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This specimen is about 9" long and seen at a vendor from Madagascar at the Tucson Rock and Gem Show 2012. The label of this large pile of rocks says "Astimaliti" but I can find no reference online to the term. The best I can figure is that the specimens are a form of concretion that form around a central "seed", from sand, gypsum, mud or shale.
Drag hunting (also spelled draghunting) is a form of hunting with hounds, and dates to the early 19th century. A pack of hounds (usually foxhounds or beagles) hunt a scent that has been laid (dragged) over a course with a defined beginning and end, before the day's hunting. The scent, usually a combination of aniseed oils and possibly animal meats or urine, is dragged along the terrain for distances usually of 10 or more miles.
Drag hunting emphasises the thrill of riding at speed in a natural environment, and tends to follow a relatively straightforward course, allowing for considerable speed, over well-marked obstacles designed or selected with the safety of horse and rider in mind.
A hunt is divided into "legs". Each leg is "scented" just prior to the huntsman casting the hounds, who find the scent and hunt it. At the end of a leg, the hounds are held in check while the next leg is scented. Some hunts have human runners carry the scent, some use a quad and drag a scented rag tied to a rope and some apply the scent to the hooves of a lead horse who will go on ahead.
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Jos van der Heiden (2016)
didn't have a high speed camera to compare my running form barefoot (Vibram) vs. with shoes. So I used a stroboscopic flash to try to get an idea of it.
Kinda has a cool look to it. Need to figure out how to get it off-camera and do this. My Radio Poppers won't trigger the stroboscopic feature... Guess that's a TTL feature. :-\
Ciudadanos de Guaymas y Empalme resultan beneficiados de forma directa con la obra.
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Inaugura Gobernador Padrés puente elevado en Empalme.
Empalme, Sonora.- Con una inversión de 40 millones de pesos para beneficiar miles de sonorenses, sobre todo del municipio de Empalme, el Gobernador Guillermo Padrés inauguró el puente elevado del bulevar Ignacio Ramírez que pasa sobre las vías del ferrocarril y se une con la Carretera Internacional.
Acompañado por Francisco Javier Caraveo Rincón, Alcalde de este municipio, el mandatario estatal reiteró que Empalme cuenta con todo el apoyo del Gobierno del Estado y si bien este año se ha dado una cantidad histórica de inversiones, el próximo año será el mejor.
“Claro que se lo merece Empalme y los empalmenses, eso y mucho más, y vamos por más, y aquí públicamente a todos los digo que el Presidente Municipal tiene todo el apoyo del Gobernador y que el año que entrante va a ser el mejor año para Empalme”, aseveró.
José Inés Palafox Núñez, Secretario de Infraestructura y Desarrollo Urbano, explicó que con el puente se abren más oportunidades al agilizar las vías de circulación.
Mientras que Caraveo Rincón, como Alcalde del Municipio, comentó que gracias a la sinergia entre niveles de Gobierno Empalme ha tenido la mayor cantidad de recursos de proyectos en su historia.
“Hemos visto como cuando trabajamos todos juntos Gobierno municipal, estatal y federal, quien gana es la gente y estamos seguros que vienen los mejores tiempos para Empalme, para el Estado y por supuesto para nuestro México”, indicó.
A la inauguración del puente acudieron como invitados César Adrián Lizárraga Hernández, Alcalde de Guaymas; Luis Gerardo Serrato Castell, Director del Centro SCT Sonora y Moisés Laguna Torres, Diputado Local por Empalme.
Pero sobre todo se dieron cita cientos de ciudadanos de Guaymas y Empalme que resultan beneficiados de forma directa con la obra, como Josefina Villa Rodríguez, residente del municipio rielero quien agradeció a las autoridades en nombre de sus vecinos.
“Yo creo que ya era tiempo de que esa obra se realizara, esa absolutamente necesaria, es mayor el beneficio que nos va a brindar esta obra”, mencionó.
La vecina acompañó al Gobernador Padrés cuando recorrió el puente a pie acompañado de cientos de empalmenses que se tomaron fotografías con él y le mostraron su cariño.
