Art Walk

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages”
- Banksy

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Art Walk II

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.”
― Noam Chomsky

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
― George Orwell

“The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles."
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
― John F. Kennedy

“You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty.

But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.”
― Richard Pryor

 “If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.”
― George Harrison

“If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.”
― Malcolm X

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Art Walk

Mexico City's Art Walk aims to stir passion for art in residents.

Art lovers have organized Art Walk, an event designed to bring the arts to Mexico City's streets this weekend.

"Bringing the arts into the streets is the No. 1 goal" of the festival, which is taking place in Mexico City's Roma district, Art Walk director Adan Villareal told Efe.

Art Walk events were a huge success in Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong, and the idea is to "create a new awakening among pedestrians," Villareal said.

The festival was created with the idea of offering both art lovers and people who just happen to be out in the streets a look at a variety of works.

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Tlacaelel

Alebrije (colored Mexican folk art sculptures) by Alejandro Zamudio R. (The Night of The Alebrijes exhibition)

Tlacaelel I (1397 – 1487) was the principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica (Aztec) empire. He was the son of Emperor Huitzilihuitl and Queen Cacamacihuatl, nephew of Emperor Itzcoatl, and brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I.

Tlacaelel recast or strengthened the concept of the Aztecs as a chosen people, elevated the tribal god/hero Huitzilopochtli to top of the pantheon of gods, and increased militarism. 

To strengthen the Aztec nobility, he helped create and enforce sumptuary laws, prohibiting commoners from wearing certain adornments such as lip plugs, gold armbands, and cotton cloaks. He also instigated a policy of burning the books of conquered peoples with the aim of erasing all memories of a pre-Aztec past.

When he dedicated the seventh reconstruction of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan, Tlacaelel had brought his nation to the height of its power. The dedication took place in 1484 and was celebrated with the sacrifice of many war captives. After Tlacaelel's death in 1487, the Mexica Empire continued to expand north into the Gran Chichimeca and south toward the Maya lands.

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Alvaro Obregon Ave

“Hace mucho que el mundo puso en duda los valores, las creencias y las verdades que en otros tiempos sostuviera. Ahora más que nunca, en la historia humana, necesitamos preguntarnos –todos nosotros, santos, pecadores, mendigos, legisladores, militares– adónde vamos. ¿Podemos detenernos? ¿Podemos, de algún modo, hacer frente? ¿O ya es muy tarde?”

“Es muy alto el precio que debe pagarse por las comodidades aparentes y los adelantos que ofrece el mundo occidental. Dicho precio es la muerte, pero no en pequeña escala, sino al mayoreo…”

"The world has long questioned the values​​, beliefs and truths that once hold. Now more than ever, in human history, we need to ask-all, saints, sinners, beggars, legislators, military-where we're going. Can we stop? Can we somehow cope? Or it's too late? "

"It's a very high price to be paid by the apparent comforts and advances offered by the Western world. This price is death, but not on a small scale, but wholesale."

Henry Miller.

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