The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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For additional photography please visit my flickr page.
You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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If you are coming to Oaxaca, please contact me for tours or advice.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Thursday, January 20, 2011

I could write a book... follow up

A commenter wrote in that there was already a book on Oaxacan graffiti out there. There are probably several.   I know one, Protest Graffiti Mexico:Oaxaca.  I hung with the author, Louis Nevaer, when we were both doing book talks at Amate last year.  There has been a lot of street art since then so maybe a new book would be in order.

"What more do you want from me?"

I have years of photos and street art and graffiti are two of my passions.  Maybe there are equivalent graffiti scenes elsewhere, but I have not seen such power, creativity and output anywhere else.  I think Oaxaca just breathes and art appears.  Art in its many forms, is such a part of the fabric, the culture, the ethos, the traditions, it seems like it is everywhere, in everyone.  Well, that;s how I choose to see it.
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