También acudieron al evento Mario Cuen Aranda, Director de Impulsor y Javier Tapia Camou, Coordinador General de la Comisión de Fomento al Turismo, quienes acompañan al Gobernador en su gira de trabajo.
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Through our attendance at certain events we are able to both supplement our annual running costs in addition to securing funds for both local and national charities. We are proud that on an annual basis we currently donate no less than £600.00 to deserving causes, support British Legion regional branches with the annual Poppy Appeal, assisting with fundraising for Veteran's Norfolk, Help for Heroes and welcome the positive recognition and publicity this brings.
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Welcome to the Norfolk Tank Museum, an independent military museum in the heart of Norfolk.
The Norfolk Tank Museum is an independent military museum registered with the Charity Commission. Our collection of tanks, weapons and militaria, many in working order and others being restored, are predominantly from the 20th Century and the Cold War Period, including Deborah II as seen in ‘Guy Martin’s WWI Tank’. We also have examples of armoured cars, artillery, uniforms and an extensive collection of British small arms.
We offer a unique hands-on experience to get close up and personal, inside and out, with our MBTs and other vehicles. (Collections) You can also take a white-knuckle ride in the ‘Hagglund’ All-Terrain Vehicle’.
We have a tearoom available for light snacks as well as a picnic area and playground within our large grounds. There is disabled access to all our buildings and toilets as well as dedicated parking spaces. If you require and further information with regards to accessibility or any of our events held regularly throughout the year please contact us.
The Norfolk Tank Museum is located at Forncett St Peter, NR16 1HZ two miles from Long Stratton.
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Um dia, durante um descontraído momento de diálogo, em uma sala de fraternos colegas formados por alunos de alto desempenho, um assunto de contexto inquietante colocou aquele pequeno grupo em um misto de dúvida e desalento.
O incômodo tema proferido foi "o esforço humano não pode superar a genialidade... ". Lembro-me que havia sido um assunto de grande repercussão, visto que era um grupo formado pela qualidade de suas competências, enquanto comentávamos sobre o ingresso em conceituadas universidades internacionais. Mas, especialmente para mim, aquela afirmação fora algo como um golpe letífero que me atingiria as entranhas, pois colocava em xeque toda a minha existência.
Este era um novo desafio. Poderia-me instigar a um nível acima de meu atual limite?
Esse breve segmento de meu último ano do ensino médio, foi uma das lembranças que tenho com muito orgulho, pois corporificaram-se como uma das principais molas propulsoras para o meu intrincado processo de admissão no exterior. Várias de minhas postagens têm como ênfase a manifestação de minha maior e mais forte herança cultural: o Esforço contínuo e ilimitado. Não faria parte de minhas metas futuras "morrer na praia", mesmo que fosse intrínseco apenas aos gênios o usufruto da excelência nas competências, ou seja, daqueles providos pelo destino em serem prodígios agraciados com a máxima cognição.
Obter êxito em minha graduação internacional, não era um sentimento meritocrático e egocentrista embasado em uma cultura ancestral, nem tampouco um mimo de uma criança sonhadora. Lograr o ingresso no exterior é a materialização de toda a minha existência. Cada minuto, cada segundo de minha vida foi dedicado à informação e à intrigante indagação: "até onde eu conseguiria chegar com as minhas capacitações?...".
Durante este infindável processo, é patente que esta árdua jornada foi sustentada através da partilha da boa fé e do carinho de inúmeras pessoas que fizeram parte de minha vida. Logo, fracassar não era uma opção válida, pois aqueles que me conhecem por longos anos sabem que esta tem sido a minha marca registrada: a retribuição de minha gratidão manifestada através de resultados que expressem esse sentimento. Os saudosos professores poderão lembrar-se nostálgicos, em meio à aula, da cena de um atípico "japonês" baixinho que com semblante de pesar, incompreensivelmente, clamava desculpas curvando a cabeça, nas vezes em que seu resultado era inferior à 90%. Rs! Este insólito cenário não era um excesso oriundo de uma cultura excêntrica.
Era o peso do valor de vocês em minha vida! :)
E assim 17 anos se passaram...
