An Indo-European base root for culture is to revolve and to dwell. Images represented showcase persons, places, events, and visual symbols. It’s the doing, repeating, preserving, and infusing beliefs. A significance is assigned and embodied. Traditions assign meaning and create touchstones. Participation creates culture. Culture invokes remembrance
Exploring indigenous, southwestern, and differing heritages drive me. I wander ancient lands, habitats, and communal ceremonies. Remembrance is culture.
Canyonlands
A week long Festival of the Sun honors Pachamama, fertility goddess and earth mother.
Las Vegas Old Town was founded in 1835 on the Santa Fe Trail. Nuestra Señora de Dolores stands watch .
The Mission of San Jose de la Laguna was completed in 1699.
Mercado rows of stalls and shops hawking everything from meats, vegetables, and ailment cures.
Las Posadas is a pageant rooted in Spanish and Mexican tradition re-enacting the Christmas Nativity.
Matachines pageant and dancing traditions trace back to Spain. This dance commemorated the Feast of the Nativity.
Grant county ranching features climates allowing grama grasslands, oak, cedar, and juniper to flourish
Ancient paints and pictograph style circa 1200 AD.