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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You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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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

Saturday, October 15, 2011

October 15th

It is a day of protest around the world.  For an event near you click here.
In Oaxaca, it seems as if someone is always protesting something and with good reason.  That is one of the things I love about this place.  People are involved and politically active.  They have been since Cortes showed up.

 Locked box?
No, it is not OWS. 
It is a hunger strike directly in front of the entrance to the Governor's Palace in the zocalo.  There have been political problems and some violence in nearby Atzompa and people are sick of it and want fair elections.
Think I'm (we're) really asleep?  No matter what they think, we are watching.
Right across from this hunger strike, Section 22, one of the teacher's unions, was protesting and speechifying.

 The struggle continues.
So everyone's is doin' it.  How about you?  If not now, when?
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