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

Friday, August 23, 2013

Victor

Here is one of my oldest friends in Oaxaca, Victor Vasquez Davila who owns Artesanias Teresita, located at Murgia #100B.  He has been selling alebrijes, wooden carvings, for many years.  Although his store is small, I bet he has sent more folkart around the world than anyone else in the city.  He still makes regular trips to the carving villages of Arrazola, San Martin Tilcajete and La Union to see what the artesanos have made, but in truth, the market for carvings has really crashed in comparison to the mid-90's.  The political unrest of 2006 did a severe number on all the folk arts, but Victor keeps the faith and the business going.
 And speaking of politics...... invaded by gringos with calves the size of cantalopes.... jajajajaja

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