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2019 acrylic on cartulina.For my friend Valeria Zamora.
From Wikipedia:
Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes, along with use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares. In the 1930s, Linares fell very ill and while he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamt of a strange place resembling a forest. There, he saw trees, animals, rocks, clouds that suddenly turned into something strange, some kind of animals, but, unknown animals. He saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, a lion with an eagle head, and all of them were shouting one word, "Alebrijes". Upon recovery, he began recreating the creatures he saw in cardboard and papier-mâché and called them Alebrijes.
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Comments: 23
mockingbirdontree In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-11-08 16:36:15 +0000 UTC]
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valdith-zam [2019-08-06 20:18:23 +0000 UTC]
wow thank you so much! Sorry if I barely respond!
i appreciate your work, You have a good day! ❤
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aztlanwayne In reply to valdith-zam [2019-08-06 20:27:19 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. I also admire what you do. You're so productive!
Que tengas una linda tarde.
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IME-Photography [2019-08-06 07:02:39 +0000 UTC]
It looks like the Dutch fairytale , The hare and the turtle, only this is a dog.
But both smart and naughty with those snakes.
Work dear Wayne ❤️
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aztlanwayne In reply to IME-Photography [2019-08-06 18:14:44 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for that!
They are avatars of my big dog Canelo and mom's little dog Lazy. They're always fighting.
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IME-Photography In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-08-06 20:08:27 +0000 UTC]
Oh, that is a real story , awesome Wayne. Great work ❤️
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ToveAnita [2019-08-05 00:08:33 +0000 UTC]
Fantastic painting, Wayne! Beautiful and a mysterious and mythical!!
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aztlanwayne In reply to ToveAnita [2019-08-05 00:35:42 +0000 UTC]
Wow! Thank you. This is my dog Canelo and the turtle is mom's dog Lazy.
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drawmecloser [2019-08-02 16:30:50 +0000 UTC]
The pegasus dog... and then I find this with Google: www.facebook.com/katypdogpsych…
Only now do I notice the toadsnake and the snaketail...
A wonderful piece, Wain. Or is it Wayne?
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aztlanwayne In reply to drawmecloser [2019-08-02 17:51:58 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. My parents named me Wayne, after the film star John Wayne, but I began to spell it Wain because many people spelled it that way when I was younger. I sign most of my poetry Wainjordan. I've also used the names DDee LeSard and Perfecto Guerrero de la Cruz when I write poetry.
Alebrijes usually feature a combination of two animals, sometimes more. I hope you read the description thet goes with the painting. I'm glad you found the snakes. I had a lot of fun doing this painting.
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drawmecloser In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-08-02 17:58:40 +0000 UTC]
Aha, thanks for elaborating. Yes, I read the description, but my mind went with pegasus dog instantly - also reminiscent of Greek mythology.
And just now I spotted the moon...
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aztlanwayne In reply to drawmecloser [2019-08-02 18:28:55 +0000 UTC]
Pegasus is just another example of how hybrid animals exist all over the world. The legend is that earth was colonized thousands of years ago by the Anunnaki who were looking for gold to save the atmosphere of their planet Nibiru. They did a lot of genetic manipulation among the animals they found on earth, until they finally merged their alien DNA with the ape, and created man, who they used as a slave to mine gold. Nevertheless, there is evidence of their failures: a jackal-human hybrid in Egypt, an elephant-human hybrid in India, etc.
When they realized the antarctic ice cap was melting, they left the earth and watched from their ships when a huge ice shelf broke off and the earth flooded. Many cultures have a flood legend in their histories. All this information was gleaned from the Sumerian clay tablets found by archaeologists, and successfully suppressed from the public.
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drawmecloser In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-08-02 19:43:34 +0000 UTC]
I find these things interesting, but I hardly ever put my nose in the books to find out more, so thanks!
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aztlanwayne In reply to drawmecloser [2019-08-02 20:56:37 +0000 UTC]
All that information comes from late night viewing of weird YouTube videos.
I'm sure it's all true.
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drawmecloser In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-08-03 14:37:08 +0000 UTC]
Aha, well, it's a way to spend your time, isn't it?
I only came across 'Sumerian' once via Tiamat; www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miq3oI… - not sure if you'd like them, though.
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aztlanwayne In reply to drawmecloser [2019-08-03 21:48:55 +0000 UTC]
You're right, it's a little too raw for this old man.
Tiamat was the Babylonian goddess of salt water.
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drawmecloser In reply to aztlanwayne [2019-08-05 15:53:29 +0000 UTC]
I don't know any other albums by them, but that one I really like.
Did not know that, cool bandname anyway.
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BillyDBunny [2019-08-01 23:38:06 +0000 UTC]
Now That is need to know. Mas fantastico! upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
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aztlanwayne In reply to BillyDBunny [2019-08-02 00:50:59 +0000 UTC]
Last night was museum night. Every year there is a parade of ten foot tall lighted alebrijes throught the downtown.
www.aquien.mx/wp-content/uploa…
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