New Mexico
May/19/2006 19:17
So I traveled with Dana and his company to
Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. They
performed at the University of New Mexico as part
of a alumni reunion weekend. The performances
went really well. At the after performance
discussion several people asked questions about
the images I created. That was cool. I stayed
with Dana's parents in Santa Fe 2 nights and 1
night in the home of a local Albuquerque patron
of the arts. Needless to say the accommodations
were wonderful. I learned from my visit to
Florence, Italy that you really cannot imagine
how beautiful or interesting certain places are
by just reading about them. Santa Fe is also one
those places. The architecture, the weather, the
landscape, the American Indian art were all so
interesting. I traveled a lot between Albuquerque
and Santa Fe and saw exit signs for various
pueblos. It was neat to see jewelry and pottery
from those pueblos at the stores and museums. I
also learned that the word camino is the
spanish word path or way. Some
memories:
- The mountains and mesas on the highway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
- Bright shiny colorful lowriders on the highway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
- Talking to and buying jewelry from the Navajo and Pueblo Indians in Santa Fe. Learning about Pueblo pottery at the Penfield Gallery in Old Town Albuquerque.
- Discovering sopaipillas and eating a frito pie for the first time
- Spending Lyla's money on turquoise jewelry
- The bunny family in Anna and Joe's yard
- A 5 minute rain, hail, wind storm followed by an afternoon of beautiful sunshine
- The exhibits on sleep (pillows, beds, quilts, sleep rugs through the ages) and dichos on trucks at the Museum for International Folk Art.
- Watching lightning across the prairie while sipping beer with Dana in his parents' back yard
- The mariachi band playing in Old Town Albuquerque
- Here are some pictures
