Fragments

Detail sculpture I by Manuel Felguerez

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Calles Vacías Viernes Santo / Empty Streets Good Friday

Friday, April 2, 2010
Good Friday is a Christian holiday that commemorates the death of Jesus Christ; it takes place 2 days before Easter Sunday.

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-20
15. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17. So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. 18. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20. Thus you will know them by their fruits"

Evangelio San Mateo (7:15-20)
“Guardaos de los falsos profetas, que vienen a vosotros vestidos de ovejas, pero que por dentro son lobos rapaces.
Por sus frutos los conoceréis. ¿Acaso se recogen uvas de los espinos o higos de los abrojos?
Así también, todo árbol sano da buenos frutos, pero el árbol podrido da malos frutos.
El árbol sano no puede dar malos frutos, ni tampoco puede el árbol podrido dar buenos frutos.
Todo árbol que no lleva buen fruto es cortado y echado en el fuego.
Así que, por sus frutos los conoceréis.

Humor by Helguera. La Jornada

Cardinal Sins: Lust, pride, greed, sloth, envy, wrath and gluttony.

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Street Performers

Organ grinder at Manuel Tolsa Square. Mexico City Historic Center.

Singer in Central Park, NYC
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April Theme Day: Red (Simply)

Los Paseantes sculpture by Antonio Pinto 1992.


Detail sculpture VIII by Manuel Felguérez.


Red variants of last day of March.
Reds is a 1981 American epic film that was co-written, produced, directed by and starring Warren Beatty. It centers on the life of John Reed, the revolutionary communist, journalist, and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days that Shook the World.
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Fast Food Street Vendor

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At The Zoo

Spring

Sound the Flute!
Now it's mute.
Birds delight
Day and Night.
Nightingale
In the dale

William Blake
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Mexican Stock Exchange

Mexican Stock Exchange Building (Center)
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Frames

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Evocation

Magnificent entrance in East 82nd St at Fifth Ave facing The Met in NYC.
Happy Weekend!
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Helium and Forms

Helium is produced in stars as the main product of the thermonuclear fusion
of hydrogen and is the second most abundant element in the Universe.
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Princess

Old drugstore in an abandoned building, ancient Princess.

Street Poster
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Ahuehuete

Detail

Taxodium mucronatum, also known as Montezuma Cypress, Sabino, or Ahuehuete is a species of Taxodium native to much of Mexico (south to the highlands of southern Mexico), and also the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, USA as well as Huehuetenango Department in Guatemala. Ahuehuete is derived from the Nahuatl name for the tree, āhuēhuētl, which means "upright drum in water" or "old man of the water."

Ahuehuete became the national tree of Mexico in 1910. The tree is sacred to the native peoples of Mexico, and is featured in the Zapotec creation myth. To the Aztecs, the combined shade of an āhuēhuētl and a pōchōtl (Ceiba pentandra) metaphorically represented a ruler's authority. According to legend, Hernán Cortés wept under an ahuehuete in Popotla after suffering defeat during the Battle of La Noche Triste.

Ahuehuetes are frequently cultivated in Mexican parks and gardens. The wood is used to make house beams and furniture. The Aztecs used its resin to treat gout, ulcers, skin diseases, wounds, and toothaches. A decoction made from the bark was used as a diuretic and an emmenagogue. Pitch derived from the wood was used as a cure for bronchitis The leaves acted as a relaxant and could help reduce itching. (Wiki)
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EcoBici / EcoBike

The government of the city begin the service past month. Costs: US $24.00 Year.
Bicycle sharing systems are increasingly popular and diverse. A number of bicycles is made available for shared use by individuals who do not own any of the bicycles.
The reasons for implementing bicycle sharing systems are as numerous as the forms the systems take. Recently and most notably, municipal governments have promoted systems as part of intermodal transportation, allowing people to shift easily from other forms of transport to bicycle and back again. However, for years community groups have promoted bicycle sharing as an easily accessible alternative to motorized travel, hoping to reduce the carbon footprint of commuting as well as enable residents to become healthier through exercise.