A longa batalha acaba de findar-se. Não há mais o som das espadas, os gritos dos guerreiros, o cheiro de fumaça... Há somente o silêncio e um colossal sentimento de paz e de dever cumprido.
Vencemos a batalha!!! Banzaaiii, Banzaaiii, Banzaaiii!!!! :)
Graças à solidariedade de centenas pessoas iluminadas, o destino concedeu-me a dádiva de aprovação em instituições incríveis! Fui agraciado com a aprovação em 3 conceituadas instituições (além da UFMG) com bolsas de mérito de 100%:
. UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) / Engenharia Mecânica: 1.° lugar :)
. Northwestern University / Engenharia Biomédica: de Illinois, está entre os Top 10 dos EUA e entre as 30 primeiras do mundo.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_do_Noroeste
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqH2hE6ccgc&t=1s
. Rice University / Engenharia Biológica: do Texas, é considerada a universidade de astronautas e cientistas espaciais da NASA.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_Rice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht7A0TQbywc
. Dartmouth College / Engenharia Biomédica: de New Hampshire, é uma universidade pertencente à coligação de elite Ivy League.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College
www.hotcourses.com.br/study-in-usa/applying-to-university...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bW8azBDno
Não menos importante, o resultado da UFMG foi uma grande surpresa, uma vez que minhas ações foram dimensionadas para que pudesse obter bons resultados no ENEM americano ACT / SAT. É incontestável o fato de que o forte embasamento técnico proporcionado pelas aulas do IME / ITA, tenha sido de grande relevância para o sucesso nos exames AP (Advanced Placement), que são provas de nível universitário que credibilizam o nível de seu currículo.
Nos EUA, o processo de admissão teve explícitas transformações em suas regras, condicionalidade que deixou o êxito na aprovação mais difícil para os americanos, porém, exponencialmente mais intrincado para mim. O cenário pandêmico alterou normas internas, percentuais de aprovação e a mensuração dos pesos que compõem as linhas do processo de admissão de cada candidato. Alunos ingressos no ano passado, temerosos com possíveis sequelas sobre a rotina acadêmica, preferiram trancar suas matrículas e iniciar neste ano, implicando em menos vagas para a atual admissão. A dificuldade mundial de acesso aos centros de aplicação dos exames SAT / ACT, SAT Subject e AP Courses estreitaram a relevância das provas, e passaram a priorizar a análise holística, condição que estimulou uma "Corrida do Ouro" a nível mundial, no qual candidatos sem empatia com exames (!!!) vislumbraram uma oportunidade de entrar em uma faculdade. Como consequência, em maior proporção, as universidades de maior prestígio tiveram representativo nro. de inscritos, fato que tornou o processo seletivo mais competitivo e com uma menor taxa de aprovados.
Como minhas melhores competências estão nos exames (gabaritei o “Enem americano” ACT e obtive 97% nos exames técnicos SAT Subject e AP Courses), esta alteração era bastante desalentadora. Pela natureza do rigoroso processo seletivo americano faz-se óbvio que candidatos internacionais necessitem apresentar capacitações superiores em comparação aos candidatos americanos, assim como o fato de que a solicitação de 100% de ajuda financeira (que foi o meu caso) no formulário de candidatura promove deméritos na admissão. É comum as universidades, no contexto de suas páginas na internet, alertarem os candidatos internacionais de que o pedido de ajuda financeira, mesmo que parcial, repercutirá diretamente na análise da admissão. Ou seja, se o candidato não for provido de competências acima da média que fomentem o interesse da instituição, conseguir ou não pagar uma mensalidade de apenas USD 5.000 é o gargalo do sucesso na seleção americana, razão pela qual pessoas abastadas têm "mais facilidade" na aprovação. :)
Como último tempero, neste enredado panorama, havia-se um grave problema com o meu perfil: a raça. Pressupunha-se a existência de rejeição à participantes de origem asiática, conhecido problema social no meio acadêmico, principalmente, com conceituadas instituições como Harvard, que chegou a desencadear processos jurídicos contra a universidade. O contexto é bastante plausível. Dentre os alunos da instituição, há uma desproporção de etnias no qual, há alguns anos, cerca de 43% dos alunos eram asiáticos, em decorrência de sua maior competitividade em relação aos demais grupos étnicos. Tendo-se em vista a queda deste percentual durante os últimos anos, candidatos orientais e descendentes ensejaram a possibilidade de discriminação, uma vez que seus dossiês de admissão apresentavam notas e qualificações que beiravam a excelência. A premissa em voga era de que os demais grupos caracterizados por menores competências estavam a tomar as vagas de asiáticos. Como a reserva de vagas é proibida nos EUA, não podendo haver sistema de cotas, e a "irregularidade" ocorria de forma notória, o fator racial passou a ser o "Calcanhar de Aquiles" assombrando candidatos de descendência asiática de todo o mundo.
