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, October 19, 2012

In the pink

A nice quick trip over to Zaachila to check on the panteon and the preparations for Muertos in a couple of weeks.  The cemetery is beautifully shaded by large trees, but the main reason we headed there was to check on the graves, where in addition to placing fresh flowers, many of the graves have plants growing on them, little mini gardens.  More on that later.
The colors on people's house, on the municipal building, just about everywhere seemed particularly electric today.  Here's the entrance to the panteon.
Or how about this house.  "Hey, man, take a right and my place is the pink one on the right.  You can't miss it."
 
Now, that is color.  Amiright?
 
And this wonderful gate was directly across the street from Big Pink.
 What a palette they use here, completely free, but it often works so well.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I must comment on your spectacular fotos. I have been searching many blogs from Mexico looking for something I can relate to my experiences and these photos (along with your commentary)brought me back, not only to Oaxaca and Mexico, but also to a time when you could say "Big Pink" and almost everyone in your sphere would know what you were talking about. Thanks for the spark!

Kim