haven’t figure out the equation but is something that’s worth figuring it out.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
Many of the songs that I write come from a place of where I’m not necessarily at, but where I want to be at. Many times circumstances may approach our life (whether we want them or not), and somethings is hard to sort of see past the situation. I want to believe and have faith that I will be alright at the end of the day. But it can feel hard to express that. So I can be finding myself writing a song about believing in the midst of doubt, and though maybe I haven’t crossed the bridge of the situation. I’m confident that God doesn’t allow this situation to come into my life in vain but that he has a higher purpose to it. Of course every project and every song’s approach can be different depending on what I feel and what is resonating with me. But the beauty of art is that it can change. I used to never like to engage in writing songs whenever I felt down or upset, I would just try to stay away from it. But I had to learn to tap into my emotions and start to write from the perspective of walking down a dark tunnel without seeing light at the end of it. But understanding that if I keep walking, I will get to start seeing glimmer of lights at the end of it. . As well as writing from the perspective of things feeling somewhat stable. I would love for people to see that these songs are coming from a place of vulnerability. Some things we been passed it, but other we’re still working through them.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
There is not doubt that breakfast is the most important meal of the day lol. I would start it off in Old West Cafe, the Bedford location. From there probably go to a museum in Dallas, possibly Perot Museum. From there find some time to relax from the walking. And then at night have dinner close to downtown Fort Worth.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I think God stratigically brings certain invididuals in your life to help you move forward and motivate you. I can say without hesitation that my parents and sisters have been of huge help to help me positioning me where I’am at. But also my wife, which is the one person that is there with me day in and day out. Close friends and great spiritual leaders I had over the years. But also I had great mentorship from my sound engineer for over 10 years, Chico from Music in Focus.

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