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In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "… most of our energy goes into upholding our importance… If we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ... Catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the Universe." ~Carlos Castaneda |
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Liquid Mix
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Anonymous Citizen
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| Anonymous Citizen by Javier Marin (Mexican sculptor) |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Street Vendor
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| Tunas vendor in Pachuca (near Mexico City) |
Opuntia species are the most cold-tolerant of the lowland cacti, extending into western and southern Canada; one subspecies, Opuntia fragilis var. fragilis, has been found growing along the Beatton River in central British Columbia, southwest of Cecil Lake.
Prickly pears also produce a fruit that is commonly eaten in Mexico, known as tuna; it also is used to make aguas frescas. The fruit can be red, wine-red, green or yellow-orange.
Charles Darwin was the first to note that these cacti have thigmotactic anthers: when the anthers are touched, they curl over, depositing their pollen. This movement can be seen by gently poking the anthers of an open Opuntia flower. The same trait has evolved convergently in other cacti (e.g. Lophophora). [Wiki]
Monday, May 23, 2011
Lago de Chapultepec / Chapultepec Lake
Friday, May 20, 2011
Spheres
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“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” ~Pythagoras |
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