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 18, 2019

Catch it before it disappears....

Oaxaca always has some of the best graffiti and street artists who present many powerful images.
There is an ever changing art show one can see just by walking the streets.
Or you can just walk on by.
Or bike on by.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
The city has an ongoing removal policy, but it varies in terms of what gets taken off or painted over. 
There will be more next week.
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2 comments:

Clever Monkey said...

One of the many things that excited me when I was in Oaxaca was the caliber of the street art. I have mixed feelings about it being painted over, which I won't go into her. But it's when I see for the first time the men who are actually doing that painting over, that it suddenly occurs to me to wonder what thoughts and feelings they might have about it. They are just doing their jobs, but I think there must be varied or mixed feelings among them about what they're covering over. Or maybe not.

Diane

October 19, 2019 at 5:54 PM
Christopher Stowens said...

Oaxacans tend to be very laid back. They tell me, "Calmate," all the time. Maybe the artists view the cleaned walls as new canvases. There certainly is a ton of street art out there and some of it last for years. Who knows how they decide what stays and what goes. Also, there are lots of posters and painted advertisements that come and go. Sometime poles on the street are completely covered, like they have feathers. And maybe paxaqueños have absorbed their history, that everything is temporary. After all, the Spanish knocked down ancient pyramids to build their churches on.

October 19, 2019 at 7:03 PM

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