Diante de tal discrepância, em breve reflexão de meus valores e do teor de meu processo de admissão, que contextualizava as bases éticas que moldaram a minha vida, tomei-me pela firme decisão de manter a opção "Como você se identifica?", como "origem latina e.... asiática...". Certamente, para garantia do êxito de um processo tão complexo, com tamanho dispêndio de esforço e tempo, qualquer detalhe seria de primordial importância. Meu cadastro poderia ser formalizado apenas como latino, caso quisesse não arriscar-me, mas, isso seria controverso com o contexto do application, além é claro, de tratar-se de uma desonra às minhas origens e a essência de minha atual persona.
Northwestern, por exemplo, cuja taxa de aprovação era de cerca de 9%, passou para 4,5% neste ano, sem esquecer-me de enfatizar a intrincada admissão de candidatos internacionais, que foi cerca de 1,5%. No meu caso, este percentual estrangulou-se para ínfimos 0,5%, decorrente de meu processo de candidatura declarar "100% de incapacidade de custeio das mensalidades". :)
Gosto de acreditar que a capacidade é uma grande esfera, constituída por várias partes, dentre as quais uma generosa proporção de sorte. Existem vários estudos científicos, de vários países, que remetem à este conceito. Como um simples servo da matemática, pergunto: "quais seriam as probabilidades matemáticas que permeiam os parâmetros da sorte durante o tempo de vida de uma pessoa?...".
Trata-se de uma indagação cujo enunciado será de difícil resolução pela humanidade! :)
Gostaria de finalizar reafirmando o que já disse em postagem passada (Yes Stress or No Pain, Yes Gain?):
"...YES STRESS é a autonomia de você poder desenvolver sua determinação, motivar-se e dar o direito de se perguntar: será eu um baita incapacitado? E se não sou, carambas, até onde eu conseguiria chegar? É o maior desafio que podemos fazer para nós mesmos, enquanto vivos! E o mais bacana, nunca haverá a necessidade de confronto entre as diversas escolhas (Casas), pois não é uma competição social de quem será agraciado com o papel do "vizinho com a galinha mais gorda". Cada um terá o seu merecido ganho, seja para mais ou para menos. E claro, as proporções de ganhos não determinarão a efetiva felicidade. Logo, neste ponto, todos serão sempre iguais!
Simples assim."
PROGRESS REQUIRES SACRIFICES and... of course, GRATITUDE!!
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p.s.: muitas pessoas queridas com diversos fins, dentre as quais interessadas no futuro de seus filhos, têm me perguntado se houve algum segredo substancial em minha educação para que pudessem, com algum ajuste, colher bons frutos. Digo que não sou o mais indicado para direcionar / influenciar a educação de outrem, mas, posso referenciar a experiência da prof. Amy Chua, autora do livro "Grito de guerra da mãe-tigre", cuja contextualização dos parâmetros educacionais foi bastante similar à minha! Rs! Segue um vídeo de uma palestra no conceituado TEDx Talks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHUMcxaqm9U
Crypts being constructed using aluminum concrete forms. For more information visit www.wallties.com/burial_crypts.htm
Geni’s process of creating a family tree contains no explicit registration forms and gets people acquainted with Geni’s service right away.
