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

Monday, March 4, 2019

This is how it's done...

I'm always impressed, make that, amazed, at the work ethic here.  Often, it is hard physical work like these men working on the Aripo building. A bucket brigade of gravel.  Aripo is/was filled with some of the best regional folk art.  Each room was something different, ceramics, embroidery, carvings, tin, etc.
I watched them for a while and imagined how heavy those buckets must be.  Looked back-breaking to me, but these guys were having fun and getting it done.  Lots of smiles and jokes while they worked quite quickly.
Probably needed to clear the street as soon as possible.  Their work has been going on for months and the place was pretty impressive before, so it will be interesting to see it when it reopens.... and if it is still going to be Aripo.  Ojala!
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The Observer said...

At several work sites in Oaxaca this past few months ...the back of the new hotel across from Llano Park being the most egregious ...I saw workmen scooping up shovels full of sand, grit, concrete, etc, and throwing them over the high sides of a waiting dump truck creating constant clouds of dust. While impressive, I'm not at all convinced this work method is in the best interest of the public health.

March 18, 2019 at 11:07 AM

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