Just so you know… The gods are watching you on Tinoco y Palacios, between Morelos and Matamoros.
Hmmm…. sometime between January, when I first photographed the mural and a few days ago, when I returned, an airplane landed on the tongue.
Recently, BBCtrending posted the video, Aztec to urban — Mexico’s street art explosion, highlighting the use of Mexico’s pre-Columbian imagery in contemporary street art. I don’t know the name of the artist who painted the mural above, but seeing the “Dioses Urbanos” of Diego Alvarez (aka, Ocote) in the video, brought it to mind.
Ist and 3rd pics, probably Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec feathered serpent. The forked “lengua” tatooed by a plane suggest this deity is snake like…
I think you’re right, Archie!
The 1st pic is my fav!
Yes, seeing the whole is impressive.
🙂
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