Wroblewski, Luke. 2008. Web Form Design: Filling In the Blanks. New York: Rosenfeld Media.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
excerpt: desiderata - by max ehrmann
Model: Sommer Kelly (Thirteen by Sommer)
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iso 800; f/2; 1/5
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Strobist:
AB800 Tungsten Modelling lamp in 50" apollo box cam left facing model. (thanks to macbootsy for the lighting rig)
Parkinson Takes Down Fanning to Claim Golden Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Sunday, April 24, 2011) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, has claimed the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger over compatriot and former two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, in an electric Final in solid six-to-eight foot (2 – 2.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach.
The second stop of the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach celebrated its 50th year of operation this season and the Southern Ocean delivered one of the best swells in recent history for the world’s best to sink their collective fangs into. Today’s Final ran in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach, maxing out as early as 11am with cars lined back to the center of Torquay, and the elite ASP Top 34 delivered in sensational fashion.
Leaving little to chance in the highly-anticipated Final, Parkinson opened up with an 8.53 on the first ride of the heat and drove the nail into the coffin with a Perfect 10.
“To me, Mick (Fanning) has been the form surfer of the event and I was never going to take him lightly,” Parkinson said. “I think we both had the same game plan of getting the first good one that came through and putting the momentum behind us. We scrapped for that first wave and I got the nod. Even though it was a mid-8, I knew I needed a lot more to hold him off so I just kept the pressure on from there.”
Today’s victory marks the third Bells title for the Gold Coaster and his 10th elite tour win overall.
“It’s incredible,” Parkinson said. “It’s not so much the fact that I’ve won the event, but more so that it’s the 50th anniversary. It feels that much more special. We’ve had such good waves too. I can’t remember the last time that Bells had such good waves. I’m so excited. I can’t believe this.”
Parkinson, who’s last two ASP World Title campaigns have been marred by injuries, is adamant that he is 100% healthy this season and surfing better than ever.
“I definitely feel like I’m back,” Parkinson said. “I feel like I’m surfing better than I was back in ’09 before I hurt my ankle. I’m feeling fit, I have some really good boards under my feet and I’m excited for the rest of the year.”
Parkinson vaults from 9th to 2nd on the ASP World Title Rankings.
Fanning, who last rung the bell as a wildcard in 2001, was the in-form surfer of the event, consistently notching the highest single-wave scores and heat totals from Round 1 onwards. However, the lightning-fast natural-footer was unable to overtake his Gold Coast sparring partner in the Final.
"It was a tough Final," Fanning said. "For some reason overtime we have a heat he gets in sync real early. I tried to fight back but it was too little too late. Surfing against your mate is just like surfing against anyone else you've just got to go out and think about yourself and catching waves and getting scores. To have a mate beat me makes it a bit easier to swallow, but I'm still fired up for the rest of the year."
Fanning moves from 13th to 6th on the ASP World Title Rankings.
Jordy Smith (ZAF), 24, 2010 ASP World Runner-Up, cruised through to the Semifinals of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach despite admittedly feeling out of rhythm throughout the event.
"It was a nice last wave, but it was a pity I didn't get any before that," Smith said. "I've felt off all week so to get a 3rd is pretty good. I've got two 3rds now, which is kind of frustrating because you want to make the Final, but that's how it goes sometimes. 3rd is better than 5th.”
Smith further cements his position at ASP World No. 3.
Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, flew the South American flag high through the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, scalping a number of high-profile competitors before falling to Parkinson in the Semifinal.
"I found my rhythm in the heat against Kelly (Slater)," De Souza said. "But against Joel (Parkinson) I couldn't find any waves. I'm so frustrated because I wanted to ring the Bell, but I'm really happy with my result. Kelly is my hero, 10 x ASP World Champ, he just didn't get any waves, then it happened to me in the next round. It happens to everyone. Next up is my home event in Brazil, I hope Brazil is proud of me and Jadson (Andre) for doing well at this event."
De Souza goes from 9th to 4th on the ASP World Title Rankings.
Kelly Slater (USA), 39, reigning 10-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, suffered a surprise elimination at the hands of De Souza in this morning’s Quarterfinal clash. The young Brazilian left little room for the Champ to respond and an admittedly out-of-rhythm Slater saw his Bells Beach title defense cut abruptly short.
“It's not my day, not my week and that happens,” Slater said. “For some reason you don't make the right choices and you're not in sync with it, I'm definitely not in the zone this week at all. Every heat of mine has had slow surf and then when there were, waves I was on the wrong ones. It's the way it goes, you win some you lose some.”
