Doris Salcedo was born in 1958 in Bogotá, Colombia, Her work is influenced by her experiences of life in Colombia, and is generally composed of items of furniture. Here is her latest creation in the streets of Istanbul.
“I am disabled. My work is too” (Doris Salcedo, Princenthal, 27).
Via Wrinkled Organ
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Via or else what, hoodlum?
Less than two months
until I graduate college. Insert panic, confusion, excitement, + a shit ton of feelings I don’t fully understand. Being a person who loves stability and organization, venturing into this “unknown” terrifies me. Yet, along with this complete sense of terror, I am unbelievably excited. I will finally be able to “be my own person,” have my own space, explore the world, create my future.
I’ve gotten a year-long position with the organization I interned with in Guatemala last summer, which I blogged about (awfully) here: http://deguatemala.tumblr.com/. I am excited about this experience, but at the same time, I wonder if I’m making the wrong choice in going back to Guatemala. Is a year too long of a commitment? Is it too short? Will I enjoy the experience as much as I did before? Can I truly take on the amount of responsibility the position requires? Am I ready to live in a region where such poverty is a normal, everyday occurrence? What if I get amoebas again? These are the thoughts that flood my head before I go to bed.
I don’t really know how to end this post nor the purpose of it. The future. It is filled with so many awesome possibilities and outcomes. Yes, I’m excited.
Greetings from Peru!
Hello everyone! I´m in Peru and it´s amazing! The people are so friendly and it is so beautiful here! We (Jenny, Maggie, and I) got into Cusco Friday afternoon. We spent Saturday here, and then left for Aguas Calientes (the town closest to Machu Picchu) early Sunday morning. Monday, we woke up at 3:30AM to visit Machu Picchu and hike Huayna Picchu (the really big mountain overlooking the ruins). So hard, but SO WORTH IT. After visiting Machu Picchu, we took a train to Ollaytantambo and spent the night there in a pretty nice hotel. I mean, you gotta treat yourself every now and then. We woke up early this morning, taking a collectivo back to Cusco, where we dropped off our stuff and immediately went to the market in Pisac.
While everything is going great, we did have some bumps in the road. The first being that I packed when I was extremely tired…and with only 30 minutes to pack before leaving. Major mistake. I did not pack enough warm clothes. Result: me buying another llama sweater, a llama scarf, and baggy llama pants. Basically I´m tricked out in llama gear. The second bump in the road could have been bad. Real bad. When we got to Aguas Calientes, we checked into our hotel and went to buy train tickets to return, only to realize that the electricity was out in the entire town. We did not have enough money to buy train tickets, nor to buy tickets to Machu Picchu. We asked our hotel when they thought the power was going to come back, and they said that they´ve never had a power outtage before so they had no idea. We all started thinking of possible options. The best was to put all our money together and send someone to the nearest town with an ATM to get money out for all of us and then go to Machu Picchu on Tuesday. We (mostly me) were extremely depressed. We sat in our hotel room, made sandwiches, and even did a prayer circle asking for the power to come back on. We were extremely lucky. 30 minutes later, the power was on. An hour later, tickets to Machu Picchu and train tickets were purchased. Again, I cannot stress how lucky we are. While it is the rainy season right now, we had an amazing day at Machu Picchu. It was sunny and beautiful. Just perfect. We got into the site at 6AM and had a tour for 2 hours. At 10AM we got to climb Huayna Picchu, which was 45 minutes of walking straight up. When we were finally to the top, it was amazing. Just to look down at the city, and the mountains surrounding us…words cannot describe how I felt. While the day was awesome, we hadn´t thought it was going to be sunny, so we didn´t put on any sunscreen. Result:Maggie and I are LEGIT tomatoes. My face and chest and arms and thighs are so red and hurt so much I couldn´t really sleep last night. But who cares. I have been to Machu Picchu and this sun burn is worth it.
We brought Thanksgiving to Buenos Aires!
thanksgiving in argentina! erin, jenny and i cooked for about 5 hours in a hot hot kitchen, much of which was spent inventing and improvising - especially in regards to the turkey (which turned out moist and buttery delicious). besides the three of us, also invited were carlos and 8 argentines, who were very skeptical of thanksgiving foods at first (stuffing is WHAT? pumpkin, in PIE?) but were definitely brought around to our side in the end. all in all, it. was. delicious.
shout out to ma and pa brandt, who brought with them from the united states many ingredients to make this feast possible. and erin, for the pictures as always. I think we made amurrica proud.
Via bienvenidos a buenos aires!
Another thing I found: earrings that I apparently bought in Chile. I should try to stay more organized…
About me
This blog was first created to document my study abroad experience in 2010. Two years later, as I graduate from college, I've decided to start blogging again. This is my life. Welcome.
