A LIFE OF INSPIRATIONS
The architecture of the Mayan Pyramids inspire me by their simplicity and complex geometry. Built with the same principles. North-South; East-West, as an organized and hierarchical civilization.
I see sculptures in my current work on pedestals, exhibitions, balloons, reliquaries, scenography and ambience in space. The harmonious connection of levels and staircases made my mind creates different kind of forms and materials.
This year is my opportunity to discover Mayan sites, to expand and better understand this culture living in the "ejidos" .
CALAKMUL with Herminio. It's a lucky day. We see all kinds of birds -el trogon, el cojolita, chachalakas, a whole family of badger-. The mono aviadores, the monos araña, (monkeys). It rains. Howler monkeys calling the rain and summoning the rain god Chaak. Of course, It will rain a huge part of the night. A relaxing beauty of trees.
Temples of RIO BEC in the heart of the jungle, inaccessible. The inhabitants of the ejido 20 de Noviembre jealousy defend this place of Mayan spirituality, connected with the Beyond (13 heaven) and the Underworld (9 layers).
The towers served as observatories. The Mayans used a translucent stone -Sasil Tunich- as a magnifying lens. We see the god of the rain Chaak, a kneeling man invoking him in front of a dry corn cob, Kaan the serpent god of life, Ik the god of the wind that brings the rain, the symbols of the trees that receive water and light, give the fruits and sink their roots into the earth. Always the link between the sky, the earth or lives the man and the underworld. The architecture Is where the sun rises and birth, the west where it disappears, the death, the North and the South.
We arrive there in the old Humberto pick up after miles of muddy roads. A shock, a revelation.
