The Magic of the Cities.

Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer

Monday, April 30, 2007

Taco


A place on the street, selling "Tacos", a very known Mexican snack.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Mercury and Argos


In Argos lived Inachus' most famous daughter Io, a beautiful girl who became a priestess of Hera and attracted the amorous attention of Zeus himself. Zeus lay with her, but Hera, seeing them in each others arms, flew into a rage with Io and turned her into a cow. Then she tied the cow to an olive-tree in the sacred grove of Mycenae and set Argus the All-seeing, of the line of Phoroneus - a beast with eyes all over his body and tremendous strength - to keep watch on it. But Zeus set Hermes to steal Io, which he did by lulling Argus to sleep with the music of his pipes. But no sooner was this done than Hera sent a gadfly to persecute the unfortunate Io whom it caused to run madly from one country to another. After crossing the Ionian sea, Io wandered through Illyria, Aenus, the Bosporus (= "ox-crossing" ), the Crimea and Asia, coming ultimately to Egypt and resuming human form. There she maried king Telegonus and, after her death, was worshipped as a goddess under the name Isis.

copyright, 2002: Dr. Hugo H. van der Molen; http://www.scripophily.nl

Friday, April 27, 2007

Thursday, April 26, 2007

A Day in Teotihuacan. The City of The Gods


Teotihuacán is one of the major tourist attractions in Mexico City – a place that’s full of attractions. I urge you to go. It’s easy to get to. There are decent eating places out there and lots to see and do. There’s a museum and a cultural center and plenty of places to buy souvenirs. And if you’re feeling energetic, try the climb up to the top of either pyramid. At the very summit of the Pyramid of the Sun there’s a metal spike sticking up an inch or so out of the stone. Do what everyone did when we were up there - hold on to it and let the Pyramid’s energy flow into your body.

If you go with an experienced guide, one who knows his or her stuff, there’s lots to learn and see and think about. But if you just want to visit and take in the ambiance of one of the world’s great archaeological sites, then Teotihuacan is still enjoyable and rewarding.
Alan Cogan.

Avenue of The Dead / Calzada de los Muertos


Teotihuacan arose as a new religious center in the Mexican Highland, around the time of Christ. Although its incipient period (the first two centuries B.C.) is poorly understood, archaeological data show that the next two centuries (Tzacualli to Miccaotli phases; A.D. 1-200) were characterized by monumental construction, during which Teotihuacan quickly became the largest and most populous urban center in the New World. By this time, the city already appears to have expanded to approximately 20 square km, with about 60,000 to 80,000 inhabitants (Millon 1981:221). The development of the city seems to have involved inter-site population movements, exploitation of natural resources, an increase in agricultural production, technological inventions, establishment of trading systems and other kinds of socio-political organizations, and attractive belief systems. By the fourth century, unmistakable influences of Teotihuacan were felt throughout most parts of Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan was the sixth largest city in the world during its period of greatest prosperity, according to an estimated population of 125,000 (Millon 1993:33). The city seems to have functioned for centuries as a well-developed urban center until its rather sudden collapse, possibly in the seventh century. The place was called Teotihuacan by Nahuatl speakers several centuries after the city's fall, but its original name, the language or languages spoken there, and the ethnic groups who built the city are still unknown.

Saburo Sugiyama: Arizona State University, Dept. of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ 85287 ©Copyright 1996 Project Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico/ ASU

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Street Vendor


This girl sells almost everything, mainly fast food, cigars, sodas, bottled water, etc.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Roof Water Tanks / Tinacos

Earth Day


Words (author unknown). In the background, The Popocatpetl volcano


¿Acaso es verdad que se vive en la Tierra?

¿Acaso para siempre en la Tierra?

¡Sólo un breve instante aquí!


Poesía náhuatl

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Textures


Thanks for the tip to enlarge the photos to: Dsole, Arradon, Ming

If you want to post the larger format:

1-Upload a photo as you usuall do.
2-Then click on the "edit HTML" icon.
3-You will see something that starts like this: src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/.../s400
4-Change s400 to s640.

Then, open Template:
1-Go down to "Header". Change "width:660px;" to "width:880px;"
2-Go down to "Content". Change "width:660px;" to "width:880px;"
3-Go down to "Sidebar". Change "width:220px;" to "width:180px;"
4-Try with "preview" to see if it's ok.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Paradox


An old woman begging for money to eat, sit on the stairs of a church and the curiosity of the little girl.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Traffic in B&W / Trafico en ByN


Metrobus and light traffic in Insurgentes Ave., this street one of the longest of the world, crosses the city North to South or viceversa. (El Metrobus y algo de trafico en Av. Insurgentes, una de las mas grandes del mundo, atraviesa la ciudad casi en su totalidad de Norte a Sur o viceversa).

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Dance of 6.3 Richter


Friday at 0:42 AM Epicenter on Pacific coastal 155 miles of Mexico City (En la madrugada del viernes a las 0:42 Hrs. con epicentro en la costa del Pacifico, a 155 millas de la ciudad) No damage, just the scare.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

La Casa en el Aire / The House on the Air


Work by Mexican architect, Agustin Hernandez.


La imaginacion produce formas y cosas desconocidas. El Poeta diseña y da nombre y habitacion a cosas que parecen surgir de la nada.


W. Shakespeare

Monday, April 9, 2007

Flea Market


Sunday flea market, where you can get paintings, movies, music, antiques and all sort of things

Friday, April 6, 2007

A little friend


A little friend named Rothko, just 3 months old, wants to learn how to type.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Tuesday, April 3, 2007