American History. Guarani art, Asunción, Paraguay.
Look at life through pink glasses. Mexico city.
Putin was here. Or was it Kilroy? Mexico.
Guarani eyes, Asunción.
Gimme your hand. Asunción.
Fly, little bird, fly. Asunción.
Imperialism shall prevail. Mexico.
“Alas, poor Yorrick. I knew him well, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of excellent fancy.” (Hamlet). Bogotá, Colombia.
Beach art, Dover. (Source AFP?). This was meant against Brexit a few weeks ago. Serves as a reminder of the thousands of Allied soldiers who boarded in Dover, and other English ports 75 years ago. Americans, English, Canadians, Australians, New-Zealanders, French, and so on and so forth… In a few days, five million soldiers landed on Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword and Omaha Beach, to free Europe. Never forget them.
Speaking of sword. This is MY sword. Mexico.
Crocodile rock. Asunción.
Just a pig. Mexico.
Just a fish. Asunción.
“Los ejes de mi carreta necesitan engrasar…” The wheels of my cart need greasin’ up. A song by Atahualpa Yupanquí (1908-1992), Argentinian poet and singer. Asunción, Paraguay.
Just an armadillo. Mexico.
Guarani art, Asunción. The Guarani were an Indian tribe in Paraguay and Brazil. The language Tupi-Guarani has given the names of many a city or a place in the region. Iguaçu, the waterfall on the Río Paraná, between Brazil and Paraguay, means “big water”; i means water, uáçu, big. I thought the Guarani were extinct, but there appears to be – still – 80,000 Guarani living in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The rabbit, the fox and spaghetti. Mexico.
Street art in Paraguay, (c) Daughter #1 who went to a Congress there. I don’t know Paraguay. Closest I’ve been was on the other, Brazilian side of Iguaçu falls. The rabbit and the fox (c) Daughter #2. Bogotá art, (c) my brother-in-law, Oscar. Dover SOS pic (c) Agence France Presse. The rest, (c) yours truly. I think.
Yesterday, Tom Rice, a 97 year-old veteran, jumped over Normandy in parachute. Again. 75 years after the first time. Hats off, Ladies and Gentlemen. I was going to copy the link here but they put the Tramp after, so, No. No Tramp. Have a nice week-end.
Equinoxio 
One of a kind art. beautiful!
Thank you. Glad you liked the selection.
Really love this post. It’s wonderful.
Hi Gigi. Glad you liked it. Daughter #1 sent the pix last week, and I thought: Here’s my next post. Have a great week-end. (Summer must have come your way at last?)
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Always interesting how artists represent their world…
Absolutely right. 🙂 I always find it fascinating that all of this comes from the artists’ brains… Bon week-end.
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Hello Equinoxio. Wow. I say again Wow. I so admire these paintings on buildings. I am a person who can not translate what I see to paper. My sense of perspective is wrong. Try as much as I can I simply can not draw anything that looks like what I want it to. These have so much depth, so much realism. To draw and paint on this scale is very impressive. Grand works. Hugs
Hi Scottie. Glad you liked it. As for drawing, maybe it’s just a matter of teaching. I had drawing in primary plus my mother’s teachings. That helped.
Now, the scale? On an entire building? That is amazing. Those guys have a unique sense of proportions.
Have a great week-end.
Brian
Coming back to your comment: perspective is a technique. Developed by the Italians around the 1400’s. Once you learn it, it is rather easy. I’m sure there re tutorials on line.
Hello Brian. Thanks for the suggestions. Hugs
Welcome.
Amazing wall art Brian!
It is isn’t it? I wish I could have to Asunción, Daughter #2 went to a Latam HIV Congress I think. And she didn’t have much time to walk the streets. But I was delighted when she sent me the pix. She knows I’m a street art buff. (Like Resa!)
Bon week-end Coeur de Feu
They are really wonderful, I love street art! Bon Week-end my friend.
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Magnificent, every one of them!
Thank you Liz. Glad you enjoyed the tour. Have a great week-end.
Will do! There is a rumor of warm temperatures. Dare I hope?
You should hope. It is June after all. You live in New Hampshire, right? (I live in Mexico, so I can’t really help you there, except send some “canned heat” up North.)
Have a great, warm, Sunday.
Yes, I’m in New Hampshire. We had a beautiful warm day today!
Enjoy. Summer must be fresh in your neck of the woods. Your last name sounds French or Canadian. If the latter, you must be used to the cold.
Cheers
Summer is definitely fresh in my neck of the woods. Yes, my name is French. The family emigrated to New York (via Quebec, I expect, although I haven’t done the research).
Yes, definitely a French air to it. And most likely via Québec. Bonne semaine, Liz.
Love that street art, particularly the singer/poet, yes no tramp, humbled by the old paratroopers jumping.
Amen.
(The singer was great. Unfortunately, the weather in Asunción looked cloudy. It’s winter for them now. You guys too, right?)
Bon week-end.
Yes winter, which has just arrived
“Winter is coming”. Where have I heard that? Hmmm. 😉
Didn’t you know that I lived in Westeros?
I thought as much. Though I hear you’re now out of a job?
