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.
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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

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Tis the season - Oaxacan Protests

It is protest time. Well, in reality it is always protest and blockade season, just a part of life here. At least people are involved. The teachers and APPO are planning two weeks of activity in the zocalo and throughout the state. This campesino, with his machete, was getting ready with his APPO banner. Quite a graphic on his backpack. A student protest at the university abutting the zocalo. Noe Matus is interim director and they want him to leave for ineptitude and irresponsibility. Then there is this wall painting advocating voting for the Green Party. It translates "The death penalty for killers and kidnappers." Underneath the large message it says, roughly, "We are gonna get you soon." Off to left, it says "Viva APPO" and it looks like "Viva Gabino," but he is from a different party.However, all the marches, blockades, boycotts and protests add to an already severely stressed economy as stores, plazas, malls, streets are shut down.
"How ya gonna make a livin'? .... You call this livin'?"
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