El Gobierno del Distrito Federal puso en marcha la primera fase del Sistema de Transporte Público Individual
ECOBICI, que ofrecerá a los habitantes de la Ciudad de México la opción de movilidad a través de bicicletas para viajes cortos e intermodales.

El sistema cuenta con mil 114 bicicletas y 85 cicloestaciones automatizadas, dispuestas en su primera etapa, en un polígono que abarca las colonias Hipódromo, Hipódromo-Condesa, Condesa, Roma Norte, Juárez y Cuauhtémoc.

ECOBICI es una herramienta de movilidad respetuosa del medio ambiente, que permitirá a la gente desplazarse con mayor rapidez de un medio de transporte público – como el metro o Metrobús – a otro, o acercarse a sus destinos finales o intermedios.

Este sistema ha sido probado con éxito en varias ciudades alrededor del mundo como París, Milán, Oslo, Barcelona y Zaragoza, entre otras.


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NYC Fire Engine

Essex St. at Canal St. Chinatown, NYC
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Frame

Master Bassui reduced the whole of Buddhist teachings to one phrase

“Seeing one’s own nature is Buddhahood.”

When asked how to see into one’s own nature,
master Bassui would reply.

“ Now! Who is asking? ”

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein. Living Philosophies, 1931
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Classic

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum

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Numbers

From sketches series.

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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El Caballito

The equestrian statue of Charles IV (also known as El Caballito) is a bronze sculpture cast by Manuel Tolsá in August 4, 1802 in Mexico City, Mexico in honour of Charles IV. This statue has been displayed in different points of the city and is considered one of the finest achievements of Mr. Tolsá. It now resides in Plaza Manuel Tolsá.
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Juan Soriano III

Pajaro III PAI, 2005 Bronce
Bird III PAI, 2005 Bronze

Toro, 1/3, 2003 Bronce. Juan Soriano. Sueños Moldeados. Andador Acuario. Paseo de la Reforma Puerta Zoo.
Bull, 1/3, 2003 Bronze by Juan Soriano. From Exhibition Molding Dreams at Chapultepec Park.
Dedicated to Sofia on her birthday!
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Juan Soriano II

Pajaro XIPA, 2005 Bronce. Juan Soriano. Sueños Moldeados. Andador Acuario. Paseo de la Reforma Puerta Zoo.
Bird, 2005 Bronze by Juan Soriano. From Exhibition Molding Dreams at Chapultepec Park.
Why Men / Women transform the simple reality?
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Juan Soriano

Sirena PAIII, 2005 Bronce. Juan Soriano. Sueños Moldeados. Andador Acuario. Paseo de la Reforma Puerta Zoo.

Mermaid PAIII, 2005 Bronze by Juan Soriano. From Exhibition Molding Dreams at Chapultepec Park.
Happy Friday!
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Searching

Como el Rothkito, tan solo buscando...

Like Rothko, just searching...

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Hongo Sonante / Sonorant Mushroom

Sonorant Mushroom (Details) by Roger Von Gunten 2005.
From the exhibition of various sculptors on Paseo de la Reforma.
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Styles

Arte Poética

Que el verso sea como una llave

Que abra mil puertas.

Una hoja cae; algo pasa volando;

Cuanto miren los ojos creado sea,

Y el alma del oyente quede temblando.

Inventa mundos nuevos y cuida tu palabra;

El adjetivo, cuando no da vida, mata.

Estamos en el ciclo de los nervios.

El músculo cuelga,

Como recuerdo, en los museos;

Mas no por eso tenemos menos fuerza:

El vigor verdadero

Reside en la cabeza.

Por qué cantáis la rosa, ¡oh Poetas!

Hacedla florecer en el poema;



Sólo para nosotros

Viven todas las cosas bajo el Sol.

El Poeta es un pequeño Dios.

Vicente Huidobro. De El espejo de Agua, 1916.

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Coldplay in Mexico City

Photos by Oly Ramirez

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