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a creative retreat

Spanish translation: retiro creativo

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English term or phrase:	a creative retreat
Spanish translation:	retiro creativo
Entered by:	Alfredo Tanús

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15:28 Sep 5, 2007

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Art exhibition

English term or phrase: a creative retreat

This is from an essay to introduce a Peter Max art exhibit at a museum:

The seventies saw Max take a creative retreat to focus on painting, but even so, in the past thirty years Max has combined his art-making with his devotion to make this world a better place.

I'm stuck with the right word for "retreat" here. Ideas? Thanks to all!

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retiro creativo

Explanation:
Los años 70 fueron testigos del retiro creativo de Max para concentrarse en la pintura...

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Alfredo Tanús
Argentina
Local time: 19:47

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This is what happens after you've been working on the same text for a long time, you start second guessing yourself, and the most obvious things become doubts. Thank you very much!
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retiro creativo

Alfredo Tanús

repliegue

Yaotl Altan

reclusión creativa

Patricia Rosas

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retiro creativo

Explanation:
Los años 70 fueron testigos del retiro creativo de Max para concentrarse en la pintura...

Alfredo Tanús
Argentina
Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This is what happens after you've been working on the same text for a long time, you start second guessing yourself, and the most obvious things become doubts. Thank you very much!

4 mins confidence:

reclusión creativa

Explanation:
Y a veces estos títulos son señales de demarcación de territorios, que contribuyen a indicar ciertos espacios de reclusión creativa e intelectual. ...
www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-68482000002500013&script...

espacios de reclusión creativa e intelectual. Porque, sin más, se constituyen en los rótulos. posibles para una suerte de diferenciación entre una poesía ...
redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/237/23702513.pdf

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 14:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 mins confidence:

repliegue

Explanation:
Lo entiendo como una suspensión en las actividades que venía realizando.

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Benassy-Berling elabora extensamente sobre «el silencio de la ciudad», preguntándose cómo era posible que los lectores de sor Juana no reclamaran ante el repliegue creativo de una autora cuyos dos tomos de obras publicadas habían alcanzado siete ediciones en cinco años en España, haciendo de ella, como indicara Alatorre, uno de los best-sellers de la época311.

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/891417376...

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of:

Spanish,