No, they don’t have anything in common…

MEXICO CITY.- A 67 year-old debt has been paid with the opening of the Tlatelolco Museum, whose plans to be built go back to the 1940s, and now are a reality thanks to the efforts from two fundamental Mexican institutions, the National Institute of Anthropology and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In this image: Female tlacuache. Photo: Meliton Tapia/INAH.

Disclaimer: These two topics have absolutely no connection whatsoever.

I saw the photo above in ArtDaily, and since I seem to like all things pre-Columbian, I like this also. Reading about the new museum made me want to hop on a plane, which then brings me to the sad state of Mexico. I love Mexico. I have been to places in Mexico that had no electricity or running water, where we took the soaked corn down to the community mill to grind it into masa for the daily tortillas cooked over a wood-burning stove. It makes me so sad for all the regular citizens of this country fro what they are enduring.

For the second topic of the day, have you seen the community Facebook page about the weaving of the tapestry The Graduation Party? Pretty amazing. As usual, I love to see process, but more than that, the weaving itself is fabulous. I clicked through all the pictures last night, seeing some that I’d missed before, so it’s also kind of a “day in the life” selection.