Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Serpent Heart--poem and painting.
Serpent Heart
Last night at 30,000 feet
Flying out of Mexico City
Death passed us by
We,
Travelers, migrant workers, homegoers, Oaxaquenos
in an overloaded Mexicana flight going home for the
fiesta of Los Muertos, de Todos Santos.
In that overloaded plane
migrants with their boxes, bags,
their hopes, memories of their tierra,
and families, their hard work left in the US,
the young, middle aged and old,
hearts yearning to embrace their loved ones again.
Me too, una Americana con raices profundo
en la tierra Oaxaquena, impatient to resume my
other life.
Suddenly at 30,000 feet a big noise
vibrated thru the plane like aloud fog horn.
I’d been talking to the guys next to me.
We stopt talking.
No one said a thing about the noise.
Pues, no pasa nada.
Death passed by, gave us a look.
That heavy Mexican plane
in a heavy clouded sky.
I acknowledged it.
My physical life could suddenly end.
I found my mala, blessed by Tibetan masters,
and began OM TARE TU TARE ......Tara’s mantra
until I could understand and feel calm
the possibility of passing into spirit.
In my mind's eye, my guru appeared briefly.
I didn’t want to die right then.
I knew that no one on the flight did either.
They just wanted to get home
to their pueblos, their queridos, the fiesta.
I prayed for all of us.
I finished the 108 recitations of the Tara mantra
The noise stopped.
We started talking again.
I loved Oaxaca even more when we landed.
Mitzi Linn.....2009
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Milky Way in Peru
I love this photo, and can see how the Milky Way is a road in the view of ancient Americans. It's also like a feathered serpent dancing in space--an icon for me. Happy Nov and Day of the Dead to all today, Nov 1.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Signs of the Time
I am playing around with a mask from Mexico. Sorta both Halloween, when we mask ourselves and transform into something else, and a nod for the Day of the Dead with the skeleton mask.
Hallowmas, a pagan holy day/night (Oct 31) and Nov 1 and 2, the Day of the Dead share roots in our human past. In the language of initiation, time to journey to the underworld, the inner self, to discover new riches inside. And time to reconnect with one's ancestors, family and clan members living in the spirit realm. And here in el norte heading into the dark time of winter.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Day of the Dead Altars
Altar by Mitzi Linn and Vicky Ayers for Migrant Education at Due Fine Arts Eugene, 1997. It is dedicated to Migrant workers, for those who died crossing the border to work or died working in our fields.
Altar created by Mitzi Linn called "Pensando en La Muerte" for Maude Kerns Art Center in 2003. Dedicated to the people of Oaxaca.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
El Dia de los Muertos
Painting in gouache by Mitzi Linn. Title "Guadelupe Returns"
One of my favorite paintings..the Virgin of Guadelupe encapsuled in a corn tassle or kernal. She returns to the cornfield of an indigenous farmer who is making a ceremony to honor the ancestors and family members gone on, to honor the corn as sustenance and also one of the people's ancestors. Candles, an old diety or ancestor, and copal are part of the full moon offering. She holds the fragile earth in her hands. She is asking if we really care about our planet.
One of my favorite paintings..the Virgin of Guadelupe encapsuled in a corn tassle or kernal. She returns to the cornfield of an indigenous farmer who is making a ceremony to honor the ancestors and family members gone on, to honor the corn as sustenance and also one of the people's ancestors. Candles, an old diety or ancestor, and copal are part of the full moon offering. She holds the fragile earth in her hands. She is asking if we really care about our planet.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Autumn in New Mexico
Monday, September 17, 2012
Coyote Woman Flies over Abiquiu, New Mexico
Friday, September 7, 2012
Photo of the Quetzal Bird.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Fireworks in Sola de Vega, Oaxaca
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Maya Shrine and Guatemalan Daykeeper Ritual Layout
I once visited this Maya shrine. I like to study all kinds of spiritual and religious practices. Photo by Antonio Turok of a shrine outside Chichicastenango, Guatemala. An old diety in stone who is visited during Holy Week. (Pasquale Abaj)
Photo by Ed Barnhart from Maya Exploration Center.......a beautiful offering with the colors of flower petals and candles relating to the directions. In Guatemala these offerings are made in ceremonies at old ritual sites (ruins) at mountain top shrines and other places.
Photo by Ed Barnhart from Maya Exploration Center.......a beautiful offering with the colors of flower petals and candles relating to the directions. In Guatemala these offerings are made in ceremonies at old ritual sites (ruins) at mountain top shrines and other places.
Friday, August 17, 2012
An Urn from a Zapotec Tomb at Atzompa, Oaxaca
Here's a recently discovered funerary urn from a tomb at Atzompa, a site adjacent to Monte Alban and outside the town of Atzompa which is famous for its ceramics today. The urn is colored red. From around 700 of the current era. Beautiful. The Zapotecs created amazing urns to bury with their elite. This is an example. Valley of Oaxaca.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Mi Querida Oaxaca
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
La Guelaguetza in Oaxaca--final day Mon July 30
Las Casahuates....painting and foto.
Las Casahuates.....a painting series. The painting above has a blooming woman tree, meant to evoke the casahuate trees that bloom in the fall in Oaxaca. My friend the feathered serpent and the bird in the tree top have to do with consciousness raising energy (kundalini), perhaps influenced by that lightning striking the old temple base or dance platform.
A photo of a casahuate bloom. Usually they are full of honey bees.
A photo of a casahuate bloom. Usually they are full of honey bees.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Mitzi Linn's Studio Sale
Monday, July 23, 2012
La Guelaguetza in Oaxaca today
Dancer from San Martin Tilcajete, La Danza de la Pluma
Dance group from the Istmus of Tehuantepec....La Sandunga
Chinas Oaxaquenas.......with their offering baskets....
