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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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

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

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

For children who do not speak

While in Zapotitlan, I heard a very loud cicada-like insect, only even louder and more piercing. Maurino said that locals used it for a special treatment for young children who were not healthy, not talking enough, almost mute. The buzzing or singing insect is caught and put in the child's mouth for five minutes, until the sound stops and then released. The child then begins to speak normally and the freed insect is now mute, unable to make a sound.

I guess it is sorta a cousin to one of my favorite sayings down here and one I seriously take to heart (finally). "En boca cerrada, no entran moscas." or "Flies don't go in a closed mouth." Yeah, best to keep those lips zipped.

As Mark Twain said, "It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and leave no doubt."
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