Thursday, June 01, 2006
DAY 3, Thursday
Now we're getting to where the heart of my interests lie: in the history, archeology, crafts, and indigenous people of Oaxaca.
Karen Marcotte shared slides of one her visits there. We will go to Monte Alban! The only Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican site I've seen personally is Teotihuacan. I hadn't realized how extensive the site at Monte Alban is. That stepped fret or modified greek key design pictured in large photos at the Institute of Texan Cultures' Pre-Columbian exhibit last fall is noticable on the pyramids of the Valley of Oaxaca. Denise suggested the motifs would make an attractive quilt design. Even remnants of paint can be seen. What a splendid sight it must have been when brightly sparkling colors dressed the structures! In that light at that altitude!
We'll see Mixtec Mitla too. I wonder how the architectural remains here contrast with those of earlier Zapotec Alban.
Doesn't the Tule tree inspire contemplation of history and the transience of human life?
Stan Morgan's powerpoint presentation of the folk art of the region features some unique figures of wood, ceramics and tin, a feast for the eyes. I wonder if inexpensive items will be well designed.
We investigated a website informing us about a clinical trial in which travellers studying in Latin America would be paid for testing a diarrhea vaccine administered via skin patch. Denise had spotted the article about the study in today's "Express News".
Tomorrow we'll work at the San Antonio food bank. Karen passed out several articles regarding hunger and poverty in our area. One does question statistics. Could it really be true that one in four children in San Antonio go hungry? When you see the amount of food discarded in school lunchrooms by "economically disadvantaged" students, one wonders.
I had difficulty with the rank the facts exercise. Originally I arranged the sentences as I would write the article including them. Then I thought that didn't seem to follow journalistic principles, so I rearranged it so an editor could cut from the bottom. I hope we'll discuss our choices.
Now we're getting to where the heart of my interests lie: in the history, archeology, crafts, and indigenous people of Oaxaca.
Karen Marcotte shared slides of one her visits there. We will go to Monte Alban! The only Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican site I've seen personally is Teotihuacan. I hadn't realized how extensive the site at Monte Alban is. That stepped fret or modified greek key design pictured in large photos at the Institute of Texan Cultures' Pre-Columbian exhibit last fall is noticable on the pyramids of the Valley of Oaxaca. Denise suggested the motifs would make an attractive quilt design. Even remnants of paint can be seen. What a splendid sight it must have been when brightly sparkling colors dressed the structures! In that light at that altitude!
We'll see Mixtec Mitla too. I wonder how the architectural remains here contrast with those of earlier Zapotec Alban.
Doesn't the Tule tree inspire contemplation of history and the transience of human life?
Stan Morgan's powerpoint presentation of the folk art of the region features some unique figures of wood, ceramics and tin, a feast for the eyes. I wonder if inexpensive items will be well designed.
We investigated a website informing us about a clinical trial in which travellers studying in Latin America would be paid for testing a diarrhea vaccine administered via skin patch. Denise had spotted the article about the study in today's "Express News".
Tomorrow we'll work at the San Antonio food bank. Karen passed out several articles regarding hunger and poverty in our area. One does question statistics. Could it really be true that one in four children in San Antonio go hungry? When you see the amount of food discarded in school lunchrooms by "economically disadvantaged" students, one wonders.
I had difficulty with the rank the facts exercise. Originally I arranged the sentences as I would write the article including them. Then I thought that didn't seem to follow journalistic principles, so I rearranged it so an editor could cut from the bottom. I hope we'll discuss our choices.
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