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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
Thursday, December 1, 2011
December 2011 Theme Day: Action Shot
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Janitzio
Monday, November 28, 2011
NYC Streets
The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street. - Robert Doisneau - "The Encyclopedia of Photography" (1984) |
Sunday, November 27, 2011
The Night Before
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Flying Raindrops
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Top of The Rock
Monday, November 21, 2011
Blues Étude
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The San Ildefonso College
The San Ildefonso College currently is a museum and cultural center in Mexico City, considered to be the birthplace of the Mexican muralism movement. San Ildefonso began as a prestigious Jesuit boarding school, and after the Reform War, it gained educational prestige again as National Preparatory School. This school and the building closed completely in 1978, then reopened as a museum and cultural center in 1994. The museum has permanent and temporary art and archeological exhibitions in addition to the many murals painted on its walls by José Clemente Orozco, Fernando Leal, Diego Rivera and others. The complex is located between San Ildefonso Street and Justo Sierra Street in the historic center of Mexico City. [Wiki] Take the Virtual Tour! |
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Just Moments
“Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers
of space.”
“I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure.”
“Only the truth is revolutionary.”
~Graffiti
quotes
Music: Love Remembered by Wojciech Kilar
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Portal Keeper / El Guardian del Portal
The Portal Keeper / El Guardian del Portal by Israel Alcala
Alebrijes (Spanish
pronunciation: [aleˈβɾixes]) are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures
of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes, along with use of the term,
originated with Pedro Linares. After dreaming the creatures
while sick in the 1930s, he began to create what he saw in cardboard and papier
mache. His work caught the attention of a gallery owner in Cuernavaca and
later, the artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
Linares was originally from México City (DF), he was born June 29, 1906 in
México City and never moved out of México City, he died January 25, 1992. Then
in the 1980s, British Filmmaker, Judith Bronowski, arranged an itinerant
demonstration workshop in U.S.A. participating Pedro Linares, Manuel Jiménez and a textil artisan
Maria Sabina from Oaxaca. Although the Oaxaca valley area already had a history
of carving animal and other types of figures from wood, it was at this time,
when Bronowski's workshop took place when artisans from Oaxaca knew the
alebrijes paper mache sculptures. [Wiki]
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul”
~George Bernard Shaw
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Who Are You?
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The One Percent
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Despair
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thirsty for Light
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Mexico City
(View from Chapultepec Castle)
As an "alpha" global city Mexico
City is one of the most important financial centers in North America. It is
located in the Valley of Mexico, a large valley in the
high plateaus at
the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,350 ft). The city
consists of sixteen boroughs.
The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was
around 8.84 million people, and has a land area of 1,485 square kilometres
(573 sq mi). According to the most recent definition agreed upon by
the federal and state governments, the Mexico City metropolitan area population
is 21.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in
the western hemisphere and the fifth largest
agglomeration in the world.
Mexico City has a gross domestic product (GDP) of
$390 billion US$ in 2008, making Mexico City the eighth richest city in the world. The city
was responsible for generating 21% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product and the
metropolitan area accounted for 34% of total national GDP.
The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by
the Aztecs in
1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely
destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan, and subsequently
redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. In 1524,
the municipality of Mexico City was
established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585 it was
officially known as La Ciudad de México (Mexico City). Mexico City
served as the political, administrative and financial center of a major part of
the Spanish colonial empire. After independence from Spain was achieved,
the Federal
District was created in 1824.
[Wiki]
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Friday, November 4, 2011
The Box
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Day of The Dead II
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated
throughout Mexico and around the world in many cultures. The holiday focuses on
gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family
members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it
attains the quality of a National Holiday, and all banks are closed. The
celebration takes place on November 1–2, in connection with
the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day (November 1)
and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the
holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar
skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed
and visiting graves with these as gifts.
Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican
holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to
an Aztec festival dedicated to
a goddess called Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread
throughout the world: In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a
public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and
churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of
the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones.
Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed
celebrations appear in
many Asian and African cultures.
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