August 19, 2008

I have discovered another Bolivian jewel, Sucre.  It is the official capital of Bolivia and is only 4 hours south of Aiquile making it a much more convenient regional city and leisure spot.  It is a cloud city, built high upon the rounded mountains of the Andes overlooking a dry river bed during the winter months and the rage of heavenly tears during the summer.  
I came to know Sucre when Jasmine and I had to be 'rescued' from site 2 weeks ago. We were trapped in Aiquile because of blockades on the road leading to Cochabamba and the same road opposite direction to Sucre.  Teachers were protesting and blockading passages across the entire country in the name of higher wages and a fair retirement pension. As of the moment the government has called a 45 day truce to try and mend the problem.  
Sucre is a cultural hub for music, art, and history. I am told some of the best museums in the country are locate... more

**my blog has been temporarily down due to someone hacking into it and placing pictures of Indian women in bathing suits-sorry for the inconveinece- although i did lose some pictures and writings- i am officially back**

July 25, 2008

when light is soft and purple shadows form small rivers that slide down the sides of mountains, I bow down to the earth from which I was made.
When golden rays illuminate seas of wheat fields and a warm dusty wind dries the tears from my eyes, I plant my roots and reach for the sky.
as the crescent moon appears from the curvature of the horizon and her brother sun melts into the other side, my two hands form one and i surrender my forgiveness gratitude and release of my own decry.

hope you guys are well

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some paintings i just did after coming back from Samaipata

In Quechua, the language of the Incas, Samaipata means 'rest in the highlands'. The town lies two and half hours south west of Santa Cruz where three seperate eco-systems join together; the Amazonian Plains, the Gran Chaco, and the Andes mountains. For this reason the area has been a geographic and geopolitical melting pot for inter-related cultures for centuries.  First the Mojocoyas and Chane peoples from Gran Grigota used the area has a ritual and religious centre from 800 to 1,300 aD.   Later at the end of the 1300s it was used as a pass-by lodge for Guarani warriors.  Afterward it was a meeting point, trading centre, ceremonial site, and administrative centre for the Incas during the 1400s.  Finally it was a fortress and a trading and storage town during the Hispanic colony era linking Asuncion, Paraguay and Lima, Peru.

Rest is what I found both spiritually and physically when my friend Jamel and I spent 4 days following Christmas h... more

come see a free pearl jam concert in Oruro boliva, U2 is special guest

***Aside note. About two weeks prior to December 5th, there were riots and marches in Sucre. All the prisoners broke out of the jail and the police fled the city.


December 5, 2007

The murky night sky clouds the tension hovering above the city.  We hold our breath in angst imagining the severity the storm may bring. Tomorrow they come. Hundreds maybe thousands will flood the streets to support the one who promised social change.  Yet not all are Evo’s followers and wreck less collision is inevitable when the division between parties runs this deep.  So profound is the hatred manifesting within that one spark could ignite the beginning of a bloody revolution.  We only hope that the rain from the storm calms any wildfires and that the embers illuminate the possibility of peace and resolution.

December 9, 2007

The Asemblea fled to Oruro and in the early hours of this Sunday morning members of MAS, Evo Morales’... more

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