Finding Mayo

Our murals with the babies! What an amazing day <3 #donquijote

Ballestas Islas! Penguins. Sea lions. Beautiful seascapes!

Sand boarding. Dune buggies. Nasca Lines. Oasis. And one crazy night out with these two lovely ladies and a group of taxistas. #whatanight

Cuzcoooo #lookinfortheemperorsnewgroove

The Sacred Valley is UNREAL

Cuzco fooooodd!

Yo no tengo palabras para este viaje. Simplemente transformativo. Estoy emocionada a regreso a mi casa pero estoy triste a llevar mi casa nuevo. Hasta luego Peru y muchisimo gracias!!!

So I’ve been back in the states for just over a week now and I am still pining for Lima. I had such an amazing time there and I’ve needed some time to process, think, reflect, and reminisce. I also need to finish my assignments for the class I was taking, because it was actually a class. So since this space contained a lot of my personal findings, I’m going to create new website that is a little bit more organized and academic that can house all of the things that I want to create and then finish up here. This will be the first test of my ability to follow through this school year. I have 4 days. Let’s go.

Joy Harjo

We went to, famous retablo artist, Teodoro Ramirez’s workshop in Huyacan. We were fascinated by his technique and the details in each piece. Further, each piece contained elements about the political violence and the disappeared. In particular, the retablos about Uchrracay called “Nanachikuy,” meaning self-inflicted pain in Quechua, grabbed my attention. Mr. Ramirez explained that the violece was against the nature of the people and for them to force themselves to kill each other was like forcing them to harm themselves. This explanation made me think about the complexity of the political violene and what causes people to act. Also, he talked about his work as a teach and some of his other work including erotic art and Star Wars themed ceramics.

Rafa Hoetmer, www.democraciaglobal.org

Pedro Mo

Rafa Hoetmer, www.democraciaglobal.org

Jorge Miyagui