I’m back in Oaxaca… arrived last night after a brief trip to El Norte. However, over the last three years, culture shock (on both sides of the border) has subsided and I am struck and heartened that despite our differences, humans share so much more… especially the compulsion to make even the most common and utilitarian, beautiful.
Artist, Zio Ziegler added a little pizzazz to a car in Mill Valley… (Yes, I know, a Porche!)
Car in Oaxaca… (Ahhh, a VW bug!)
Wall in Mill Valley (also by Zio Ziegler)…
Wall in Oaxaca…
Veggies in Mill Valley…
Veggies in Oaxaca…
From one of my favorite journalists, Linda Ellerbee: “People are pretty much alike. It’s only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.”
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View From Casita Colibrí 
Very well said!
Thanks, Louise!
I like the quote from Linda too….. it’s so apt!
And, more meaningful, the more one thinks about it. “And so it goes…”
Sorry to have missed you while you here, but always glad to see your postings! See you at Christmas.
Verrry brief visit… only saw Lan, Marg (SCC for an hour), and tour of SNK’s new digs — and you know how short that was!!! Christmas in Oaxaca this year but el norte visit in late Jan./early Feb. Will keep you posted.
Lovely visual juxtapositions. I especially love the Porsche – whodathunkit?
Muchas gracias, Norma. See you soon???
Great post. Through out my travels, I do find that cultures and countries have more in common than they do not. Really love this post.
Muchisimas gracias, Verónica. Along the same lines and more eloquently expressed: http://dailydoseofnoor.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/directions-for-distractions/
This oaxaqueña is happy to read your comments and see the pictures. ¡gracias!
😉 !!!