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.
¡Soy consciente de todas las tradiciones del Internet!
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

Monday, September 26, 2011

It's all here just waiting for you

More of this, please....
Sounds like me but it's not.
from The Daily News (Galveston County)
"There, everything was new to me, and I wanted to absorb it all. I was living in the moment. I was deeply enchanted by my surroundings. I admired everything, even the stray dogs.

Before my departure, I had studied various books, maps and travel guides, and I had taken college courses on Oaxacan history.

Nonetheless, I was amazed by this foreign life and was culturally shocked. Despite my preparation, the sentiment of being in a different culture was unfathomable until I actually stood in the middle of it and felt it against my skin.

Oaxaca functioned at a different pace than me. Our habits differed: I would move with haste while they moved with serenity. Much of the shock had to do with language."
Read the whole story.
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