sencillo

Church wall in Teotitlan

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Ponder ancient Mixtec scripts at this site

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Market pic from Ocotlan

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Another pic of the church at Ocotlan. Also for fun, check out this timeline of mexico 500-1000AD

ocotlan

The church at Ocotlan.

donations

entryway

Life

“There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.” Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche

radish carving skills

castillo

Firework detail on castillo.

noche de rabanos

The famous Oaxacan radish night!

flight

Here's a snippet of lyrics to one of my favorite christmas songs here in Mexico:"Los peces en el rio" Where the fishes are excited about the birth of baby jesus.

"La virgen se está peinando
Entre cortina y cortina
Los cabellos son de oro
Y los peines de plata fina
Pero mira como beben
Los peces en el río
Pero mira como beben
Por ver al dios nacido

(chorus)
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer"

Lhasa de Sela does a great rendition of this tradional song.

posada

We tag along with sparklers in hand. Read about a posada and christmas in Oaxaca here.

Evolution

" "Intelligent design" is "a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory" and cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said Tuesday, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since the 1925 Scopes trial.". See MSNBCnewslink here.

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lights

Montage from Ferris wheel pics

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More carnival-night market scenes

dragon ride

Underbelly of the dragon ride at the night market on Hidalgo - which is going on until the 21st.

Frida

My stencil portrait of Frida Kahlo based on 1926 family photo.

estrellas

Just found out that Go-Oaxaca linked my blog on their site. Cool.
This by the way is part of a guadelupe exhibition just off the Alcala
(Los Danzantes courtyard).

houdini

My recent stencil of Harry Houdini

super

The fair is in town. We took a walk to El Llano park tonight for some of these glowy surreal pics.

Sunday Market

We went to the Tlacolula market today, always a great outing and a feast for the senses.

beatified

I took this photo today at the main cathedral by the zocalo. To learn more about Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles read this San francisco Bay Guardian article by John Ross "John Paul II canonizes a make-believe saint, beatifies two stool pigeons, and proclaims a new evangelization of Indian America."

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iglesia

Statue detail at Iglesia de San Francisco - i was wondering around randomly until my art store re-opened.

pared

You can see how i'm inspired by stencil graffiti art here in oaxaca.