Yes, an I’ll wind has moved me out 🙂
But then you have a fall back option. I wonder whether you can sneak GOT into a sermon. ‘would be nice to hear. Be good.
I have once ad libbed a ref but not enough watch it to make it stick, but it has stayed in the recesses of my mind. I use Lord of the Rings a lot and Star Wars occasionally. Thank you for the nudge.
Haha! I didn’t think I would get so close to the target. 🙂
I like the Lord of the Ring very much. As a novel. Must have read it 2 or 3 times. IN English and French. Wonder how that would fit into a sermon?
To be continued…
Journey, calling, purpose, good defeats evil, sacrifice, so much. 😀
Team work… All the – somewhat forgotten – ingredients of a good life.
Definitely, yes the ingredients.
These are all fantastic!!! I was going to tell you which is my favourite, but I cannot decide, for they are all amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Pleasure, Jill. The ones from Paraguay (courtesy my daughter) I find interesting because there are differences from what I see here in Mexico or in Colombia.
B. good.
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Wonderful collection of street art!That pig reminds me of Piggy in Lord of the Flies! Have you ever read that book…quite scary how humans can get barbaric in a group.
Haven’t read the book. I don’t even have a copy so it’s not on my to-read shelves. Will look for in Paris this summer.
And yes, more than 2-3 humans can be scary. The island of Dr Moreau is a good case in point. The “animals” in the book are really human metaphors.
Sounds a bit like “Animal Farm”
It may have served as an inspiration. Written by H.G. Wells. Late 19th, early 20th? Try to lay a hand on it. It is quite interesting.
Tot ziens Dina. 🙂
Thanks I shall look for it.William Golding is the auther of Lord of the Flies.Keep well, dear Brian.
U2 Dina. Have a lovely week-end.
Beautiful street art – we hardly have any over here. Sometimes I feel I need to know what the paintings are about to form an opinion though. Are they opinionated, are they being critical, what is their message, what is their fight? And that elderly jumper, bravo!
No street art over there? Hmmm. It will come. France was late compared to other countries. You also need derelict buildings, abandoned houses and spaces. And a not-too-efficient police… 😉
Yes, the jumper, bravo.
Bon Dimanche Lumi.
A toi aussi!
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97 years old and still parajumping. Balls of brass, mr Rice!
Thanks for the trip, Latin America has a thing about beautifying ugly buildings (of which there’s a seemingly never ending supply) with murales.
Hear hear for Mr Rice.
Now that’s a very good point about Lat Am… (You’ve been around I see) “ugly buildings”. Colonial architecture was very pretty. And still is for what’s left of it. Up to the late 19th. But from the 50’s to date… construction has really been a matter of quick money and ugliness. Thank God for “murales”. Ciao, ciao
Eqi – Love the way you have woven art, present day and history here. Very smooth – Thanks, Susan
“Muchas gracias” Susan. 🙂
Actually I (almost) always do that. I tend to do a lot of lateral thinking. And I like “intertextuality”. Once the pix are selected, the words come out easily.
Bonita semana.
Brian
Great stuff. Thank you to all you and yours, truly.
Pleasure, my friend. Have a nice week.
Another fabulous collection of street art. Paraguay…I’m intrigued by that place, mostly because it’s off the tourist radar. Did you make it outside of Asuncion at all?
I didn’t. The Asunción photos are from Daughter #1, who’s a Doc, and went to an HIV congress there. She managed to escape a few hours, and sent me the pix.
Paraguay is so “off the radar”, that doctors from Uruguay, next door, had to fly via Brazil, as there are no frequent flights. Imagine flying from Paris to Brussels via Francfort.
I think you would like it. They also share the Iguaçu falls with Brazil. A lovely place.
I do hope to visit there one day. The country outside of Asunción seems so mysterious and interesting to me.
It’s a long flight. Bad connections. But I’m sure it’s worth it. I might set a “grand tour of the southern cone one day: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay. But TBH, living in Mexico all year round, plus one or two trips a year to Colombia, I need the “dépaysement” of going back to France. D-20 days! Yeah!
Bonne soirée ma grande. ❤
Columbia…Who knows maybe I’ll see you there. Very small chance that I may move there to teach English for a school year.
Well, well. You do know how to move around. That would be fun. We can invite Lisa Dorenfelt.
Bon wee-end Julie.
Beautiful! 💕
Thank you, Dankie, merci, gracias… Glad you liked it and thanks for the follow.
Cheers.
Haha my pleasure 💖
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This Wp app can be painful … stuff doesn’t stick for me…anyways I love the street art…never been to Paraguay yet ☺️👍
Haha. I’ve seen Paraguay from the Brazilian side of Iguaçu. Daughter#1 liked it, in the few moments she could escape from the Congress. And the street art is great. (She just sent me some great street art from Toronto… Yes! Next post ready.)
Wow! These really took my breath away. So pretty. Must have taken a lot of time and patience to complete such an art!
Yes, it seems to take time, but those artists are also quite fast. Such an eye for proportions.
Beautiful pictures…do review my blog!!!
Thank you. (I will)
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