Images from the Guelaguetza in Oaxaca, taken yesterday I think. From a FB site called La Guelaguetza. I really wish I was there. I love the dances from the state of Oaxaca, and all the connections to their history and hermosa cultura.
Dance group from the Istmus of Tehuantepec....La Sandunga
Chinas Oaxaquenas.......with their offering baskets....
Images from the Guelaguetza in Oaxaca, taken yesterday I think. From a FB site called La Guelaguetza. I really wish I was there. I love the dances from the state of Oaxaca, and all the connections to their history and hermosa cultura.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
OREGON COUNTRY FAIR...43 years of being FAR OUT
Dear Ms Fantasy play us a tune. It's time for the fair again. Here's Mitzi at her funky booth at the fair. She's had a booth since 1980. Before selling her art reproductions, she used to read Tarot. Photo on blog on right side.
You can find out more about the country fair, the hippy institution, that starts today for the vendors and crews. www.oregoncountryfair.org
OUTASITE......FAR OUT.......COOL.....FUN
You can find out more about the country fair, the hippy institution, that starts today for the vendors and crews. www.oregoncountryfair.org
OUTASITE......FAR OUT.......COOL.....FUN
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
La Guelaguetza in Oaxaca
In July Oaxacans will celebrate another Guelaguetza in Oaxaca. The modern fiesta started in days before the Spanish conquered Mexico, when various groups from the area got together to dance and trade in honor of the local Corn Goddess.
The Corn Goddess is still honored at the opening of the modern fiesta, held at the auditorium overlooking the city. The dancers and musicians are from pueblos all over the state of Oaxaca--mostly the indigenous peoples -- Mixe, Mixtec, Zapotec--They identify with their pueblo usually, not their indigenous language group. Still, that word is Zapotec--Guelaguetza--and means an exchange of goods and services. This exchange still goes on in the pueblos (towns) when there's a wedding, baptism or some other fiesta.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Jaguars--Ancient Olmec and Modern Mayan
Ancient carvings from the Olmecs of the Jaguar, one of their most represented spirit animals. Below, dancers in Jaguar costumes from a village in Chiapas, Mexico.
According to Walter Morris, who took the photo, these are like the traditional warrior costumes of the Aztecs. The cloth is painted with spots. The masks are carved wood, and worn as helmets.
According to Walter Morris, who took the photo, these are like the traditional warrior costumes of the Aztecs. The cloth is painted with spots. The masks are carved wood, and worn as helmets.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Heirloom Ear of Corn--Jewels
Sunday, April 29, 2012
April's Flowers
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Biblioburros
I love this photo of a lending library on the back of burros going from village to village in Jalisco, Mexico. Some kids will be really happy about their arrival.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
I'll Never Be Satisfied with Being Dead by Mitzi Linn (Homage to Arya Tara)
My new video. Photo of my Thangka of Green Tara, my art work, some photos. I am singing and playing the song I wrote in the 1970's. Art (c) 2012, Music (c) 1974 (Mitzi Linn's first songbook) Hope you find it relaxing to listen and watch.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Spring in Oregon ?*#?+?
Collage by Mitzi Linn. Arya Tara #4
Another Buddha image created in the last couple weeks. I should have gone somewhere sunny and warm this winter. What was I thinking? Still, I can imagine myself somewhere with sun shining and moon rising in a clear warm sky. Perhaps its a pureland?
Another Buddha image created in the last couple weeks. I should have gone somewhere sunny and warm this winter. What was I thinking? Still, I can imagine myself somewhere with sun shining and moon rising in a clear warm sky. Perhaps its a pureland?
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Mexican Buddha (Homage to Arya Tara)
Collage--A-Tara #2 (c) Mitzi Linn
I am creating some collages with my prints and Buddha images taken from a catalogue. It's fun to cut and paste--seeing where this goes. I plan to make a slide show with another one of my own songs using these new images. Kiki called this piece Mexican Buddha. Hum.... Enjoy......
I am creating some collages with my prints and Buddha images taken from a catalogue. It's fun to cut and paste--seeing where this goes. I plan to make a slide show with another one of my own songs using these new images. Kiki called this piece Mexican Buddha. Hum.... Enjoy......
Friday, February 24, 2012
Join the Fiesta in Oaxaca
Thursday, February 16, 2012
El Sol y La Luna Mask.....
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Flamenco
Thursday, January 26, 2012
"Angel's Song" by Mitzi Linn
Music and Artwork (c) Mitzi Linn,1974 and 2012
My latest video with me singing and playing a song I wrote in the 1970's. I uploaded paintings I made since 1990, making them panoramas with iPhoto--that gives the full screen effect with double images.
Angel was a real person in my life at Wolf Creek. Her flip out and then healing affected many of us, her friends and commune mates. The story called "Angela's Metamorphosis" on my other blog Wild Wisdom Highway tells a more complete story. There's a link on this blog with my photo reading Tarot many years ago at the Oregon Country Fair.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Earthblankets--new paintings
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Welcome to 2012
An ancient statue of a Zapotec woman embodying a goddess. It was on the cover of a Mexicana airlines magazine some years ago. Another find in my image archives. She's ceramic with red paint. It's a common color called cochinea made from tiny insects that feed on cactus in Mexico. The Zapotecs started Mt Alban around 500BC in the Oaxaca Valley. They inhabited the valley for thousands of years before that. They used hieroglyphics like other ancient cultures in the Americas and the Middle East. Lucky for us the Zapotecs still live in their original homeland.
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