Slater’s Equal 5th at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach sees the American holding the lead in the race for the 2011 ASP World Title heading into the next stop in Brazil.
“We're two events in and I've got a 1st and a 5th so I'm averaging about a 3rd, you want to be there and higher,” Slater said. “These kind of waves favor the best guys, the guys you're going to expect to be at the top at the end of the year and all those guys are still in the event. A 5th isn't that bad a result, but when all the guys who you expect to be in the world title hunt finish higher than you it feels like a 17th.”
Highlights from the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by FORD will be available via www.live.ripcurl.com
The next stop on the 2011 ASP World Title season is the Billabong Pro Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 – 22, 2011.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.53
2 – Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.26
RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.33 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.00
SF 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.87 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.23
RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:
QF 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.66 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 13.16
QF 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 18.00 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 11.24
QF 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.16 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 11.10
QF 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.46 def. Jadson Andre (BRA) 14.03
RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 5 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Owen Wright (AUS) 14.17 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 9.26
Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.97 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 13.66
Heat 3: Chris Davidson (AUS) 16.03 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 15.37
Heat 4: Jadson Andre (BRA) 14.37 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 13.93
ASP WORLD TITLE RATINGS (After Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach):
1. Kelly Slater (USA) 15,200 pts
2. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14,000 pts
3. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13,000 pts
4. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10,500 pts
4. Tiago Pires (PRT) 10,500 pts
Photo ASP/Kirstin
Sandy has largely wiped clean our autumn canvas and we are suddenly immersed in "stick season". A major consolation is to wander through those unedied October images. Here the morning mist softens the bright color on a hillside in Marlborough, New Hampshire.
Of all the Oaxacan Folk Art forms, Alebrijes may be the most renown - - to the point that the Spanish Royal Academy recently added the term “Alebrije” to that nation’s official language dictionary. Before discussing Alebrijes as Mexican Artwork, it might be a good idea to explain what, exactly, they are.
Perhaps the best way to describe Alebrije is “fantastical animal.” And, the best way to describe Oxacan Alebrijes is “fantastic fantastical animals!” Based on many of God’s creatures, particularly birds, legend has it that while very ill Alebrije creator Pedro Linares Lopez had a feverish dream where he saw many mythical creatures and when he recovered he stated making papier mache piñatas featuring them.
Oaxacan Alebrijes were pioneered by Manuel Jimenez, who began making intricate woodcarvings and artistically painting them. Soon, other local artisans began developing their own styles and one of the most popular Mexican Art Forms was born. Each Alebrijes is a “one of a kind” creation, and the very life-blood for the artisans who create them. Living in and around Oaxaca City, the capital of one of Mexico’s poorest states, these individuals are using their Oaxacan Animal Carvings to support their families and to ensure that economic survival does not pass them by.
Interestingly enough, the first step in creating Oaxacan Wood Carvings involves only thinking. The Artisans who specialize in these Oaxacan Carved Animals have to, basically, “daydream” of the Fantastical Animal they want to create. Once this is accomplished, they need to collect the medium they intend to work with.
The ideal “raw material” for the Folk Art Carvings comes from the “copalillo” (copal) tree.
There are “male” and “female” copal trees, with the “prime” one being the female tree, as it has no “knots” in the bark, and also has a pleasant “lime” fragrance.
Once retrieved, the tree section is typically allowed to dry in the sun. Then, the carving begins - first with a machete and then more delicate and sharper blades. Additional time is allowed for drying before the next step begins. Depending on the artist, this may take place in the shade, as opposed to being placed directly in the suns rays, thus ensuring that the drying is not as abrupt and appears more natural.
Sanding next takes place, making the figure completely smooth. Often gasoline, or another similar type of liquid, is rubbed on to the Alebrije to protect against powder-post beetles and other such insects. The Alebrije is now ready to be painted and decorated.
Needless to say, the more intricate and colorful the Alebrije is the more time the Oaxacan Animal Sculptors put into it. As mentioned, each one is totally unique - - a “one and only” item that will never be replicated!
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