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Oaxaca bound!

Posted in Creativity, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2012| 1 Comment »

After a delightful, but cold and wet (4-6″ of hail!) textile intensive 6-day visit to Chiapas, I’m homeward (as in, Oaxaca) bound!

Wall art spelling OAXACA

I promise not to ever again complain about Oaxaca’s sun-filled dry season!

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Silence kills…

Posted in Creativity, Culture, Politics, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2012| 5 Comments »

For a whole variety of reasons, this is so appropriate not just here, but…

all over the world…

And, given the current war on women’s hard won reproductive rights, it’s especially pertinent during this “election” season in the USA.

Silence does indeed kill!

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Parts or sum?

Posted in Buildings, Creativity, tagged , , , , , , on March 2, 2012| 4 Comments »

Strolling along Calle Prof. M. Aranda several days ago, I wondered…

maybe this was a case of…

the parts…

being greater…

than their sum.

What do you think?

Urban art by sanez.

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The ladybug and the…

Posted in Creativity, tagged , , , on January 26, 2012| 2 Comments »

The wall art in Oaxaca never ceases to surprise and delight.

Male torso in yellows and reds with a little blue and black

Pretty buff, no?

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Subject matter

Posted in Creativity, Culture, People, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2011| 3 Comments »

Apparently, I’m not the only one who has made the journey from Oaxaca to California.  The San Francisco Bay Area has been basking in sun and Oaxacan-blue-skies.  Even though the temps don’t match-up, the coast beckoned…

Wall art on sea wall

And, wall art greeted us in Bolinas.

Wall art of surfer in wetsuit carrying surfboard

Gosh, except for the subject matter, I felt like I was in Oaxaca!

Wall art of whale on seawall

Wait!  Who is that I see?

Wall art of Benito Juárez on seawall

None other than Oaxaca’s favorite son, Benito Juárez.  The subject matter IS the same!!!

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Graffiti meets Pan-American Highway

Posted in Creativity, Culture, Exhibitions, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 1, 2011| 2 Comments »

… equals public art on Calzada Niños Héroes de Chapultepec, a section of the legendary Pan-American Highway in Oaxaca’s capital city.

On October 27, 2011, representatives from the groups Espantapájaros, Asaro, Bouler, Viyegax, Arte Jaguar, Lapiztola, and Uriel Marín set to work transforming a long drab wall into a work of art representing the social, cultural, and political life of Oaxaca and Mexico.  The wall of graffiti was part of the Puntos de Encuentro, Primer Festival de Artes Visuales Oaxaca 2011, previously mentioned in my mid-October blog post, Meeting Points….

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As of a few days ago, the artwork remains to catch the eye of drivers (yikes!), passengers, and pedestrians.

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The writing’s on the wall…

Posted in Creativity, Culture, tagged , , , , , , on November 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »

… in Zaachila

Wall mural: magenta skull with writing: Mr. Weto; Oaxaca; Reedie

and Zimatlán de Lázaro Cárdenas.

Woman's head with 3/4 white mask with large red flower

I have no idea what they mean…  But, who cares?

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Crossing a riverbed for breakfast

Posted in Food, Neighborhoods, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »

No, I didn’t have to ford a raging river… just make a harrowing 5+ second dash, while dodging speeding cars in an effort to cross Calzada de la República, which used to be a river that formed the natural boundary between Oaxaca and the village of Jalatlaco.

Today, Jalatlaco (“sandy embankment” in the Aztec language of Nauhatl) is a barrio (neighborhood) of Oaxaca, but República and its traffic continue to provide a daunting barrier and some colorful street art.

Colorful street art on wall with female skeleton, bird, and serpent

However, once beyond República, the atmosphere changes.  Cobblestones from the old riverbed line the streets and slow the pace;

Doorway on a cobblestone street.

color and foliage, not to mention crowns, add to the character;

Green wall with gate with crown and palm tree.

and stone walls line the narrow streets, shielding the neighborhood from the bustle beyond.

Stone wall

By the way, my breakfast of huevos divorcíados at El Biche Pobre was colorful and delicious!

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