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Posted in Creativity, Culture, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , on June 10, 2025| 4 Comments »

I’m currently on the East Coast of the USA and, contrary to those who try to divide us, as always, I love and appreciate the similarity of scenes.

3 Garnachas at Sabina Sabe in Oaxaca.
3 Steam chive dumplings at China Pearl in Boston, MA.
Skeleton from a sidewalk in Oaxaca.
Skeleton from a sidewalk in Newton, MA
Gazebo in the Zócalo of Oaxaca.
Gazebo on the Boston Common.
Virgen de Guadalupe (Mary) outside church in Oaxaca.
Virgin Mary outside church in Newton, MA.
Statue of President Benito Juárez in Llano Park in Oaxaca.
Statue of President George Washington on the Boston Common.

“Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.” –Theodor Adorno

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Viva the differences, similarities & creativity!

Posted in Creativity, Culture, Markets, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2012| 12 Comments »

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!)

Porche painted decoration

Car in Oaxaca… (Ahhh, a VW bug!)

VW bug painted with decoration

Wall in Mill Valley (also by Zio Ziegler)…

Painted horned creature riding a bike.

Wall in Oaxaca…

Savannah scene, with elephant in foreground, painted on wall.

Veggies in Mill Valley…

Vegetables in bins at outdoor market

Veggies in Oaxaca…

Vegetables mounded in mercado

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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