Excited to have won C Magazine's #IndigenousArt Writing Award! My essay "Notes on Paper: Spiritual Healing for Artists and Other Humans" explores artist Michelle Peraza's use of #Mesoamerican amatl paper, along with my Nahuat lineage. Can't wait to share when it's published this year 🌸
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🔥This lovely lady bearing blazing torches is thought to represent a badass Fire Goddess. It's a 2000-year-old carving from the back of a pyrite stone mirror found in the sacred city of #Teotihuacan — the first true metropolis of the Americas 🔥 #Mexico

Love this 🪨⭐! The Colossal Heads were sculpted by the Olmec about 3000 years ago. Blocks of basalt weighing up to 90,000 lbs had to be lugged from inland quarries 130 km away to the Gulf of #Mexico. This monument stands 9'4", but his face always reminds me of my abuelo 🥰 #mesoamerica