Matters of the Art

On theway, Olympia to Tuxtla, October 21st .  Confronting a long day of travel to our jumping off point to Chiapas from Tuxtla, I didn’t even bother trying to go to bed and sleep.  Going to bed at midnight and getting up and on the road by 3:00 a.m. would have turned me into an over excited zombie. One last check of suitcases, making sure I had everything for two weeks in one small rolling bag and a back pack, I congratulated myself on my feat of packing for a week of cold weather to be followed by a week of hot weather in Mexico. And as always, I never wore half the stuff and wore the heck out of the rest. I was excited and a bit apprehensive, my friend Lynne has been to this area about 8 times and loves it more than anywhere else in the world. I, on the other hand, have read too many travel books about the dangers to tourists in Southern Mexico. Zapatistas, militia and drug cartels all ran through my head and played out worst case scenarios. I was going anyway, ea...

A list of Becauses becomes us as I begin this blogging novella about Mexico, and my passionate love affair with that country. Cuilapam, an abandoned 15th Century Dominican Convent. Our last day in Mexico but this photo sums it all up. Because: I hate the current government and their anti-immigration and trade stance directed at Mexico.  We are all immigrants in this very young country. Mexico has buildings that are still lived in and used every day from the 15th and 16th century. That's two hundred years before the USA contemplated being a country. Our inhabitants were too busy destroying the indigenous people occupying this country to worry about any other place. Mexico has had its own issues with indigenous people, racism, and the occupying Spaniards, issues that still exist both  here and there. Lynn and Roxy happy to be heading out at 3:00 for the longest travel day ever. Because: I am an artist and a photographer who grew up in a small farming town in Cali...

Mexico Coming Soon!