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On the Permanence of Love: How Mexico helped me grieve for my father

October 31, 2014 Day of dead death in mexico Dia De Los Muertos Grief love Mexico Muertos Oaxaca 16 Comments

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As the years go by, I realise more and more how much I love trees. I can tell you exactly what the tree outside by childhood bedroom window looked like (plus the sadness I felt one year when the council were trimming it back- which was quickly overtaken by happiness when the sawed-off branch had a heart-shaped stump which pointed right at my window). I have vivid memories of significant trees that I have crossed paths with in my life- the green alien like pochote I patted every time I passed it on my way to yoga in Oaxaca, the mighty ceiba in the Lacandon jungle covered in guardian beetles, a tropical magnolia outside an apartment I almost rented just to be near it, the old Australian tree stump that looks like an old wise wizard (and I think it probably is), and the protector tree outside my window now in which I can watch birds play and enjoy the shadows it reflects on my walls at night. I adore the jacaranda trees too, of course, their purple blossoms brightening up the skies and creating art in my path underfoot. I also love how unassuming they look for most of the year and then, boom, they blossom into the most beautiful sight that makes you stop and stare- that’s some power right there. . . . . . . . . . #mexico #mexicocity #cdmx #jacarandas #jacaranda #jacarandamexico #tree #trees #ihavethisthingwithtrees #purple #blossoms #visitmexico #writer #roots #treelove #mexico_amazing

In an unassuming corner of the Historic Center of Mexico City, behind the cathedral and beside El Templo Mayor this poem adorns the wall. Oral tradition suggests that this was the last message of the Tlahtokan (government council) of Tenochtitlán on 12 August 1521 (Mexica- day 1 serpent, month ‘flowers are given’ year-three houses). Cuauhtémoc let it be known that this was his last act of government. I read this, on this small but bustling street of the centro, people moving all around me as I was rooted to the spot. I tried to imagine that moment, the people hearing those words, what happened in the moments directly after speaking these words? How did it feel to speak those words... . . . . . . . . . . . #mexico #mexicocity #cdmx #mexicodf #tenochtitlan #nahuatl #mexica #aztec #centrohistorico #poema #poemanahuatl #indigenous #cuauhtemoc #totonalyeomotlatiuh #mexicanhistory #historiademexico #visitmexico #culture #mexicolove #mesoamerica

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